The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement

The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
Video by Radiohead
Released	19 December 2011
Recorded	December 2011
Venue	Maida Vale Studios
Genre	Experimental rock
Label	Ticker Tape
Director	Vern Moen
Producer	Music; Nigel Godrich; Film James Chaos; Dilly Gent; Nigel Godrich; John Woollcombe;
Radiohead chronology
Singles from The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
	"The Daily Mail" / "Staircase"; Released: 19 December 2011;

The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement is a 2011 live video album by the English rock band Radiohead, comprising songs their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011). It was Radiohead's second performance for the series From the Basement, following In Rainbows – From the Basement (2008). Radiohead's producer, Nigel Godrich, described it as an effort to record a different version of The King of Limbs and show it in a "different light".

Music

The video includes performances of all eight tracks from Radiohead's 2011 album The King of Limbs, plus the songs "The Daily Mail", "Staircase", and "Supercollider".^[1] It was recorded in Maida Vale Studios, London, and produced by Radiohead's longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich.^[1] Radiohead were joined by Clive Deamer on additional drums and percussion, and by a horn section for some songs.^[1]

Godrich said that whereas The King of Limbs was "was very mechanised", the performance was "a very conscious attempt to do something special: to record the album again, once it had been rehearsed and played live, to show it in a different light".^[2]

Release

The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement was broadcast on several TV channels internationally.^[1] The performances of "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" were released as singles in 2011.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

Reviewing The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement for AllMusic, Gregory Heaney wrote that "the session feels like the perfect environment for Radiohead to perform in, allowing them the freedom to relax and experiment with their sound without the pressure of a massive stadium audience to distract them from their music".^[4] In a 2015 article for Stereogum, Ryan Leas argued that it was superior to The King of Limbs: "You hear muscle and movement and bodies existing where the now tapped-out ingenuity of Radiohead’s electronic impulses has begun to make their recorded music brittle."^[5]

Tracklist

"Bloom" – 6:13
"The Daily Mail" – 4:10
"Feral" – 3:35
"Little by Little" – 4:47
"Codex" – 5:09
"Separator" – 6:36
"Lotus Flower" – 5:43
"Staircase" – 5:06
"Morning Mr Magpie" – 5:46
"Give Up the Ghost" – 5:5
"Supercollider" – 5:41

Personnel

Radiohead

Thom Yorke – voice, keyboard, guitar
Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboard, laptop, drums
Colin Greenwood – bass
Ed O'Brien – guitar, FX, voice
Philip Selway – drums

With

Clive Deamer – drums, electronic drums

Recording

Nigel Godrich – production (music and film), mixing
Vern Moen – direction, editing
Darrell Thorp – sound engineering
Drew Brown – recording assistance
Daniel Landin – direction of photography
James Chaos – production (film)
Dilly Gent – production (film)
John Woollcombe – production (film)

Brass

Noel Langley
Yazz Ahmed
Clare Moss
Trevor Mires
Oren Marshall
Ben Castle
Phil Todd

Design

Steve Keros – stills photography
Wildwood & Twain – artwork and layout

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mukadamm, Salim (21 June 2011). "Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live From The Basement". BBC Worldwide. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
'^ Yoo, Noah (2 August 2021). "Nigel Godrich talks From the Basements return, Radiohead webcasts, and more". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ Young, Alex (19 December 2011). "Check out: Radiohead – "The Daily Mail" + "Staircase" (studio versions)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b Heaney, Gregory (27 January 2012). "The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Leas, Ryan (10 March 2015). "In defense of The King of Limbs". Stereogum. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

External links

[:0-1] Mukadamm, Salim (21 June 2011). "Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live From The Basement". BBC Worldwide. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[2] '^ Yoo, Noah (2 August 2021). "Nigel Godrich talks From the Basements return, Radiohead webcasts, and more". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[3] Young, Alex (19 December 2011). "Check out: Radiohead – "The Daily Mail" + "Staircase" (studio versions)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[AM-4] Heaney, Gregory (27 January 2012). "The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[:2-5] Leas, Ryan (10 March 2015). "In defense of The King of Limbs". Stereogum. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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