COM LAG (2plus2isfive)

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COM LAG (2plus2isfive)
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EP by Radiohead
Released March 24 2004
(Japan, Australia)
April 13 2004 (Canada)
Recorded September 2002 - February 2003, November 26 2003
Genre Rock
Length 36 min 15 s
Label Toshiba-EMI TOCP-66280
Producer(s) Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
Professional reviews
Radiohead chronology
6th
Hail to the Thief
(2003) 		COM LAG (2plus2isfive)
(2004) 		7th
As yet untitled
(2006)

COM LAG (2plus2isfive) is an EP by British rock band Radiohead, first released in Japan and Australia in March 2004, followed with a April 2004 release in Canada. It is a compilation which collects many of the B-sides from the singles released in support of 2003's Hail to the Thief.

Its release is similar to previous EPs - Airbag/How Am I Driving? and My Iron Lung - both released a year after the album releases of OK Computer and Pablo Honey, respectively. Unlike those though, this EP is a bit longer, and in addition to the b-sides and outtakes features remixes of some of the songs from the album, such as "I will (Los Angeles Version)", "Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel RMX)" and "Skttrbrain (Four Tet RMX)". Airbag and My Iron Lung are often regarded as a bridge between Radiohead's preceding and subsequent work. Whether COM LAG (2plus2isfive) will point the direction for future Radiohead releases remains to be seen.

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Track listing

  1. "2+2=5 (Live at Earls Court, London, 26/11/03)"
  2. "Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel RMX)"
  3. "I Will (Los Angeles Version)"
  4. "Paperbag Writer"
  5. "I Am a Wicked Child"
  6. "I Am Citizen Insane"
  7. "skttrbrain (Four Tet RMX)"
  8. "Gagging Order"
  9. "Fog (Again) (Live)"
  10. "Where Bluebirds Fly"
  • Omitted is the seven-minute demo version of "There There", which appears on the first "2 + 2 = 5" single.
  • The original Japanese pressings of the EP have a mastering error on "Skttrbrain (Four Tet RMX)" which causes loud static to be heard in the left channel four times throughout the song. This version was recalled and the error was fixed on subsequent releases.
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"Fog"

"Fog" is a relatively short song (roughly 2 min 20 s), with only the piano and Thom Yorke's voice being used. This version was recorded at an acoustic set which Thom and Jonny did for the French-German tv station Arte. The set is widely known as 'Le Reservoir'. It also appears on the 2001 single "Knives Out", although this time it is mainly a bass-driven song, and in a 4/4 time signature instead of 6/8, without the piano, and featuring some creative and original percussion. This version of the song is 4 min 5 s long.

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Bandmembers: Thom Yorke - Jonny Greenwood - Ed O'Brien - Colin Greenwood - Phil Selway

Albums: Pablo Honey - The Bends - OK Computer - Kid A - Amnesiac - Hail to the Thief

EPs: My Iron Lung - No Surprises/Running From Demons - Airbag/How Am I Driving? - COM LAG (2plus2isfive)

Related: Britpop - Parlophone - Nigel Godrich - Discography

Note: Image:Copy control logo.png This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.