Studio Album · No. 6
Hail to the Thief Songwriting Credits by Radiohead
Produced by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead · Engineered by Nigel Godrich, Darrell Thorp
Holds writing credit on 14 of 14 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 14 / 14 documented
Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether Radiohead carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 2
Every song on Hail to the Thief is credited collectively to Radiohead's five members rather than to individual writers, consistent with the band's longstanding practice. Nigel Godrich produced and engineered the album alongside engineer Darrell Thorp, and the two won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for their work. The record paired the electronic experimentation of Kid A and Amnesiac with a return to live-band guitar and rock arrangements. Recorded largely in two-week sessions in Los Angeles, it leaned on spontaneity rather than the studio reconstruction of the previous two albums.
Radiohead's sixth studio album, released June 9, 2003. Recorded quickly in Los Angeles and described by the band as a return to guitar-driven rock fused with the electronic palette they had developed since Kid A, Hail to the Thief is the band's longest album at 14 tracks and 56 minutes. Each track carries an alternative parenthetical subtitle in addition to its primary name. The album's political charge, released in the lead-up to the Iraq War, is more explicit than on any prior Radiohead release. All songs are credited collectively to Radiohead.