 Most of "Hail to the Thief" was recorded in two weeks at Ocean Way Recording studios in Los Angeles in 2002, with Radiohead's longtime producer Nigel Godrich.Radiohead recorded a version of "There There" at the studio, but were not satisfied with the results.According to guitarist Jonny Greenwood, "Sometimes it doesn't work at all, because you haven't got the real volume of a live concert ... that just doesn't really work coming out of speakers in your front room ...