Pablo Honey

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studio album
First released:
Feb 22 1993

Overview Edit

Pablo Honey is the debut studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in February 1993. The cover features the baby Tim Coates, the son of close friends of the band. The title comes from a Jerky Boys prank call skit in which the prank caller says, "Pablo, honey? Please come to Florida!" to his victim. This snippet is sampled by the band in "How Do You?". The album includes the single "Creep", Radiohead's most well-known hit on mainstream radio. Pablo Honey peaked at #22 in the UK charts and went platinum there and in other countries.

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
81409
Release dates:
  • Apr 20 1993 in United States

Genres

Britpop, Indie, Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Believe me, this is the album of my life!
I was really, really sad with some reviews here. So I decided to "stop whispering" and to start shouting... This is an album that takes a long time to grow on you, but when it does...Let me explain: In the beginning of 1994, I found this album in a local store. Since then, I was very curious to hear new bands (I didn't even knew who Radiohead was). At the moment I heard it, I decided to buy it. I wasn't wrong at all. It quickly became my favorite album, I used to hear it all the time in my schoo…
Written by Eduardo Ribeiro Bandeira
3 stars Solid first effort remains a curio in the Radiohead oeuvre
The alternating bars of 12/8 and 11/8 that drive "Pablo Honey's" opening track, "You," should have given some indication to the masses that Radiohead would not be forever content to dwell in indie rock's lo-fi world. Though a solid debut effort, "Pablo Honey" gives little indication that Radiohead would go on to influence an entire generation of bands (Coldplay, Travis, Doves, Keane, et al).

"Pablo Honey" is most famous for the hit single "Creep," a simple post-grunge pop song completely atypic…
Written by Eddie Konczal

Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. engineer

  2. performer

    1. Colin Greenwood [bass guitar]
    2. Ed O'Brien [guitar]
    3. Ed O'Brien [backing vocals]
    4. Jonny Greenwood [lead guitar]
    5. Jonny Greenwood [piano]
    6. Jonny Greenwood [organ]
    7. Phil Selway [drums]
    8. Thom Yorke [vocals]
    9. Thom Yorke [guitar]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Pablo Honey 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 81409
release dates: Feb 22 1993 in United Kingdom
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Pablo Honey 17 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 81409
release dates: Apr 20 1993
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Pablo Honey 12 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Oct 29 1997 in Japan
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Pablo Honey 48 tracks Special Collector's Edition - 2 CDs / DVD
format: 3 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
release dates: Mar 24 2009
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Trivia Edit

  • Recorded in September–November 1992 at Chipping Norton Studio and Countryard Studio, Oxon

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