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What can I say about this that has not been said before. I prefer Kid A and In Rainbows more than this that does not meanrhis one is not perfect
Ok Computer is…okay. Like yes it’s good, but that’s it. Don’t worry some pretentious prick with daddy issues will argue with me about this until he’s red in the face. And watch him combust when I tell him that this or Kid A isn’t Radiohead’s best album… Album is good and thoughtfully put together but people really act like there aren’t a million albums on the subject of technology’s impact, and others do it better (The Pleasure Principle). Radiohead’s OK Computer is for men who take SSRIs yet think they are better than everyone else, and think women’s opinions suck (but don’t worry he will call himself a feminist). <3 P.s. the bends is better
Excellent album - really impactful and atmospheric songs 8.5/9 out of 10 so a very strong 4
Ok this list is fucking with me now. Radiohead on back to back days just as I called them probably the most overrated band ever. At least I heard of this record. This was definatley the best one yet. I’d consider giving it a 4 and yes I will. It’s good stuff.
10/10
Classic. Still hits hard today. One of those albums that seems prophetic.
Bought this in late 1997, after seeing Karma Police on VH1 (or MTV?), and hearing all the critical acclaim it was getting. Gave it the usual listen to, without really listening and wasn't super impressed. Mid-late 1998 gave it another listen to, and really was blown away. It has its time and place though - not something I'd listen to while in mood of either extreme. 4.5/5
Radiohead er for meg som dyr vin. Har alltid tenkt at det er litt pretensiøst og skjønte ikke helt hva greia var. Men som god vin, jo mer jeg smaker (les: hører) jo mer begynner jeg å skjønne meg på hypen. ok computer er et ganske legit album, og en god intro til et band (prosjekt?) som har laget noe av den beste musikken jeg vet om (Everything In It’s Right Place er en undeniable banger)
Ok boomer
An absolutely beautiful album to listen to the day after your cat dies.
if you asked me on the spot to categorize radiohead into a genre i couldn't actually tell you what music they play. modern rock, maybe, kinda? in any case, second consecutive album i recognize. track 1, Airbag: the guitar starting at 2m30s in got me transfixed 8/10 track 2, Paranoid Android: the title makes me think of marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the vibe throughout could be mapped to that of the shown life of marvin from said work. regardless, solid 8.5/10 track 3, Subterranean Homesick Alien: mm, the REVERB on that guitar. good vibes here. 8/10 track 4, Exit Music (For A Film): this could absolutely be the ending music for a movie. 8/10 track 5, Let Down: i could give you a paragraph and a half about how people have been let down by society but uh. yeah just put this song on loop and stare at your ceiling for half an hour. 7.5/10 track 6, Karma Police: a lot of this album seems pretty melancholy, good vibes. 7/10 track 7, Fitter Happier: "more productive. comfortable." while it fits into the feeling that the album gives, it's not a song, so it will be exlcuded from the overall numeric rating track 8, Electioneering: this album came out in 1997 how are all of the songs still applicable to what's going on 25 years later. augh. good guitar in this one though 9/10 track 9, Climbing Up the Walls: it might be obvious by now but i'm not quite familiar with this genre enough to provide good insight into the components of these songs - instrumentation, meter, and especially the lyrics (i have terrible audio processing delay which is why all of these reviews are based on vibes and not lyrical intent), but even still i can feel the angst dripping off of these, and especially this one. i too feel like climbing up the walls. 8/10 track 10, No Surprises: the bells (glockenspiel?) add more than i thought they would to the overall feel. 8/10 track 11, Lucky: i came across a danny phantom fancomic while listening to the album, more specifically this song. reminded me of a good word to describe a lot of these songs. haunting. 9/10 track 12, The Tourist: "slow down." uplifting, if minorly, somewhat raising the listener back up out of the dive made into the album, complete with ding at the end. 8/10 overall: 8/10 -> 4/5. i imagine that if i looked up the album, there would be something on how its a commentary about life, and all of the ways people feel stuck or trapped. i welcome listeners (and readers, if you find yourself the type of person to read these reviews) to do that research if you find yourself yearning for it.
