Issued during late 2007, just as Radiohead independently released IN RAINBOWS in groundbreaking pay-what-you-will format, this seven-disc EMI box set compiles all previous full-length albums by the revered British art-rock band. Ranging from 1993 to `03, the collection tracks the timeline of the group's artistic progression, featuring the formative PABLO HONEY and its majestic follow-up, THE BENDS, along with the ambitious OK COMPUTER, the challenging KID A, and subsequent like-minded outings. Although HONEY and the I MIGHT BE WRONG live recording aren't top-shelf Radiohead, the set's other albums are essential for true fans, many of whom already own the discs individually. For anyone looking to plumb the depths of Radiohead's back catalogue in earnest, however, the anthology is a fitting form of full immersion.

This simple, attractive, reasonably priced box set (issued in the U.K.) houses 1993's Pablo Honey, 1995's The Bends, 1997's OK Computer, 2000's Kid A, 2001's Amnesiac and I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, and 2003's Hail to the Thief -- each full-length Radiohead release on Parlophone. (The label released the box, marketed as "limited edition," between Radiohead's pick-your-price download and physical release of In Rainbows.) Each disc is in its own sturdy, foldout digipack sleeve, containing the original artwork in full, and they fit into a black sheath that slides snugly into a white box. No remastering took place with any of the recordings. ~ Andy Kellman