Pablo Honey
Studio album by Radiohead
Released	22 February 1993
Recorded	September–November 1992
Genre	Rock, alternative rock
Length	42:11
Label	Parlophone, Capitol
Producer	Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Radiohead chronology
Pablo Honey (1993) The Bends (1995)

Pablo Honey is the first studio album by English rock band Radiohead, first released in early 1993. The album's title comes from a Jerky Boys prank call skit in which the prank caller states "Pablo, honey? Please come to Florida!" to his victim. This snippet is sampled by the band in the song "How Do You?" Album art for Radioheads album Pablo Honey. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Radiohead are an English rock band. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Alternative music redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Sean Slade is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. ... Paul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Radiohead are an English rock band. ... This article is about the album by Radiohead. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Radiohead are an English rock band. ... The Jerky Boys are an influential American comedy duo from Queens, New York, whose routine consisted of prank telephone calls and other related skits. ...

Recording

After a long dormancy while the members attended university, the band On a Friday reconvened in the early '90s, becoming fixtures on the local Oxford scene with a series of demo recordings and well attended live gigs, finally signing with EMI/Parlophone and changing their name to Radiohead. The band's first official release, the Drill EP, was produced by their managers Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge, and sold poorly. For their debut album the band sought the production skills of Massachusetts-based Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, responsible for Dinosaur Jr. and Buffalo Tom albums of which they were fans. For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... For other uses, see Drill (disambiguation). ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Dinosaur Jr is an American indie rock band. ... Buffalo Tom Buffalo Tom is an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in the 1980s. ...

Several months in advance of the album, the band came out with their debut single "Creep". According to bassist Colin Greenwood, "Creep" had been written by singer/rhythm guitarist Thom Yorke sometime in the late 1980s, while he was at Exeter University, and was shared with other members of the band, who were mostly very enthusiastic, citing the song as a reason to continue making music together. However, it was not included on any of their early '90s demo tapes and had not been a part of their live set. At the time, "Inside My Head" (which would later be released as a b-side to "Creep") was considered a good candidate for the band's lead single. Colin Greenwood (born Colin Charles Greenwood, 26 June 1969, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England), also known as Coz, is a member of English rock band Radiohead. ... Thomas Edward Yorke (born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Radiohead. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...

Sometime in 1992 the band began an impromptu performance of "Creep" at a recording session, referring to it as their "Scott Walker song" because it reminded them of one of their musical idols. Rumour states that Jonny Greenwood's famous guitar crunches in the chorus were supposedly an attempt to ruin a song he didn't like. But "Jonny played the piano at the end of the song and it was gorgeous," stated producer Paul Kolderie (though Jonny came in with the piano at the wrong time, the band decided to keep the take complete with mistake, not for the last time). "Everyone who heard 'Creep' just started going insane. So that's what got us the job doing the album." As soon as their managers and producers realized the song was an original (not a Walker cover), other plans were put on the back burner, to the band's surprise, and "Creep" was released as a limited single to the public in late 1992. However, the single initially went nowhere. It was even blacklisted from Radio 1 for being too depressing. Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton, Ohio). ... Jonathan Jonny Richard Guy Greenwood (born November 5, 1971 in Oxford, England) is a musician and a member of Radiohead. ...

In the meantime the bulk of the album was recorded, in autumn 1992. Recording sessions were completed very quickly, as the band had been playing many of these songs for years. However, what ended up on Pablo Honey represents only a fraction of their On a Friday-era recorded material, with very little overlap with earlier demos. The album was once described by a Radiohead member as 'Our greatest hits as an unsigned band', but the album's smooth texture, anthemic vocals and walls of guitar noise contrast with some of their earlier material, which was driven by cheap dance beats or a bar band sound. "Prove Yourself", which had led off Drill, reappears however in a different recording, as do "You" and "Thinking About You" in reworked versions.

