OK Computer

This music is meant to be listened to with headphones and then get lost in it. The layers of sound are incredible. One of the most innovative bands of all time. If I have a negative criticism, it’s that Thom Youree’s vocals are covered up at times and he drones in and in and I don’t know what he’s saying. The music makes up for it, though.

4.2

La semaine dernière, la marque de la bête faisait son apparition sur l'album Nowhere de Ride. Sans nouvelle depuis plus de 9 mois, j'aurais dû me douter qu'elle rôdait autour de moi, la vilaine, j'aurais eu plus de temps pour me préparer mentalement. C'est donc avec terreur que je vis la pochette d’Ok Computer, le dernier et «meilleur» album de Radiohead sur cette liste. Étrangement, j’éprouva un certain soulagement, provenant du fait que c’est la dernière fois que je vais être forcé d’écouter ce groupe. De plus, Ok Computer est L’ALBUM phare du band, leur Sgt Pepper en autre sorte. J’ai peut-être jugé le band trop fort sur leurs sorties subséquentes, me rappelant que j’avais donné un 4 étoiles à The Bends, qui était sorti juste avant Ok Computer. Avec une confiance retrouvée et 53 minutes de libre devant moi, je lançais l’album. Verdict: ça déchire quand même grave. Mes plus grosses critiques envers Radiohead découlent principalement d’une insatisfaisante instrumentation et de la voix geignarde et bébéèsque de Thom York. Certes, il reste un gros bébé triste sur cet album aussi, ça reste sa marque de commerce d’après tout, mais il s'efforce grandement de ne pas trop chigner ou d’émettre des cris léthargiques aux cinq secondes. J’ai même été grandement surpris qu’il savait chanter (pas super bien, mais mes attentes sont très, très basses) et que ses crises de nerf étaient habilement mixées loin dans le mix, au grand bonheur de mes cavités auditives. Cela m’amène à ce que j’ai vraiment aimé de l’album: l’instrumentation. Contrairement aux autres albums (à part The Bends, du moins en partie), ici la zique est bonne, tu te sent vraiment dans un vrai classique. Les riffs de guitares accrocheurs qui m’ont surpris à faire du headbanging (particulièrement sur Paranoid Android) et des gros fills de drum lourd à la Led Zep côtoient de l'expérimental non-abrasif (Fitter Happier) et des choeurs franchement bien disposé dans le mix. Le mixage qui est d’ailleurs impec, la spatialisation reste qualitative tout au long de l’album. Donc, est-ce qu’Ok Computer m’a fait aimer Radiohead? Non, mais j’ai compris d’où provenait la hype des albums suivants, non pas que je comprenne la hype elle-même. Ça m’a certainement permis de faire une certaine paix avec ce groupe, qui n’est peut-être pas aussi maléfique que je le pensais.

Sometimes I think "Is OK Computer actually as good as I remember"? Then I listen to it and think obviously yes. Five stars. Fav tracks: Let Down, No Surprises, Exit Music

wüüüürkli zweimol radiohead in folge?! airbag isch soooo guet paranoid android isch no besser. boahhhhh. jo ich has schomol glost und finds insano hard. worschinli ihres best? jo ha etz bewusst afoch glost und nöd notiert. es isch insanostyle guet. no surprises isch so zerrissend so guet aua. dasch e uhuere füfi. the tourist wieder mit GITARRE HOBLA. ich has seeehr gern.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 53 min er machts eim mite stimm hslt au nöd eifach OHHH paranoid android isch di ganz ziit fast scho ihschlöfernd gsi bis es denn ufejsbaidbwjHrjais macht und jz wieder ruhig AAAAAAA danke, das het mier iwie gfehlt und jz das komische singelsangel? geil de uufbau zu I'M TIRED liebi bi subterranean hahaha es isch sooo dramatisch und sini stimm passt jz au guet iwie? so es isch chli gegesätzlich hahaha ja es isch uhuere geil. genau chli das wommer gfehlt bide andere sache, es isch mengisch eifach chli normaler und versuecht nöd ständig öppis speziells z sii han echt e gueti ziit no surprises isch zwar recht trurig aber finds gad echli langwilig lol logisch ischs eis vo ihrne populärste lieder jaa iwie mached die spötere albe so vill meh sinn jz mit ok computer hahahah s gfalltmer aber au mit abstand am beste UUUH de schluss vo lucky gfalltmer megaaa jaa das isch würkli gaaanz es anders erlebnis gsi hahaha ganz klar via

I really enjoyed this album. And I think a key part of it was how I listened to it. AirPods in, in an unhappy mood. It was a perfect tone. A great mix of ambient and rock adjacent sounds. My favorite songs were Karma Police and Exit Music for a Film. I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it if I was in a different mood, but for how I felt it was perfect

some good some eh

Solid album but way overhyped. Highlights: "Paranoid Android" (interesting song, cool guitar riff in first part), "Let Down" (most Bends-like song on the album with chiming guitars), "Karma Police" (I like the piano throughout the song, catchy melody), "Electioneering" (sounds like late 60s/early 70s song, especially guitar riff and fuzzy production), "No Surprises" (music box chiming is cool) Notable: "Climbing Up the Walls" (creepy atmosphere)

THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING GOATED One of my favorite albums I've listened to all year. Very good. Great concept and even more beautiful production. Solid masterpiece I can listen to over and over again. Idc if it's virgin music, it's my virgin music. Its for me and me only okay?

Ok album just couldn’t really get into it

Great album! I had to wait till i got the vinyl and listen to all the details carefully cause u know spotify doesn’t do it justice @nikola

fine 3/5

I admit I may have missed the boat on this one but can’t get into it now.

This album is driving alone at night music. Kind of perfect technically and if you can accept how the band kind of squats down in front of you and looks you square in the eyes so that you have to contemplate your life choices while you listen, it’s nice.

OK Computer is the third studio album by Radiohead, originally released in 1997. This album commonly tops "best albums of all time" lists, and for good reason. This was a pretty big change in sound from the band, coming off a big record in "The Bends". The latter was very acoustic-based, while OK Computer is when they began experimenting with electronics. That electronic-based alternative rock is something that would mark their future albums and create that signature "Radiohead sound". The songwriting is also very solid. Obligatory "we live in a society" comment but a lot of these lyrics are kinda relatable and deal with the mundaneness of everyday life. I also really dig the art direction on this record. It's very 2000s futurism. I guess the band was pretty influenced by the dot-com boom of the era. Overall great record and absolutely belongs on this list.

Musically very good, thematically ahead of it's time. However I never did and still can't connect with Yorke's vocals/singing style which is why I think I never quite connected with this band. Gave it a few listens, and it get's stronger towards the end for me, last 3 songs are very good.

One of those perfect moments where musical craftsmanship and melody meet. Don’t tell me Kid A is a better album, it’s simply not, and anyone who says so is trying too hard to be cool. This is hands down their most consistent and listenable work, and one of my all time favourite albums. 6 stars!

I bought this album on release, and I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with it. I like the music on the album (maybe connected with the way it was recorded), but at times Thom Yorke's vocals really grate, notably on the whiny Paranoid Android. Nevertheless, the overall point of the album is strong, it was a huge seller and I'm inclined to give it a 5. I do prefer subsequent Radiohead albums.

