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| artist = [[Radiohead]]
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| recorded = 1995–1997
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| length = {{Duration|h=16|m=18978|s=52}}
| label = [[Self-publishing|Self-released]]; distributed via [[Bandcamp]]
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| prev_title = [[OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = [[Kid A Mnesia]]
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'''''MiniDiscs [Hacked]''''' is a [[Compilationcompilation album|compilation]] of recordings by the English [[alternative rock]] band [[Radiohead]], madereleased whilein they were working on their 1997 album ''[[OK Computer]]''2019. It comprises overmore than 16 hours of [[Demo (music)|demos]], rehearsals, live performances and other material. Therecorded recordings,while taken from [[MiniDisc]]s belonging to singer [[Thom Yorke]],Radiohead were notworking intendedon fortheir release;1997 after theyalbum ''[[InternetOK leak|leaked online]] in June 2019, Radiohead released them through the music sharing site [[Bandcamp]] for 18 days, with all proceeds going to the environmentalist group [[Extinction RebellionComputer]]''. The album received positive reviews.
The recordings were taken from [[MiniDisc]]s belonging to the singer, [[Thom Yorke]], and were not intended for release. According to some reports, a collector demanded a ransom from Radiohead, but he denied this and it was not corroborated by fans who negotiated with him. After the collector [[Music leak|leaked the recordings online]], Radiohead released them through the music sharing site [[Bandcamp]] for 18 days, with all proceeds going to the environmentalist group [[Extinction Rebellion]].
''MiniDiscs [Hacked]'' contains over 16 hours of demos, rehearsals, outtakes, and live performances recorded while Radiohead were working on their third album, ''[[OK Computer]]'' (1997).<ref name=":0" /> It includes unreleased songs, alternative mixes, early versions of ''OK Computer'' songs (such as an extended version of "[[Paranoid Android]]"), and versions of later songs "[[Lift (Radiohead song)|Lift]]", "[[True Love Waits (song)|True Love Waits]]", "[[Nude (song)|Nude]]", "Last Flowers", "Motion Picture Soundtrack" and "Life in a Glasshouse".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn753/radiohead-release-18-hours-of-leaked-ok-computer-demos|title=Radiohead Officially Release 18 Hours of Leaked 'OK Computer' Sessions|last=Terry|first=Josh|date=2019-06-11|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> ▼
The compilation received positive reviews. Though critics said that its size made it daunting for some listeners, they praised the insight into the making of ''OK Computer.''
The recordings are taken from [[MiniDisc]]s belonging to Radiohead singer [[Thom Yorke]].<ref name=":0" /> Though some had been released on the 2017 ''OK Computer'' reissue ''[[OKNOTOK 1997 2017]],''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/06/ok-computer-radiohead-leaks/|title=18 Hours of Unreleased Material From Radiohead's ''OK Computer'' Sessions Leaks Online|last=Gottsegen|first=Will|date=5 June 2019|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|accessdate=11 June 2019}}</ref> most were never intended for release.<ref name=":0" />
▲''MiniDiscs [Hacked]'' contains overmore than 16 hours of demos, rehearsals, outtakes, and live performances recorded while Radiohead were working on their third album, ''[[OK Computer]]'' (1997).<ref name=" :0Larson-2019" /> The recordings were taken from [[MiniDisc]]s belonging to the Radiohead singer, [[Thom Yorke]].<ref name="Larson-2019" /> ItThey includesinclude unreleased songs, alternative mixes, early versions of ''OK Computer'' songs (such as an extended version of "[[Paranoid Android]]"), and versions of the later songs "[[Lift (Radiohead song)|Lift]]", "[[True Love Waits (song)|True Love Waits]]", "[[Nude (song)|Nude]]", "Last Flowers", "Motion Picture Soundtrack" and "Life in a Glasshouse".<ref name=" :0Larson-2019" /><ref name="Terry-2019">{{Cite web |last=Terry|first=Josh|date=2019-06-11|title=Radiohead officially release 18 hours of leaked ''OK Computer'' sessions|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn753/radiohead-release-18-hours-of-leaked-ok-computer-demos| titleaccess-date= Radiohead2019-12-14|website=[[Vice Officially(magazine)|Vice]]|language=en|archive-date=11 ReleaseJune 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611175313/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn753/radiohead-release-18 -hours-of-leaked-ok-computer-demos|url-status=live}}</ref> Hours"Poison" ofis Leakedan 'OKearly Computer'version "Exit Music (For a Film)", with different lyrics.<ref>{{Cite web Sessions|last= TerryAubrey |first= JoshElizabeth |date=2019-06- 1113 | websitetitle= ViceWe listened to all 18 hours of the ''OK Computer'' leaks, and picked out these hidden gems | languageurl= enhttps://www.nme.com/blogs/radioheads-ok-computer-demos-reveal-makings-masterpiece-2507481 |access-date= 20192024- 1208- 1410 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Release ==
