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'''''Pablo Honey''''' is the debut studio album by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Radiohead]], released on 22 February 1993 in the UK by [[Parlophone]] and on 20 April 1993 in the US by [[Capitol Records]]. It was produced by [[Sean Slade]], [[Paul Q. Kolderie]] and Radiohead's co-manager Chris Hufford.
Radiohead formed in 1985 at [[Abingdon School]] in [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]], and signed a recording contract with [[EMI]] in 1991. Their debut EP, ''[[Drill (EP)|Drill]]'' (1992), achieved little success. For their debut album, Radiohead's management targeted the American market and chose American producers
The singles "[[Creep (Radiohead song)|Creep]]", "Anyone Can Play Guitar" and "[[Stop Whispering]]" initially made little impact. However, "Creep" gradually gained international radio play, reaching number seven on the [[UK
''Pablo Honey'' reached number 22 on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. It was [[Music recording certification|certified gold]] in the UK in 1994 and
==Background==
[[File:Abingdon School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England-23April2011.jpg|thumb|[[Abingdon School]], Oxfordshire, where Radiohead formed]]
The members of [[Radiohead]] met while attending [[Abingdon School]] in [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon, Oxfordshire]].<ref name="MCLEAN">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/13/1055220766407.html|title=Don't worry, be happy|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=14 July 2003|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=25 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185044/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/13/1055220766407.html|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, they formed {{nat|On a Friday}}, the name referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school's music room.<ref name="RANDALL3">{{cite journal |author=Mac Randall |date=1 April 1998 |title=The golden age of Radiohead |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/radiohead-interview-golden-age-radiohead |url-status=dead |journal=[[Guitar World]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903205835/http://www.guitarworld.com/radiohead-interview-golden-age-radiohead |archive-date=3 September 2017 |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> They recorded demo tapes, including a cassette unofficially titled ''Manic Hedgehog'', which featured versions of the future ''Pablo Honey'' tracks "You", "I Can't" and "Thinking About You".<ref name="Runtagh-2018" />
One demo attracted the attention of a local producer, Chris Hufford.<ref name="Doyle-2008">{{Cite journal |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=April 2008 |title=The complete Radiohead |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q
Radiohead released their debut EP, ''[[Drill (EP)|Drill]],'' in 1992. It was produced by Hufford in his studio, Courtyard Studios, in Oxfordshire.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> It reached number 101 on the [[UK singles chart]]; the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' later described it as an "inauspicious start" that drew little attention.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=9 October 2007 |title=15 years of Radiohead |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2007/oct/09/radiohead |access-date=21 October 2021 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Hufford said producing the EP himself was a mistake, as it created a conflict of interest and generated friction in the studio.<ref name="Irvin-1997" />
▲One demo attracted the attention of a local producer, Chris Hufford.<ref name="Doyle-2008">{{Cite journal |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=April 2008 |title=The complete Radiohead |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] |volume=261 |pages=65–69 |issn=0955-4955}}</ref> He and his business partner, Bryce Edge, became the band's managers after attending a concert at the [[Jericho Tavern]], Oxford.<ref name="Doyle-2008" /> In late 1991, On a Friday signed a six-album recording contract with [[EMI]]<ref name="ROSS">{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/08/20/010820fa_FACT1|title=The Searchers|last=Ross|first=Alex|date=20 August 2001|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=16 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214053947/http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/mahler_1.html|archive-date=14 February 2008}}</ref> and changed their name at EMI's request. Their name was taken from the [[Talking Heads]] song "Radio Head" from the 1986 album ''[[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]''.<ref name="ROSS" />
Around this time, the American producers [[Paul Q. Kolderie|Paul Kolderie]] and [[Sean Slade]], who had worked with bands including the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] and [[Dinosaur Jr]],<ref name="RANDALL3" /> were in the UK looking for work.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=58}} The EMI [[A&R]] director, [[Nick Gatfield]], gave them a selection of acts to consider.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=59}} They agreed to produce Radiohead after he played them "[[Stop Whispering]]".{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=59}} Kolderie was particularly impressed by [[Thom Yorke]]'s vocals.<ref name="
== Recording ==
[[File:Former_Chipping_Norton_Recording_Studios.jpg|thumb|The former [[Chipping Norton Recording Studios]], Oxfordshire, where Radiohead recorded ''Pablo Honey'']]
Radiohead recorded ''Pablo Honey'' at [[Chipping Norton Studios]] in [[Chipping Norton]], Oxfordshire.<ref name="Runtagh-2018">{{Cite magazine|last=Runtagh|first=Jordan|date=
