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| Length = 56:35 | Label = Parlophone | Producer = | Last album = ''I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings'' (2001) | This album = ''Hail to the Thief'' (2003) | Next album = ''COM LAG (2plus2isfive)'' (2004) | Misc = }} ''Hail to the Thief'' is the sixth studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich and released on 9 June 2003. Following the electronic and jazz styles of ''Kid A'' (2000) and ''Amnesiac'' (2001), ''Hail to the Thief'' returned to the guitar rock of Radiohead's earlier albums, but retained electronic elements such as drum machines, synthesisers and digital manipulation. To avoid the protracted recording sessions of previous albums, the band recorded it quickly, employing a live, "spontaneous" approach. Many of the album's lyrics were written in response to the War on Terror and the resurgence of right-wing politics in the West after the turn of the millennium. Songwriter and vocalist Thom Yorke said the album expresses "frustration and powerlessness and anger, and the huge gap between the people that put themselves in control and the people that allegedly voted for them." Despite a high-profile internet leak ten weeks before its release, ''Hail to the Thief'' debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and number three in the United States. It produced three charting singles: "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5". It is certified platinum in the UK, Canada and the US. It was acclaimed by critics and became the fifth consecutive Radiohead album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. It was the last album released under Radiohead's six-album record contract with Parlophone. ==Background== With their previous albums ''Kid A'' (2000) and ''Amnesiac'' (2001), Radiohead had replaced their earlier guitar-led rock sound with a more electronic style. On tour in 2000 and 2001, the band learned how to perform the electronic music live, combining synthetic sounds with conventional rock instrumentation.〔 Songwriter Thom Yorke said: "Even with electronics, there is an element of spontaneous performance in using them. It was the tension between what's human and what's coming from the machines. That was stuff we were getting into." He stated that Radiohead did not want to make a "big creative leap or statement" with their next album.〔 〕 In early 2002, after the ''Amnesiac'' tour had finished, Yorke sent his bandmates CDs containing demos of songs he was considering for Radiohead's sixth album.〔 Promotional interview CD sent to British music press.〕 The three CDs, titled ''The Gloaming'', ''Episcoval'' and ''Hold Your Prize'', comprised electronic music and piano and guitar sketches.〔 Radiohead had previously tried to record some of the songs, such as "I Will" and "A Wolf at the Door", in the joint sessions for ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', but had not been satisfied with the results.〔 The band spent May and June 2002 arranging and rehearsing the songs before performing many of them on their tour of Spain and Portugal in July and August.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hail to the Thief」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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