# TKOL RMX 1234567

TKOL RMX 1234567 is a remix album of songs from the album The King of Limbs (2011) by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and on 10 October 2011 internationally by XL Recordings.
The album compiles a series of King of Limbs remix singles by electronic artists including Jamie xx, Nathan Fake, Four Tet, Caribou, Modeselektor, Mark Pritchard and SBTRKT. The singles were also released as downloads through Radiohead's website. Radiohead said they wanted to allow the music to "mutate" by giving it to other artists to remix. TKOL RMX received mainly positive reviews.

## Background

On 6 June 2011, Radiohead announced a series of remixes from their eighth album, The King of Limbs, by various artists. The singer, Thom Yorke, said Radiohead wanted to experiment with the music by giving it to other artists to remix, and liked the idea that it was not "fixed and set in stone". He praised remix culture, and said: "I didn't just want floor-fillers and all that shit, I just wanted to see how the songs could really branch out and mutate." The drummer, Philip Selway, said he felt The King of Limbs was the Radiohead album that best lent itself to remixing.

## Singles

The first seven remixes were released as 12-inch vinyl singles through XL Recordings on Radiohead's Ticker Tape Ltd. imprint label, and are compiled on TKOL RMX 1234567. The eighth single, TKOL RMX8, was finished too late for inclusion on the album and was released as a download. A remix of "Bloom" by Jamie xx, previously released on the TKOL RMX8 single, was released as a vinyl single on 23 January 2012.
| Single | Tracks remixed | Remix | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Release date |
| Single | Tracks remixed | Remix | UK Sales | US Dance | US Sales | Release date |
| TKOL RMX1 | "Little by Little" | Caribou RMX | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX1 | "Lotus Flower" | Jacques Greene RMX | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX2 | "Morning Mr Magpie" | Nathan Fake RMX | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX2 | "Bloom" | Harmonic 313 RMX | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX2 | "Bloom" | Mark Pritchard RMX | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX3 | "Feral" | Lone RMX | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX3 | "Morning Mr Magpie" | Pearson Sound Scavenger RMX | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX3 | "Separator" | Four Tet RMX | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 July 2011 |
| TKOL RMX4 | "Give Up the Ghost" | Thriller Houseghost RMX | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX4 | "Codex" | Illum Sphere RMX | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX4 | "Little by Little" | Shed RMX | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX5 | "Give Up the Ghost" | Brokenchord RMX | 9 | — | — | 26 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX5 | "TKOL" | Altrice RMX | 9 | — | — | 26 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX5 | "Bloom" | Blawan RMX | 9 | — | — | 26 August 2011 |
| TKOL RMX6 | "Good Evening Mrs Magpie" | Modeselektor RMX | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 September 2011 |
| TKOL RMX6 | "Bloom" | Objekt RMX | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 September 2011 |
| TKOL RMX7 | "Bloom" | Jamie xx Rework | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 October 2011 |
| TKOL RMX7 | "Separator" | Anstam RMX | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 October 2011 |
| TKOL RMX7 | "Lotus Flower" | SBTRKT RMX | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 October 2011 |
| TKOL RMX8 | "Bloom" | Jamie xx Rework Part 3 | 67 | — | — | 21 November 2011 |
| TKOL RMX8 | "Separator" | Anstam RMX II | 67 | — | — | 21 November 2011 |
| TKOL RMX8 | "Morning Mr Magpie" | Nathan Fake Harshdub RMX | 67 | — | — | 21 November 2011 |

## Release

The retail version of TKOL RMX was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and 10 October in other countries. Radiohead celebrated the release with a live event at London's Corsica Studios on 11 October, with DJs including Yorke and contributing remix artists Jamie xx, Caribou, Lone and Illum Sphere. The event was streamed by Boiler Room. TKOL RMX reached number five on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.5/10 |
| Metacritic | 67/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| Pitchfork | 6.0/10 |
| Slant Magazine | |
TKOL RMX has an aggregate score of 67 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favourable reviews". AllMusic said it was "fascinating to hear how this current crop of producers ... twists, bends, adjusts, and appropriates the source material". The A.V. Club felt "the best of these remixes excite and innovate in ways their [King of Limbs] counterparts didn't". However, the Guardian wrote that the album "feels less like an album than an info dump" and questioned "the utility in commissioning Four Tet and Caribou to rework songs that already sound a bit like Four Tet and Caribou". Pitchfork found it "listenable but ultimately bloodless".

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.
Remix and additional production
* Anstam (disc 2: track 10)
* Dan Snaith (disc 1: track 1)
* Nathan Fake (disc 1: track 3)
* Four Tet (disc 1: track 8)
* Jacques Greene (disc 1: track 2)
* Ryan Hunn (disc 2: track 2)
* Ernestas Kausylas (disc 2: track 4)
* David Kennedy (disc 1: track 7)
* Lone (disc 2: track 6)
* Modeselektor ("on a yoga mat"; disc 2: track 7)
* René Pawlowitz (disc 2: track 11)
* Mark Pritchard (disc 1: tracks 4, 5)
* Jamie Roberts (disc 2: track 6)
* Mike Sadatmousavi (disc 2: track 5)
* SBTRKT (disc 2: track 11)
* Jamie Smith (disc 2: track 9)
* Darren J. Cunningham (disc 2: track 1)
Artwork
* Wildwood
* Twain

## Charts

| Chart | Peak position |
| UK Albums Chart | 34 |
| Belgium Albums Top 50 | 43 |
| Italy Albums Chart | 63 |
| French Albums Chart | 79 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 48 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 74 |
| Swiss Music Charts | 95 |
| US Billboard 200 | 50 |
| Billboard Alternative Albums | 9 |
| Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums | 5 |
| Billboard Independent Albums | 8 |
| Billboard Top Rock Albums | 12 |