Is it just me or have the Radiohead albums i have been doing lately been getting really relaxing. Just like In Rainbows, OK Computer is a really relaxing one with more of a focus on guitars and other instruments as opposed to the electronic sounds from In Rainbows. And i have to say, this style does sound really good and is executed very well here. I also like how the typical Radiohead weirdness actually got it's start here when it came to the music by incorporating quite a bit more electronic sounds. There are Radiohead albums i like more than this one but this is still a really good album. Best Song: Electioneering Worst Song: Let Down

The best Radiohead album and one of my 5 favorite albums of all time. A beautifully melancholic and vivid sonic landscape painted by seamlessly blending cold electronic textures with the traditional rock instrumentation that's bearing the feeble humanity of a man grappling with loneliness, anxiety and alienation of the increasingly more unnatural modern world. The genius of this album lies within the stylistic and formal subtlety with which it handles its concept and nuance of the aforementioned opposites - the subject is always stretched between the extremes yet never torn by the dual nature of their existential condition, the music gets depressing and pessimistic yet never ultimately leaves the listener hopeless; there's a gentle note of humanity permeating all the states and emotions that the album puts us through that ultimately elevates this album and makes it a deeply moving experience. Also Let Down is a special song for me and probably a favorite by Radiohead alongside How to Disappear Completely - by the time I hear its first couple of notes I'm instantly magically transported to a specific time and place, it always makes me almost physically feel the atmosphere of December just before the New Year's Eve, the snow and the specific smell of air that I don't know how to describe. It's truly one of a kind.

Not good, not bad.

What a cool album. Perfectly bridges the earlier grunge era with a more ethereal, wispy, almost dream like sound that would dominate a large part of the next few decades. In large part, it feels ahead of its time, ushering in this new sound that would inspire tons of different groups. On top of all of that, it also feels ahead of its time lyrically. Looking back on this more than 25 years later, a lot of issues they sing about seem more pertinent now than they did then. Gotta be one the best albums of all time, certainly of the last quarter century.

This is the fourth Radiohead album I've gotten so far. That seems a little excessive. Nevertheless, this is a good example of their work. Impeccable performances and songwriting about lonliness and alienation. But they all are, so I'm not sure why we're getting so much Radiohead. Pick a favorite or two and let's spend more time exploring other music than late 20th/early 21st century indie rock.

very heaven.

Never before and never since has there existed an album with such an expansive soundscape still so tightly rooted to its core concept. Constantly spacey, often anxious, occasionally frenetic and interwoven with a resurfacing sense of dread, OK Computer’s soundscape is pierced neatly with Yorke’s hopelessly human songwriting and yearning falsetto - attempting to make sense of what future loomed over him, not just within the music industry, but within the uncertain development of society as a whole. What resulted is a perfect prediction of the ever-increasing human reliance on technology and ensuing monotony in the 21st-century western world - three years before its inception.

Not my favorite Radiohead album but it’s still up there, I’d probably give it a 4.5 if I could, but deciding between a 4 and 5, it has to be a 5

BRILLIANT ALBUM.

This album was amazing. I listened to it twice and enjoyed it a lot. I don’t quite get the analysis of computers’ predicted impact on our “modern” lives. Maybe sI didn’t listen close enough. Nothing here is a miss. Standouts: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Exit Music (For a Film), Let Down, Karma Police, Electroneering, Climbing Up the Walls, No Surprises, and Lucky.

It is far more than OK. I have felt myself as a paranoid android or a subterranean homesick alien. It is my exit music (for a film or for anything) for let down. You can disagree but the karma police will catch you. Listen to this music you wont be fitter or happier, it is electioneering your soul to the core. A hard rush climbing up the walls. But it is no surprises, I think I am lucky to become the tourist on this extraterrestrial journey.

Awesomeness

I LOVE RADIOHEAD AND I'M STUDYING FOR MY MIDTERM RIGHT NOW AT 10:30PM BUT DECIDED TO OPEN UP 1001 ALBUMS GENERATOR SO I'M GONNA TAKE THIS AS A GOOD SIGN. IMO Song Rankings (I don't want to study): No Surprises: love love love the repeating background Exit Music (for a film) Let Down: Paranoid Android: i like the switch between the upbeat and the oooh oooh Airbag: i like the the guitar Karma Police: i really like the end Subterranean Homesick Alien: i like the lyrics and the mellow background. Climbing Up the Walls: I liked the vibe and it kind of felt like it would be a supernatural show's theme song from the 2000s. Lucky OR The Tourist: I liked how The Tourist ends off the album and is slower with the lyrics saying slow down and stuff. Electioneering: it was average. not bad, not great. Fitter Happier: not my cup of tea?

Recognise some of the songs. Really overrated. Not a great album to me.

I can see why some people this this is dreary and his voice is moany but these guys are amazing to me. I dont love their earlier stuff and this is near the beginning but it only gets better from here. Still love it.

Pretty good album. Best tracks: "Electioneering", "No Surprises", "Airbag".

Yeah I don't have to listen to this for the 300th time to know and to outright say this is my favorite album of all time. I don't care.

Really great album. All the tracks are solid with some real standouts. 4.5.

In yesterday's review of "A Rush of Blood to the Head" I made the comment that, for nostalgia purposes I would give it a 5 "just like I probably would if any Radiohead album was revealed". OK Computer is what I specifically had in mind. Quite the coincidence that it was the next album revealed as I wore this album out around the same time I was also listening to A Rush of Blood. 5 stars. Not just for nostalgia purposes, but because this album is amazing...from start to finish. It's a top 20 album for me...period.

Dear Coldplay, this is how you do it correctly. In my head this isn't a perfect album, there's a few tracks that miss for me but Paranoid Android is a solid 9/10 a long with the 2 bigger singles.

Alle andre Radiohead album vi har haft har ramt mig meget hårdere. Den er god, bare ikke nær det bedste jeg har hørt fra dem

Fantastisk plade, alle sange er kæmpe bangere og det er en af de bedst og mest interessant producerede rockplader nogensinde. Der er andre Radiohead plader jeg bedre kan lide personligt, men nem 5er

Incredibly dense album filled with good songs.

Not one of their better albums but okay.

As beloved as they are by the public, I cannot get into Radiohead without really needing to be in the right mood. This album has some definite highlights but it’s nothing I will be playing on repeat.

The Radiohead popularity bus passed me by other than the overused songs stuck into indie soundtracks at the time. I’ll get the next one. Or walk. Don’t get it.

My second favourite Radiohead album

Lyrics great Sonically really great. Rich and interesting Really like 'Let Down' & 'Electioneering', 'No Surprises' Didn't think I'd like it as much as I did with limited Radiohead exposure/familiarity. 4/5

Some great songs... But it goes on a bit

I mean, it's good, but it doesn't speak to me the way it seems to for other people.

Man, I tried again, and nope. This isn't awful, by any stretch. But it doesn't connect to me on any type of visceral level. It's a classic 3 for me. Quality music, that does not appeal to me. I would not seek it out, and would only leave it on if there were no other options.

'Riot shields, voodoo economics, your turn, your turn It's just business, cattle prods and the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote' Not even the best from Radiohead but still another 5

Ну и зачем я это послушал, да еще и в конце ноября. Веет полной безнадёгой.

