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"Creep" was released as the lead Pablo Honey single on 21 September 1992. A sample of the sketch appears during the guitar solo on "How Do You". The album title comes from a prank call sketch by the 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". Jonny Greenwood used a paintbrush for his part. "The idea was to live up to the title: anyone can play guitar," he said. For the introduction to " Anyone Can Play Guitar", Kolderie had everyone in the studio, including the cook, create sounds on guitar. 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, and they had all the ideas they'd ever come up with in 20 years of listening to records." Guitarist Ed O'Brien later described the album as "a collection of our greatest hits as an unsigned band". According to Kolderie, "Everyone who heard Creep just started going insane," and he and Slade were hired to produce the entire album. EMI were persuaded to make "Creep" Radiohead's debut single. At Kolderie's suggestion, they recorded a take, after which everyone in the studio burst into applause. ĭuring rehearsals, Radiohead played another song, " Creep", which impressed the producers. Kolderie said: "'Inside My Head' was not very melodic, didn't have any of the stuff we thought the others had, so we were rather disappointed." Hufford described the results as "overblown bombastic rock". The sessions did not proceed well Kolderie described Radiohead as "desperately inexperienced", and neither they nor the producers liked the choice of songs for the single. Radiohead recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. They were initially hired to produce two songs chosen by EMI for Radiohead's debut single, "Inside My Head" and "Lurgee", and agreed after EMI A&R director Nick Gatfield played them " Stop Whispering". and were in the UK after working on the 1992 Buffalo Tom album Let Me Come Over.
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Pablo Honey was produced by American producers Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had worked with the American bands Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. The EP was released in 1992 and reached number 101 on the UK Singles Chart the Guardian described it as an "inauspicious start" that was "largely ignored". Hufford said this was a mistake, as it created a conflict of interest and generated friction in the studio. Radiohead's debut release, the Drill EP, was produced by their co-manager, Chris Hufford. In late 1991, Radiohead signed a six-album recording contract with EMI and changed their name at EMI's request "Radiohead" was taken from the song "Radio Head" on the Talking Heads album True Stories (1986). They recorded demos including the Manic Hedgehog tape, which featured versions of the future Pablo Honey tracks "You", "I Can't" and "Thinking About You". In 1985, they formed On a Friday, the name referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school's music room. The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, England. "Creep" remains Radiohead's most successful single. It is less acclaimed than Radiohead's later work, though some retrospective reviews have been positive. In the US, it was certified platinum in 1995. Pablo Honey was certified gold in the UK in 1994 and triple platinum in 2013.
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Radiohead embarked on an aggressive promotional tour in the US supporting Belly, followed by a European tour supporting James. Though it failed to make an impact on release, "Creep" received radio play in Israel and the US, and reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart when it was reissued in 1993. It received generally favourable reviews, but some found it underdeveloped or derivative. Pablo Honey reached number 22 in the UK Albums Chart.
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Three singles were released: " Creep", " Anyone Can Play Guitar" and " Stop Whispering". Pablo Honey was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire from September to November 1992. They signed a recording contract with EMI in 1991 and released their debut release, the Drill EP, in 1992. Radiohead formed at Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, England. Kolderie and Radiohead's co-manager Chris Hufford. Pablo Honey is the debut album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 22 February 1993 in the UK by Parlophone and on 20 April in the US by Capitol Records.