The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download in MP3 and WAV formats. CD and 12" vinyl versions were released on 28 March 2011 through Radiohead's Ticker Tape imprint and by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom, TBD Records in the United States and Hostess Entertainment in Japan.
Following the protracted recording and more conventional instrumentation of their album In Rainbows (2007), Radiohead developed much of The King of Limbs by sampling and looping, working with longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich in Los Angeles. Songwriter Thom Yorke described the album as "an expression of wildness and mutation".