- Manic Hedgehog
Infobox Album | Name = Manic Hedgehog
Type = demo
Artist =Radiohead
Released = October 1991
Recorded = 1991
Genre =Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Self released
Producer =Radiohead
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = | Next album =The "Manic Hedgehog" demo tape is the title of
Radiohead 's fourth and final demo tape, released in October 1991 on audio cassette. It was named after anOxford record shop.It was distributed around Oxford for £3 when the band was still known as On A Friday, and received favourable reviews from a local music magazine, "Curfew".
The tape features cover art by
Thom Yorke of an ink-penned alien with a distorted and stretched head, and the slogan "Work Sucks" in a speech bubble. [Randall, Mac: "Exit Music: The Radiohead Story". Delta, 2000.]Track listing
# "I Can't"
# "Nothing Touches Me"
# "Thinking About You"
# "Phillipa Chicken"
# "You"ong information
"I Can't" is different from the later version on the album "
Pablo Honey ". Although it was played throughout 1991 and 1992, it was the first song from that album to be dropped from Radiohead's live set."Nothing Touches Me" was a live favourite at the time, dealing with the subject matter of a prisoner who is also a talented painter. It is in the style of the
alternative rock dominant in 1991, and supposedly played a major role in helping Radiohead get a record deal; however, it never appeared on any album."Thinking about You" also differs from the later version on "Pablo Honey". Here it is a
Britpop -style thrash, withThom Yorke 's vocals muted due to sound equipment problems. The song was later released on the "Drill" and "Itch" EPs."Phillipa Chicken" was a favourite of
EMI , Radiohead's later record company, until the band decided to drop it. It is notable for its stream of consciousness lyrics, and its bassline has been compared to that ofThe Beatles ' "Ticket to Ride "."You" is a powerful rock song, with many time changes. It was later re-recorded several times and also found release on "Pablo Honey".
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