Is there another band that benefitted as much from their 3rd album as Radiohead did with this one? (Okay, just Googled that question and there's a ton: Born to Run, Dookie, Songs for the Deaf, Slippery When Wet, and so forth. Forget I even brought it up.) Anyway, yeah it still seems strange to me listening to this again for the 9,000th time that *this* is the record that scored higher with critics and audiences than The Bends. Especially on the heels of such a giant hit in "Creep," it makes zero sense in hindsight why The Bends was not more warmly received in the US than it was - and yet OK Computer was hyped beyond belief right out of the gate. I remember Matt Pinfield on MTV talking about how good this album was before it was released and then playing the video for "Paranoid Android." And you know, you hear that song the first time and it's real easy to go "What the hell is this?" Somehow people got it. Next thing you know, Radiohead is goddamn everywhere. The fact that they were the same band that hit with "Creep" became part of the narrative. It was like validation that they weren't just a one hit wonder and everybody was happy about it. BUT... The Bends exists! Why didn't that happen at the same level when "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" were on MTV?? Those are easier songs to digest than "Paranoid Android," right? I. Do. Not. Understand. Society. But hey at least they got behind another good album. Listening now, I could lop off "Electioneering" and "Climbing Up the Walls," and probably be happier with the total package. But the guitars on "Let Down"... I will not ever get tired of that. Sad Radiohead makes me happy.
OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) This record came out when I was at the peak of my flight from popular music, and I’m sorry I missed it (although I wouldn’t have swapped it for Wagner, Mahler, and/or Bruckner). OK Computer is really good on this, my first serious listen. The lyrics are full of frustration, alienation, and unsystematic, aimless social/political discontent, including lament and personal anger over the way things are at the end of the second millennium. My kind of themes. But they lack polish, craft, focus, and emotional depth. Lyricist/lead vocalist Thom Yorke struggles to deliver the very creative melodies with confidence (especially on “Exit Music [For a Film]”, but much better on the more conventional “No Surprises”). However, the music itself is phenomenally creative and appealing, experimenting as it does with structure and sound, yet still remaining connected to 20th century sensibilities, chiefly by keeping the rhythm section steady. Bassist Colin Greenwood and drummer Philip Selway provide solid if not flashy foundations, while keyboards, synth, guitars, and well-placed strings fill the ears with polychromatic sounds and just the right amount of discord. “Fitter Happier” is a lovely little mockery of the self help industry, with more than a few chuckle-inducing gems. The song “No Surprises” (somewhat surprisingly) resonates in at least two 66-year-old ears, but let’s not get too personal. The cover art is a superlative example of successfully pairing a visual mood with a sonic mood. The album loses energy toward the end. I’m not sure it was a good choice to finish with the words “Hey man, slow down, slow down; Idiot, slow down, slow down”. Makes me want to take a nap or go grab a beer. But the overall effect of OK Computer is high creativity and musical excellence. Radiohead. Yes. I look forward to hearing more of their stuff. The Bends, In Rainbows, and Kid A remain for me on the 1001 Albums list. Stay tuned. 4/5
Radiohead’s music is so forgettable to me. Easy to listen to, not much to captivate.
7/10 Best songs: Paranoid Android, Electioneering, Climbing Up the Walls I have tried many times over the past 25 years to like Radiohead, but it just never stuck. Some complaints from this listen: Thom Yorke lacks anything even resembling enunciation skills, which in one way works since it turns his voice into a background instrument, but also doesn't work since I like listening to vocals and understanding lyrics; many of the tracks are far too long; it's a little one-note; there's a dreary sort of melancholy/apathy that permeates every track. That being said, some of the songs really hit for me, and when they aren't preoccupied with being ridiculously droning and dull, they are top tier. So yeah. Sorry, Radiohead fanboys: I am not one of you.
As a card carrying member of Gen X I think I’m required to love this album. Other than the 2-3 songs that got played in regular radio/MTV rotation the rest of the album sounds like people unsuccessfully playing around in the studio. So fair to say, I did not love the album.
Some absolute bangers, but ultimately not even close to my favorite radiohead album.
