Hail To The Thief

Hail to the Thief (or The Gloaming), usually referred to without its subtitle as simply Hail to the Thief, is the sixth studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was produced by Nigel Godrich and released on 9 June 2003. It was the last album released under Radiohead's six-album record contract with Parlophone.

After two Radiohead albums incorporating electronica, jazz and krautrock styles, Hail to the Thief was seen as a return to a more conventional guitar-led rock sound, while preserving many electronic elements. Following the lengthy and difficult recording sessions for previous albums, the band worked deliberately quickly, employing a live, "spontaneous" approach. Many of the lyrics were written in response to the War on Terror and the early-2000s resurgence of right-wing politics; songwriter and vocalist Thom Yorke said the album addresses "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."

Hail to the Thief debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and at number three in the United States, and produced three charting singles: "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5". It was praised by critics and became the fifth consecutive Radiohead album to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Hail to the Thief the 89th best album of the 2000s.