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''I Might Be Wrong'' comprises live performances recorded on Radiohead's 2001 tour.<ref name="Letts2010">{{cite book |author=Marianne Tatom Letts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3HSuhm6DRGgC&pg=PA167 |title=Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album: How to Disappear Completely |date=8 November 2010 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00491-8 |pages=156–167}}</ref> It features songs from ''[[Kid A]]'' (2000) and [[Amnesiac (album)|''Amnesiac'']] (2001),<ref name="Letts2010" /> plus a solo performance of another song, "[[True Love Waits (song)|True Love Waits]]", by the singer, [[Thom Yorke]], on acoustic guitar.<ref name=":02" /> Radiohead did not release |
''I Might Be Wrong'' comprises live performances recorded on Radiohead's 2001 tour.<ref name="Letts2010">{{cite book |author=Marianne Tatom Letts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3HSuhm6DRGgC&pg=PA167 |title=Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album: How to Disappear Completely |date=8 November 2010 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00491-8 |pages=156–167}}</ref> It features songs from ''[[Kid A]]'' (2000) and [[Amnesiac (album)|''Amnesiac'']] (2001),<ref name="Letts2010" /> plus a solo performance of another song, "[[True Love Waits (song)|True Love Waits]]", by the singer, [[Thom Yorke]], on acoustic guitar.<ref name=":02" /> Radiohead did not release "True Love Waits" until their 2016 album ''[[A Moon Shaped Pool]]''.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Dan |date=10 May 2016 |title=The 21-year history of Radiohead's 'True Love Waits', a fan favorite two decades in the making |url=http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/history-radiohead-true-love-waits.html |access-date=10 September 2016 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref> |
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As Radiohead had developed ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' through studio experimentation,<ref name="rolling_stone">{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |date=24 May 2001 |title=Radiohead warm up with ''Amnesiac'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-warm-up-with-amnesiac-20010524 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715085158/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-warm-up-with-amnesiac-20010524 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> they rearranged the songs to perform them live. For example, the electronic track "Like Spinning Plates" was rearranged as a piano ballad.<ref name="p4k3">{{cite web |last=LeMay |first=Matt |date=17 December 2001 |title=Radiohead: ''I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings'' |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6657-i-might-be-wrong-live-recordings-ep/ |access-date=19 March 2012 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> The guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] said: "You couldn't do ''Kid A'' live and be true to the record. You would have to do it like an art installation ... When we played live, we put the human element back into it."<ref name=":19">{{Cite magazine |date=2001-06-21 |title=Radiohead take ''Amnesiac'' on tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-take-amnesiac-on-tour-242596/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=2021-10-04}}</ref> The drummer, [[Philip Selway]], said Radiohead "found some new life" in the songs when they came to perform them.<ref name=":19" /> |
As Radiohead had developed ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' through studio experimentation,<ref name="rolling_stone">{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |date=24 May 2001 |title=Radiohead warm up with ''Amnesiac'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-warm-up-with-amnesiac-20010524 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715085158/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-warm-up-with-amnesiac-20010524 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> they rearranged the songs to perform them live. For example, the electronic track "Like Spinning Plates" was rearranged as a piano ballad.<ref name="p4k3">{{cite web |last=LeMay |first=Matt |date=17 December 2001 |title=Radiohead: ''I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings'' |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6657-i-might-be-wrong-live-recordings-ep/ |access-date=19 March 2012 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> The guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] said: "You couldn't do ''Kid A'' live and be true to the record. You would have to do it like an art installation ... When we played live, we put the human element back into it."<ref name=":19">{{Cite magazine |date=2001-06-21 |title=Radiohead take ''Amnesiac'' on tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-take-amnesiac-on-tour-242596/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=2021-10-04}}</ref> The drummer, [[Philip Selway]], said Radiohead "found some new life" in the songs when they came to perform them.<ref name=":19" /> |
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I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings is a live album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 12 November 2001 in the UK by Parlophone and a day later in the US by Capitol Records.
Recorded during Radiohead's 2001 tour, I Might Be Wrong comprises songs from their fourth and fifth albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001). Radiohead developed the songs through studio experimentation and rearranged them for live performance. I Might Be Wrong also includes an acoustic performance of "True Love Waits", a song Radiohead did not release until their 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.
I Might Be Wrong received mainly positive reviews. Critics praised the performances and arrangements, but criticised its brevity and lack of earlier Radiohead songs.