During rehearsals, Radiohead unexpectedly played another song, "[[Creep (Radiohead song)|Creep]]". They considered it a "throwaway" track, but it impressed the producers.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=60}} At Kolderie's suggestion, they recorded a take, after which everyone in the studio burst into applause.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> EMI were persuaded to make "Creep" Radiohead's debut single. According to Kolderie, "everyone [at EMI] who heard Creep just started going insane" and he and Slade were hired to produce the album.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> Radiohead took elements of "Creep" from the 1972 song "[[The Air That I Breathe]]". After [[Universal Music Publishing Group|Rondor Music]] took legal action, the songwriters, [[Albert Hammond]] and [[Mike Hazelwood (singer)|Mike Hazelwood]], were given shared royalties and songwriting credits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2018 |title=Lana Del Rey sued by Radiohead for allegedly copying 'Creep' |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily
''Pablo Honey'' was recorded in three weeks. Kolderie described it as a struggle, and said: "It was their first record and they wanted to be [[the Beatles]], and the mix had to have no [[Reverb effect|reverb]], and they had all the ideas they'd ever come up with in 20 years of listening to records."<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> Kolderie noted the band's studio inexperience and difficulty in finishing tracks, but said he enjoyed the work due to the small group and joking atmosphere.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=62}}
For the introduction to "Anyone Can Play Guitar", Kolderie had everyone in the studio, including the cook, create sounds on guitar. "The idea was to live up to the title: anyone can play guitar," he said.<ref name="Runtagh-2018" /> The guitarist [[Jonny Greenwood]] used a paintbrush for his part.<ref name="Runtagh-2018" /> Radiohead did not like the version of "Lurgee" they recorded with Kolderie and Slade, and used an earlier version, recorded with Hufford at Courtyard, for the album.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=60}} Kolderie said ''Pablo Honey'' was "not cheap", and estimated that it had cost more than £100,000 to record.{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=62}}
The album title comes from a [[prank call]] sketch by the American comedy act the [[The Jerky Boys|Jerky Boys]] in which the caller poses as the victim's mother and says: "Pablo, honey? Please come to Florida." Yorke said it was appropriate as the band were "mothers' boys".<ref name="Runtagh-2018" /> A [[Sampling (music)|sample]] of the sketch appears during the guitar solo on "How Do You?"
== Music and lyrics ==
In ''Pablo Honey'', critics found elements of [[grunge]],<ref name="jahasuriya" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kemp |first=Mark |date=26 March 2009 |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey, the Bends, OK Computer (Reissues) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/radiohead/radiohead-pablo-honey-the-bends-ok-computer-reissu/ |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref><ref name="Spicer-2008" /> [[alternative rock]],<ref name=jahasuriya /> [[Arena rock|stadium rock]],<ref name="Allmusic" /> [[progressive rock]],<ref name="Spicer-2008" /> [[college rock]],<ref name="jahasuriya" /> [[post-grunge]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Coffman |first=Tim |date=21 September 2021 |title=15 artists who completely reinvented their sound from album to album |url=https://www.altpress.com/artists-who-completely-reinvented-their-sound-from-album-to-album/ |
The Radiohead guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] later described ''Pablo Honey'' as a "hedonistic" album that "you might put on in an open-top car on a Saturday night going to a party".<ref name="RANDALL3" /> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] described
Zaleski said the ''Pablo Honey'' lyrics express anger at the status quo, the feeling of being an outsider, and worry for the future.<ref name="salon.com" /> "Creep" features a quiet verse and a loud chorus, with "blasts" of guitar noise from Jonny Greenwood.<ref name="Kempf2">{{cite web |author=Christi Kempf |date=7 June 1993 |title=The Radiohead Vision Creeps Onto Airwaves |url=http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/chicagosun.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329235211/http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/chicagosun.html |archive-date=29 March 2017 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref> Yorke described it as a "self-destruct song".<ref name="Fortnam-1992">{{Cite journal |last=Fortnam |first=Ian |
== Release
"[[Creep (Radiohead song)|Creep]]" was released as the lead ''Pablo Honey'' single on 21 September 1992.<ref name="Irvin-1997" />{{sfn|Randall|2012|pp=84–85}} It initially received little airplay and sold around 6,000 copies, reaching number 78