Nice depressing guitar music. Not as pretentious or inaccessible as the fans/critics say, but it still feels very calculated. Not vulnerable. Like… like U2 for X-ennials? I hadn’t heard ‘Let Down’ before but it stood out. ‘No Surprises’ is always good.
ive already listened to this one and radioheads ok idk they're zionists so that kinda spoils it sometimes i thought this thing was gonna be new music
3,5/5 When enjoyable, the songs where great at best, but nothing really special. Songs like Airbag and Paranoid Android had some decent and imaginative riffs, but they just don’t raise the quality enough to justify the albums runtime and less interesting and quite boring softer ballads. Though Karma Police and The Tourist where obvious highlight regarding the ballads.
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
Classic Radiohead
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).
"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!
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
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
Genres: Art rock, alternative rock, progressive rock, space rock Formed: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985 Run time: 12 songs, 53 min, 41 sec The least popular track on the album has over 22M plays on Spotify. The most popular “Karma Police” has nearly 4.5M plays and “No Surprises” has over 430M plays. While they aren’t as popular as Taylor Swift they have an enduring popularity and fan base. The lyrics are great, but the tunes are a little melancholy for my liking. The name ”OK Computer” is a Hitchhiker's reference and “Paranoid Android” is a reference to Marvin the depressed robot from the same radio series and subsequent book. I won’t listen to this album again but I may try some of their other material. My Rating: ***
and so I find myself listening to Radiohead once again, trying to find something interesting about it, and failing. Sure, it's musically and technically competent and well produced, but I just don't find any inspiration in the band. Lots of Radiohead fans in the Prog Rock community, but not me. Widely cited as one of the greatest albums of contemporary times, I did buy it but it went to the chazza a while back. Enigmatic and inspiring, or pretentious and flat? Your choice.
I appreciate the compositional skills of the song writers, I just don’t like the compositions. I would have liked this album if they actually “hit the gas” a few more times. The parts of Paranoid Android and Electioneering that got fired up were good. The rest of it was, for me, a melodramatic slog.
2 legendary songs but the rest was shit so 2/5 In Vlaams we call this ‘kattengejank’
original one star review: Music for people who cry when they masturbate. Editing this review because my original was really snarky and mean-spirited, and I regret it now. OK Computer is a struggle for me to listen to. My original snark was written after only listening to the first track and a half. Months later, I finally sat down and listened to the entire thing. While I still don't like it and will hopefully never listen to it again, there's enough decent guitar work on there for me to actually bump it up from a 1 to a 2. Maybe hit "did not listen" and sit with your reaction for a while when you get an album you know you don't like, kids. As for why I don't like it... it's way, WAY too depressing for me. I don't listen to music to end up in a worse mood than when I started.
This had to happen eventually. I know you're supposed to love radiohead but I've never understood. But like I've never listened to an actual album so maybe this will be a massive eye opener. It won't. But it could! But it won't. Still. Open mind. Boring noise so far! Sorry but paranoid android is just the polar opposite of what i want to hear when i press play on anything ever. MAYBE the guitar bit at the end is alright but that's probably just in comparison to the rest of it. One or two have started with a bit of instruments that's made me go 'ooh maybe this one's gonna be alright' and then inevitably Thom Yorke appears and ruins it. Let Down might be okay. But like I'd skip it on shuffle. Same with No Surprises and maybe MAYBE Karma Police if it was shorter. Like if either came on the radio at work I wouldn't actively want to throw the speaker against the wall but if they came on the radio in my car I would immediately change the station. This is me trying to be positive. Fitter Happier best track (no Thom Yorke voice). Start of Electioneering i got excited but actually in attempting to do an upbeat one have they just done a mid oasis track. Still probably my actual favourite song here - chance that i wouldnt change the station if it came on the radio in my car- but objectively possibly the worst?? Genre issue ig. Here's the positive takeaways: 1. I can mostly tell the songs apart, I can appreciate some of whats going on instrumentally, it held my attention even though i didn't enjoy it. Contrary to my bad attitude i'm giving it more than a 1. 2. if No Surprises was The Slow Number on a different album i would probably like it. It's a good song. 3. having actually listened to ok computer in full i can understand why a person that isn't me might want to listen to radiohead. 4. I can back up saying I Hate Radiohead with having actually listened to ok computer in full. Is that okay. Can I go now.