Moody and sonically appealing. I always thought this album was overrated, which I still agree with but I'm starting to figure out why people like it so much.

Peak Radiohead. I forgot to mention it on my In Rainbows but the Dissect podcast does an entire season on In Rainbows. The first episode delves into the history of the band including some dissection of Kid A. It’s worth a listen regardless, I think it’s the best music podcast out there. But if you got this album before In Rainbows, or even after, check out Dissect, it always helps me more deeply appreciate albums.

I would honestly argue this is the best album of the 90’s and up there with the best of all time. It’s faultless.

Own it

An interstellar burst, I'm back to save the universe. Please could you stop the noise? I'm trying to get somewhere. I live in a town where you can't smell a thing, you watch your feet for cracks in the pavement. And you can laugh your spineless laugh, we hope your rules and wisdom choke you. One day, I am gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction; hysterical and useless. For a minute there, I lost myself; like a cat, tied to a stick that's driven into frozen winter shit. When I go forwards and you go backwards and somewhere we will meet (I trust I can rely on your vote). Everywhere you turn I'll be there, open up your skull I'll be there climbing up the walls. Bring down the government, they don't speak for us. It's gonna be a glorious day. Idiot, slow down.

Really enjoyable

It's a high three-star album, because I liked it more than Amnesiac, which is a low-three star, but it's a three-star nonetheless. I'd listen to it again, but wouldn't actually seek to do so.

Until Radiohead proves to me they're not overrated, I will continue to not be impressed-Ok, Radiohead? This album sounded like those computer sounds when your computer malfunctions. It's more annoying than enjoyable. Favorite Track: "No Surprises"

So many different types of songs, and all sorts of excellent individual musicianship. Thom Yorke can wear on you after an hour, but a solid 4 stars.

Solid album

Paranoid android

Super album, benchmark in 90s rock. Enige minpunt is vanaf interlude tot No Surprises. Paranoid Android en Karma Police zijn subliem. ****1/2 naar boven afgerond

Dit is een klassieker, heb deze grijsgedraaid op de middelbare school. Favoriete nummer: Karma Police (sorry not sorry Paranoid Android) Minste nummer: Fitter Happier

Beter dan verwacht, lekkere flow in het album, een nummer die ik crappy vond maar weet ff niet meer welke. Dit is sowieso een relisten waard

Went down easier than it did when current, but still don't see what the fuss is about with this one.

It’s a good album. I like it but I don’t believe to be deserving of the masterpiece label it seems to have.

This might actually be my favourite album of all time but at the very least, top 5. You shouldn’t be allowed to make albums this good, it’s unfair on everybody else🤷‍♂️

-here it is. the moment I’ve been waiting for. first radiohead album to get on here -every time I listen to this album it just gets better. some of the most dreamy and beautiful rock music I’ve ever heard. thematically interesting and super consistent in quality. ik im a glazer but this album absolutely deserves the insane praise it gets -Favorites are Paranoid Android, Let Down, Electioneering, and Lucky

let down underrated

Classic listened to it a lot of times tho

There's the rest, and then there's Radiohead No Surprises is one of the best pieces of music ever written. But there are also so many perfect, unique pieces of art to wonder at here. I am sort of speechless. This album is a masterpiece: hang it up, playing, in a gallery ... watch and feel the pictures it creates, the souls it touches. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Where to start, what to say, how to end? This is an impossible review. How can I describe the brillance I hear and the emotion I feel? They cracked the code, unlocked the door, tapped into the vein, went intravenous to reach your brain and body, your soul, your hopes and fears. I've sometimes said The Bends is my favourite Radiohead album, listening again how can that be true? Has any guitar band surpassed this? Picking this apart seems ridiculous but here goes! To me the sequence of four tracks starting with Subterranean Homesick Alien is incredible, and the final three tracks are just so beautiful and deeply emotional. But that's doing a disservice to the rest of the album which adds so much of the abrasive, edgy texture. It's so complete, so whole. An amazing, complex, shifting, swirling, flowing piece of art. We are lucky they created it.

Some of the ‘best albums ever’ are a bit overrated. This album makes other 5s not feel like 5s. It’s a 6, hell maybe a 7. Let Down is the song that got me properly into OK Computer. I remember listening to it while doing coursework in class during A Level Geography. It’s genuinely a perfect song. Devastating, soul destroying even, but beautiful at the same time. I think the whole album is a commentary on the modern world we are creating for ourselves; while desperate for completion and perfection, we are actually striving further and further from it. In a way, we are becoming slaves to our own way of life. ‘Airbag’ poses the dilemma of modern technology, it can have great power to ‘help’ us driver faster, go places quicker, but demands that we put our lives in its hands to do so, becoming less and less ‘us’ in the process. I think ‘Fitter Happier’ puts it well, as it describes the average human experience through the filter of a robotic voice over an undoubtedly depressing instrumental. ‘The Tourist’ is a plea to reconsider, because where on Earth do we possibly need to be going at ‘a thousand feet per second’, if we are losing ourselves in the process? Maybe we aren’t on the right path to anywhere on Earth anymore, and instead are travelling on the highway to a dark, dystopian, alien future. ‘Idiots, slow down’ is the most up-front part of the plea. Maybe it refers to the uncontrolled pace of modern technological progress, but maybe it also refers to people who are getting in the car crashes described in ‘Airbag’, bringing the album full circle? Maybe if we just slowed down, we wouldn’t need technology to save us so often (when in fast German cars, but also in more general life). TLDR: this album made me sad. :(

OK Computer is one of those albums that makes you go, fuck me, how did humans create that. Absolutely extraordinary. There isn’t a single moment that isn’t brilliant. Musically it’s very sophisticated. I love how Radiohead aren’t afraid to play with time signature, such as the switch from 4/4 to 7/8 in Paranoid Android, to the drifting 6/8 in Subterranean Homesick Alien, to the delicious polyrhythms in Let Down. Production is brilliant, with beautiful layers of sound washing over you, and some excellent riffs and guitar work from Jonny Greenwood. There’s something extraterrestrial about it all - as if OK Computer fell off the spaceship of a particularly cynical martian. To say the lyrics are poignant is an understatement. It really speaks to the side of me that loves to take an Orwellian, dystopian view on the world - all delivered with Thom’s delicate but striking vocals. I’m running out of adjectives. If I could rate this a hundred stars I would.

I was never that much into Radiohead. I can’t say this changed that, but I liked it.

Masterful but - unlike most people my age it seems - to my mind not Radiohead's masterpiece. It's great, I just don't want to listen to it very often as it's too depressing.

Pretty nice!

With each listen, it only becomes more clear how this becomes a timeless recording in the same likes as Pet Sounds, and Revolver, and every other album that will get listed as the greatest album ever.

Listened to this quite a bit in the past. It's great.

Tough one. I enjoyed this album in it's entirety when it came out, but now it feels a little disjointed. I still love it, but to me not as good album as The Bends.

I overall like it better than The Bends. But enough Radiohead already!!

Whiny rock

Lo he escuchado dos veces, cosa que hago muy pocas veces en esta lista, antes de darle una nota. Me gusta mucho, pero le falta ese toque de amor total para darle las 5 estrellas. Le falta algo para que me llegue a enamorar. Disfruto oyéndolo, pero no me da lo mismo que al parecer le da al resto de gente en Internet. 4 alto.

