It was Radiohead's first commercial release, and attracted little attention, reaching 101 on the UK Album Chart.

[1] In 1985, they formed On a Friday, the name referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school's music room.

[6] Drill featured two new recordings, "Prove Yourself" and "Stupid Car"; the other songs were taken from Radiohead's Manic Hedgehog demo.

[5] In 1995, Record Collector described Drill as "abrasive and melancholic by turns", with "the first in a long history of nihilistic one-liners that suggested Thom's worldview was one of genuine self-loathing rather than bathetic self-pity".

[3] The music journalist Mac Randall wrote later: "Even as early as 1992, Thom Yorke's graceful, arrestingly plaintive vocal style was well developed, far more so than the band's songwriting or overall sound.