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A Moon Shaped Pool
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
A Moon Shaped Pool · In September 2014 Radiohead began work on this ninth album with producer Nigel Godrich, at their own studio in Oxfordshire. There was hardly a demo and no rehearsal period; the sound emerged during recording. Three weeks at the La Fabrique studio in France followed later. Godrich recorded on analogue tape, inspired by Motown and early David Bowie records. Jonny Greenwood wrote the strings and the choir, played by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Some tracks were years old: True Love Waits was first played back in 1995.
In Burn the Witch the strings play their instruments with plectrums instead of bows, which gives a percussive effect. For Daydreaming the band slowed the tape for the intro and the cellists detuned their cellos, for a growling sound. Many critics heard in the lyrics a response to the break-up of Thom Yorke and his wife. The album appeared on many year-end lists and received a Mercury Prize nomination.
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Track list
- 1Burn the Witch3:41Apple Music ↗
- 2Daydreaming6:24Apple Music ↗
- 3Decks Dark4:41Apple Music ↗
- 4Desert Island Disk3:45Apple Music ↗
- 5Ful Stop6:07Apple Music ↗
- 6Glass Eyes2:53Apple Music ↗
- 7Identikit4:27Apple Music ↗
- 8The Numbers5:46Apple Music ↗
- 9Present Tense5:07Apple Music ↗
- 10Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief5:04Apple Music ↗
- 11True Love Waits4:43Apple Music ↗
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