# 507 : OK Computer I hate Radiohead. Most overrated band and album ever. So whiney… If I had to pick a song : Karma Police Listened : 20/06/2025
3rd Radiohead album in for me on here, and it’s the big 1 and I just don’t get it, the critical overvaluation. It’s all stated for it’s complexity but it just doesn’t feel that revolutionary or coherent. It might be innovative it maybe is all the things the fanatics (their fans really seem to be up there with the most rapid; so many mentions of masterworks, of Magnus opus this Magnus opus that) and critics say it is, and I just don’t care after listening to it, It sounds like all the self pitying, self indulgent aspects of Gen X (yes I am 1 too) rolled into a big ball, as back in ‘97 we rolled towards the millennium. So maybe it is the zeitgeist of that, and thus so beloved. But it is so very, very pretentious. Enough said, have now heard it, this great of great albums, and after a few listens today I won’t be revisiting it ever again, life is too short, after the big opening riff and then the drop into such whining where it remains. 1.5 Stars, it’s obviously not shit but actually I think it is.
A little too experimental and weird for me.
Whiney and boring
why so whiney? so whiney
Lame. Scott Tenorman can keep all the Radiohead
Gave up midway through paranoid android. Might be one of the worst things I've heard in my life
Never was fan back in the days, but thought about giving them a second chance. Could not stand any song longer than 45 seconds - but karma police.
I'm trying to be polite on this site, but, sorry, this band is going to be an exception. Radiohead SUCKS
whiney and annoying, i’ll never understand the appeal
At its core this is a 90s version of 70s Pink Floyd, with occasional glitches and splashes of more recent music. Dreary
I like no surprises. That's it.
Ugh. This is the 6th Radiohead album. The other five have all received a one. Seriously, why? I know this is supposed to be one of their better albums, but it was consistent with their other albums. It is just annoying and I did not want to listen. But I did. I am rounding down.
I'd rather eat my own feces than listen to this guy's whiny, off-key vocals ever again.
Karma police is aways good, fitter happier is weird and the rest is very radiohead
cold take but this is probably the best album on this list
Classic
Way more than just OK.
odeio amar radiohead e amo odiar radiohead
This is one of the greatest records ever. When it comes about it shifted perceptions about what music can be about. I still remember listening to the first time and I still remember the looks on people faces when they listed to it for the first time . Revisiting this album I learned many anecdotes. I learned that “Exit Music (for a film)” was written for the exit credits of the movie Romeo and Juliet but they didn’t allow it to appear on the album soundtrack because they knew it is special. Also I is influenced by Johnny Cash and the bass by Portishead. Timeless beauty. I will never get tired of listening to this album.
Other than Fitter Happier, every track on this album is among the best that alternative rock has to offer in my opinion and the musical complexity of OK Computer is still unparalleled in my personal opinion.
9.5 / 10
Standard 5
Easiest 5
One of my All Time favourites
I mean, I don't really even love Radiohead, but this is such a genius record: spooky, distant, beautiful, jarring, with killer songs and trippy textures.
На удивление кроме Karma Police и Paranoid Android меня мало что зацепило
I didn’t listen but like ya know
One of my favorite Radiohead albums. Paranoid Android, Exit Music, and Karma Police are top of my list.
The Bends may have my heart, and I may have overplayed this one in high school, but any album that has Let Down on it has to get five stars, that's just how it is.
do i really need to listen to this again
Back in the day I decided I was going to listen to Radiohead's albums in order. I didn't get far, because I just kept listening to OK Computer over and over again (and yes I know what came later). This is one of the most creative rock records in existence. So much inventive energy. I don't know if they were ahead of their time, outside of time, or whatever. I know that 29 years later, OK Computer still sounds absolutely amazing and relevant.
10/10
No spot on words for this one. Titanic, majesty and sad.
