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Life In A Glasshouse by Radiohead
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Radiohead Is An English Rock Band Formed In Abingdon Oxfordshire In 1985. The Band Consists Of Thom Yorke Vocals Guitar Piano Keyboards Brothers Jonny Greenwood Lead Guitar Keyboards Other Instruments And Colin Greenwood Bass Ed O'Brien Guitar Backing Vocals And Philip Selway Drums Percussion . They Have Worked With The Producer Nigel Godrich And The Cover Artist Stanley Donwood Since 1994. Radiohead's Experimental Approach Is Credited With Advancing The Sound Of Alternative Rock. Radiohead Signed To EMI In 1991 And Released Their Debut Album Pablo Honey In 1993 Their Debut Single "Creep" Became A Worldwide Hit. Radiohead's Popularity And Critical Standing Rose With The Release Of The Bends In 1995. Radiohead's Third Album OK Computer 1997 Brought Them International Fame Noted For Its Complex Production And Themes Of Modern Alienation It Is Acclaimed As A Landmark Record And One Of The Best Albums In Popular Music. Radiohead's Fourth Album Kid A 2000 Marked A Dramatic Change In Style Incorporating Influences From Electronic Music Jazz Classical Music And Krautrock. Though Kid A Divided Listeners It Later Attracted Wide Acclaim. It Was Followed By Amnesiac 2001 Recorded In The Same Sessions. Hail To The Thief 2003 With Lyrics Addressing The War On Terror Was Radiohead's Final Album For EMI. Radiohead Self-Released Their Seventh Album In Rainbows 2007 As A Download For Which Customers Could Set Their Own Price To Critical And Chart Success. Their Eighth Album The King Of Limbs 2011 An Exploration Of Rhythm Was Developed Using Extensive Looping And Sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool 2016 Prominently Featured Jonny Greenwood's Orchestral Arrangements. Yorke Jonny Greenwood Selway And O'Brien Have Released Solo Albums In 2021 Yorke And Jonny Greenwood Debuted A New Band The Smile. By 2011 Radiohead Had Sold More Than 30 Million Albums Worldwide. Their Awards Include Six Grammy Awards And Four Ivor Novello Awards And They Hold Five Mercury Prize Nominations The Most Of Any Act. Seven Radiohead Singles Have Reached The Top 10 On The UK Singles Chart "Creep" 1992 "Street Spirit Fade Out " 1996 "Paranoid Android" 1997 "Karma Police" 1997 "No Surprises" 1998 "Pyramid Song" 2001 And "There There" 2003 . "Creep" And "Nude" 2008 Reached The Top 40 On The US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone Named Radiohead One Of The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time And Rolling Stone Readers Voted Them The Second-Best Artist Of The 2000s. Five Radiohead Albums Have Been Included In Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Lists. Radiohead Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Radiohead Studio Albums
Pablo Honey 1993 The Bends 1995 OK Computer 1997 Kid A 2000 Amnesiac 2001 Hail To The Thief 2003 In Rainbows 2007 The King Of Limbs 2011 A Moon Shaped Pool 2016
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"Life In A Glasshouse" Is A Song Written By The English Alternative Rock Band Radiohead That Appears On Their 2001 Album Amnesiac. It Is Performed By Lead Singer Thom Yorke With The Late British Trad Jazz Trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band. Beginning With A Brief Atmospheric Loop And Clanging Church-Like Bells The Song Quickly Morphs Into A Funereal New Orleans Jazz Style Number By A Horn Section Including A Clarinet A Trumpet And A Trombone. The Song Is Also Available With A Slightly Extended Introduction As A B-Side To The Knives Out Single. This Version Lacks The Opening Sound Effect And Instead Features A Trumpet Solo Introduction From Lyttelton That Is Edited Out In The Album Version. "Life In A Glasshouse" Was Initially Written For Acoustic Guitar By Thom Yorke. A Fragment Of This Version Dating Back To 1997 Can Be Heard In The Meeting People Is Easy Documentary As Played In A Live Sound Check. While Recording Amnesiac Band Members Had The Idea Of Enlisting Lyttelton To Move The Song In A Different Direction And Wrote To Him Asking If They Could Collaborate. Lyttelton Listened To One Of His Grandchildren's Copies Of The Band's OK Computer And Agreed. The Song Was Apparently Recorded In Late 2000 After The Release Of Kid A While Other Tracks On Amnesiac Were Recorded During The Same Sessions That Produced Kid A. The CW Teen Drama One Tree Hill TV Series Has An Episode Named After This Song. The Song Also Appeared In A Scene Of The 2006 Film Children Of Men. The Title "Life In A Glasshouse" Is Often Incorrectly Written As "Life In A Glass House". The Song Also Contains The Phrase "and Don't Throw Stones" Alluding To The Popular Aphorism "He Who Lives In A Glass House Shouldn't Throw Stones".
