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| Artist: Radiohead
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 651274
Format: Import
Media: LP Record
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.2
UPC: 724355233660
EAN: 0724355233660
ASIN: B00009AHNL
Publication Date: 2003
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Condition: Factory Sealed
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| Tracks:
| • | There There | | • | Paperbag Writer | | • | Where Bluebirds Fly |
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Album Description
The first single from their Hail To The Thief album is b/w two non-album tracks, 'Paperbag Writer' and 'Where Blue Birds Fly'.
Album Details
The First Single from their 2003 Return-to-form "Hail to the Thief" Characteristically Includes Two NON-LP B-sides Exclusive to this Single. The "Warp"-like Meanderings Are Past (Or at Least in Check), Radiohead is Back Stronger Than Ever with this Album Sounding More Like "The Bends" and the Best Parts of "Kid A"! "Ally Ally in Come Free!"
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there May 24, 2004
J. GARRATT (Columbus, Ohio United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There There, sadly, does not follow the usual Radiohead tradition where the b-sides rivaled the a-sides in quality. This time around, the a-side is clearly the superior track on the disc, representing Radiohead's pressured retreat to guitar-oriented space rock a la The Bends. Not the song with the most impact from Hail To The Thief, but very good nontheless.
Paperbag Writer sounds like it was written in one afternoon. It's a combination of Yorke's muddled vocals and disjointed keyboard sounds hovering behind him. The only thing going for it is Colin Greenwood's bassline. Where Bluebirds Fly is just 2-plus minutes of keyboard noodling, accomplishing nothing.
This is disturbing, considering that Radiohead's past singles have been regarded as something of a work of art in their own right, from the Pablo Honey singles up through Amnesiac. The Hail To Thief singles yield nothing of the sort, with the possible exception of Go To Sleep #2. This time around, all of the goods went to the album.
Here Here for There There February 2, 2004
Dave (Toronto, CANADA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Being a devout Radiohead follower, I had to plunk down my coins for this single. I was already impressed with the Go To Sleep b-sides, and was thrilled when I heard these 2 new tracks. Track 1 is just the album version of There There. Track 2 Which is called Paperbag Writer, is a great Radiohead song, but is easily identifiable as a b-side. Thom and the boys tend to put these melancholy songs aside and then they pop up when they need to fill a single with extras. Track 3, However, was worth the price of this cd on it's own!!! Where Bluebirds Fly. This track got me up on my feet and moving like no other Radiohead song has before. The melody is haunting, the bass is pure trance and the hushed vocal chanting seams it all together. Be warned: This is only for the die-hard Radiohead fan, casual listeners should just buy Hail To The Thief and take it from there(there).
 Amazing B-Sides August 29, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Track #2 is simply the best Radiohead b-side since "talk show host"...pulsating bass, amazing lyrics, haunting sound. Don't listen to the morons that say it isn't up to par....Track #3 is good, but very similar to the Amnesiac sound....
good but too short July 26, 2003
Dave Bradshaw (North Muskegon, MI United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We all know There There is a good song, and a great first single for the HTTT album, and I was anticipating these songs greatly. Well, they don't dissapoint here, with 2 songs DEFINATELY not meant for the HTTT album, but are great nonetheless on their own. Paperbag Writer is nice, funky, and shows colin's bass expanding in its part of the band's sound, like on Punchup or I might be Wrong. Next is Where Bluebirds Fly, a totally experimental-sounding track which will, I'm sure, annoy the hell out of anyone not as open-minded as myself at first, but give it a couple listens, and the deep groove and airy keyboards will hook and hypnotize you. My only reason for not giving this single 5 stars? because there are 3 songs!! Jeez, I just paid the same price for the Flaming Lips - Fight Test single, and that has 7 songs totalling about 30 minutes (well, one is almost 9 mins long, but hey).
 No amazing b-side here July 23, 2003
Roger I. Camara Lemarroy (monterrey, nuevo leon Mexico)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
"There there" the first single off of "hail to the thief" is an amazing song, guitar driven and laid-back at first, and then it gets even better. One of the best tracks on the album. Especially because of the wonderful lyrics and beatuiful vocal arrangements that start to fill up the track. The b-sides contained on this single are not nearly as amazing as the b-sides for "amnesiac," they resemble the kind of production featured on "fast track" and "fog." From the first beat driven, gloomy "paperbag writer" youll notice the lack of production and the fact that this tracks seem unfinished. Most notably youll see that there are no guitars on this tracks, probably because only lead singer Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Goodrich partially worked on them.
The third track is "zhere bluebirds fly" a more experimental track, also beat driven, filled with very light orchestra arrangements and quiet synths as well. The only instrument not used here that was used on track two is the bass, which is probably why this track feels so loose. This cd is definetibely only for collectors, if youre a radiohead fan, and just want to listen to the tracks, im sure you can find other means to do so than buying this album for full retail price. Like buying it used here on amazon.
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