Colin Greenwood: This album is not a collection of B sides but an album for real. It's a selection of songs you hadn't released until now.
In the beginning we meant to release a double album, but we changed our minds
because that would be too boring.
When you become a bit more famous, you become a sort of target. Other bands follow and begin to exlore the success of your style. So, if we're meant to be a target, let it be a moving target.
Click here to watch the video

Ed O’Brien: The Bends and especially Pablo Honey represented the band that we were at the time, much as OK Computer. And you need to remember the restrictions, either budget or time related. For The Bends, for example, we had to release as soon as possible after Pablo Honey to avoid being labeled as a one hit band.
I'm going to roughly explain how the record industry works in the US. The thing is they underestimate everything, and that country also underestimates the desires of the people in general. But Europe does exactly the same. We see America as one great homogenous block but tastes are a lot more diverse than we think. There are many Americans that hate Britney Spears and such like. And among those are many who listen to Radiohead.
Being unanimous is very flattering, especially when we were not always known to such admiration, particularly at the time of our 1st album Pablo Honey. Especially in France. Les Inrocks, I remember, gave us
Being unanimous is very flattering, especially when we were not always known to such admiration, particularly at the time of our 1st album Pablo Honey. Especially in France. Les Inrocks, I remember, gave us dreadfull reviews at the time. (…) It feels better to be given too much importance than none. But you also have to know how to take it and how to keep being realistic.
Click here to watch the video