Hail to the Thief (subtitled The Gloaming, written as Hail to the Thief, (or, The Gloaming.) in the album booklet) is the sixth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, released on 9 June 2003 in the United Kingdom and 10 June 2003, in the United States. It debuted at number one in the UK and at number three in the United States.
After two Radiohead albums that featured heavily processed vocals, less guitar, and strong influence from experimental electronica and jazz Read Full BioHail to the Thief (subtitled The Gloaming, written as Hail to the Thief, (or, The Gloaming.) in the album booklet) is the sixth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, released on 9 June 2003 in the United Kingdom and 10 June 2003, in the United States. It debuted at number one in the UK and at number three in the United States.
After two Radiohead albums that featured heavily processed vocals, less guitar, and strong influence from experimental electronica and jazz, Hail to the Thief was seen as a return to alternative rock, drawing its sound from every era of the band's existence. Preceded by the single "There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.)", the album reached number one on the UK charts, and met with modest but worldwide commercial success, selling 994,000 units in the United States.
Band members described the album as having a more "swaggering" sound and a relaxed recording process, in contrast to the tense Kid A and Amnesiac sessions. At nearly an hour in length, Hail to the Thief is the band's longest album, although many of its songs are within the three- and even two-minute range, shorter than the band's average. Thom Yorke said he was inspired by Beatles songs of that length which he thought felt much longer. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
The album received universal acclaim from professional critics upon release, based on a Metacritic score of 85/100, or 85%. Neil McCormick, writing in The Daily Telegraph, called it "Radiohead firing on all cylinders, a major work by major artists at the height of their powers", and the record performed typically well in magazines' end-of-year lists, especially in the United States. It was the fifth straight Radiohead release to be nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Album. Unswayed, the NME's James Oldham saw it as "a good rather than great record" and Alexis Petridis of The Guardian called it "neither startlingly different and fresh nor packed with the sort of anthemic songs that once made them the world's biggest band." In 2004, coproducer Nigel Godrich and engineer Darrell Thorp were honoured with Grammy Awards for their work on Hail to the Thief.
Like the album itself, every song on the album has two titles. The intended titling for the album is as follows:
1. 2 + 2 = 5. (The Lukewarm.) - 3:19
2. Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) - 4:20
3. Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky.) - 4:18
4. Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) - 5:23
5. Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.) - 3:22
6. Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.) - 4:29
7. We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.) - 4:57
8. The Gloaming. (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold.) - 3:32
9. There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) - 5:24
10. I Will. (No Man's Land.) - 1:59
11. A Punchup at a Wedding. (No no no no no no no no.) - 4:57
12. Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.) - 3:53
13. Scatterbrain. (As Dead as Leaves.) - 3:22
14. A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.) - 3:21
However, due to a misprint in the album artwork, there was no period after the "5" in "2 + 2 = 5".
After two Radiohead albums that featured heavily processed vocals, less guitar, and strong influence from experimental electronica and jazz Read Full BioHail to the Thief (subtitled The Gloaming, written as Hail to the Thief, (or, The Gloaming.) in the album booklet) is the sixth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, released on 9 June 2003 in the United Kingdom and 10 June 2003, in the United States. It debuted at number one in the UK and at number three in the United States.
After two Radiohead albums that featured heavily processed vocals, less guitar, and strong influence from experimental electronica and jazz, Hail to the Thief was seen as a return to alternative rock, drawing its sound from every era of the band's existence. Preceded by the single "There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.)", the album reached number one on the UK charts, and met with modest but worldwide commercial success, selling 994,000 units in the United States.
