Product Description

This release features live recordings of material from Radiohead's no.1 albums 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac'. Half of the tracks included were recorded at their gig in Oxford's South Park, in July 2001. The remaining tracks are taken from European dates of the same tour.

Track Listing

1. The National Anthem
2. I Might Be Wrong
3. Morning Bell
4. Like Spinning Plates
5. Idioteque
6. Everything In Its Right Place
7. Dollars And Cents
8. True Love Waits

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12827 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.co.uk Review
Given that Radiohead are one of the most zealously bootlegged bands in the world--nearly every public utterance is out there somewhere--the emergence of I Might Be Wrong, the band's first ever official live album, would seem a tardy and superfluous gesture. Conversely, Radiohead have never gone out of their way to actively discourage the black market trading of their live wares. Which makes you wonder just what is the intention of this live album? Could it be for hardcore fans who wish to remain on the right side of the law? Or could it be symbolic; the drawing of a double-ledger line under the sporadically interesting but frustratingly contrary anti-guitar rock intransigence of the Kid A/Amnesiac era and the opening-up of whole new chapter? Or perhaps it's because they just wanted to put out a live album? We must wait and see. And so, in all probability, must they. Nevertheless, I Might Be Wrong--featuring eight songs culled from live shows in Berlin, Oslo, the Roman amphitheatre at Vaison le Romaine (how very Pink Floyd of them) and their triumphant homecoming gig at Oxford's South Park--is pretty much beyond reproach, even if the renditions here--"National Anthem" (Charlie Mingus inspired with a raspy Motorhead bass line) "I Might Be Wrong" (Led Zeppelin meets Blondie's "Rapture") deviate little from the script of the original studio versions. The notable exception is an enchanting recital of "Like Spinning Plates", wherein the backwards electronica of the Amnesiac original is superseded by a romantic, ornate piano accompaniment for a classic Radiohead moment. Long-term devotees will also notice the first ever appearance on record of "True Love Waits" (Yorke with solo acoustic guitar), a song which Radiohead have grappled with for years and which finally finds a handle--and a home--right here. --Kevin Maidment

Customer Reviews

Kid A / Amnesiac highlights 'live'
'Idioteque' is a fantastic example of how Radiohead remain an exciting live band, dispite the band's change of direction, from using traditional instruments, to fiddling with sequencers, drum machines and samplers.
I for one really enjoy this CD - it practically lives in my 6-CD changer, where those above and below it are constantly replaced. You can look everywhere for Radiohead gigs, but here we have 8 tracks of the band at their progressive best.

Brilliance shinning through!!!
How very untrue the review saying Thom's awful live is!!! I have watched them a couple of times live, first after OK Computer was released and afterwards just before Hail To The Thief and both times I was amazed by their performance and by how amazing Thom is live! I can even say they're the best live band I've seen and I've seen quite a few. This Live Album is no less a masterpiece, the brilliant choice of songs containing a definite Radiohead jewel True Love Waits. Also the breathtaking piano beginning of Like Spinning Plates makes me like this version better than the album one. I would also like to add that I'm not a fan of live albums but this one's just too amazing to be left out. If you don't own this piece of work you truly are losing a lot

File Yorke under "great singer on record, terrible live"
Thom Yorke's studio voice... a beautiful, note-perfect, emotive, powerful presence soaring over the top of incredibly tight and inventive musicianship. Live, however, Thom isn't quite the same. As anyone who follows Radiohead or has seen any live footage will attest, Thom Yorke is one of the most thoroughly horrid live vocalists there is. Shame to think that such a beautiful voice on record is simply the result of studio trickery. The band are tight, but Thom's horrendous off-key wailing destroys any chance of the band delivering a collectively accurate performance. This CD is truly horrific, with Thom Yorke spoiling every track without fail. And as these tracks are from a number of different shows, this CD serves to illustrate that Yorke is consistently appalling live. I won't be buying any more live Radiohead recordings until I hear that Thom Yorke's had some singing lessons - my hearing's bad enough as it is... I don't want to lose it completely. Avoid this CD like the plague.