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| Length = 42:39 | Label = | Producer = Nigel Godrich | Last album = ''COM LAG (2plus2isfive)'' (2004) | This album = ''In Rainbows'' (2007) | Next album = ''Radiohead Box Set'' (2007) | Misc = }} ''In Rainbows'' is the seventh studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a retail CD release in most countries in the last week of 2007. The album was released in the United States on 1 January 2008 on TBD Records. ''In Rainbows'' was Radiohead's first release after the end of their contract with EMI. Recording with longtime producer Nigel Godrich, Radiohead worked on ''In Rainbows'' for more than two years, beginning in early 2005. Between recording, the band toured Europe and North America for three months in mid-2006, performing many new songs. The songwriting on ''In Rainbows'' was more personal than other Radiohead albums, with singer Thom Yorke describing most tracks as his versions of "seduction songs".〔 Radiohead incorporated a variety of musical styles and instruments, using electronic music, string arrangements, pianos, celestes, and the ondes Martenot. The pay-what-you-want release, the first for a major act, made headline news across the world and sparked debate about the implications for the music industry; ''Time'' called it "easily the most important release in the recent history of the music business". Upon its retail release, ''In Rainbows'' entered the UK Albums Chart and the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number one; by October 2008, it had sold more than three million copies worldwide in both digital and physical formats. The album earned critical acclaim and was ranked one of the best of 2007 and the decade by several publications. In 2009, it won two Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Special Limited Edition Package. In 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked the album number 336 on their updated version of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ==Background== In 2004, after finishing the world tour in support of their sixth album ''Hail to the Thief'' (2003), Radiohead took a break from writing and recording. As ''Hail to the Thief'' was the last album released on Radiohead's six-album contract with Parlophone, the band had no contractual obligation to release new material. Drummer Phil Selway said: "It was definitely time to take a break. There was still a desire amongst us to make music, but also a realisation that other aspects of our lives were being neglected. And we’d come to the end of our contract, which gives you a natural point to look back over at what you've achieved as a band." Singer and songwriter Thom Yorke worked on a solo album, ''The Eraser'' (2006), and multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood worked on soundtracks for the films ''Bodysong'' (2004) and ''There Will Be Blood'' (2007).〔 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「In Rainbows」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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