Band members described the album as having a more "swaggering" sound and a relaxed recording process, in contrast to the tense Kid A and Amnesiac sessions. At nearly an hour in length, Hail to the Thief is the band's longest album, although many of its songs are within the three- and even two-minute range, shorter than the band's average. Thom Yorke said he was inspired by Beatles songs of that length which he thought felt much longer. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
The album received universal acclaim from professional critics upon release, based on a Metacritic score of 85/100, or 85%. Neil McCormick, writing in The Daily Telegraph, called it "Radiohead firing on all cylinders, a major work by major artists at the height of their powers", and the record performed typically well in magazines' end-of-year lists, especially in the United States. It was the fifth straight Radiohead release to be nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Album. Unswayed, the NME's James Oldham saw it as "a good rather than great record" and Alexis Petridis of The Guardian called it "neither startlingly different and fresh nor packed with the sort of anthemic songs that once made them the world's biggest band." In 2004, coproducer Nigel Godrich and engineer Darrell Thorp were honoured with Grammy Awards for their work on Hail to the Thief.
Like the album itself, every song on the album has two titles. The intended titling for the album is as follows:
1. 2 + 2 = 5. (The Lukewarm.) - 3:19
2. Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) - 4:20
3. Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky.) - 4:18
4. Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) - 5:23
5. Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.) - 3:22
6. Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.) - 4:29
7. We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.) - 4:57
8. The Gloaming. (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold.) - 3:32
9. There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) - 5:24
10. I Will. (No Man's Land.) - 1:59
11. A Punchup at a Wedding. (No no no no no no no no.) - 4:57
12. Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.) - 3:53
13. Scatterbrain. (As Dead as Leaves.) - 3:22
14. A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.) - 3:21
However, due to a misprint in the album artwork, there was no period after the "5" in "2 + 2 = 5".
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2 + 2 = 5
by Radiohead
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April showers
And two and two always makes a five
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Because you're not there
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Yeah I feel it, I needed attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Yeah I need it, I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
Yeah I love it, the attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Soon oh
I try to sing along
But the music's all wrong
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
I'll swallow up flies?
Back and hide
But I'm not
Oh hail to the thief
Oh hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the box
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
Oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COLIN CHARLES GREENWOOD, EDWARD JOHN O'BRIEN, JONATHAN RICHARD GUY GREENWOOD, PHILIP JAMES SELWAY, THOMAS EDWARD YORKE
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by Radiohead
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April showers
And two and two always makes a five
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Because you're not there
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Yeah I feel it, I needed attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Yeah I need it, I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
Yeah I love it, the attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Soon oh
I try to sing along
But the music's all wrong
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
I'll swallow up flies?
Back and hide
But I'm not
Oh hail to the thief
Oh hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the box
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
Oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COLIN CHARLES GREENWOOD, EDWARD JOHN O'BRIEN, JONATHAN RICHARD GUY GREENWOOD, PHILIP JAMES SELWAY, THOMAS EDWARD YORKE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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matteo vasta
2 + 2 = 5 + A Wolf at the Door
A Wolf at the Door = - 1
2 + 2 = 4
Problem solved
Biscuit Boy1155
Quick maths
unknown person
Wait what factor thats says wolf at the door = -1
Maria Lelekis
@Totally Not Summer Morrison you are right. Reality is not subjective like in communism and what the book "1984" was trying to convey. People on here who don't get it like I can see in some comments are either too young to know and are indoctrinated by the post modernism thinking that is 2+2=5, everything is objective and contingent upon the person's perception or they not well read, not able to think abstractly or both. They're not going to get it.... unfortunately
Eddie Bearclaw
@Totally Not Summer Morrison i thought it is about how he has sold his soul to the devil and regrets it. And thus about the devils authority? It is a 1984 reference but the rest of the lyrics seem more holistic than a government. That it is put with wolf at the door appears to be about his justification for working with the devil.
Picnicl
Who said there was a 'Problem'?
And if there was a mathematical problem, it's 'A Wolf At The Door = -1' that you need to end on, not what is already accepted in mathematics.
Tavo H
Not only is it back
It's in higher quality too lol
Jonathan
It came back fitter and happier ;)
David Komarek
Yea, you enojy this much better in 4k
Lil Juz
@μTorrent never thought a peer to peer client would recite the DK Rap. Never knew I wanted to even see that in the first place but here we are.