My passionate teenage obsession with Radiohead coincided with the rise of Napster. So whereas previous generations of fanatical music fans lived and died by record stores, catalogs, and zines, I surfed the far recesses of the internet for rarities and had them delivered directly to my hard drive at snail speed.

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Maybe that was a pathetic way to spend an adolescence, but all those hours toiling at the mercy of a dial-up modem are finally paying off! In honor of Stereogum’s, it’s time to run down the band’s greatest non-album tracks. If you removed all of Radiohead’s studio albums from their discography, their accumulated body of work would still be both vaster than and superior to most other bands’.

Their B-sides and rarities cover an even wider stylistic range than their album tracks, and as with most prolific musicians, some of the more obscure material ranks among the absolute best. There are some honest-to-God masterpieces in this playlist, and if you’ve never experienced the likes of “Talk Show Host” or “Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” before, I am so stoked for you. Most hardcore Radiohead fans probably already know every single one of these songs inside-out, and if you’re among that crowd, I’m excited to revisit them with you and nerd out together. All these years later, this music still makes me giddy. A word about my methodology: The list is chronological by era.

I only included studio recordings, so no live favorites like Radiohead’s cover of Can’s “” were eligible. And anyhow, we already rounded up four years ago, so no need to revisit those here. “,” a song that only appeared on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, was also left out because a live album is an album nonetheless. Thom Yorke’s collaborations with the likes of,, and are omitted, too; only proper Radiohead songs are included here, not Yorke solo joints.

Even with all those restrictions in place, narrowing this down to 30 songs proved difficult. Radiohead’s catalog runs deep, and so does my love for it. “Million Dollar Question” (First appearance: “Creep” single, 1993) This melodic fuzzbomb is better than most of the songs that actually made it onto Pablo Honey. “Million Dollar Question” veers from a rip-roaring, overdriven rock song to a swooning, pleading breakdown and back. Even on such a straightforward song, the value of a powerful rhythm section cannot be overstated.

“Faithless, The Wonder Boy” (First appearance: “Creep” cassette promo, 1993) The Smiths influence noted in our is evident here, so much that “Faithless The Wonder Boy” damn near invented Belle And Sebastian two years before Tigermilk. The chorus is total college-rock crunch, though. “Coke Babies” (First appearance: “Anyone Can Play Guitar” UK single, 1993) This shoegaze slow-burn plays like an early draft of “Airbag,” its massive wash of guitars cascading into a tingly, all-consuming swoon. “The Trickster” (First appearance: My Iron Lung EP, 1994) “The Trickster” is another full-fledged guitar assault. Yorke seems to be duetting with Greenwood’s razor-sharp lead parts throughout, Radiohead’s two must powerful voices hurtling downhill in tandem.

“Permanent Daylight” (First appearance: My Iron Lung EP, 1994) The song is called “Permanent Daylight,” but it sounds like plunging deeper and deeper underwater, a sensation alternately terrifying and thrilling. “Maquiladora” (First appearance: “High And Dry”/”Planet Telex” UK single, 1995) When people say they miss when Radiohead played guitars, this is what they mean. “Maquiladora” is a swaggering beast of a rock song, a compendium of monster riffs that still holds together as a song.

You might not notice what a force of nature “Maquiladora” is due to Yorke tempering the aggression with gorgeous falsetto flutters, but damn, this thing slaps. “Killer Cars” (First appearance: “High And Dry”/”Planet Telex” UK single, 1995) Songs about Thom Yorke’s deathly fear of automobiles comprise a fertile subsection of Radiohead’s discography. Actron Pocketscan Plus 9410 Manual: Full Version Free Software Download.

(See also: “Airbag.”) But he’s never more plainspoken about it than on “Killer Cars”; sample lyric: “I’m going out for a little drive/ And it could be the last time you see me alive.” The band, in turn, delivers one of the most direct performances of their career, a guitar-powered slaughter topped off by one of Jonny Greenwood’s earliest signature riffs. “India Rubber” (First appearance: “High And Dry”/”Planet Telex” US single, 1995) Even on a song that ends in maniacal laughter, Phil Selway’s drums are the star here. Eventually a full-fledged rock song kicks in, power chords and all, but the floaty keyboard verses are where it’s.