EP
Drill
Drill is Radiohead's debut EP, released by Parlophone on 5 May 1992. It was the band's first commercial release and sits at the very start of their story, ahead of their first album.
It drew little notice at the time, peaking at 101 on the UK singles chart. Its songs did have a future, though: three of them were rerecorded for Pablo Honey in 1993. For anyone tracing how the band began, it offers an early look at material that would be reworked for that debut, in the alternative rock style they were working in then.
Drill: tracklist and credits
4 tracks · 10:38Tracklist
- 1Prove YourselfGreenwood, Greenwood, O’Brien, Selway, Yorke2:33
- 2Stupid CarJonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke2:27
- 3YouGreenwood, Greenwood, O’Brien, Selway, Yorke3:23
- 4Thinking About YouGreenwood, Greenwood, O’Brien, Selway, Yorke2:15
- Produced by
- Chris Hufford
- Recorded at
- Courtyard Studios, Oxford
- Engineered by
- Chris Hufford
- Label
- Parlophone
- Length
- 10:38
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 May 1992 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 5 May 1992 | |
| Wikidata | 5 May 1992 | |
| UK / Europe release | 5 May 1992 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1992 | GB | Parlophone | other | |
| 5 May 1992 | GB | Parlophone | 0724388000529 | original |
| 5 May 1992 | GB | Parlophone | 0724388000567 | original |
| 5 May 1992 | GB | Parlophone | 0724388000543 | original |
| 19 January 2020 | XW | XL Recordings | 634904079567 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 530×462 | rejected |