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Airbag / How Am I Driving?
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EP by
Radiohead
Released21 April 1998
Recorded1996–1997
Studio
Genre Alternative rock
Length25:34
Label Capitol 58701
Producer Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
Radiohead chronology
No Surprises / Running from Demons
(1997)		Airbag / How Am I Driving?
(1998)		 Kid A
(2000)

Airbag / How Am I Driving? is the fifth EP by the English rock band Radiohead, released in April 1998 in North America. It collects most of the B-sides from singles released from Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), plus the OK Computer song "Airbag". It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.

Contents

Songs

Airbag / How Am I Driving? collects most of the OK Computer B-sides, excluding "Lull" (from the "Karma Police" single) and "How I Made My Millions" (from the "No Surprises" single). [1] Only one had been previously released in North America. [2]

"Meeting in the Aisle" is a "spaced out" instrumental with "orchestral" drones, drum machine and bass guitar. [2] Radiohead did not perform it until 2012 on the King of Limbs tour. [3] The two-part "Polyethylene" begins with softly strummed guitar before a climactic ending. [2] "Palo Alto" features "hummable pop" verses and a "thunderous" chorus. [2] Its initial title was "OK Computer" before this became the album title. [4]

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 9.2/10 [2]

Airbag / How Am I Driving? debuted at number 56 on the Billboard 200, [6] selling 20,000 copies in its first week. [7] In 2009, it was rereleased by EMI on iTunes. [8]

Reception

Airbag / How Am I Driving? was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. [9] In Pitchfork , Ryan Schreiber wrote: "If OK Computer was at the top of your 'best of' list last year, and you had wished for just a few more tracks in that same anti- technology, self-loathing vein that Radiohead so perfectly executes, Airbag goes off on impact." [2] Schreiber expressed surprise that the "impossibly brilliant" final track, "Palo Alto", was not included on OK Computer and felt it would have made a strong single. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien and Colin Greenwood.

No.TitleLength
1."Airbag"4:46
2."Pearly*"3:33
3."Meeting in the Aisle"3:09
4."A Reminder"3:51
5."Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)"4:22
6."Melatonin"2:09
7."Palo Alto"3:43
Total length:25:34

Personnel

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Silver60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Airbag/How Am I Driving? - Radiohead". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schreiber, Ryan. "Radiohead: Airbag / How Am I Driving?". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 2 October 2000.
  3. ↑ "See Radiohead Play Two New Songs Live in World Tour Debut". Spin . 28 February 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Footman, Tim (2007). Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the Death of the Classic Album. New Malden: Chrome Dreams. pp. 36–37. ISBN   978-1-84240-388-4.
  5. ↑ Allmusic review
  6. ↑ Randall, Mac (2004). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story . Omnibus Press. pp.  181. ISBN   1-84449-183-8.
  7. ↑ Basham, David (6 December 2001), Got Charts? Busta's New Beginning; Radiohead Might Have Been Wrong, MTV, archived from the original on 8 December 2001, retrieved 11 July 2008
  8. ↑ "Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP added to iTunes". ateaseweb.com. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Sherman, Heidi (5 January 1999), "The Miseducation of the Recording Industry", Rolling Stone , archived from the original on 14 January 2009, retrieved 11 July 2008
  10. ↑ "British album certifications – Radiohead – Airbag / How Am I Driving?". British Phonographic Industry.