Radiohead’s EPs are far from throwaways. They are treasure troves of alternate versions, non-album masterpieces, and full-blown experiments. Here are the nine official EPs (UK/primary releases):
Note: Radiohead also released special holiday EPs (e.g., “Towering Above the Rest” bootleg compilations are unofficial) and the TKOL RMX 8 remix EP.
A furious, politically charged response to the post-9/11 world and the Iraq War. The band merged the rock energy of The Bends with the electronic experimentation of Kid A. At 56 minutes, it’s their longest album, sometimes messy but bursting with rage and melody. “2+2=5,” “There There,” and “A Wolf at the Door” rank among their fiercest work.
Key track: “There There”
Radiohead’s EPs are not mere outtakes – they contain B-sides as strong as album tracks. The canonical 9 EPs (per most comprehensive lists) are:
Note: Some lists swap in “These Are My Twisted Words” (2009) or “Spectre” (2015) as unofficial EPs, but the above 9 are the widely agreed set.
The masterpiece that changed everything. A paranoid, dystopian epic about modern anxiety, technology, and disconnection. With its layered production, unconventional time signatures, and Jonny Greenwood’s haunting string arrangements, OK Computer transcended rock. Songs like “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police,” and “No Surprises” are now canon. It remains the band’s most universally acclaimed album and a landmark of the 1990s. Radiohead Discography -7 Albums 9 EPs Othe...
Key track: “Paranoid Android”
The Twin Recorded during the same Kid A sessions, Amnesiac is the jazzier, more claustrophobic sibling. Where Kid A looked at the apocalypse from space, Amnesiac looked at it from inside a bank vault. Featuring the eerie "Pyramid Song" and the chaotic "Packt Like Sardines," it is arguably the weirder, more rewarding listen.
The Apocalypse The album that killed 90s complacency. Recorded in a haunted mansion in the English countryside, OK Computer predicted surveillance capitalism, road rage, and the dehumanization of the digital age before the internet even existed. It is a paranoid, beautiful, sprawling masterpiece that fused Pink Floyd’s space with The Pixies’ aggression. Radiohead’s EPs are far from throwaways
| # | Album | Year | Key Tracks | Style | |---|-------|------|-------------|-------| | 1 | Pablo Honey | 1993 | “Creep,” “Anyone Can Play Guitar” | Grunge/Britpop | | 2 | The Bends | 1995 | “Fake Plastic Trees,” “Street Spirit” | Alternative rock | | 3 | OK Computer | 1997 | “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police” | Art rock, dystopian | | 4 | Kid A | 2000 | “Everything in Its Right Place,” “Idioteque” | Electronic, jazz, krautrock | | 5 | Amnesiac | 2001 | “Pyramid Song,” “You and Whose Army?” | Jazz-infused, eerie | | 6 | Hail to the Thief | 2003 | “2+2=5,” “There There” | Rock meets glitch | | 7 | In Rainbows | 2007 | “Weird Fishes,” “Reckoner” | Warm, layered, rhythmic | | 8 | The King of Limbs | 2011 | “Lotus Flower,” “Bloom” | Loop-based, polyrhythmic | | 9 | A Moon Shaped Pool | 2016 | “Burn the Witch,” “Daydreaming” | Orchestral, melancholic |
If you must reduce to 7 albums, fans often exclude Pablo Honey (too raw) and The King of Limbs (too experimental), leaving the 1995–2016 core seven: The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows, A Moon Shaped Pool.