''Pablo Honey'' was released in February 1993 and received little press.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> It reached number 25 in 1993's [[UK Albums Chart]].{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=78}} However, "Creep" became a hit in Israel, where it was played frequently by the radio DJ [[Yoav Kutner]]. In March, Radiohead were invited to Tel Aviv for their first overseas show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rubinstein|first=Harry|date=20 January 2009|title=The Radiohead — Israel connection|newspaper=israelity.com|url=http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515111700/http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/|archive-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Around the same time, "Creep" rose to number two on the US [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]] chart,<ref name="Billboard-1995" /> and ''Pablo Honey'' was selling well on import.<ref name="Gilbert-1996">{{Cite journal |last=Gilbert |first=Pat |date=November 1996 |title=Radiohead |journal=[[Record Collector]]}}</ref> "Creep" reached number 34 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] chart,<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> and reached number seven on the UK singles chart when EMI rereleased it in September 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19930912/7501/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> In the UK, ''Pablo Honey'' was [[Music recording certification|certified]] silver in February 1994, gold in April 1994, platinum in June 1997, and double platinum in July 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radiohead, ''Pablo Honey'' |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4974-1730-2 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |language=en}}</ref> In the US, it was certified gold in September 1993 and platinum in September 1995.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum – RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Radiohead#search_section |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045824/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Radiohead#search_section |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=3 May 2017 |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref>
In late 1992, Radiohead toured the UK with [[Kingmaker (band)|Kingmaker]] and [[the Frank and Walters]].<ref name="Gilbert-1996">{{Cite journal |last=Gilbert |first=Pat |date=November 1996 |title=Radiohead |journal=[[Record Collector]]}}</ref> That September, they performed at the UK EMI conference. They impressed the EMI promoter Carol Baxter, who said: "This funny little band came on and they obviously had something. This was a hideous record company do but Thom gave it everything."<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> That Christmas, ''[[NME]]'' published a review of a Radiohead performance that dismissed them as "a pitiful, lily-livered excuse for a rock 'n' roll group".<ref name="Irvin-1997" />▼
== Tour ==
▲In late 1992, Radiohead toured the UK with [[Kingmaker (band)|Kingmaker]] and [[the Frank and Walters]].<ref name="Gilbert-1996"
"Creep" reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart when EMI rereleased it in September 1993.<ref name="BILL">{{cite magazine|title=Radiohead: Artist Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|access-date=9 November 2007|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> That month, Radiohead performed "Creep" on the British music programme ''[[Top of the Pops]]''<ref name="Kempf">{{cite web |author=Christi Kempf |date=7 June 1993 |title=The Radiohead Vision Creeps Onto Airwaves |url=http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/chicagosun.html |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref><ref>''[[Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop]]''. 2003. Bonus interviews.</ref> and as the first musical guests on the American talk show ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]].''<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=Conan O'Brien's 10 Most Memorable Music Performances|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/conan-10-most-memorable-performances/|access-date=13 September 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref> EMI's American arm, Capitol, wanted to continue promoting ''Pablo Honey'' and build on the momentum.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> Radiohead declined an offer to tour the US in support of [[Duran Duran]], as their managers felt they could earn more credibility by supporting [[Belly (band)|Belly]].<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> They also opened for [[PJ Harvey]] in New York City and Los Angeles.<ref name="frontline">{{Cite journal |last=Nichols |first=Natalie |date=Fall 1993 |title=Creeping into the Limelight |journal=Fender Frontline |publisher=The Phelps Group |volume=11}}</ref> ▼
▲
▲Radiohead struggled with the tour. Yorke disliked dealing with American music journalists and tired of the songs.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> The band members appeared in promotional material they later regretted, such as fashion shoots for [[Iceberg (fashion house)|Iceberg]] jeans and the magazine ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]].''<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> According to Radiohead's agent, the promotional work triggered "a lot of soul-searching about why they were in a group at all".<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> Jonny Greenwood said they "spent a year being jukeboxes ... We felt in a creative stasis because we couldn't release anything new."<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> The American tour was followed by a European tour supporting [[James (band)|James]] and [[Tears for Fears]].<ref name="Irvin-1997" /><ref name="Gilbert-1996" /> Afterwards, Radiohead cancelled an appearance at [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] after Yorke became ill; he told ''NME'', "Physically I'm completely fucked and mentally I've had enough."<ref name="Monroe-2019">{{Cite web|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=2019-03-13|title=Radiohead's ''The Bends'': inside the anti-capitalist, anti-cynicism classic|url=https://www.nme.com/features/radioheads-the-bends-at-20-the-story-of-an-anti-capitalist-anti-cynicism-classic-36|access-date=2019-09-20|website=NME|language=en-US}}</ref> According to some reports, EMI gave Radiohead six months to "get sorted" or be dropped. EMI's A&R head, Keith Wozencroft, later denied this, saying: "[[Experimental rock]] music was getting played and had commercial potential. People voice different paranoias, but for the label [Radiohead] were developing brilliantly from ''Pablo Honey''."<ref name="Monroe-2019" /> Kolderie credited the ''Pablo Honey'' tours for turning Radiohead "into a tight band".{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=62}}
