18 Facts About In Rainbows

In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead.

The retail release of In Rainbows topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and by October 2008 it had sold over three million copies worldwide; it is certified platinum in the UK and Canada and gold in the US, Belgium and Japan.

In Rainbows received critical acclaim, winning Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, and was ranked one of the best albums of the year and the decade by various publications.

In Rainbows is a conscious return to this form of 45-minute statement.

In Rainbows's solution was to have a string section play every note of the scale, blanketing the frequencies.

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In Rainbows initially wanted it to be a "post-rave trance track", similar to the music of Surgeon, and Jonny Greenwood was "obsessed" with shifting the start of the bar.

In Rainbows artwork was designed by Radiohead's longtime collaborator Stanley Donwood.

In Rainbows displayed images in the studio and on the studio computer for the band to interact with and comment on.

In Rainbows posted images daily on the Radiohead website, though none were used in the final artwork.

In Rainbows said that the decision had not been made for financial gain, and that if money had been Radiohead's motivation, they would have accepted an offer from Universal Records.

In Rainbows was the first Radiohead album available for download in several digital music stores, such as the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3.

U2's manager Paul McGuinness said that 60 to 70 percent of Radiohead fans had pirated In Rainbows, and saw this as an indication that Radiohead's strategy had failed.

The box set was promoted on Google Ads with an advert falsely claiming that In Rainbows was included; EMI removed it, citing a "data source glitch".

The webcasts featured performances of In Rainbows songs, covers of songs by New Order and the Smiths, poetry, and videos created with comedian Adam Buxton and filmmaker Garth Jennings.

In October 2008, Warner Chappell reported that In Rainbows had sold three million copies worldwide, including 1.

In Rainbows was ranked among the best albums of 2007 by many music publications.

In Rainbows was nominated for the short list of the 2008 Mercury Prize, and won the Grammy awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Special edition of In Rainbows included a second disc, In Rainbows Disk 2, which contains eight additional tracks.