The Smile (5) – A Light For Attracting Attention
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XL Recordings – XL1196LP |
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Worldwide |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Indie Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Same | |
| A2 | The Opposite | |
| A3 | You Will Never Work In Television Again | |
| B4 | Pana-Vision | |
| B5 | The Smoke | |
| B6 | Speech Bubbles | |
| C7 | Thin Thing | |
| C8 | Open The Floodgates | |
| C9 | Free In The Knowledge | |
| D10 | A Hairdryer | |
| D11 | Waving A White Flag | |
| D12 | We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings | |
| D13 | Skrting On The Surface |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Self Help Tapes LLP
- Licensed To – XL Recordings Ltd.
- Published By – Kobalt Music Publishing
- Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BL61686
Credits
- Engineer – Nigel Godrich
- Lacquer Cut By – The Wizard*
- Lyrics By – Thom Yorke
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Music By – Tom Skinner
- Performer – Tom Skinner
- Producer, Mixed By – Nigel Godrich
- Strings – London Contemporary Orchestra
Notes
Issued in gatefold cover with a satin feel coating. Text to the front is of a spot gloss varnish detail.
Printed inner sleeves with a soft sheen finish.
Discs have undersized labels.
Hype sticker to the front and barcode sticker to the reverse are both applied to the shrink-wrap.
Tracks are numbered sequentially across the release, 1 to 13.
All runouts are etched for all variants. Optimal Media special plate symbols are mirrored.
Printed inner sleeves with a soft sheen finish.
Discs have undersized labels.
Hype sticker to the front and barcode sticker to the reverse are both applied to the shrink-wrap.
Tracks are numbered sequentially across the release, 1 to 13.
All runouts are etched for all variants. Optimal Media special plate symbols are mirrored.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Sticker on shrink): 191404119617
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): XL1196LP-A1 BL61686-01_A1 THE WIZARD hx
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): XL1196LP-B1 BL61686-01_B1 V∇
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, variant 1): XL1196LP-C1 BL61686-02_C1 VX
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, variant 1): XL1196LP-D1 BL61686-02_D1 V⊥
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): XL1196LP-A1 BL61686-01_A1 THE WIZARD
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): XL1196LP-B1 BL61686-01_B1
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, variant 2): XL1196LP-C1 BL61686-02_C1
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, variant 2): XL1196LP-D1 BL61686-02_D1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): XL1196LP-A1 BL61686-01_A1 THE WIZARD ==1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): XL1196LP-B1 BL61686-01_B1 TI4
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, variant 3): XL1196LP-C1 BL61686-02_C1 TI1
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, variant 3): XL1196LP-D1 BL61686-02_D1 16
Other Versions (5 of 13)
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A Light For Attracting Attention (13×File, FLAC, Album, 24bit / 44.1kHz) | XL Recordings | XL1196DA | 2022 | |||
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A Light For Attracting Attention (13×File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps) | XL Recordings | XL1196DA | Worldwide | 2022 | ||
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Recently Edited
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A Light For Attracting Attention (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Yellow) | XL Recordings | XL1196LPE | USA & Canada | 2022 | ||
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A Light For Attracting Attention (CD, Album, Stereo) | XL Recordings | XL1196CD | Europe | 2022 | ||
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Recently Edited
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A Light For Attracting Attention (CD, Album, UHQCD) | Beat Records | XL1196CDJP | Japan | 2022 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Exceptional mastering and sound - deep, detailed and alive. Sounds awesome.
Some light occasional distortions - I guess the setup must be perfectly adjusted for this record.
Great embossed packaging with cool artwork. Not the quietest sufrace, but nothing serious in of vinyl quality. -
Excellent sound, more dynamic compared to the digital one. My copy is almost silent and flat. -
Edited 7 months agoOne could have summarized the whole, confusing jumble of
'The Smile' in a small 10" with the following tracks:
1. INSTANT PSALM (early)
2. THE SAME
3. YOU WILL NEVER WORK IN THE TELEVISION AGAIN
4. READ THE ROOM
5. YOU KNOW ME!
6. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS
7. SPEECH BUBBLES
Then it would have been something!
For me this is not the best Radiohead side project! -
Un 1er album magnifique même si on sent que le trio cherche encore le son et l'identité musicale du groupe, sinon pressage excellent et superbe pochette -
I guess I'd better give up buying any more LPs from XL, since I'm just weary of this dumb lottery. I originally picked up a yellow limited edition, which turned out to be relatively decent, apart from awful distortions all over Open The Floodgates and The Same. Plus occasional pops and cracks on top, of course. So I decided to give this regular black edition a go. Sides B & D are superb soundwise (no audible defects whatsoever), but unfortunately Disc 1 is severely warped, which makes The Same almost unlistenable with appalling distortions, pops and crackle galore. Apart from that, Open The Floodgates has exactly the same distortions as the yellow edition, which literally ruins this beautiful track... -
After cleaning using a vpi 16.5 and using a record clamp for the warp it has a dead silent background and plays beautifully! Having a fine line or micro line stylus helps too. -
Slightly noisy pressing in parts, especially near the run outs (as usual) but overall a good pressing. Lovely mastering by RL!
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Edited one year agoSlight warp on both discs with 1 being more prominent, play OK but.... -
Everything plays nice and sounds alright in my copy but there is a lot of surface noise especially on the edges. Not really a deal breaker but was a bit disappointed by it! -
Kindle of a mixed pressing Disc 1 was slightly warped but playable However disc 2 side one was pretttyyyyyyyy full of distortion side 2 Was OK,great album tho and got the record for 20$ so it’s ok
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