5 Stars (14/15)

5/5

OK Computer is a good album https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-ok-computer-by-radiohead?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

- favs: paranoid android, exit music and karma police This album probably altered my 13 year olds brain chemistry. I was very amazed when I first listened to this and I still am! Very big fan of Radiohead’s music and you can not deny their huge impact on music industry! OVERALL: 4/5

~2nd time listening standout tracks: - paranoid android - karma police - electioneering what if i told you the rest of the tracks are kinda eh? airbag and no surprises stood out. Nothing deserving of a skip except maybe the healthier happier kind of interlude track?

no cause it's a 4.5, the only reason it's at 4 is because I preferred Kid A

No catchy lyrics, but interesting music. Paranoid android is through composed.

I already knew I loved this.

3.5, drags on a bit at times but overall nice

I have a hard time picking a favorite Radiohead album, at this time, as I love The Bends, OK Computer, and Amnesiac pretty much equally. They, long with Kid A and In Rainbows are all 5 star albums for me. OK Computer also was a formative album for me, changing my entire worldview and view of music.

Een hele ervaring voor 53 minuten, met voelt als een soort gekke futuristische droom. Meesterwerk van Radiohead

Not overly upbeat, so I have to be in just the right mood for this.

A masterpiece!

Very sad and depressing album, which is ok because they pull it off so well. Tackles so many themes on the impact of technology over humans. Some fantastic tracks, but not as good as their masterpiece, In Rainbows

Gran disco

cap de radio

Most Radiohead songs sound like a montage in an early 2000’s teen drama. And I love One Tree Hill so I guess that means I love this album???

Great Album

Hab abgebrochen

I remember liking this album more. I still liked it but it wasn't the 5 I remember it bring.

It sounded like one long radio head song

A classic, but some weird ones

Very nice.

Better than other Radiohead releases, but it still doesn't quite get me over the hump. Too much atmosphere, not enough substance. The lyrics come in and out much like the instrumentation. I need it a little.more lucid and solid for my tastes.

OK starting w a bangerrrr Nice om reden te hebben om meindelijk helemaal te luisteren Exit, karma police, electioneering, climbing up the walls, en nu suprices chefs kisss Zou 5 sterren kunnen zijn maar hitte op de listen nog niet dat extra lvl

One of my favourite rock albums! Shades of prog and alternative rock

Very funky

Yeah it's OK Computer. Not listened to this all the way through in years. It's clearly great but doesn't impact on me the way it does some people. Never been a Radiohead-head, but these days being a Radiohead-hater is far far more annoying.

I appreciate how good this is, and how accomplished. However, it’s Radiohead so it’s depressing. It didn’t help that I listened to it while driving in a heavy fog/rain, at night, as the seasons are turning into a very damp autumn, but holy Jebus the melancholy is thick. I’ll give it another listen (probably many more), but the way it made me feel makes me reluctant to give it 5 stars.

"OK Computer" is the third album by English rock band Radiohead. The album was produced by Nigel Godrich and the band with the band playing live for most of the recording. The music moved away guitar-centric as in their previous album, "The Bends," towards more densely layered and electronic. The lyrics are abstract with themes of transport, technology, insanity, death, modern British life, globalization and anti-capitalism. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the UK and #21 in the US and, critically, had wide-spread acclaim as one of the best albums of the year and of all time. In 2014, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its artistic significance. "Airbag" kicks off the album with a loud guitar and electronic drums. The illusion of safety offered by modern transport. A futuristic sound and sci-fi vibe. Electronic glitches end the song. The six-minute plus "Paranoid Android" was the first single. There are multiple sections as it goes from acoustic guitar and drums to acoustic guitar and bass to a harder-edged guitar and back again. A very compelling and meandering song. The title is a reference to the paranoid android in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." "Subterranean Homesick Alien" was influenced by Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" and starts off dreamy with a soft guitar, space sounds and drums. The song musically explodes with lead singer Thom Yorke yelling "Uptight." Then goes back dreamy again. A wild story as Yorke dreams about being abducted by aliens and returned. It's one of my favorite Radiohead songs. And, a few songs later we get another one of my favorite Radiohead songs in "Let Down." It starts off dreamy again with guitar and piano. The song builds. Layered vocals. Abstract lyrics as Yorke expresses the fear of being trapped in transit with no control of it. "Karma Police" continues the building sound song structure. Piano, drums. The title is a reference to an in-joke when the band was recording "The Bends" and someone was behaving badly that the karma police would get them. It's the third of six songs with an electronic glitch of sorts ending the song for those counting. "No Surprises" is a happy-sounding song with guitars, a glockenspiel and great vocals. Ah, but we like contrasts, as the lyrics describe someone who is trying to keep it together but can't. A swirling sound with slow, eerie guitars and vocals begin "Lucky." Ominous sounding as a man is trying pulls himself out of an aeroplane crash. A grand, searing guitar at the end. The song was inspired by the Bosnian War. The album still sound likes the future to me; maybe, anything science fiction sounding with abstract lyrics does it. Some say this this a concept album. I disagree there; sure some songs are proggy and electronic at times but it's a collection of songs and a lot of them sounding like movies in and of themselves. Yorke's vocals effectively pervade a sense of paranoia. I'm always a sucker for songs that go soft-loud-soft and build and there are a number of those songs on this album. A true classic album and sounded every bit of it today.

Another day, another album where you can't understand a single word they say. I like Creep by Radiohead, so was looking forward to hearing more by them, but this was a disappointment. I like the guitar work, but the singer is impossible to hear. Best song: The Tourist

So fucking good

I think this is one that I need more listens to form a full opinion, but initial thoughts are solid

Amazing

First one I've heard before! What a masterpiece. That being said, it maybe didn't hit as hard as it did when I was a teenager! My taste has gotten less angst in lyrics and more angst in sound so the chill vibes left.me wanting more!

This is a solid album that’s a good bridge between alt rock Radiohead of the bends/pablo honey and the deep beep boop stuff. I can’t seem to get into Radiohead as a whole and I realized as I was listening to this album that it’s because of Thom Yorkes voice and singing style. I hate it. The moany, pitch-changing, falsetto wailing is insufferable. I can’t even tell what he’s saying bc he draws out every other word for 10 seconds.

Everytime i listen to radiohead i say “man, i should really listen to more radiohead” then i don’t.

Not a fan at all. I know this album is widely regarded as a masterpiece, but it just does not connect with me. The overall tone feels overly bleak and, vocally, it leans into a style that I struggle with. After a few tracks, everything starts to blur together and I find it hard to stay engaged. I can hear the ambition and the atmosphere they are aiming for, and I respect how influential the record has been, but for me it feels cold rather than moving. Personally, I have always found Radiohead to be a little overrated compared to some of their contemporaries. Favourite track: None that truly stood out for me Least favourite: The overall sound feels repetitive Album artwork: Distinctive and instantly recognisable, even if the music does not land for me

This album is amazing. A different sound and rocks.

Favorite album. Brilliant

Disappointing given I quite liked The Bends. No Surprises the only highlight for me.

