In Rainbows

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Many praised Radiohead for challenging old models and finding new ways to connect with fans, while others felt it set a dangerous precedent at the expense of less successful artists. Given the spirit of In Rainbows, you'd be forgiven for assuming its studio counterpart might comprise some sort of epic finale, but to the disappointment of fans, it wasn't to be. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung.

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It was Radiohead's first release after their recording contract with EMI ended with their album Hail to the Thief (2003).

It surprised record executives; an unidentified executive at a major European label told Time: "This feels like yet another death knell.

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while quickly vocalizing the brief phrase “as your bad day disappears”, Yorke sings the ‘d’ sound/syllable thrice!

Yorke told the BBC: "We have a moral justification in what we did in the sense that the majors and the big infrastructure of the music business has not addressed the way artists communicate directly with their fans .

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In December 2007, Yorke said that Radiohead had made more money from digital sales of In Rainbows than the digital sales of all previous Radiohead albums combined. Post-label independence, that wasn't a real concern anymore and you can see that in their works since: the amount of non-album material has decreased but for most parts nearly all of it sounds like the band gave it their attention and wanted it to be heard by people. In October 2008, Warner Chappell reported that In Rainbows had sold three million copies worldwide, including 1.To determine how they could reduce carbon emissions for the tour, Radiohead commissioned the environmental group Best Foot Forward. In December 2005, Radiohead hired the producer Spike Stent, who had worked with artists including U2 and Björk, to help them work through their material. David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote that "if you bought the deluxe box edition of In Rainbows just for the session leftovers, you did not get your eighty dollars' worth", but conceded that the songs "deserve to be on record". Colin Greenwood explained the release as a way of avoiding the "regulated playlists" and "straitened formats" of radio and TV, ensuring listeners around the world would experience the music at the same time and preventing leaks in advance of a physical release. In January, Radiohead resumed recording in their Oxfordshire studio and started to post photos, lyrics, videos and samples of new songs on Dead Air Space.