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Radiohead Is An English Rock Band Formed In Abingdon Oxfordshire In 1985. The Band Consists Of Thom Yorke Vocals Guitar Piano Keyboards Brothers Jonny Greenwood Lead Guitar Keyboards Other Instruments And Colin Greenwood Bass Ed O'Brien Guitar Backing Vocals And Philip Selway Drums Percussion . They Have Worked With The Producer Nigel Godrich And The Cover Artist Stanley Donwood Since 1994. Radiohead's Experimental Approach Is Credited With Advancing The Sound Of Alternative Rock. Radiohead Signed To EMI In 1991 And Released Their Debut Album Pablo Honey In 1993 Their Debut Single "Creep" Became A Worldwide Hit. Radiohead's Popularity And Critical Standing Rose With The Release Of The Bends In 1995. Radiohead's Third Album OK Computer 1997 Brought Them International Fame Noted For Its Complex Production And Themes Of Modern Alienation It Is Acclaimed As A Landmark Record And One Of The Best Albums In Popular Music. Radiohead's Fourth Album Kid A 2000 Marked A Dramatic Change In Style Incorporating Influences From Electronic Music Jazz Classical Music And Krautrock. Though Kid A Divided Listeners It Later Attracted Wide Acclaim. It Was Followed By Amnesiac 2001 Recorded In The Same Sessions. Hail To The Thief 2003 With Lyrics Addressing The War On Terror Was Radiohead's Final Album For EMI. Radiohead Self-Released Their Seventh Album In Rainbows 2007 As A Download For Which Customers Could Set Their Own Price To Critical And Chart Success. Their Eighth Album The King Of Limbs 2011 An Exploration Of Rhythm Was Developed Using Extensive Looping And Sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool 2016 Prominently Featured Jonny Greenwood's Orchestral Arrangements. Yorke Jonny Greenwood Selway And O'Brien Have Released Solo Albums In 2021 Yorke And Jonny Greenwood Debuted A New Band The Smile. By 2011 Radiohead Had Sold More Than 30 Million Albums Worldwide. Their Awards Include Six Grammy Awards And Four Ivor Novello Awards And They Hold Five Mercury Prize Nominations The Most Of Any Act. Seven Radiohead Singles Have Reached The Top 10 On The UK Singles Chart "Creep" 1992 "Street Spirit Fade Out " 1996 "Paranoid Android" 1997 "Karma Police" 1997 "No Surprises" 1998 "Pyramid Song" 2001 And "There There" 2003 . "Creep" And "Nude" 2008 Reached The Top 40 On The US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone Named Radiohead One Of The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time And Rolling Stone Readers Voted Them The Second-Best Artist Of The 2000s. Five Radiohead Albums Have Been Included In Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Lists. Radiohead Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2019. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Radiohead Studio Albums
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"Life in a Glasshouse" is a song written by the English alternative rock band Radiohead that appears on their 2001 album Amnesiac. It is performed by lead singer Thom Yorke with the late British trad jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band.
Beginning with a brief atmospheric loop and clanging church-like bells, the song quickly morphs into a funereal New Orleans jazz style number by a horn section including a clarinet, a trumpet and a trombone. The song is also available with a slightly extended introduction as a b-side to the Knives Out single. This version lacks the opening sound effect and instead features a trumpet solo introduction from Lyttelton that is edited out in the album version.
"Life in a Glasshouse" was initially written for acoustic guitar by Thom Yorke. A fragment of this version dating back to 1997 can be heard in the Meeting People Is Easy documentary, as played in a live sound check. While recording Amnesiac, band members had the idea of enlisting Lyttelton to move the song in a different direction, and wrote to him asking if they could collaborate. Lyttelton listened to one of his grandchildren's copies of the band's OK Computer and agreed. The song was apparently recorded in late 2000, after the release of Kid A, while other tracks on Amnesiac were recorded during the same sessions that produced Kid A.
The CW teen drama One Tree Hill (TV Series) has an episode named after this song.
The song also appeared in a scene of the 2006 film Children of Men.
The title "Life in a Glasshouse" is often incorrectly written as "Life in a Glass House". The song also contains the phrase "and don't throw stones", alluding to the popular aphorism: "He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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