7 Television Commercials is a collection of music videos from English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

, covering the period from their The Bends

The Bends

The Bends is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 13 March 1995 by Parlophone. The Bends was produced by John Leckie at EMI's studios in London, and engineered by Nigel Godrich, who would go on to produce all future albums by the band...

(1995) and OK Computer

OK Computer

OK Computer is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997 on Parlophone in the UK and 1 July 1997 by Capitol Records in the US. It marks a deliberate attempt by the band to move away from the introspective guitar-oriented sound of their previous...

(1997).

Release

The VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 home video was released on 4 May 1998 in the United Kingdom, and on 30 June in the United States.

The DVD was released on 4 August 2003 in the UK and 5 August in North America, with no additional features or footage.

Track listing

1. "Paranoid Android
   Paranoid Android
   "Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their 1997 third studio album OK Computer. The lyrics of the darkly humorous song were written primarily by singer Thom Yorke, following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar...
   
   "
2. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)
   Street Spirit (Fade Out)
   "Street Spirit " is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their second studio album The Bends, which was released in 1995...
   
   "
3. "No Surprises
   No Surprises
   "No Surprises" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. It was accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble filling with water. The single peaked...
   
   "
4. "Just
   Just (song)
   "Just" is a single by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1995. It is the seventh track on their 1995 album The Bends. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote the song about a narcissistic friend of his, which on closer inspection is showcased by the imagery in the lyrics - a parallel...
   
   "
5. "High and Dry
   High and Dry
   "High and Dry" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, and was the first single released from their second album, The Bends . It was as a double A-side with album opener "Planet Telex"...
   
   " (U.S. version)
6. "Karma Police
   Karma Police
   "Karma Police" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead from their 1997 third studio album OK Computer. The song's title and lyrics derive from an in-joke among the band, referring to the Hindu theory of retributive enforcement, known as karma....
   
   "
7. "Fake Plastic Trees
   Fake Plastic Trees
   "Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead, from their second album The Bends . It was the third single to be released from that album in the UK, but in the US, it was released as the band's first single from the album...
   
   "

Critical reception

7 Television Commercials received mixed reviews from critics. Reviewer Ian Reed felt that "it could have been better". Reed also commented on the duration of the video, just over 30 minutes, only seven music videos.

Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

gave the re-release collection of videos 2 out of 4 stars, also mentioning the length of the release: "Why only seven? And no bonus material? You'd think that a band as wary of commercial exploitation as Radiohead wouldn't ask fans to shell out for so slight a souvenir."

Personnel

All videos commissioned by Dilly Gent.

Packaging art and design by Stanley Donwood

Stanley Donwood

Stanley Donwood is the pen name of English artist Dan Rickwood. Donwood is known for his close association with the British rock group Radiohead, having created all their album and poster art...

 and The White Chocolate Farm

Thom Yorke

Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...

.

• "Paranoid Android
  Paranoid Android
  "Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their 1997 third studio album OK Computer. The lyrics of the darkly humorous song were written primarily by singer Thom Yorke, following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar...
  
  "
  Director: Magnus Carlsson
  Producer: Peter Gustaffson
  Production company: Wegelius Animation AB

• "Street Spirit (Fade Out)
  Street Spirit (Fade Out)
  "Street Spirit " is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their second studio album The Bends, which was released in 1995...
  
  "
  Director: Jonathan Glazer
  Jonathan Glazer
  Jonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
  
  
  Producer: Nick Morris
  Cinematography: Steve Keith-Roach
  Production company: Academy Music Video Ltd

• "No Surprises
  No Surprises
  "No Surprises" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. It was accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble filling with water. The single peaked...
  
  "
  Director: Grant Gee
  Grant Gee
  Grant Gee is a film director and cinematographer currently living in Brighton. He was born in Plymouth and studied Geography at St Catherine's College, Oxford....
  
  
  Producer: Phil Barnes
  Cinematography: Dan Landin
  Production company: Kudos (Music Video)

• "Just
  Just (song)
  "Just" is a single by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1995. It is the seventh track on their 1995 album The Bends. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote the song about a narcissistic friend of his, which on closer inspection is showcased by the imagery in the lyrics - a parallel...
  
  "
  Director: Jamie Thraves
  Producer: Niki Amos
  Cinematography: Alexander Seligman
  Production company: Oil Factory Inc

• "High and Dry
  High and Dry
  "High and Dry" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, and was the first single released from their second album, The Bends . It was as a double A-side with album opener "Planet Telex"...
  
  " (U.S. version)
  Director: Paul Cunningham
  Producer: Myke Zykoff
  Cinematography: Adam Beckman
  Production company: Oil Factory Inc

• "Karma Police
  Karma Police
  "Karma Police" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead from their 1997 third studio album OK Computer. The song's title and lyrics derive from an in-joke among the band, referring to the Hindu theory of retributive enforcement, known as karma....
  
  "
  Director: Jonathan Glazer
  Jonathan Glazer
  Jonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
  
  
  Producer: Nick Morris
  Cinematography: Steve Keith-Roach
  Production company: Academy Music Video Ltd

• "Fake Plastic Trees
  Fake Plastic Trees
  "Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead, from their second album The Bends . It was the third single to be released from that album in the UK, but in the US, it was released as the band's first single from the album...
  
  "
  Director: Jake Scott
  Jake Scott (director)
  Jake Scott is a British film director who works primarily in the field of music videos. Most of his works were produced under the Ridley Scott Associates banner or RSA's music video subdivision Black Dog Films...
  
  
  Producer: Ellen Jacobson
  Cinematography: Salvatore Totino
  Production company: Black Dog Films (LA)