My Iron Lung
My Iron Lung | ||||
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Extended Play from Radiohead | ||||
Publication |
1994 |
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Label (s) | Parlophone , Capitol | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
28:23 |
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John Leckie , Nigel Godrich , Radiohead |
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Chart positions Explanation of the data |
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My Iron Lung is an EP from British alternative rock band Radiohead . The EP was released a year after their debut album Pablo Honey and a year before its successor The Bends . It was the band's first collaboration with Nigel Godrich , who was subsequently the producer for almost all of the band's other releases. The EP was later included as a bonus disc in The Bends Special Edition.
Track list
My Iron Lung comes in several forms . In Great Britain it was initially released as a "double single" with four songs each, with My Iron Lung being included on both discs. The EP (with a total of eight different titles) was initially intended for the Australian market, but is now available worldwide.
Title list of the EP
- My Iron Lung - 4:36
- The Trickster - 4:40
- Lewis (Mistreated) - 3:19
- Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong - 4:40
- Permanent Daylight - 2:48
- Lozenge of Love - 2:16
- You Never Wash Up After Yourself - 1:44
- Creep (Acoustic) - 4:19
Track list of the double single
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Reviews
Commercially, My Iron Lung couldn't match the success of Creep . In retrospect, the EP is still thoroughly praised by critics. Greg Prato wrote in his review for Allmusic :
“What makes My Iron Lung such a find is the quality of the tracks, all of them being great outtakes from the sessions for (...) The Bends. And because of the tracks' consistency and sequencing, it plays like a real album rather than a collection of B-sides and outtakes thrown together haphazardly. "
“What makes My Iron Lung such a discovery is the quality of the tracks, all of which are great outtakes from the sessions on (...) The Bends. And due to the consistency and arrangement of the tracks, it sounds more like a real album than a collection of randomly thrown together B-sides and outtakes. "
In fact, apart from My Iron Lung itself, which later appeared on The Bends , the songs included are not available on other releases by the band, which clearly sets them apart from other EPs from Radiohead (e.g. the Drill EP from 1993). The acoustic version of Creep , however, Prato calls "only weak spot" and gives an overall grade of four out of five points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts UK
- ↑ a b www.greenplastic.com ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Allmusic Review