The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, produced
by Nigel Godrich. It was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download in MP3 and WAV
formats, followed by physical CD and 12" vinyl releases on 28 March,[1] a wider digital
release via AWAL,[2] and a special "newspaper" edition on 9 May 2011.[3] The physical
editions were
released through the band's Ticker Tape imprint on XL in the United Kingdom, TBD in the
United States, and Hostess Entertainment in Japan.[4]

Following the painstaking recording and relatively conventional rock instrumentation of
In Rainbows, Radiohead employed a more spontaneous process to develop The King of Limbs,
sampling their own recordings with turntablist techniques inspired by DJing. The band
provided little information on the album, not even a track listing, before its release,
and did not discuss it in detail until nearly eight months later. Singer Thom Yorke
described it as an expression of "physical movements" and "wildness"; the title King
of Limbs possibly refers to an oak tree in Wiltshire's Savernake Forest, thought to be
1,000 years old.[5]

The King of Limbs has the shortest running time and track listing of any Radiohead album.
As with 2000's Kid A, no singles were released, though a music video was released for the
track "Lotus Flower". The album charted in the top ten in several countries and became a
bestseller on vinyl. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and has been nominated
for five categories in the 54th Grammy Awards.

Track listing

All tracks written by Radiohead and produced by Radiohead and Nigel Godrich.
No. Title Length
1. "Bloom" 5:15
2. "Morning Mr Magpie" 4:41
3. "Little by Little" 4:27
4. "Feral" 3:13
5. "Lotus Flower" 5:01
6. "Codex" 4:47
7. "Give Up the Ghost" 4:50
8. "Separator" 5:20

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Recorded date : 2011

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