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Though some of the recordings had been previously released on the 2017 ''OK Computer'' reissue ''[[OKNOTOK 1997 2017]],''<ref>{{cite web |last=Gottsegen |first=Will |date=5 June 2019 |title=18 hours of unreleased material from Radiohead's ''OK Computer'' sessions leaks online |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/06/ok-computer-radiohead-leaks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608000858/https://www.spin.com/2019/06/ok-computer-radiohead-leaks/ |archive-date=8 June 2019 |accessdate=11 June 2019 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> most were not intended for release.<ref name="Larson-2019" /> On 5 June 2019, the recordings were [[InternetMusic leak|leaked online]] by a collector using the name Zimbra, who claimedsaid tohe havehad traded them for unreleased [[The Beatles|Beatles]] recordings.<ref name=":1Hogan-2019">{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Mark|date=12 June 2019|title=Radiohead fans vs. black-market sellers: the battle to leak the ''OK Computer'' tapes|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-fans-vs-black-market-sellers-the-battle-to-leak-the-ok-computer-tapes/|title=Radiohead Fans vs. Blackaccess-Market Sellers: The Battle to Leak the ''OK Computer'' Tapes|last=Hogan|first=Mark|date=12 June 2019|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|accessarchive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612182527/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-fans-vs-black-market-sellers-the-battle-to-leak-the-ok-computer-tapes/|url-status=live}}</ref> They may have been stolen while archived material was being prepared for the ''OK Computer'' reissue.<ref name=":1Hogan-2019" /> GuitaristThe guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] said they had been hackedstolen from Radiohead's [[Cloud storage|cloud]] archive.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/adam-buxton/ep128-ed-obrien |title=Ep.128 -— Ed O'Brien |website=[[The Adam Buxton Podcast]] |host=[[Adam Buxton]] |date=20 July 2020 |time=12:35 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426141937/https://soundcloud.com/adam-buxton/ep128-ed-obrien |url-status=live }}</ref>
According to conflictingsome reports, the thiefZimbra initially demanded a $150,000 ransom from Radiohead not to release the recordings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sisario |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Sisario |date=11 June 2019 |title=After ''OK Computer'' demo leak, Radiohead releases the music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/arts/music/radiohead-ok-computer-demos.html |titleurl-status=Afterlive 'OK Computer' Demo Leak, Radiohead Releases the Music|lastarchive-url=Sisariohttps://web.archive.org/web/20190611212021/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/arts/music/radiohead-ok-computer-demos.html |first=Ben|authorarchive-linkdate=Ben11 June 2019 Sisario|access-date=1112 June 2019 |website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref> However, according to an investigation by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', theZimbra thief,had whodemanded usedno theransom name Zimbra,and had instead hoped to sell themthe recordings to fans.<ref name=":1Hogan-2019" /> Zimbra told ''Pitchfork'' that "the wholestory $150khad thing and 'ransom' wasbeen taken "way out of context".<ref name=":1Hogan-2019" /> A fan who negotiated with Zimbra said he did not believe extortion was his intent: "He never told us anything to suggest he was trying to get money from the band, only from fans."<ref name=":1Hogan-2019" /> Zimbra released the recordings free after news broke on the discussion siteplatform [[Reddit]].<ref name=":1Hogan-2019" />
On 11 June, Radiohead made the recordings available to stream orand purchase from the music distribution site [[Bandcamp]] for 18 days.<ref>{{cite nameweb|last=":4"Terry|first=Josh|date=11 />June All2019|title=Radiohead proceedsOfficially wentRelease to18 theHours environmentalistof groupLeaked [[Extinction'OK Rebellion]],<refComputer' name=":4">{{cite webSessions|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn753/radiohead-release-18-hours-of-leaked-ok-computer-demos|title=Radiohead Officially Release 18 Hours of Leaked 'OK Computer' Sessions|last=Terry|first=Josh|date=11 June 2019|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|accessdate=11 June 2019|archive-date=11 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611175313/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn753/radiohead-release-18-hours-of-leaked-ok-computer-demos|url-status=live}}</ref> All proceeds went to the environmentalist group [[Extinction Rebellion]],<ref name="Terry-2019" /> raising approximately £500,000.