Bittersweet Distractors (a collection of Radiohead b-sides 1992-2005)

(first published 11 march 2010 / updated 9 march 2014)

First time you listened to Talk Show Host, likely you were watching this movie

From original 2010 post:

Radiohead have always been quite prolific. Through singles and b-sides, they have published dozens of songs out of the official albums. Songs that until the recent deluxe reprints by EMI it was very difficult to recover. About a year ago, I discovered online a nice fan-made collection, fully downloadable, which was designed right with the aim of putting a little order in the band's discography. It's called Bittersweet Distractors and counts 7 discs: first three collect unreleased b-sides from the first fifteen years of the band (the Capitol era), other three are a sort of well-crafted "best of live", referring to the same era, while the last one digs in the most recent indipendent and Web-oriented life of the band (webcasts, YouTube songs and other oddities).
Here I prepared the Spotify version of the first three cds, those collecting the entire Radiohead alternative discography of years 1992-2005. Honoring the creators of Bittersweet Distractors, I kept the title, the tracklist and the three-albums structure. The collection is almost complete. Only one song missing: I Want None of This, from the charity compilation Warchild: Help! A Day in the Life, not available on Spotify. I'm a fan of the band, so I'm a little biased, but listening to songs like India Rubber or Talk Show Host, I get more and more convinced that even b-sides Radiohead are amazing.

Below you find three single playlist and a massive mammoth one, collecting all three discs.

Enjoy.

Previously on the Radiohead side of Spotirama: 
Good Souls and Lost Souls (a look back at 90s Radiohead and its offspring)
Radiohead OK Computer Reimagined
Dead Air Radiohead vol.3 - Radiohead Office Charts

BITTERSWEET DISTRACTORS

(Disc 1 - When You Were Here Before 1992-1994)

(Disc 2 - A Gun and a Pack of Sandwiches 1995-1998)

(Disc 3 - The Foreign Legion 2001-2005)

(Mammoth - all three discs)

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Full list

Disc 1 - When You Were Here Before 1992-1994
(13 tracks, 42 minutes)
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong (4:40) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994
Lewis (Mistreated) (3:19) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994
Yes I Am (4:25) - from the Single “Creep“ 1993
Lozenge Of Love (2:16) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994
The Trickster (4:40) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994
Stupid Car (2:26) - from the EP “Drill“ 1992
Permanent Daylight (2:48) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994
Faithless, The Wonder Boy (4:14) - from the Single “Anyone Can Play Guitar“ 1993
Coke Babies (2:58) - from the Single “Anyone Can Play Guitar“ 1993
Pop Is Dead (2:12) - from the Single “Pop Is Dead“ 1993
Inside My Head (3:12) - from the Single “Creep“ 1992
Million Dollar Question (3:17) - from the Single “Creep“ 1992
You Never Wash Up After Yourself (1:44) - from the EP “My Iron Lung“ 1994

Disc 2 - A Gun And A Pack Of Sandwiches 1995-1998
(16 tracks, 53 minutes)
India Rubber (3:26) - from the Single “Fake Plastic Trees“ 1995
Pearly* (Remix) (3:38) - from the EP “No Surprises - Running From Demons“ 1997
Banana Co. (2:21) - from the Single “Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ 1996
Killer Cars (3:02) - from the Single “High & Dry“ 1995
Palo Alto (3:44) - from the Single “No Surprises“ 1998
A Reminder (3:51) - from the Single “Paranoid Android“ 1997
Meeting In The Aisle (3:09) - from the Single “Karma Police“ 1997
Lull (2:28) - from the Single “Karma Police“ 1997
Talk Show Host (4:41) - from the Single “Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ 1996
Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) (4:22) - from the Single “Paranoid Android“ 1997
Maquiladora (3:27) - from the Single “High & Dry“ 1995
Molasses (2:26) - from the Single “Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ 1996
Bishops Robes (3:25) - from the Single “Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ 1996
Melatonin (2:09) - from the Single “Paranoid Android“ 1997
How I Made My Millions (3:08) - from the Single “No Surprises“ 1998
How Can You Be Sure? (4:21) - from the Single “Fake Plastic Trees“ 1995

Disc 3 - The Foreign Legion 2001-2005
(14 tracks, 52 minutes)
Cuttooth (5:24) - from the Single “Knives Out“ 2001
The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy (3:38) - from the Single “Pyramid Song“ 2001
Trans-Atlanic Drawl (3:02) - from the Single “Pyramid Song“ 2001
Gagging Order (3:35) - from the Single “Go To Sleep“ 2003
Fog (4:03) - from the Single “Knives Out“ 2001
Paperbag Writer (3:58) - from the Single “There There“ 2003
I Am Citizen Insane (3:32) - from the Single “Go To Sleep“ 2003
I Am A Wicked Child (3:05) - from the Single “Go To Sleep“ 2003
I Will (Los Angeles Version) (2:13) - from the Single “2 + 2 = 5“ 2003
Fast-Track (3:18) - from the Single “Pyramid Song“ 2001
Where Bluebirsds Fly (4:23) - from the Single “There There“ 2003
I Want None Of This (3:15) - from the Compilation “Warchild - Help: A Day In The Life“ 2005
Kinetic (4:06) - from the Single “Pyramid Song“ 2001
Worrywort (4:38) - from the Single “Knives Out“ 2001