Airbag / How Am I Driving?
Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: 21 April 1998 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=No Surprises / Running from Demons1997Kid A2000EPAirbag / How Am I Driving?Airbag - How Am I Driving? (Radiohead EP - cover art).jpgRadiohead21 April 19981996–1997Template:FlatlistAlternative rock25:34Capitol 58701Nigel Godrich, Radioheadx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Airbag / How Am I Driving? is the fifth EP by the English rock band Radiohead, released in April 1998 in North America. It collects most of the B-sides from singles released from Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), plus the OK Computer song "Airbag". It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
Songs
Airbag / How Am I Driving? collects most of the OK Computer B-sides, excluding "Lull" (from the "Karma Police" single) and "How I Made My Millions" (from the "No Surprises" single).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Only one had been previously released in North America.<ref name="Pitchfork" />
"Meeting in the Aisle" is a "spaced out" instrumental with "orchestral" drones, drum machine and bass guitar.<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Radiohead did not perform it until 2012 on the King of Limbs tour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The two-part "Polyethylene" begins with softly strummed guitar before a climactic ending.<ref name="Pitchfork" /> "Palo Alto" features "hummable pop" verses and a "thunderous" chorus.<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Its initial title was "OK Computer" before this became the album title.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Release
Template:Album ratingsAirbag / How Am I Driving? debuted at number 56 on the Billboard 200,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> selling 20,000 copies in its first week.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In 2009, it was rereleased by EMI on iTunes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Reception
Airbag / How Am I Driving? was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In Pitchfork, Ryan Schreiber wrote: "If OK Computer was at the top of your 'best of' list last year, and you had wished for just a few more tracks in that same anti- technology, self-loathing vein that Radiohead so perfectly executes, Airbag goes off on impact."<ref name="Pitchfork">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Schreiber expressed surprise that the "impossibly brilliant" final track, "Palo Alto", was not included on OK Computer and felt it would have made a strong single.<ref name="Pitchfork" />
Track listing
Personnel
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Radiohead
Production
Packaging
Certifications
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