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2020-04-09 |title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien: 'Humanity has only really learned from disaster' |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/09/radioheads-ed-obrien-humanity-has-only-really-learned-from-disaster|title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien: 'Humanity has only really learned from disaster'|access-date=2020-04-09 |workissn=The0261-3077 Guardian|accessarchive-date=9 April 2020-04-09 |languagearchive-url=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200409214503/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/09/radioheads-GBed-obrien-humanity-has-only-really-learned-from-disaster |issn=0261url-3077status=live }}</ref> The official release removed a 12-minute [[field recording]] and non-Radiohead material, such as several minutes of a [[James Bond music|''James Bond'' score]].<ref>{{Cite webmagazine|urllast=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musicKreps|first=Daniel|date=2019-news/radiohead06-minidiscs-hacked-ok-computer-guide-847277/12|title=30 must-hear minutes from Radiohead's 17-hour ''OK Computer''-era MinidiscsMiniDiscs|lasturl=Kreps|first=Danielhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-ok-computer-guide-847277/|access-date=2019-06-1213|websitemagazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|accessarchive-date=12 June 2019|archive-06url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612223225/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-13news/radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-ok-computer-guide-847277/|url-status=live}}</ref> GuitaristThe guitarist [[Jonny Greenwood]] wrote on [[Twitter]] that the collection was "only tangentially interesting",<ref>{{Cite web|urllast=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-respond-hackers-release-18-hours-ok-computer-material-2507076Trendell|first=Andrew|date=11 June 2019|title=Radiohead respond to "hackers" and release 18 hours of previously unheard ‘OK''OK Computer’Computer'' material in aid of Extinction Rebellion|lasturl=Trendell|first=Andrewhttps://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-respond-hackers-release-18-hours-ok-computer-material-2507076|access-date=1115 JuneSeptember 2019|website=[[NME]]|accessarchive-date=1530 SeptemberAugust 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830013455/https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-respond-hackers-release-18-hours-ok-computer-material-2507076|url-status=live}}</ref> while Yorke wrote on the Bandcamp page: "As it's out there it may as well be out there until we all get bored and move on."<ref name=":0Larson-2019" />
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 82/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |title=Minidiscs''MiniDiscs [Hacked]'' by Radiohead Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/minidiscs-hacked/radiohead |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=16 February 2020 |archive-date=21 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921100004/https://www.metacritic.com/music/minidiscs-hacked/radiohead |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guardian-review">{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Radiohead: ''MiniDiscs (Hacked)'' review – blueprints for the best album of the 90s |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/12/radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-review |website=The Guardian |accessdate=12 June 2019 |date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=12 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612094625/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/12/radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="telegraph-review">{{cite web |last1=Power |first1=Ed |title=Radiohead, Minidiscs''MinidDscs [Hacked]'', review: an 18-hour ''Black Mirror'' episode set in Thom Yorke's head |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/radioheadminidiscs-hacked-review-18-hour-black-mirror-episode/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |accessdate=12 June 2019 |date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613031505/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/radioheadminidiscs-hacked-review-18-hour-black-mirror-episode/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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''Pitchfork'' wrote that ''MiniDiscs [Hacked]'' did not "make for an ideal listening experience" and would be of interest "only to the most diehard Radiohead fans". They observed a "few moments of brilliance (and strangeness)", including Yorke's acoustic songs, the extended "Paranoid Android", and an alternative version of "Lift" that "could have topped the charts".<ref name=":0Larson-2019">{{Cite web|urllast1=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/Larson|first1=Jeremy D|last2=Greene|first2=Jayson|date=12 June 2019|title=The best, weirdest, and most revealing moments on Radiohead's ''OK Computer'' sessions leak|lasturl=Larson|first=Jeremy D|last2=Greene|first2=Jaysonhttps://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/|access-date=12 June 2019|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|language=en|accessarchive-date=1211 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611234132/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/radiohead-ok-computer-leak-best-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