Radiohead struggled with the tour. Yorke disliked dealing with American music journalists and tired of the songs.<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> The band members appeared in promotional material they later regretted, such as fashion shoots for [[Iceberg (fashion house)|Iceberg]] jeans and the magazine ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]].''<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> According to Radiohead's agent, the promotional work triggered "a lot of soul-searching about why they were in a group at all".<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> Jonny Greenwood said they "spent a year being jukeboxes ... We felt in a creative stasis because we couldn't release anything new."<ref name="Irvin-1997" /> The American tour was followed by a European tour supporting [[James (band)|James]] and [[Tears for Fears]].<ref name="Irvin-1997" /><ref name="Gilbert-1996" /> Kolderie credited the ''Pablo Honey'' tours for turning Radiohead "into a tight band".{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=62}}
==Critical reception==
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| rev7score = 3/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=34 |location=London |date=April 1993 |last=Lamacq |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Lamacq |page=80}}</ref>
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''Pablo Honey'' failed to make a critical impact upon its initial release.<ref name="FREQUENCY">{{cite news|date=22 February 2001|title=Radiohead: The right frequency|newspaper=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1182725.stm|url-status=live|access-date=24 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1182725.stm|archive-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> ''NME''{{'}}s [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]] referred to Radiohead as "one of rock's brightest hopes".<ref name="NME" /> Harris said the track "How Do You?" "breaks the [album's] momentum... horribly", but described ''Pablo Honey'' as "satisfying" despite its flaws.<ref name="NME" /> ''NME'' later named it the 35th-best album of the year.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=25 December 1993 |title=The Top 50 LPs of 1993 |magazine=[[NME]] |location=London |page=67}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' wrote that "British teenagerhood has never been grumpier" and described ''Pablo Honey'' as a good album with moments that rivalled Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr. and Sugar.<ref name="q" />
In the United States, "Creep" drew parallels with Nirvana, with some describing Radiohead as the "British Nirvana".<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/24/radiohead-worst-to-best?page=2 |title=Radiohead: Worst to Best |website=[[IGN]] |date=24 March 2009 |access-date=5 July 2010 |last=Linder |first=Brian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023021322/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/24/radiohead-worst-to-best?page=2 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said the lyrics had "enough bite to make it on their own" despite the U2 comparisons.<ref name="Billboard-1993">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/billboard042493.html |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location=New York |date=24 April 1993 |access-date=9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226090738/http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/billboard042493.html |archive-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a mixed review, Mario Mundoz of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that it "doesn't really deliver anything you haven't heard before" but "does offer clever lyrics and good hooks".<ref name="lat" /> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' did not recommend the album, but named "Creep" a "choice cut".{{sfn|Christgau|2000|loc=[https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=10620 Radiohead: Pablo Honey]}} ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that the album's charm originates from its guitar work, song structures, melodies, and choruses that invoke a "pop appeal".<ref name="RSReview">{{cite magazine |last=Evans |first=Paul |date=23 December 1993
==Legacy==
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| title = Retrospective reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pablo-honey-mw0000095971 |title=Pablo Honey – Radiohead |
| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite web |last=Modell |first=Josh |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-26177 |title=Radiohead |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615060411/http://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-26177 |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richards |first=Sam |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 |title=Radiohead Reissues – Collectors Editions |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |location=London |date=8 April 2009 |access-date=2 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206061947/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