Oddly enough I actually don't really like radiohead. I dunno sue me

Yeah. Darkness, disconnect, isolation, paranoia. And lots of tenderness and catharsis.

Songs go from good to masterpiece. One of the few groups that is actually able to make me feel something. The only one so far I listened to twice, and I will probably listen to again

ground breaking genius

Highlights: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Electioneering. In a nutshell: “we’re not scaremongering, this is really happening” Mind blown. I am without my own words. Overall: 10/10

Fitter happier More productive

Solid. I enjoyed it. Unique sound, some very memorable riffs.

Very good album and considered by some to be the greatest album of all time. I don't necessarily agree with that, but I do wish I had been paying attention to music when this came out so that I could have seen the effect that it had on rock music.

Ok I guess

Im not sure what more there is to say. If Radiohead are my generations Beatles then this could be their Sgt. Pepper. It marks their giant leap from top of the range indie rock band (i love the bends) to culturally important path makers into the future of music

OK BOOMER 9/10

Their peak, I think.

I blasted this during today’s gym session... best workout for a long time.

Probably my favorite Radiohead album at this time. Sounds fantastic and dripping with emotion.

Of of the best and favorite albums ever, an easy 5

;-)

Could write an essay on how amazing this album is, on certain days of the week it is my favourite of all time, Phil Selway signed my CD when he played a show in King Tuts and it’s treasured, I bought it on the day of release! Would give it a 6 if possible

Great mix of songs, all super solid. Unique and impactful lyrics.

This is a groundbreaking album that was ahead of its time, and a significant shift in the band's direction from their previous work. It may require multiple listens to fully appreciate. I highly recommend giving it a chance and listening to it more than once to fully absorb it before you completely write it off.

It still holds up and fact may be better now

Yeah idk I guess it's ok, almost as good as Coldplay and Muse 🤓

Fan of the experimental music and can hear how this has influenced other popular bands.

Love the song titles. Music is an acquires taste

Amazing, they've predicted both Siri and the rise of Dell Computers with album title alone.

It was a good album overall but not necessarily my vibe.

Revolutionary

Listened to previously

It's alright 3/5 Best songs were: Exit Music(For a film) and No surprises

I'm not a huge Radiohead fan, but I'll try it a few more times.

Vaikea sanoa kumpi on parempi, tämä vai In Rainbows. Kuuntelin IR uudestaan ennen tätä ja kumpikaan ei nyt niin lähtenyt. Jonain toisena hetkenä olisin saattanut antaa 5 tähteä tälle. Kummiskin tällä levyllä on monta kappaletta josta paljon pidän. Parhaat: Exit Music (For A Film), Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises.

the album after which things start to go downhill for Radiohead

This is a candidate for Nate’s all-time top 10. Easily top 25.

Song to come back for: No Suprises, Marma Poloce (maybe)

Truly iconic album.

Meme'd but legit

Fucking body and soul engaging. His voice goes into bone marrow

Overrated? No. Underrated? No. Got me horny? Yes.

Decent album, weird ror vibes

This is one of those that I like most of the songs, but I this may have been only the second or third time I listened to the entire thing all the way through. I like it, but sometimes there is too much of a good thing in a short period of time.

This list has me enjoying Radiohead a lot more than I expected. This album is great all around.

An almost perfect album. Cuts 2-5 are canonical – "Let Down" is an all-time great and one's personal fave (for emotional and perhaps sentimental [which the song quite rightly warns against] reasons), but the last three cuts are equally rich and intense. Yorke sings with abandon, desperation even. Moments of shimmering beauty intermixed with gritty and tough post-modernism, haunting delicacy right up against quite hard edges. The whole thing is substantive and interesting throughout, an absolute masterpiece. Is it better than The Bends? Difficult to say, but probably slightly.

One of the most classic 90’s album. A huge feat in musicality and ambition

Meh

great album, love their sound.

Turns out I quite like radiohead, this is a surprise to me. This is one of the weaker albums but still pretty solid

I just don't get Radiohead. I can't get into it.

Sept. 16, 2024 I've never listened to Radiohead besides their popular songs (I assume, I don't think I could name one anyway), but I can tell I will like this one already based off of the first one. Okay 3rd song in and I'm bored. It's good, I think I would've liked it more if I were younger idk how to explain that. 4/5

Me robé Exit Music (For a Film), sentí que estaba en una película cuando escuchaba la mayor parte del álbum.

I really dig it. I got into Radiohead in the first place because of Karma Police

2.5/5

It isn't hard to see why some consider this a masterpiece but it probably doesn't reach the pedestal some claim to place it upon. Damn close though.

A masterpiece full stop.

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already listened 9/10

Nicht mein Allzeit-Favorit, aber stellenweise ok bis gut!

So slow. I can see why people like it though.

I've never loved Radiohead but I've often enjoyed them.

No. These guys suck. Boring, whiny. What genre is this anyway? If Rock has an Overrated list, put these spaced-out crooners in the top ten.

This album hits my sweet spot.🍯 An epic, groundbreaking sound. Only great songs built up an even better unit. Guitar, vocals, drums, bass, production - all is top notch. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Don’t listen to it often , so it’s a nice surprise to be reminded how good it is 5

I'm going to immediately assign this a 1, then be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong. There is no reason why Radiohead needs to be featured so heavily in this book. This will be album #6 of theirs I've had thus far... Can't wait to hear Thom Yorke start moaning instead of singing... Ffs. Favourite songs: Karma Police, Paranoid Android Least favourite songs: Fitter Happier, Exit Music (For a Film) 1/5.... I knew it.....

i used to not like radiohead. i found them boring, whiny, and droning. i think i may have been stupid, but i wasnt wrong. they whiny and droning, but radiohead is anything but boring. their music is truly special. this album, while not my favorite (frankly its not even in my top 4 radiohead projects) is still incredible for its time. its so futuristic and beautiful. it says something that an album that barely cracks the top 5 of its respective artists discography is still a 5 star record.

brill

I've been delaying my review of this album. Not because I wasn't looking forward to it, but because I wanted to ensure that I would have time to listen to it in full without interruption. I've always enjoyed this album and wanted to afford it my full attention. Sublime.

Ein sú besta frá upphafi. 6 af 5

I've never been able to appreciate Radiohead in any way. I tried listening to this a little bit but lost interest quickly.

I've heard about half the album before. Some great songs here like Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises and Lucky. Subterranean Homesick Alien was new to me and I really enjoyed it. I can do without Fitter Happier.

I like it, will listen again

It humors me that the internet calls this album OKC

love radiohead

Radiohead was a big deal before this, but this was when they settled into their iconic style and rerouted all of British music. It's so thoughtful, so emotive, uses an incredible mix of recording techniques and samples to create a beautifully melancholic tapestry. This album came from music I love, changed it, and inspired even more music that I love

b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ m̶i̶r̶r̶o̶r̶ OK computer is written by one stoned british dude who just mutters shit like wot if ya mum ran on batteries

OK Computer” von Radiohead ist ein tiefgründiges Album, das alles andere als leichte Kost bietet. Die komplexen Arrangements und die vielschichtigen Texte machen es zu einem Werk, das man nicht einfach nebenbei hören kann. Es fordert die Aufmerksamkeit des Hörers und entfaltet seine volle Wirkung erst nach mehrmaligem Hören. Der erste Eindruck mag überwältigend sein, und es kann eine Weile dauern, bis man eine echte Begeisterung entwickelt. Vielleicht ist genau das das Konzept des Albums – es zwingt einen, sich intensiv damit auseinanderzusetzen und immer wieder neue Facetten zu entdecken. Nach einen ersten durchhören des Albums konnten noch keine Highlights identifiziert weden, was möglicherweise darauf hinweist, dass das Album als Gesamtkunstwerk konzipiert ist, bei dem jeder Track seinen Platz und seine Bedeutung hat.