Oh Thom Yorke, you unparalleled legend you. There’s a reason all 6 Radiohead albums are rated above average on this website. It’s a fairly obvious reason at that. They’re all really, really really really REALLY good. There’s also a reason that 48% of listeners give OK Computer in particular a 5 star review. Now, with this album, I got particularly lucky. This was my weekend album, so I got to spend 3 entire days with it. Going in, my favorite song was, in fact, “Lucky”. I’ve heard that song so many times that it was actually hard not calling it my favorite now due to recently falling in love with “Electioneering”. Now, I’m certainly no stranger to this album, I’ve heard songs like “Karma Police” and “Paranoid Android” 1000+ times each. Whenever I return to Radiohead, OK Computer and The Bends are my go-to’s. Some of the other, lesser played songs though, I don’t listen to on repeat quite as often. I will now though, as the deeper cut but not too deep since it’s on this album “Electioneering” is going to have to be my favorite today. Whether or not that’s recency bias speaking is difficult to say. Tomorrow my favorite song could be something else. In fact, it probably will be. And that’s the true brilliance of this album. I haven’t even mentioned “Exit Music (For A Film)” or “Let Down” yet. Damn, “No Surprises” as well. The more I think about it, I truly believe that any singular song on this entire album, besides “Fitter Happier”, could EASILY be someone’s favorite Radiohead song. That song is a borderline intermission. It has its place on the album but I think it would be a little weird having someone claim it as their favorite. You never know though. And speaking of the album, this goes beyond the scope of the actual review, but check out the album OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 if you get the chance. It includes a lot of songs that were cut from the original, and inclusions such as “Man of War” make me wonder how they got cut to begin with. I know I can’t include that one in this review, but it deserves to be mentioned. It’s technically still attached to the album, just not the main album. This is my 3rd of 6 Radiohead albums I’ve listened to for this project, following both “Amnesiac” and “Kid A”, also both getting a 5 from me, and easily at that. Now, I’m often a bit of a contrarian, and I like to see the good in things others people might not consider their favorites. But this album man. This album might be their magnum opus. It is an actual holy grail of music, and every single song is just so beautiful. So perfect. So undoubtedly deserving of a 5 star review, that it might just make the case for being one of my top 3 albums in the entire book. It’s truly just a special, spectacular album, and between it and The Bends, you’re going to have a very similar review. Thom Yorke. What a freaking guy.
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Everything there is to say has already been said. It's brilliant
My god. It's full of stars.
I am sitting here this evening (12/8/26) and the generator has 'decided' this is the soundtrack to accompany the ominous, otherworldly atmosphere of a solar eclipse. OK, computer, I can go with that It even sounds good when the sun returns
When I bought this I played on repeat, obvious favourites on here, but good to listen to the whole album again, all those years later, I did have a “Gucci little piggy” T Shirt that I wore that year too😂
i was introduced to this album by no surprises, and i think it completely ruined my perception of the album. now that i'm sitting down and giving it a proper listen, i can definitively say this rips. highlights: airbag paranoid android subterranean homesick alien let down karma police electioneering no surprises lucky the tourist
Airbag Paranoid Android Subterranean Homesick Alien Exit Music (For a Film) Let Down Karma Police No Surprises
awesome. again
Is this the greatest album of all time? Maybe, definitely top 3 and definitely top of the 90s.
A partir de hoy es mi álbum favorito del año en que nací Me hace sentir triste, optimista, nostálgico, iracundo, pensativo todo en un solo viaje, es un álbum muy poderoso Sé que trae bastante crítica a la sociedad también, merecido lo tenemos la verdad Para mi es el 5 más claro que he puesto, porque no lo he terminado de explorar canción a canción pero ya evocó mucho en mi Solo conocía 2 canciones de todo el álbum, creo que hoy tuve el lujo de explorarlo completo Recomendadísimo, y volveré a el muchas veces más, espero no quemarlo
Once again Thom Yorke and his friends doing enough musically to rise above the fact he's a massive bellend. Are Radiohead my ultimate problematic fave? No, that's Morrissey. But they're up there! This is in the category of classic for a reason, just about as interesting and forward-thinking as rock music can possibly get, literally no duds on the whole album. Also evokes very nice memories of being at Glastonbury 2012 and hearing David Bowie was doing a secret set but instead it was Radiohead and I was like 'ffs I'm front row for a secret Radiohead set this is bullshit' but then when they did Karma Police it was obviously really really amazing and I was like OK fair play these guys are going places.
well shit idk if i'm ready for a breakdown at work maybe it's not so bad, maybe i'm better now either way, masterpiece 💥paranoid android 💥exit music (for a film) 💥karma police 💥electioneering 💥no surprises 💥lucky
One of my favourite albums of all time.
