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Radiohead Album Rankings
Ranking of Radiohead's landmark studio albums alongside major expanded reissues, anniversary box sets, and companion releases.
World Ranking
▲ Top 5
#1
OK Computer (1997)
Widely hailed as one of the greatest rock albums of all time, this dystopian masterpiece captured fin-de-siècle alienation through complex arrangements, sprawling dynamics, and anthems like 'Paranoid Android' and 'Karma Police'.
+84
#2
In Rainbows (2007)
Self-released via a pioneering pay-what-you-want digital model, this warm and rhythmically intricate LP pairs lush organic instrumentation with some of the band's most direct, emotionally resonant songwriting.
+66
#3
Kid A (2000)
A radical departure from conventional guitar rock that embraced modular synthesizers, Krautrock, free jazz, and glitch electronica, fundamentally resetting the boundaries of 21st-century popular music.
+51
#4
The Bends (1995)
Produced by John Leckie with engineer Nigel Godrich, this breakthrough record refined 1990s melodic alternative rock with soaring three-guitar textures and impassioned vocal performances across tracks like 'Fake Plastic Trees' and 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)'.
+39
#5
A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
A gorgeous, melancholic late-career peak driven by Jonny Greenwood's sweeping orchestral arrangements, acoustic textures, and the studio realization of longtime live staple 'True Love Waits'.
+20
▼ Bottom 5
#1
TKOL RMX 1234567 (2011)
A double-disc remix compilation commissioning boundary-pushing electronic artists like Caribou, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Modeselektor, and Floating Points to deconstruct and reassemble tracks from The King of Limbs.
-87
#2
The King of Limbs (2011)
An experimental, rhythm-focused study in turntablism, vinyl sampling, and interlocking polyrhythms that produced hypnotic polyphonic soundscapes such as 'Bloom' and 'Lotus Flower'.
-53
#3
COM LAG (2plus2isfive) (2004)
Originally compiled for the Japanese and Australian markets, this cult EP collects B-sides, remixes, and live takes from the Hail to the Thief era, including Christian Vogel and Four Tet reworks.
-44
#4
Pablo Honey (1993)
Radiohead's debut studio album, anchored by the worldwide alternative rock smash hit 'Creep' and characterized by early-90s grunge dynamics and post-punk drive.
-39
#5
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
Captures the raw intensity of the band's transitional European and North American tours, highlighted by dynamic live takes of Kid A and Amnesiac tracks alongside an acoustic performance of 'True Love Waits'.
-22
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All Items (20)
OK Computer (1997)+84
In Rainbows (2007)+66
Kid A (2000)+51
The Bends (1995)+39
A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)+20
Hail to the Thief (2003)+5
OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 (2017)+3
Amnesiac (2001)+1
KID A MNESIA (2021)—
In Rainbows (Disk 2) (2007)—
OK Computer (Collector's Edition) (2009)—
Kid A (Collector's Edition) (2009)-2
The Bends (Collector's Edition) (2009)-4
Amnesiac (Collector's Edition) (2009)-6
Hail to the Thief (Collector's Edition) (2009)-12
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)-22
Pablo Honey (1993)-39
COM LAG (2plus2isfive) (2004)-44
The King of Limbs (2011)-53
TKOL RMX 1234567 (2011)-87
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