So celebrated it's practically cliche, OK Computer remains a phenomenal achievement and deserves its reputation as the single greatest album of the 90s. 10 🤖s out of 5

1. airbag - 1 2. android - 1.5 3. alien - 1 4. ezit - 5 5. douun - 1.5 6. karma - 4 7. happier - 1 8. election - 1 9. uuallz - 1 10. zurprizez - 2 11. lucky - 1.5 12. tourizt - 2

Bought this album in early 2000s, hoping that it would be like Pablo Honey, containing another Creep... This is what I got... Karma Police in my head all day! With time, my appreciation for the album sure has increased, but it would be nice if we'd be a little more "chipper" or "up-beat" every now and again... even a Blues album gives you something to smile about. 4*

It’s a good album but is it as good as the Bends, eh No; however still better than a 3

So good!

Eh…not my jam

No Surprises, Exit Music preferred songs on this album

If I could only listen to one album, this would be it.

My 50th album! A pretty minor milestone when looking at the long road ahead, but it's still satisfying. ...oh, the album? It's pretty great - OK, even. Massively overrated if we're really saying this is one of the best of all time, though.

An old favourite I almost didn’t listen too. Glad I did reminded me how much I love it!!

One of my all time favorite bands. Incredible album.

Nope, I didn´t like that at all

Fitter, stronger, faster. Sublime.

The bends is better

A much more enjoyable listen than Kid A. It seems he forgot how to sing on that album but shows he is quite capable of holding notes and singing with emotion. Still not my favorite singer by a long shot but I don’t actively hate this album. My biggest complaint is a general overuse of effects. I felt it was egregious on Kid A and only slightly annoying on OK Computer. Step away from the effects board!

Good

I'm glad we got Bends before this one because it is interesting to see how the music changed between the two albums. I liked this one more, Bends feels too upbeat and pop in comparison. This album is great, I hadn't heard Let Down before and that was good. Tracks 7-9 were the only weak part. The interlude wasn't great and Electioneering + Climbing up the Walls felt out of place. Low 5.

10/10

7/10 - it was pretty good but I feel like I don’t get all of the Radiohead hype. I mean it’s pretty good but maybe I’m missing something

Not even a top 3 Radiohead album

Overall pretty decent album just a few dull spots bringing it down to four stars

I’ve never fully understood why this album is always considered one of the best ever. That being said, it is very good and ‘No Surprises’ is excellent.

Breakthrough and legendary album.

Nice

Opera dal peso impressionante, violenta ma allo stesso tempo innocente. Ascoltarla d'un fiato é come leggere un libro, come fare un viaggio nella testa di qualcuno. Uno dei migliori dischi di sempre

I would love to schedule an appointment with my therapist but they moved to a different city recently 5/5

This is the album that I rate all other albums against. There’s just so much to sift through. It takes you all across the rock music spectrum and spits you out slowly at the end. If you have never heard this album before then it’s safe to assume it’s not for you. It would be mind blowing for me to come across a person who doesn’t know at least 3 songs from here and for them to tell me they didn’t enjoy it. Choice cut: Let Down or No Surprises

If I’d been shown this record without any context I certainly would’ve guessed it was Muse. There’re some moments with serious shredding (Paranoid Android, Electioneering, Climbing Up the Walls) and ethereal space-shippy vocals. Yet there’s also a gentleness that acts as a strong contradictory point to the more bombastic sections. The electronic production falls in seamlessly next to the more traditional rock elements. Definitely understand how this one earned its legendary status. Listened to: walking along Joes Pond. Favorite tracks: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Climbing up the Walls

Radiohead showing more of their rock chops. A lot more banger tracks that you could dance to. I remember hearing Paranoid Android when I was in high school and it blew my mind.

This album was good, especially the singles (Karma Police and No Surprises). I didn't feel like this album took as many risks as other Radiohead albums we've heard in this project, but it's one of their earlier works and is from 1997, so that may be a factor. The spoken word "Fitter Happier" track was pretty jarring to the album flow for me, but didn't detract too much from the overall album.

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Really liked it, would have liked it more if I understood more than a handful of the lyrics (granted, I have audio processing issues, so might just be me.)

Masterpiece, that's been said a million times but it's true.

Truly an all-timer.

i actually liked most of the songs back in maybe 2021 but now im feeling like that album shouldnt be 54 minute long. maybe 35-40 but not 54. and also i noticed that i actually dont even care about this at all like it has its highs but even in that songs i get bored before chorus comes in. dont get that praise from everyone. its worth listening for atleast once but I can say that listening to this album after a while, there is a feeling of disappointment in it, there is no longer such a thrill when listening as before. And it looks like there won't be any more. favourites: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police, The Tourist

Without looking, I'd say this album is right after the Bends and before Kid A. Mainly because it sounds like a bit of both albums. I actually thoroughly enjoyed this record. To me, this is the start of Radiohead getting more experimental and/or weirder. Some of Thom Yorkers sustained note singing is a little annoying... But he's such a great lyricist and he creates interesting melodies. His voice is just a bit... Bleh. But I still like it. I will keep trying to get into Radiohead.

10/10

Loser Music

non ho subito tutto il fascino e l'infulenza che evidentemente ha avuto, forse avrei dovuto ascoltarlo qualche volta in più, ma per onestà, tre stelle siano.

Non proprio il mio genere, è tanto depre e i suoni così distorti non mi garbano troppo. Però me lo sono goduto più di Kid A quindi bene così

Mit kleinen Ausnahmen melodieloser Gesang hinterlegt mit eher experimenteller Klänge ***

Eipä ole koskaan tullut Radioheadia kuunneltua ja tämän perusteella kovin laimea kuva jäi.

An absolutely beautiful album to listen to the day after your cat dies.

Masterpiece. When do we get kid a

Pretty sure I thought some of these songs were by Keane. My dads favourite Radiohead album, I quite enjoyed it tbh

I actually enjoyed yesterday’s Morrissey album and today I get OKC which is up there for my favorite album ever. I must be insufferable

Masterpiece

I've given this a decent couple of listens and I like it! Not a lot, but I like it.

Maybe I'm just too old, but I've never understood why these guys are so revered.

Percebi mt das bandas que eles influenciaram

Not long after I’d discovered Radiohead (as an impressionable teen, of course) there was a Channel 4 countdown of the top 100 albums of all time, and OK Computer was voted #1. There was (presumably) some cynicism and incredulity and general outrage from certain quarters about this result, which had a very strong whiff of recency bias about it. Even I, as a new and excitable fan, was sceptical. But 20 years have passed, and I’m not sceptical anymore. I’ve listened to hundreds of albums through this website now, including dozens of so-called classics. Even the best of those have flaws - everything can arguably be called ‘overrated’ if it’s had enough praise - but OKC more than holds it own in such company. A great collection of songs and an even greater, cohesive album.

