Ka mutu, ka tukuna e Radiohead tana waiata tuatahi "Creep" i te tau 1992 i muri i te putanga o tana pukaemi tuatahi, Pablo Honey (1993). I piki ake to raatau rongonui me te mana nui i te United Kingdom i te tukunga o ta raatau pukaemi tuarua, The Bends (1995). Ko te pukaemi tuatoru a Radiohead, OK Computer (1997), i kawea mai ki a raatau te rongonui o te ao; e mohiotia ana mo tana mahinga matatini me nga kaupapa o te whakawāteatanga hou, he maha nga wa e kiia ana ko te rekoata tohu o nga tau 1990 me tetahi o nga pukaemi pai rawa atu i roto i te puoro rongonui. Kid A (2000) me Amnesiac (2001), i tuhia i te wa kotahi, i tohu i te rereketanga nui o te taera, e whakauru ana i nga whakaaweawe mai i te puoro hiko whakamatautau, puoro tawhito o te rautau 20, krautrock, me te jazz. I wehewehea nga kaiwhakarongo engari i whakaingoatia ko Kid A te pukaemi pai rawa atu o te tekau tau e Rolling Stone, Pitchfork Question me The Radio Times: What is Radiohead's debut album?
Ko Pablo Honey