There's actually no way this is random wtf. Banger. Okay. Guess this is how we're starting. Happy birthday to me I guess. Haha. Love you Radiohead. 1. Airbag - 8.5/10 Great opener. Sets the tone nicely. Not really one I go back to revisit outside the album, but always puts you in the right mood to listen to the rest of it. Some cool effects with the pedals? Curse these metal hands jumpscare (forgot to check queue lmao) 2. Paranoid Android - 10/10 Rocker. 1997 live performance still gives me chills. Man if that's the one thing I miss the most from twitter is all the live performances in my bookmarks lost to time. Again some really creative choices with the choir as well that I most definitely will never appreciate properly because this was one of the first albums I ever listened to seriously. I hope there isn't a word limit. Also I just realised this is a 10/10 song. Nothing I would change. Well done guys. 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien 9.5/10 - Actually underrated. Possibly the most Radiohead song Radiohead has ever Radioheaded. Honestly, there's just nothing I'd change. This album fucks man. 4. Exit Music (For A Film) 10/10 - I don't need to listen to know. Also Lucy went to see Baz Luhrmann Romeo & Juliet today (yesterday), so I guess that's a funny coincidence. Also used really well in Black Mirror. 5. Let Down 11/10 - I wish this wasn't as popular as it's getting at the moment, but deserved. Hits hard when you're rising and falling. Guitars are real pretty. Love thinking about train stations wistfully. Was very happy I got to hear this live on acoustic with Thom at Spark Arena. You know where you are when (You know who you are). One day I am gonna grow wings. \\8// 6. Karma Police 8/10 - First song I learnt when I went back playing with Dave. Probably don't have as great of an appreciation for this one as much, as there are no pretty or fuzzy guitars or effects pedals. Still tight as always. This album does not miss. 7. Fitter Happier 9/10 - People always rate this the lowest because it's not a song. But it's probably the most iconic part of the album tbh. I don't skip when listening to the whole thing. 8. Electioneering 9/10 - love the chains transition. Another good rocker. People also rate this one low, but kind of a necessary burst of anger. idc if it's not intellectual I like angsty music. III. MMM. FFF. 9. Climbing up the walls 9.5 - Technically probably the best song on the album. Don't know when I'd ever willingly listen to this (leisurely stroll, anyone?) Man does it build tone so well though. 10. No surprises 8.5/10 - Nice. Don't know why I don't connect with it as much but very nice. Such a pretty garden. 11. Lucky - 9.5/10 - This is the other song that makes you feel both moods depending on what your mood is. Thom also played this one in the encore. Euphoric chorus. It's gonna be a glorious day. Also I've gotta say I don't know another album where each note is placed so deliberately. It's somehow so clean, even though it shouldn't be. 12. The Tourist 9.5/10 - Slow one to end the album. I don't think I appreciate this one enough. This is probably the best I've listened to it, and is kind of unique. Kind of feels like that first night on antidepressants. Goes to show that music can be right time, right place, even when you listen to things a million times Final rating - 10/10. Honestly feels pretty harsh that the averages only come out to 9.33. I think this is a perfect album. The weakest songs would be the best songs on most other albums. Very rare that an entire album can be so good with no weak songs. But this one is really really good. I'm kinda glad this came first, as it motivates me to do the other 1000 of these. Still doubtful that this was random... This album still goes so hard. I almost wish the bar wasn't set so high so early on, but we know what we're in for. Let's go to 1001. I'm ready.
phenomenal
I really enjoyed it. A cool rock album with many interesting sounds and a range of instruments. I had previously heard "Karma Police", and liked it. I think I like some other songs on the album better.