Gut

Classic Radiohead

CD

This was an OK Album. Much of it sank into the background for me but was pleasant enough I listened to it through several times, but also little really stood out to me. I two tracks I loved though and think are individually 5 stars are Climbing Up the Walls and Meeting in the Aisle.

There have been plenty of artists over the years where I didn't love them at first, or the vocals annoyed me, but then they became an acquired taste and I learned to love them. I have tried and tried and tried to make that happen with Radiohead since they're so beloved by some...but I just can't get there. I like some of their songs, but intrinsically I just don't care for them on the whole. This album specifically is less palatable than some of their others, so I guess I'm just uncultured swine. I'm OK with that. 2.3

I'm still unsure about Radiohead, but I know a banger when I hear it.

Whiney and boring

I'm new to Radiohead and am digging their stuff, but this one not so much as others. Barely a 3 for me (and that might be generous still).

I’ve always liked Radiohead but have not given the albums the time to really click with me and blow me away… that said I think this is the most I’ve ever enjoyed it! It’s truly incredible rock music with very special attention paid to unique textures that add to its world-building and monumental status

There are a few songs on here that I think are true greats. But I’ve never fully emotionally attached to this album above other Radiohead works. Anyway, love your review and love you Sameen ❤️

Sorta always been skeptical of this album being considered the 'Best Album of All Time' - although that by my estimation is mainly because the Gen-Xrs and Millennials have aged into guiding culture since the 90s... not to say that I have a better alternative to suggest, but something about this being the best album ever doesn't sit right with me. That being said, I do have a very strong personal connection to this music as I listened to this a few times in my early teens and didn't quite get it. When I was 16 or 17 this album really connected and I would listen to it and The Blue Album every day. I owned this album on CD (one I inherited from my brother) and would lie on the floor in my room and pop this into the first slot of my 6 disc player. The summer of 2015 was one of endless rejection in my memory. I had a girlfriend who I loved very much and I often felt very dismissed by (nowadays, reflecting on my reactionary and uncontrollable temperament it makes total sense why someone would have kept a healthy distance from me) and I was a bit constricted by my mom who I was supporting through a painful divorce at the time. Oftentimes, it was expected for me to stay home for weeks at a time, and since we lived far from where all my friends lived (1hr-ish on transit) I obliged. I would go to the library and get stacks of DVDs to watch between the living room and the computer room (disc drives!!) It was not a good summer. I looked at my letterboxd (which btw I joined way later than Nick and Luke because I was for some reason really paranoid that those guys didn't want me on there - just to illustrate what was happening in my brain this summer) stats page and I was impressed to see that on July 17th 2015 I watched 7 movies in one day... which is a record for me I think... I mainly watched movies from Criterion, foreign stuff and would sort metacritic by what had the highest rating and watch whatever I could find... I guess this is all to say that this album reminds me of that summer because I spent a lot of time laying on the floor in my room between the two 4ft black floor speakers my parents bought in the 80s (they still sit on either side of me as I write this review!) listening to this album and weeping uncontrollably. Which I still find very funny because it's not even like I related to the lyrics THAT much - but there was enough pity in these songs to really get me going. I guess this is all to say that I have a bizarre emotional attachment to this album as it reminds me of basically the most mentally ill and depressed I ever was in my life 👍.

It was a bit slow to start, and I'm still not crazy of Thom's vocals, but the last 2/3 or so of the album were pretty great. Fun hopping between styles with lots of cool effects subtly added in.

伟大的作品，无需多言

Easy 5. Doesn't need a review.

I really love the songs on this album. They all have this really gritty sound to them but are so kind of catchy in grimy way. I don't know how to explain it but songs like Karma Police and Let Down give me that same raw, heavy feeling as 2:45 AM from Elliott Smith. Great album.

I have heard so much about this album leading up to this. I’ve heard so much praise and so much love that it was hard to know if I could believe that the hype was real and I could buy into it. I’ve seen it ranked as the greatest album of all time, or one of them. I’ve heard fanboys and music critics alike absolutely gush about this album. People cannot get enough of it. So what did I think? It was great. What else am I supposed to say? What can I say? This feels a little like Sgt. Pepper where everyone has said everything that can be said about it. It’s difficult to come up with something original to say without sounding cliche. The difference between this and Sgt. Pepper, at least for me, is that I’ve heard this album once and Pepper multiple hundreds of times. I had no attachment to this album outside of the few tracks I already knew and so came at this a little more objectively. Here are my general thoughts. One listen isn’t enough. For multiple reasons. For one, I can’t hardly understand most of what Thom Yorke is fucking saying. All the long, drawn out words sometimes blend into each other and become one long sound instead of individual words. It’s actually kind of annoying. So another listen is required purely to pick up on the lyrics, preferably while reading along. But then another listen is necessary because, from what I’ve read, this is an album with very meaningful lyrics that reflect themes of isolation and loneliness, none of which I picked up on. So it needs another listen there. But what about the music? Shit, man. It was great. One word I’d use to describe the feel of this album is dread. Another is confusion. Regardless of what the lyrics say, the music itself really drives home its own themes that are present throughout most of the record. That alone earns praise from me because oftentimes a band has either good lyrics and mediocre music or good music and mediocre lyrics. Even great bands suffer from this. But this album, like a lot of Radiohead’s work, has both. So major props there. I want to give this five stars, but without really understanding the album and meeting it in the middle, I don’t think I can. One day I’m sure I will. But four stars for now. Standout Tracks: (Literally all of them but three, so I’ll list those because that’s easier: Subterranean Homesick Alien, Let Down, Fitter Happier)

Not much to say. Solid pop record.

Not as cohesive as I remebered but the highs are really high.

It's been a regular visitor to my ears. It's not blessed my ears, it's not offended them either. Entirely satisfactory album. Not quite 4 stars.

Couple of great tunes here to lift it out of the 3-star doldrums.

"this is the most i have enjoyed ok computer by radiohead" is about as utterly un-meaningful of a statement as can possibly be made within the confines of my history with music, but it IS true. i last heard this in basically the sorest spot i probably could have, i was a lot earlier in my music journey but late enough to have certain solidified opinions and expectations (mostly about melodicism and my preferred Emotional Palate In Art), to which this did not conform and thus its universal acclaim felt like some sort of Attack On My Values. ig it should be more exciting to see such an illustration of my expanded horizons (in particular my tastes have run far enough towards expressionism that i finally understand the winding emotive beauty of the basic musical ideas), but its not like The Most Acclaimed Album Of All Time is the most meaningful discovery ive made in those horizions. and tbh this is still not totally for me,,,sci fi/dystopia is not my aesthetic home, their political commentary has always been deflated for me by their longstanding inability to do basic shit like boycott israel, and for as many sonic layers as there are here i just think radiohead became so much more free and expressive and vibrant when they finally dropped the Rock Band Pretense. but its easier to place my years of performative distaste in their proper context now, and enjoy some enveloping and Pretty and occasionally striking Isolation Jams. and honestly if i can appreciate this this much now, i might just totally love their kid a and onwards output now. azzy normie era strikes again!

didn't grab me, not a fan of the vocals

I want to like Radiohead more than I do. There is something about the style that is just too unwavering/consistent/identifiable.

