A Light for Attracting Attention

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Same guitar, piano and synthesizer: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Thom Yorke vocals: Thom Yorke	3.2	4:19
2	The Opposite bass and guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) drums (drum set) and percussion: Tom Skinner (drums) synthesizer: Thom Yorke vocals: Thom Yorke	3	3:06
3	You Will Never Work in Television Again bass: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) flute: Chelsea Carmichael guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Thom Yorke saxophone: Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross vocals: Thom Yorke part of: TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Songs of 2022 (number: 45)	4.15	2:48
4	Pana‐Vision bass: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) and Tom Herbert (jazz bassist) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) flute: Chelsea Carmichael piano: Thom Yorke saxophone: Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross viola: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke recording of: Pana-vision writer: Nigel Godrich (English record producer), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Tom Skinner (drums) and Thom Yorke	4	4:08
5	The Smoke clarinet: Robert Stillman double bass: Tom Herbert (jazz bassist) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) flute: Chelsea Carmichael guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) saxophone: Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross trumpet: Byron Wallen tuba: Theon Cross vocals: Thom Yorke recording of: The Smoke writer: Nigel Godrich (English record producer), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Tom Skinner (drums) and Thom Yorke	4.25	3:39
6	Speech Bubbles cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) clarinet: Robert Stillman double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) and Tom Herbert (jazz bassist) drums (drum set) and percussion: Tom Skinner (drums) flute: Chelsea Carmichael guitar: Thom Yorke keyboard and piano: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) saxophone: Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross viola: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke	3.45	4:16
7	Thin Thing bass and vocoder: Thom Yorke drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) vocals: Thom Yorke	3.5	4:30
8	Open the Floodgates flute: Chelsea Carmichael guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) piano: Thom Yorke saxophone: Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross vocals: Thom Yorke	3.5	4:29
9	Free in the Knowledge bass and piano: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) guitar and synthesizer: Thom Yorke viola: Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke	3.5	4:12
10	A Hairdryer bass: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) guitar: Thom Yorke viola: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke	3.25	5:17
11	Waving a White Flag acoustic guitar and synthesizer: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) viola: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke	3.15	3:47
12	We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) guitar and synthesizer: Thom Yorke vocals: Thom Yorke	3	3:16
13	Skrting on the Surface bass: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Tom Herbert (jazz bassist) and Thom Yorke cello: Oliver Coates, Clare O'Connell (cellist) and Max Ruisi (cellist) double bass: Dave Brown (double bass player) drums (drum set): Tom Skinner (drums) flute: Chelsea Carmichael guitar: Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) saxophone: Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde (piano, saxophone) trombone: Nathaniel Cross trumpet: Byron Wallen tuba: Theon Cross viola: Charlotte Bonneton (violinist), Clifton Harrison and Zoe Matthews violin: Agata Daraškaitė (violinist), Sophie Mather, Alessandro Ruisi (violinist), Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) and Zara Benyounes vocals: Thom Yorke recording of: Skrting on the Surface lyricist: Thom Yorke composer: Nigel Godrich (English record producer), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Tom Skinner (drums) and Thom Yorke	4.1	5:31

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Release

copyrighted (©) by, phonographic copyright (℗) by and licensed from:	Self Help Tapes LLP (in 2022)
licensed to:	XL Recordings Ltd (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2022)

purchase for download:	https://store-uk.thesmiletheband.com/collections/frontpage/products/a-light-for-attracting-attention-tsm?variant=42589614538918 [info] https://thesmile.bandcamp.com/album/a-light-for-attracting-attention [info] https://us.7digital.com/artist/the-smile/release/a-light-for-attracting-attention-explicit-21481513 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/mwytv5nahdbga [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/23201978 [info]
streaming page:	https://open.qobuz.com/album/mwytv5nahdbga [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Free in the Knowledge You Will Never Work in Television Again

part of:	Paste: The 25 Best Debut Albums of the 2020s So Far (order: 13) Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022 (number: 21) (order: 21) The Wire: 2022 Rewind (number: 27) (order: 27) NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2022 (number: 38) (order: 38) Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far (number: 75) (order: 75) Bleep Top 100 Albums of the Year 2022 (number: 81) (order: 81)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/2632253 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-smile-thom-yorke-jonny-greenwood-tom-skinner/A-light-for-attracting-attention [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-smile-a-light-for-attracting-attention/ [info] https://www.laut.de/The-Smile/Alben/A-Light-For-Attracting-Attention-118417 [info] https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=18558 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-smile/a-light-for-attracting-attention/ [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-496867 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0003706474 [info]
Wikidata:	Q111951576 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 191404119662
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 53:18

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

XL Recordings
XL1196DA

Release events

[Worldwide]
2022-05-13

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