However, ''[[The Guardian]]'' felt ''MiniDiscs [Hacked]'' had merit "even for less nerdish fans", and wrote that was "an endlessly interesting chronicle of a band reinventing the mainstream by rejecting it ... [It shows] the inner workings of what is regarded by many as the greatest album of the 1990s, showing how they walked alongside and then turned away from the brash [[Britpop]] that surrounded them."<ref name="Guardian-review" />
The ''[[New Statesman]]'' wrote that "starting, skipping and scrolling" through the lengthy tracks "makes for a surprisingly liberating experience, akin to wandering Radiohead’s subconscious memory palace and occasionally encountering the familiar in a different form".<ref name=":2Harrisson-2019">{{Cite web|last=Harrisson|first=Andrew|date=13 June 2019|title=Radiohead's ''OK Computer'' sessions are a place of liberation|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2019/06/radiohead-s-ok-computer-sessions-are-place-liberation|titleaccess-date=Radiohead’s OK Computer sessions are a place of liberation2019-06-15|website=www.newstatesman.com[[New Statesman]]|language=en|accessarchive-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614131121/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2019/06/radiohead-15s-ok-computer-sessions-are-place-liberation|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Quietus]]'' praised the "stunning" live performances and particularly Yorke's demos, and wrote of the "unromantic revealing" of the process of creating music.<ref>{{Cite web|urllast=https://thequietus.com/articles/26675-radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-reviewAnderson|first=Darran|date=20 June 2019|title=Reviews {{!}} Radiohead {{!}} ''MiniDiscs [Hacked]''|lasturl=Anderson|first=Darranhttps://thequietus.com/articles/26675-radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-review|access-date=20 June 2019-09-07|website=[[The Quietus]]|language=en-uk|accessarchive-date=201916 February 2024|archive-09url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216183500/https://thequietus.com/articles/26675-07radiohead-minidiscs-hacked-review|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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Each MiniDisc is included as a single track lasting approximately an hour; the contents are not broken into individual tracks.<ref name=":2Harrisson-2019" /><ref name=":3Blistein-2019" /> Fans assembled a [[Google Docs|Google document]] to identify songs and timestamps.<ref name=":3Blistein-2019">{{Cite webmagazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=11 June 2019|title=Radiohead release 18 hours of ''OK Computer'' material after leak|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-leaked-ok-computer-material-minidisc-hack-846664/|title=Radiohead Release 18 Hours of 'OK Computer' Material After Leak|last=Blistein|first=Jon|access-date=1112 June 2019|websitemagazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessarchive-date=1211 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611155700/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-leaked-ok-computer-material-minidisc-hack-846664/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Thom Yorke]], [[Jonny Greenwood]], [[Philip Selway]], [[Ed O'Brien]] and [[Colin Greenwood]].
| title1 = MD111
| length1 = 701:10:47
| title2 = MD112
| length2 = 611:01:27
| title3 = MD113
| length3 = 651:05:08
| title4 = MD114
| length4 = 57:21
| length10 = 58:17
| title11 = MD121
| length11 = 601:00:21
| title12 = MD122
| length12 = 731:13:13
| title13 = MD123
| length13 = 17:52
| title14 = MD124
| length14 = 721:12:22
| title15 = MD125
| length15 = 56:10
| title16 = MD126
| length16 = 681:08:04
| title17 = MD127
| length17 = 26:49
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Bandcamp|id=radiohead|name=Radiohead}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190612183113/https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/ archive link] as of 12 June 2019)
*{{Discogs release|13747135|MiniDiscs <nowiki>[Hacked]</nowiki>}}
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kA8u6UhjbutZ15gvcwvq-b7TXzmX4qkOTg6nGC1vPg50WwCcZyo-G3g0bwwXdfFuhNxkjQ8FYyNOEaMH6lbrj8/preview Fan-made document cataloguing the compilation contents] (mirror of [https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172346/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kA8u6UhjbutZ-b7TXzmX4qkOTg6nGC1vPg50WwCcZyo/edit archive link] as of 25 Oct 2023) – via [[Google Docs]]
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