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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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

B-Monkeys - The Complete Collection of Arctic Monkeys B-Sides

Info: Since 2005, along with five studio albums, Arctic Monkeys recorded a plethora of songs that have been published in singles & EPs. All of them are available on Spotify and are now collected in this playlist
Source: Wikipedia discography page
Date of publication: 2005-2013
Spotify playlist latest update: 20th january 2016
Spotify playlist direct links: URI / HTTP

Full list

All songs are available on Spotify. Some song may not be available in all countries.

1. Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts (from I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor single, oct 2005)

2. Chun-Li's Flying Bird Kicks (I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, oct 2005)

3. Stickin' to the Floor (When the Sun Goes Down, jan 2006)

4. 7 (When the Sun Goes Down, jan 2006)

5. Settle for a Draw (When the Sun Goes Down, jan 2006)

6. Cigarette Smoker Fiona (Who the Fuck Are the Arctic Monkeys?, EP, apr 2006)

7. Despair in the Departure Lounge (Who the Fuck Are the Arctic Monkeys?, EP, apr 2006)

8. No Buses (Who the Fuck Are the Arctic Monkeys?, EP, apr 2006)

9. Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (Who the Fuck Are the Arctic Monkeys?, EP, apr 2006)

10. Put Your Dukes Up John (Leave Before the Lights Come On, aug 2006)

11. Baby I'm Yours (Leave Before the Lights Come On, aug 2006) 

12. If You Found This It's Probably Too Late (Brianstorm, jan 2007)

13. Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend (Brianstorm, jan 2007)

14. What If You Were Right the First Time? (Brianstorm, jan 2007)

15. Da Frame 2R (Matador/Da Frame 2R, jun 2007)

16. Matador (Matador/Da Frame 2R, jun 2007)

17. The Bakery (Fluorescent Adolescent (jul 2007)

18. Plastic Tramp (Fluorescent Adolescent (jul 2007)

19. Too Much To Ask (Fluorescent Adolescent (jul 2007)

20. Bad Woman (Teddy Picker, dec 2007)

21. The Death Ramps (Teddy Picker, dec 2007)

22. Nettles (Teddy Picker, dec 2007)

23. Red Right Hand (Crying Lightning, jul 2009)

24. I Haven't Got My Strange (Crying Lightning, jul 2009)

25. Catapult (Cornerstone, nov 2009)

26. Sketchhead (Cornerstone, nov 2009)

27. Fright Lined Dining Room (Cornerstone, nov 2009)

28. Joining the Dots (My Propeller, mar 2010)

29. The Afternoon's Hat (My Propeller, mar 2010)

30. Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On (My Propeller, mar 2010)

31. The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap (Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair, apr 2011) 

32. I.D.S.T. (Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair, apr 2011)

33. Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler) (The Hellcat Spangled Shalala, aug 2011)

34. Evil Twin (Suck It And See, oct 2011)

35. You and I (Black Treacle, jan 2012) 

36. Electricity (R U Mine?, feb 2012) 

37. 2013 (Do I Wanna Know?, jun 2013)

38. Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You (Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High, aug 2013)

39. You're So Dark (One for the Road, dec 2013)

Bittersweet Distractors (A Collection of Rare Radiohead Songs 1992-2005)

Info: Through their career, Radiohead have published dozens of songs out of the official albums. Bittersweet Distractors is an old fan-made collection, originally downloadable on MP3, which was designed right with the aim of putting a little order in the British band's discography (Collector's Editions of the oldest albums weren't out yet). It included seven discs: three collected unreleased b-sides from the first fifteen years of the band (the Capitol era), three were a sort of well-crafted "best of live", referring to the same era, while the last one collected b-sides songs from the post-Capitol and Web-oriented life of the band (webcasts, YouTube songs and other oddities). This is the Spotify version of the first three discs, collecting the entire Radiohead alternative discography from 1992 to 2005. 

Source: Scatterbrain (Italian Radiohead fan forum)

Date of publication: June 2008

Spotify playlist latest update: 23th March 2016

Spotify playlist direct links: URI / HTTP

Full List

All songs are available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

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