I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings | ||||
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Released | 12 November 2001 | |||
Recorded | May–August 2001 | |||
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Length | 40:11 | |||
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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.
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]
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]
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]
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 |
Adapted from the liner notes. [27]
Radiohead
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Production
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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 |
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 12 November 2001 | |||
Recorded | May–August 2001 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 40:11 | |||
Label | ||||
Radiohead chronology | ||||
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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.
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]
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]
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]
All tracks are written by Radiohead, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Venue | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Adapted from the liner notes. [27]
Radiohead
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Production
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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 |