TKOL RMX 1234567

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TKOL RMX 1234567
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Remix album by
Radiohead
Released16 September 2011 (2011-09-16) [1]
Genre
Length105:51
Label
Producer Nigel Godrich (various remixers/additional producers)
Radiohead chronology
The King of Limbs
(2011)		TKOL RMX 1234567
(2011)		 The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
(2011)
Singles from TKOL RMX 1234567
  1. "Little by Little" / "Lotus Flower"
    Released: 4 July 2011
  2. "Morning Mr Magpie" / "Bloom"
    Released: 15 July 2011
  3. "Feral" / "Morning Mr Magpie" / "Separator"
    Released: 29 July 2011
  4. "Give Up the Ghost" / "Codex" / "Little by Little"
    Released: 15 August 2011
  5. "Give Up the Ghost" / "TKOL" / "Bloom"
    Released: 29 August 2011
  6. "Good Evening Mrs Magpie" / "Bloom"
    Released: 12 September 2011
  7. "Bloom" / "Separator" / "Lotus Flower"
    Released: 10 October 2011

TKOL RMX 1234567 is a remix album of songs from the album The King of Limbs (2011) by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and on 10 October 2011 internationally by XL Recordings.

Contents

The album compiles a series of King of Limbs remix singles by electronic artists including Jamie xx, Nathan Fake, Four Tet, Caribou, Modeselektor and SBTRKT. The singles were also released as downloads through Radiohead's website. Radiohead said they wanted to allow the music to "mutate" by giving it to other artists to remix. TKOL RMX received mainly positive reviews.

Background

On 6 June 2011, Radiohead announced a series of remixes from their eighth album, The King of Limbs, by various artists. [3] The singer, Thom Yorke, said Radiohead wanted to experiment with the music by giving it to other artists to remix, and liked the idea that it was not "fixed and set in stone". He praised remix culture, and said: "I didn't just want floor-fillers and all that shit, I just wanted to see how the songs could really branch out and mutate." [4] The drummer, Philip Selway, said he felt The King of Limbs was the Radiohead album that best lent itself to remixing. [5]

Singles

Artwork for the singles compiled on TKOL RMX 1234567 TKOL RMX Singles Artwork.png
Artwork for the singles compiled on TKOL RMX 1234567

The first seven remixes were released as 12-inch vinyl singles through XL Recordings on Radiohead's Ticker Tape Ltd. imprint label, [6] and are compiled on TKOL RMX 1234567. The eighth single, TKOL RMX8, was finished too late for inclusion on the album and was released as a download. [7] A remix of "Bloom" by Jamie xx, previously released on the TKOL RMX8 single, was released as a vinyl single on 23 January 2012. [7]

SingleTracks remixedRemixPeak chart positionsRelease date
UK
Sales
[8] 		US
Dance
[9] 		US
Sales
[10]
TKOL RMX1"Little by Little" Caribou RMX3284 July 2011 [11]
"Lotus Flower" Jacques Greene RMX
TKOL RMX2"Morning Mr Magpie" Nathan Fake RMX431515 July 2011 [12]
"Bloom" Harmonic 313 RMX
Mark Pritchard RMX
TKOL RMX3"Feral" Lone RMX662329 July 2011 [13]
"Morning Mr Magpie" Pearson Sound Scavenger RMX
"Separator" Four Tet RMX
TKOL RMX4"Give Up the Ghost"Thriller Houseghost RMX741415 August 2011 [14]
"Codex"Illum Sphere RMX
"Little by Little" Shed RMX
TKOL RMX5"Give Up the Ghost"Brokenchord RMX9——26 August 2011 [15]
"TKOL"Altrice RMX
"Bloom" Blawan RMX
TKOL RMX6"Good Evening Mrs Magpie" Modeselektor RMX751512 September 2011 [16]
"Bloom"Objekt RMX
TKOL RMX7 Jamie xx Rework671610 October 2011 [17]
"Separator"Anstam RMX
"Lotus Flower" SBTRKT RMX
TKOL RMX8"Bloom"Jamie xx Rework Part 367——21 November 2011 [18]
"Separator"Anstam RMX II
"Morning Mr Magpie"Nathan Fake Harshdub RMX

Release

The retail version of TKOL RMX was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and 10 October in other countries. [1] [5] [19] Radiohead celebrated the release with a live event at London's Corsica Studios on 11 October, with DJs including Yorke and contributing remix artists Jamie xx, Caribou, Lone and Illum Sphere. The event was streamed by Boiler Room. [20] TKOL RMX reached number five on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.5/10 [22]
Metacritic 67/100 [23]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [24]
The A.V. Club B+ [25]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [26]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [27]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

TKOL RMX has an aggregate score of 67 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [23] AllMusic said it was "fascinating to hear how this current crop of producers ... twists, bends, adjusts, and appropriates the source material". [24] The A.V. Club felt "the best of these remixes excite and innovate in ways their [King of Limbs] counterparts didn't". [25] However, the Guardian wrote that the album "feels less like an album than an info dump" and questioned "the utility in commissioning Four Tet and Caribou to rework songs that already sound a bit like Four Tet and Caribou". [26] Pitchfork found it "listenable but ultimately bloodless". [27]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Little by Little" (Caribou remix)5:40
2."Lotus Flower" (Jacques Greene remix)7:10
3."Morning Mr Magpie" (Nathan Fake remix)4:52
4."Bloom" (Harmonic 313 remix)5:04
5."Bloom" (Mark Pritchard remix)6:07
6."Feral" (Lone remix)5:17
7."Morning Mr Magpie" (Pearson Sound "Scavenger" remix)4:38
8."Separator" (Four Tet remix)7:03
Total length:45:51
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Give Up the Ghost" (Thriller "Houseghost" remix)6:13
2."Codex" (Illum Sphere remix)4:34
3."Little by Little" (Shed remix)4:49
4."Give Up the Ghost" (Brokenchord remix)5:05
5."TKOL" (Altrice remix)6:02
6."Bloom" (Blawan remix)7:29
7."Good Evening Mrs Magpie" (Modeselektor remix)7:44
8."Bloom" (Objekt remix)5:21
9."Bloom" (Jamie xx rework)2:28
10."Separator" (Anstam remix)4:50
11."Lotus Flower" (SBTRKT remix)5:22
Total length:Disc 2: 60:00
Total: 105:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [28]

Remix and additional production

Artwork

Charts

ChartPeak
position [29]
UK Albums Chart 34
Belgium Albums Top 50 43
Italy Albums Chart 63
French Albums Chart 79
Irish Albums Chart 48
Dutch Albums Chart 74
Swiss Music Charts 95
US Billboard 200 50
Billboard Alternative Albums 9
Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums 5
Billboard Independent Albums 8
Billboard Top Rock Albums 12

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