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Com Lag (2plus2isfive)

Com Lag (2plus2isfive) is an EP by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 24 March 2004. It compiles B-sides from Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief (2003), along with remixes by Cristian Vogel and Four Tet and two live performances.

Com Lag (2plus2isfive)

24 March 2004

September 2002 – February 2003, 26 November 2003

Experimental rock

36:21

Toshiba-EMI

Nigel Godrich, Radiohead

Music[edit]

"Paperbag Writer", whose title references the Beatles song "Paperback Writer", features "sinister fractured funk".[1] "I Am a Wicked Child" is a "tainted, eerie missive" with harmonica.[1] "Where Bluebirds Fly" is a "rattling, fidgety" electronic piece Radiohead used as the introduction music for their Hail to the Thief tour.[1] "I Will (Los Angeles Version)" is an alternative version of "I Will" from Hail to the Thief,[1] and "Fog (Again)" is a live performance of the Amnesiac B-side "Fog", rearranged for piano.[2]

Cover art[edit]

The cover art is by Stanley Donwood, who has designed all artwork for Radiohead since 1994. Donwood said he imagined a range of Delftware that featured "a modified bear, and a despot sperm monster" and was "loosely inspired by the work of Tadeusz Kantor."[3] A jigsaw puzzle based on the cover was released in 2020.[4]

Release[edit]

Com Lag was released in Japan and Australia on 24 March 2004, in Canada on 13 April 2004, the United Kingdom on 16 April 2007,[5][6] and in the United States on 8 May 2007.[7][8][9] Early Japanese pressings were printed with a fault that produced static in some tracks.[1]

Radiohead – production

– production, engineering

Nigel Godrich

Graeme Stewart – engineering

Darrell Thorp – engineering

– design

Stanley Donwood

– remixing

Cristian Vogel

– remixing

Four Tet

"" at Discogs (list of releases)

Com Lag