Although ''Pablo Honey'' did not receive the acclaim of Radiohead's later albums,{{sfn|Randall|2011|p=69|ps=}} it has received praise in retrospective coverage. The musician and journalist Phil Witmer wrote that "''Pablo Honey'' is endearing because we now know the band that made it would become something extraordinary not even five years later".<ref name="
According to [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]], the songwriting does not always match Radiohead's sound, but when it does, it achieves "a rare power that is both visceral and intelligent".<ref name="Allmusic" /> Kenny EG Perry of ''NME'' described the album as "the sound of one of the best bands of this or any other generation playing the music that taught them all their good early lessons".<ref>{{cite web |author1-last=Perry |author1-first=Kenny EG |
In a 2008 review, Al Spicer of [[BBC Music]] described ''Pablo Honey'' as Radiohead's "exploration of suburban, adolescent self-awareness" and "one of rock's most impressive debuts".<ref name="Spicer-2008">{{cite web |last=Spicer |first=Al |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j5xm |title=Radiohead Pablo Honey Review |
After the success of "Creep", Radiohead grew to resent it.<ref name="Runtagh-2018-2">{{Cite magazine |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |date=22 February 2018 |title=Radiohead's ''Pablo Honey'': 10 things you didn't know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/radioheads-pablo-honey-10-things-you-didnt-know-201729/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> In 1993, Yorke said: "It's like it's not our song any more ... It feels like we're doing a cover."<ref name="Runtagh-2018-2" /> The success almost led to Radiohead's
In 2007, ''
=== Accolades ===
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== Reissues ==
Radiohead left EMI after their contract ended in 2003.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=8 November 2007 |title=EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue |work=[[The Guardian]]
In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by [[Warner Music Group]] (WMG).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/warner-music-pays-765-million-for-parlophone-20130208|title=Pink Floyd, Radiohead Catalogs Change Label Hands|last=Knopper|first=Steve|date=8 February 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183928/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/warner-music-pays-765-million-for-parlophone-20130208|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2016, as a result of an agreement with the trade group [[Independent Music Companies Association|Impala]], WMG transferred Radiohead's back catalogue to [[XL Recordings]]. The EMI reissues, released without Radiohead's consent, were removed from streaming services.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=4 April 2016 |title=Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/radioheads-early-catalog-warner-bros-xl/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> In May 2016, XL reissued Radiohead's back catalogue on vinyl, including ''Pablo Honey''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Spice |first=Anton |date=6 May 2016 |title=Radiohead to reissue entire catalogue on vinyl |url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093045/http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |archive-date=26 August 2016 |access-date=6 May 2017 |website=[[The Vinyl Factory]]}}</ref>
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==Personnel==
Adapted from the album's [[liner notes]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes |author=[[Radiohead]] |title=Pablo Honey |year=1993 |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |type=CD |id = CDP 0777 7 81409 2 4 }}</ref>
'''Radiohead'''▼
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* [[Colin Greenwood]] – bass guitar
* [[Jonny Greenwood]] – lead guitar, piano, organ
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* [[Thom Yorke]] – vocals, guitar
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* Chris Blair – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* Chris Hufford – production, engineering {{small|(tracks 10, 11)}}
* [[Paul Q. Kolderie]] – production, engineering {{small|(tracks 1–9, 12)}}, mixing
* [[Sean Slade]] – production, engineering {{small|(tracks 1–9, 12)}}, mixing
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* Icon – design
* Lisa Bunny Jones – paintings
* Tom Sheehan – photography
{{columns-end}}
==Charts==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|award=Gold|title=Pablo Honey|artist=Radiohead|relyear=1993|certyear=1997|access-date=30 August 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|title=Pablo Honey|artist=Radiohead|relyear=1993|certyear=2013|id=4974-1730-2|access-date=3 May 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Platinum|salesamount=1,520,000|salesref=<ref name=Forbes>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickdesantis/2016/05/10/radioheads-digital-album-sales-visualized/
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |chapter=Radiohead: Pablo Honey |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=10620 |access-date=6 July 2020 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
* {{Cite book |last=Randall |first=Mac |title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-1849384575 |url=https://archive.org/details/radioheadstoryex0000rand/}}
* {{cite book |last=Randall |first=Mac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0q9bTJp2Bi4C&pg=PT121 |title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition |date=2012 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=9781617130472}}
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|13344|name=Pablo Honey}}
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