In Rainbows is really approachable.

most would probably said Kid A or OK Computer. The Bends to Hail to the Thief was when I listened to them and I would say was their peak.

IMO I think they became popular because at the time they were cutting through the minutiae and monotoneous of the music industry, and this created another option beyond record industry hegemony. "Innovation" if you will. This could be why people think Pablo Honey is lame because it was pretty representative of semi-generic alternative music in the 90s. The Bends pushed them into the college radio genre, but I would go with the other commenters suggestions to start with Kid A and OK Computer. This is when they started to experiment. That will lead you into Amnesiac. But I guess just living through that time I could see how groundbreaking these albums were. The music industry owes a lot to how they created another avenue. Nowadays there's all sorts of music. Radiohead's relevance made its stamp on the time that it came out I guess kind of like Pink Floyd or something but that time has passed. Not to say that I would ever trash them. Another similar thing happened I think in the early 2000s with bands like The Strokes or the White Stripes becoming popular because mainstream music was just so lame and uninteresting.

Reckoner

House of Cards is a good next step

OK Computer OKNOTOK is my favorite album, but i also suggest you watch their music video like Just or Man of War which are also pretty good songs

I'm hardly a huge fan but I like

Fake Plastic Trees

High and Dry

No Surprises

Let Down

Karma Police

Now Radio Department, thats a band.

Pablo Honey is a great album, it's just accessible to normies so radiohead fans who think they need to be better than other people shit on it

If you like Creep, you should check out their second album The Bends. After that, OK Computer was the record that solidified they're not a one hit wonder and has some wonderful songs on it. But the typical sound that people online praise Radiohead for started with their next two albums, Kid A and Amnesiac, which are your go-to records if you want to relive my days when i tried to square my deep discomfort with male gender roles with the societal pressure to perform in them by becoming a horrible indie snob using bitchyness and snark as a release valve so i didn't explode from repressed dysphoria. Their following release Hail to the Thief is also cool, but after that i can't say much about them because somebody gave me ecstasy and i fell in love with actual techno.

I like their 90s albums :duck-dance:

Their sound constantly evolved, and so there's no simple overview you can get.

Interesting how many varied responses you’re getting. OK Computer is their best imo

I put on the music video for "Daydreaming" when I'm feeling down. Despite the depressing story behind it the music calms me down and I find the video to be mesmerizing. Thom's partner got cancer and left him to die alone and the video is him opening all these different doors, searching for something or someone.

Initially read the title as 'What albums/songs by Radiohead would you recommend for someone who wants to fall asleep?'

I like them pretty well, I don't think there's an entire album I like back to front, but I'll recommend some songs that I keep coming back to:

life in a glasshouse

exit music

knives out

last flowers

myxomatosis

packt like sardines

reckoner

street spirit

talk show host

there there

this mess we're in (w/ pj harvey)

true love waits (live version)

videotape

yes I am

Kid A and Amnesiac got me heavily into electronic music, so if you really want to get into Autechre or Aphex Twin, maybe listen to those. Or maybe watch the vox earworm video on Radiohead's Videotape to get a fresh perspective on what makes their songs post The Bends so tight.