Reception

In the heady alternative musical climate of 1993 Pablo Honey did not receive particular attention, although it notoriously led one reviewer to characterize Radiohead as "a lily livered excuse for a rock band."^{[citation needed]} Others saw it as "U2 meets the Pixies." The album's reputation among music critics (in contrast with Radiohead's subsequent albums, which have been highly praised by most critics) is generally seen to be as "Creep" and a lot of filler, again in contrast to subsequent Radiohead albums known for their cohesiveness. However, Yorke now professes himself satisfied with the sound of the result, given the constraints of the time and his undeveloped songwriting. Alternative music redirects here. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Pixies[1] are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The album also included the melodic, perhaps ironic, and Sonic Youth-influenced single "Anyone Can Play Guitar" and U2-like single "Stop Whispering", though they failed to match the commercial success of "Creep". Also on Pablo Honey are ethereal rocker "You", fan favourite "Thinking About You", and "Blow Out", the latter of which is apparently the band's personal favourite from the album, and points ahead to their future sonic manipulations. Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

By mid-1993, "Creep" had become a hit in Israel, then the United States, and then a worldwide hit, finally reaching number 7 when it was rereleased in fall of 1993 in the band's native Britain. "Creep" went on to define the band's early career, at the expense of anything else on Pablo Honey. The song, whose self-loathing lyrics struck a chord with many fans, was released around the same time as other so-called "slacker" anthems such as Beck's "Loser" and was seen by some as a part of the grunge movement kicked into high gear by Seattle bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Radiohead eventually fell into a media-created niche as the "British Nirvana", due both to "Creep" and to the equally morose (if not equally successful) other songs on the album. In fact, Radiohead did share similar influences as Nirvana, notably the Pixies and R.E.M., although The Smiths were also a large influence on the band at this time. By their next album, The Bends (1995), Radiohead was more often being lumped by the press with the Britpop or "Brit-rock" movement, a reflection of changing trends. Slacking in the park The term slacker was commonly used in the United States in World War I and World War II to describe men who were avoiding the military draft. ... This article is about the musician. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... This article is about the rock group. ... The Pixies[1] are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... This article is about the album by Radiohead. ...

However, the band are not unanimously pleased with "Creep". Although at first ecstatic at their success, they soon came to resent being unable to escape its shadow, inspiring the bitter song "My Iron Lung". When performing live in 1993 and 1994, much of the audience would often leave after "Creep" had been performed, ignoring all the other material from Pablo Honey. One exception was "Prove Yourself", a song Yorke removed from setlists after he realized the crowd would always chant along with its disturbing chorus, "I'm better off dead."

By the mid-'90s as the band's style evolved and they became more confident about their newer material, the band and Yorke in particular came to believe "Creep" had been given too much weight, and by the late '90s, Yorke apparently no longer identified at all with their biggest hit. The clip for "Creep" was conspicuously absent from their official 1997 video compilation release 7 Television Commercials (none of the other videos from Pablo Honey were included, either). For a time, the band refused to play it live, but beginning in 2001 it has been aired several times as an encore. 7 Television Commercials is the only official collection of music videos currently available from Radiohead. ...

Other songs from Pablo Honey have received even less recent attention from the band. Besides "You" (which was performed live by special request once in 2002) and very occasional performances of "Creep", the dreamy "Lurgee" is the only other song from Pablo Honey that has been played live by the band since the OK Computer era. The band, however, have said in recent years that they are not unhappy with the album or its production, given their lack of experience at the time. Radiohead members have mentioned "Blow Out" as the Pablo Honey track of which they are most proud. OK Computer is the third album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in summer 1997. ...

Apart from "Creep", the album itself is rarely mentioned by the band today, and The Bends is usually considered a more notable album by those who prefer Radiohead's early rock sound. However, Pablo Honey continues to sell steadily, and has attained platinum status. In 2005, a picture was publicized of Britney Spears purchasing the album.^[1] Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk has named Pablo Honey one of his favourite albums of all time. ^[2] Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Fight Club[1] (1996) is the first published novel by American author Chuck Palahniuk. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. ...

Track listing

1. "You" – 3:29
2. "Creep" – 3:56
3. "How Do You?" – 2:12
4. "Stop Whispering" – 5:26
5. "Thinking About You" – 2:41
6. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" – 3:38
7. "Ripcord" – 3:10
8. "Vegetable" – 3:13
9. "Prove Yourself" – 2:25
10. "I Can't" – 4:13
11. "Lurgee" – 3:08
12. "Blow Out" – 4:40

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Personnel

• Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar
• Jonny Greenwood – lead guitar, piano, organ
• Ed O'Brien – guitar, backing vocals
• Colin Greenwood – bass
• Phil Selway – drums

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Release history

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Notes

1. ^ http://www.earvolution.com/images/britney_pablo.jpeg
2. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=911

External links

• "Creep" music video with lyrics