Content
I Might Be Wrong comprises live performances recorded on Radiohead's 2001 tour.[1] It features songs from Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001),[1] plus a solo performance of another song, "True Love Waits", by the singer, Thom Yorke, on acoustic guitar.[2] Radiohead did not release "True Love Waits" until their 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.[2]
As Radiohead had developed Kid A and Amnesiac through studio experimentation,[3] they rearranged the songs to perform them live. For example, the electronic track "Like Spinning Plates" was rearranged as a piano ballad.[4] The guitarist Ed O'Brien said: "You couldn't do Kid A live and be true to the record. You would have to do it like an art installation ... When we played live, we put the human element back into it."[5] The drummer, Philip Selway, said Radiohead "found some new life" in the songs when they came to perform them.[5]
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 76/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
Entertainment.ie | [9] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[10] |
Mojo | [11] |
NME | [12] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[13] |
Q | [14] |
Rolling Stone | [15] |
Stylus | A−[16] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, I Might Be Wrong has an average score of 76 based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[6]
The Entertainment.ie critic Andrew Lynch wrote: "Unlike most live albums, this one captures some of the excitement of actually being there and gives Radiohead back the human dimension they've recently been in danger of losing."[9] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club wrote that the album "cast new light" on Kid A and Amnesiac.[17] In Rolling Stone, Jonah Weiner described it as "explosively raw", praising the "twisty, insular" performance of "Idioteque" and Yorke's "beautifully chilling" vocals on "Like Spinning Plates".[18] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork also praised "Like Spinning Plates", saying it showcased Radiohead's "songwriting virtuosity rather than their sonic adventurousness".[4]
LeMay said the performance of "True Love Waits" was "absolutely gorgeous" and that the song "holds its own" against any on Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer.[4] He felt it justified the release of the live album, along with "Like Spinning Plates".[19] Ted Kessler of NME praised Yorke's vocals on "True Love Waits" as "clear and true".[12] However, Mac Randall felt the performance, with "whiny" vocals, was inferior to a widely shared bootleg version. He wrote: "One gets the feeling that this was a song Radiohead knew they liked and knew audiences liked but the band never came to grips with an arrangement for it; finally they threw up their hands, putting it out as it is."[20]
Several critics felt I Might Be Wrong was too short. Thompson found it "marred by characteristically unrevealing packaging and inexplicable brevity".[17] Randall wrote that its brevity made it "something of a letdown", and that the lack of earlier Radiohead songs meant it did not capture "anywhere near the scope of a real Radiohead concert".[21] LeMay also criticised the lack of older songs, and said the album had the feeling of a "promotional item" for Kid A and Amnesiac.[4] Sam Samuelson of AllMusic suggested it could instead have been packaged with Amnesiac as a complete package from the Kid A sessions, rather than a "couple of thrown-together releases".[7]
Reissues
Radiohead left EMI after their contract ended in 2003.[22] In 2007, EMI released Radiohead Box Set, a compilation of albums recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI, including I Might Be Wrong.[22] Radiohead had no input into the reissues and the music was not remastered.[23]
In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by Warner Music Group (WMG).[24] In April 2016, as a result of an agreement with the trade group Impala, WMG transferred Radiohead's back catalogue to XL Recordings. The EMI reissues, released without Radiohead's consent, were removed from streaming services.[25] In May 2016, XL reissued Radiohead's back catalogue on vinyl, including I Might Be Wrong.[26]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Radiohead, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Venue | Length |
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1. | "The National Anthem" | Vaison-la-Romaine, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 28 May 2001 | 4:57 | |
2. | "I Might Be Wrong" | South Park, Oxford, England 7 July 2001 | 4:52 | |
3. | "Morning Bell" | South Park, Oxford, England 7 July 2001 | 4:14 | |
4. | "Like Spinning Plates" | Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA 8 August 2001 | 3:47 | |
5. | "Idioteque" | Arthur Kreiger, Paul Lansky, Radiohead | South Park, Oxford, England 7 July 2001 | 4:24 |
6. | "Everything in Its Right Place" | Vaison-la-Romaine, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 28 May 2001 | 7:42 | |
7. | "Dollars and Cents" | South Park, Oxford, England 7 July 2001 | 5:13 | |
8. | "True Love Waits" | Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA 20 August 2001 | 5:02 | |
Total length: | 40:11 |
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[27]
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Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue number |
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United Kingdom | 12 November 2001 | Parlophone | LP | 12FHEIT 45104 |
CD | CDFHEIT 45104 | |||
United States | 13 November 2001 | Capitol Records | CDP 7243 5 36616 2 5 |
References
- ^ a b Marianne Tatom Letts (8 November 2010). Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album: How to Disappear Completely. Indiana University Press. pp. 156–167. ISBN 978-0-253-00491-8.
- ^ a b Reilly, Dan (10 May 2016). "The 21-year history of Radiohead's 'True Love Waits', a fan favorite two decades in the making". Vulture. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ Fricke, David (24 May 2001). "Radiohead warm up with Amnesiac". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d LeMay, Matt (17 December 2001). "Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Radiohead take Amnesiac on tour". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b Samuelson, Sam (2001). "I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings review". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Radiohead". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ a b Andrew Lynch (14 November 2001). Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong review Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Brunner, Rob (7 December 2001). "I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Entertainment Weekly. p. 105. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings EP review". Mojo: 114. December 2001.
- ^ a b Kessler, Ted (7 December 2001). "Radiohead – 'I Might Be Wrong' review". NME. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Matt LeMay (17 December 2001). Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings EP review Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Q (#184): 127.
- ^ Moon, Tom (22 November 2001). "Recordings: Radiohead, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 December 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Keith Gwillim (1 September 2003). Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong – Review Archived 4 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Stylus. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ a b Stephen Thompson (12 November 2001). Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Weiner, Jonah (20 June 2016). "Radiohead: A Complete Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ LeMay, Matt (17 December 2001). "Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Randall, Mac (1 February 2012). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-4584-7147-5.
- ^ Randall, Mac (1 February 2012). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-4584-7147-5.
- ^ a b Nestruck, Kelly (8 November 2007). "EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
- ^ McCarthy, Sean (18 December 2009). "The Best Re-Issues of 2009: 18: Radiohead: Pablo Honey / The Bends / OK Computer / Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail to the Thief". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Knopper, Steve (8 February 2013). "Pink Floyd, Radiohead Catalogs Change Label Hands". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Christman, Ed (4 April 2016). "Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Spice, Anton (6 May 2016). "Radiohead to reissue entire catalogue on vinyl". The Vinyl Factory. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (liner notes).
External links
- I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings at Discogs (list of releases)