Radiohead's CD2: Breaking Down the Exclusive Companion to "In Rainbows"

"Go Slowly"
Unlike In Rainbows, where studio versions didn't differ that greatly from their live counterparts, CD2's final takes are completely transformed. "Go Slowly" still sounds like Yorke is living the second disc of Pink Floyd's The Wall, but now the track is awash with buzzing synths, xylophone and more omnipresent guitar. Yorke's voice echoes until the climax, which doesn't provide the expected massive full-band explosion, but the song is vastly improved over its embryonic live version.

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"MK2"
Like "MK1," this is a short (fifty-three seconds) keyboard instrumental. Whereas "MK1" was used to segue out of In Rainbows, "MK2" (which sounds similar to other Kid A-era ambient experiments) is used to temporarily lift the listener out of the doldrums of "Go Slowly" and into the next track, "Last Flowers."

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