Rainy day music. This album is very, very special to me. I can pinpoint when first heard it, and times it's kept me company. :) the music is so complicated at times, but dressed up so it's never too much. I love this album and I'm sleepy.

Interesting. I know a lot of people hold this album in very high regard, but I still am not completely sold on the band. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again

That’s funny, I happened to listen to this just yesterday. What a fantastic album. Even the weird stuff doesn’t bother me because it adds to the other all atmosphere, and all the other banger songs carry you through

Rated July 23rd 2024 Aghhghhghh one of my favorite albums of all time. Every single track is amazing.

One of my modern favorites. Amazing overall

I think the discussion of this album as anti-capitalist is a bit overblown. Rather, to me, it is much more interesting as a plea for true feeling in an overly mechanized world. Either way, just wow. All tracks flow perfectly into one another, and yet, even after nearing 30 years of listening, there are still surprises. And where necessary, it still really rocks! There’s not a second of it that I don’t absolutely love. It usually sucks to agree with the common opinion, but here I feel it’s unavoidable.

Droning. Whiny. Boring. Really bad. 1.83

When Radiohead found their sound. Too bad 30% of this album sounds like the stuff before it.

I like the album a lot. I'm a fan of radiohead and I've heard this album plenty of times in the past lol. It's Beautiful.

Great album,

Airbag - better than i thought????? have i been a radiohead hater for no reason????? wouldnt go out of my way to listen to this but it's enjoyable i like the guitar Paranoid Android - i like the guitar but my god thom yorke needs to stop being whiny and im saying this as a goth music fan. actually yeah im not really feeling this anymore lol Subterranean Homesick Alien - im liking the guitar on all of these the guitar sounds cool and spacey???? really like the synth too. tbh every time it threatens to be interesting it stops being interesting but i really really love the guitar effects Exit Music (For a Film) - acoustic guitar boy song idk what else to say. completely fine and acceptable i just think it's boring Let Down - a pretty song! i actually quite like this one i think it's okay Karma Police - oh karma police.................. certainly a song. not bad but like. i have no attachment to it. it's completely fine and listenable. Fitter Happier - i dont like it :( idk just not feeling it Electioneering - it's fine. it's an ok song. i can listen to it. Climbing Up the Walls - it's fine. No Surprises - ah yes the one song. it's pretty but like nothing special Lucky - a fine song again. it's nice but i wouldnt go out of my way to listen to it The Tourist - it's fine and ok. threatens to be good at some points OVERALL: Fine album, mostly fine songs. not really for me i dont think but it's listenable and has like one stand out song to me

Meeh nothing impresssive really

Easily one of the best albums of all time.

Großartiges Album! Und für mich außerdem ein Erinnerungsauslöser für das Jahr 1997.

This is a very special album to me. I can remember hearing Paranoid Android for the first time on the radio. I had to pull my car over because I couldn't concentrate on driving while it was playing. The first half is slightly stronger than the second, but every track is a winner. The track placement takes you on a roller-coaster of emotions, speaking of which Exit music from a movie is one of the most emotional, dark, angsty songs I have ever heard. Its beautiful and scary all at once. It's tricky to name a favourite song because I love them all so much. Exit Music Paranoid Android Lucky I'm so glad this dropped for the weekend! I love this band soooo much!

I think this might be my favourite album of all time

Hard to write fairly with my teammate cracking his knuckles and carving pentagrams into his half of our desk; I’ll try. This album is a sterling encapsulation of why Generation X - my generation - will shortly replace the Boomers as the most loathed demographic in the richer bits of the world. It’s a sumptuous, decadent, no-expense-spared monument to self-pitying apathy. When I’m honest, I count “Airbag”’s riff as one of the most exciting openings to any rock record of the decade, before it moves on to arch self-sabotage and soaring solipsism. “Paranoid Android” is a memorably annoying song with an ‘80’s teenager’s idea of a clever title. The loud part would be fantastic if it wasn’t so focussed on drawing attention to its own ridiculousness - why mock having fun when you can actually have fun? The song is representative of the whole. Thom Yorke is a tremendously successful clunker lyricist, the load-bearer of Radiohead’s reputation for pretentiousness. Adherents call his lyrics cryptic as if this alone was praise, but there’s no mystery, nothing to hover over, just sad vibes in a stream of unanchored concrete nouns, sulky statements, and unhappy declarations that are too timid to call out anything or anyone specific. Exquisite parts abound; I enjoy how Greenwood plays guitar, and his knack for stitching together disparate passages into a heaving, turbulent whole may never have been better demonstrated. The production is gigantic, which means we hear an assemblage rather than a band. The producer Godrich went on to work with Pavement on my least favourite of their records, which invites a comparison: whereas Pavement’s irony - in words and music - has a wistful, loving motive, Radiohead’s it at the service of a grandiose strop. This is still the most enjoyable of their records. Onto you, Simon: make ‘em cry,

As crap and boring as "The Bends" was. Inspired by Miles Davis and Noam Chomsky in the sense this features both "musical notes" and "language words" Those fucking vocals - STOP IT NOW. You can neither sing nor enunciate accurately you whining pissant, were you half-asleep during the recording? I would agree with the top reviewer here, viz "Most overrated album of all time", but as my newly-minted "Contributor" colleague might respond: "I don’t know Simon, it’s no Pet Sounds" Happily, this project has broadened my horizons somewhat such that I can now recognize how the "monster riff" from Paranoid Android was ripped from "Beck's Bolero". Proud of me, Mark?

Much, much better than In Rainbows and Amnesiac. My opinion of Radiohead would be very different if I heard this first.

After Karma Police, I was into it

I feel like I was supposed to like this way more than I did

My favorite Radiohead album. Except I don’t actually like Radiohead.

I'm much less familiar with this Radiohead, but I've heard OK Computer a few times. While I prefer just about every album that came out after this one, I do feel this is where they really came into their own. Their albums preceding this are relatively boring and a bit of a slog. It's nice to revisit this one, but it's still not the one I gravitate towards when I want to listen to Radiohead.

I get some things with music that goes against my beliefs. I get people thinking the Beatles are overrated. I get people not liking metal. But I do not get people who hate Radiohead, in particular this album. Either they're lying, trying to go against the grain, or there is something wrong with the audio part of their brain. I can't even listen to this anymore due to overplaying it as a teenager, but even within 10s of airbag I know it's still going to sit up there at the top of the best album of all time. What makes it even better is knowing the transition from Pablo Honey, via the Bends, to this. You can literally hear a band evolve from bland, generic rock to ethereal stardom. That's so unique. Id love to have more examples but struggling to even think of anyone else who's had such a trajectory.

One of the best albums of all time and still not Radioheads best. So many great songs.

Good album, always enjoy it

I remember when this came out thinking it was good, but I preferred The Bends. I haven't heard it in ages, and it was better than I thought. It's all strong and the last track The Tourist is excellent. I listened to The Bends afterwards and I still prefer it. I guess OK Computer was the album where they began turning away from more mainstream fans like me and were embracing the more miserable and abstract side of their natures - actively rejecting the more commercial sound. Fair play to them. Although they lost me eventually I'd rather a band did this than became Coldplay.