Jaw dropping. A genre changing album when it was released. An era defining record ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wheres creep
The sound of being in transit. All the anxieties of a world always connected but never finding connection. Chord changes weird enough for the prog kids, atmospheric and spacy for the synth nerds, moody and introspective for the indie kids on the fringe, and catchy enough for radio play. Not a single individual sound here is revolutionary, rather it is their recombination and immediacy that is a revelation. A terrifying thriller movie about the world you already inhabit. A momentary glimpse beyond the structures of this matrix, this stream of information endlessly flowing into your occipital and temporal lobes. With the clink of a bell it’s over. OK Computer, what’s up next?
Great album. Weird, but so good. Best listened as an album. 5 out of 5
Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) On Day 223, I experienced a genuine art-rock masterpiece. The album spoke to me in two distinct ways. The first half—which I enjoyed the most—was more upbeat yet cutthroat, packed with deeply impactful lyrics and some of my absolute favorite tracks on the entire LP. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" spoke to me in a new way, especially its immersive ambient chorus production paired with its complementary lyrics. "Let Down" remains an outstanding, heavenly record that I can never get enough of, delivering a soaring, ascending choir-like feel and a chorus that is pure perfection. "Exit Music (For a Film)" fit seamlessly right after those two, while "Airbag," "Paranoid Android," and "Karma Police" rounded out a phenomenal opening stretch. The second half shifted into a quieter, more introspective, yet equally immersive vibe. While I preferred the first half overall, tracks like "Climbing Up The Walls" and "Lucky" stood out, with the absolute highlights being "No Surprises"—with its rewarding, lullaby-like feel—and "The Tourist," which served as a masterclass performance to close out the record. A deeply moving, flawless milestone. An undeniable 5/5.
It’s fucking ok computer
So much has been written about this album that I'm hesitant to say anything. I didn't appreciate what was going on with Radiohead until years after the albums came out. I can't explain why, other than my tastes were elsewhere at the time and Pablo Honey got me to dislike their stereotype of the elitist British oxford guys playing all sorts of fucking weird ways. I think I also had a strange dislike of "dudes who liked Radiohead". But of course years later I had my comeuppance and have later listened intently to their music and view it as truly transformative and technically gifted and at the same time beautiful. I've heard that OK Computer is a later generation's Dark Side of the Moon, and I agree mostly with that. Is there a song that is at the same time both stunningly beautiful and technically complicated as Let Down? For me that is the peak of the album and the rest of the songs build up and step gracefully down from that peak in order.
Five stars. "Airbag", "Subterranean Homesick Alien", "Let Down", "No surprises", and "The Tourist" are quite amazing.
[5/5] iconic alt art rock. i appreciate the interesting melodies, experimentation, the time signature changing a lot, the emotional power, and the chilling topics. his voice grew on me after a couple of listens. despite several listens however, i found myself taking away less from this than i had expected, but that only pushed this album down to 4.5. track notes: 1. drifting in and out of consciousness. fluttering instruments 2. transition from acoustic to flamenco to distortion to pressure cooker release valve 3. glitchy space noises tingle the brain like drinking too much 7up 4. chaotic build up into distortion city 5. this song defies its title! how dare! 6. done her dirty calling out that dictatorial trim. looping beat then i get hacked at the end. 7. surprise hawking moment (actually apple but this sounds better) 8. wakey wakey it’s time for an enchanting guitar! 9. spooky and traumatising lyrics got me checking where the nearest psych ward is 10. the boogieman is singing me a lullaby. is this how it all ends? 11. not really convincing me about how glorious this day might be tbh 12. me to my mind trying to do anything
I still remember walking into Musiplex on Portage Ave. in Winnipeg in 1997, listening to the first few tracks of this at the listening station and buying this CD. Hard to explain how magical this album was back then, especially the front half of the album. I'm writing this while on listen to Subterranean Homesick Alien... Absolute bliss. Added it to my all time favourite songs playlist.
obvious fuckig PEAK
Spooky Just sad really. This sounds like how hard candy tastes
pretty good but it is no ok computer
Masterpiece.
