The Eraser is the first album of Thom Yorke, the leader of Radiohead. This one declared with the many anxious fans of Radiohead that this work fell under the continuity of that of the group, and that was not to in no case the paddle of a career solo. Radiohead works besides on its next album.

Although the official exit of the album was officially planned for the July 11th 2006, an escape made the album available it on Internet as of the May 30th 2006.

This album is produced by Nigel Godrich. One finds there 9 pieces sung by Thom Yorke accompanied by many rates/rhythms and electronic sounds. The small pocket and the booklet were carried out by Stanley Donwood, collaborator of long time of Radiohead.

List songs

1. The Eraser (4: 53) - Piano by Jonny Greenwood
2. Analysis (4: 05)
3. The Clock (4: 14)
4. Black Swan (4: 48)
5. Skip Divided (3: 33)
6. Atoms for Peace (5: 12)
7. And It Rained All Night (4: 20)
8. Harrowdown Hill (4: 36)
9. Cymbal Rush (5: 10)

Concerning the songs

• “Analysis” is included in the original soundtrack of the film Prestige of Christopher Nolan, left in 2006.

• “Black Swan” is included in the original soundtrack of the film has Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater, left in 2006.

• “Atoms for Peace” is the title of a speech of Dwight David Eisenhower pronounced in 1953. It is also about the currency of IAEA (Agency International for Atomic energy).

• “Harrowdown Hill” (Oxfordshire) is the place where the body of David Kelly was found. In does the words of the song, Thom Yorke relay the assumption according to which David Kelly would not have committed suicide but would have been killed ( Did I fall gold was I pushed? , “did I fall or me was pushed? ”).

Data sheet

• Writes by Thom Yorke
• Arrangé by Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke
• Produit by Nigel Godrich
• Design by Stanley Donwood
• Mastering by Bunt Stafford-Clark
• Mixé by Nigel Godrich, assisted of Darrel Thorp

See too

Internal bonds

• Radiohead
• Spitting Feathers

External bonds

• theeraser.net
• www.radiohead.fr contains infos, words original and translated each song of The Eraser.

Be-X-old: The Eraser