What is the name of Radiohead's debut album released in 1992?
Answer
Pablo Honey
Answer
Pablo Honey
Radiohead’s debut studio album is Pablo Honey. Although the album was released in 1993, it was recorded in 1992, which likely explains why the question associates it with that year. The album introduced the English rock band to a broad audience and included their breakthrough single “Creep.”
Pablo Honey was produced by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, with Radiohead’s manager Chris Hufford also involved in production. The band recorded it in Oxfordshire after signing with EMI. Its sound combines alternative rock, grunge influence, and guitar-driven early-1990s songwriting, making it noticeably more conventional than Radiohead’s later experimental work.
The album’s title came from a radio prank recording in which a caller says, “Pablo, honey, please come to Florida.” Radiohead later moved in a more adventurous direction with albums such as The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A, but Pablo Honey remains the essential starting point in their discography.
A frequent mistake is calling Drill, released in 1992, Radiohead’s debut album. Drill was the band’s debut EP; Pablo Honey was their first full-length studio album.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026