I'm so happy this is on the list. I love this album. It was already one of my saves and I'm so glad it was suggested because I love listening to it
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Not the peak of music but really good
One of my top 5 albums of all time. Favourite track: Subterranean Homesick Alien
After listening to this all the time as a teenager it's been a while since I put it on and in the intervening years had somehow come to the conclusion that it's a classic, but probably a bit overrated. Boy was I wrong. Some time away reveals how full of ideas, brimming with feeling, dynamic, textured, energetic, and powerful this album really is. Guitars pushed in thrilling new directions, mopey showgaze fused with explosive alt-rock, a dissonant mix of anger and alienation, depression and disenchantment, angst and paranoia. It's overwrought, cathartic, introspective.
The 21st century was born here in 1997
Ah, the generator saving the best till almost last. I can even remember buying this, I was so excited to hear it and I was not disappointed. And it sounds just as great today. Sublime
Now this is some good eats.
Not content with having killed off indie rock and grunge by out-miserying and out-guitaring them both on The Bends, Radiohead then made this seamless, astonishing transition to electronic music. The themes of alienation and paranoia seep through uncomfortably in both music and lyrics. Just brilliant, and a definitive album of its era that still sounds great and resonant today.
Produced by a young Nigel Godrich when he was in his 26, OK Computer it's to this day one of the most acclamied and recognized album not only in Alternative Rock history, but also in music history itself. The english rock band that conquered the world with Creep, a single from their debut album Pablo Honey that pulverized billboard lists, arenas, and radio stations and a britpop sound that was vastly perceived as unique in his own way, proved with High and Dry, and Just on their following album The Bends, that writing pop songs was probably too easy for them. OK Computer not only saw a change on the sound of the band with more abstract lyrics, less melodies and more textures and an eclectic sound. It also changed the way rock was being made and even when prog rock and art rock was already a thing with many of the 70s and 80's band, the themes included on this record, the consumism and consumery, the social alienation in songs like Paranoid Android or Fake Plastic Trees and the constant sensation that the world was going downfall catapulted the group to the pinnacle of music critics, and gaining followers that to this day they are still pretty much of a cult. ¿Are they motivated by the words of Fitter Happier? Maybe. OK Computer was a door for the band itself to a new sound that they would continue to explore in records like Kid A or Amnesiac, more experimental, ambitious, even more abstract. Singles like Karma Police, Lucky or No Surprises peaked highly on the lists and one of the most surprising things it's that this astonishing collection of songs has practically no skips. From the psychedelic sound of Subterranean Homesick Alien to a powerful ballad like Exit Music (For a Film) including a powerful explosion of rock and roll in Electioneering, even the songs that there are suppoused to be fillers are actually one of a kind. Without a doubt, OK Computer it's to the 90's what Dark Side of the Moon it's to the 70's. An album to be remembered forever.
Radiohead is unquestionably an important band and this is one of their more important albums. Their importance stems from their innovation, creativity, and artistry. Whether you like the band's music and sound or not largely depends upon whether you enjoy Thom York's vocal style. I perceive it to be an acquired taste. I like it. But I can absolutely see not liking it. This album is another one that, for me, sits on the border between 4 and 5 stars. I'm going to give it 5 because a) I'm a Radiohead fan, and b) I think it is a significant and important record.
I might be too many listens in and too familiar with Radiohead’s work after this that I’m no longer won over by this album - but, it’s of course very good!
Legendary album. It is a little "of the time" but that gives me a big nostalgic feeling when listening. I slept on this album when it came out, but enjoyed the singles regardless. I rediscovered it after expanding my musical horizons through progressive rock. This gave me the vocabulary I needed to love this album for what it is.
Peak
I recently feel that maybe I'm being too generous with my 5's, but I know it's cause the site keeps giving me some of my favorite and greatest albums of all time; OK Computer is one of those. Such a brilliant album with hauntingly beautiful songs that's been a favorite of mine for many years. Though it's been praised to death, that doesn't diminish it's value or quality, it truly deserves the praise it gets. Fav Songs Paranoid Android Climbing Up the Walls Karma Police Is it Top 1001 Worthy (is it essential)? 100% YES. A brilliant alt rock album filled to the brim with influential and well crafted tracks. An amazing experience that I would recommend be listened to sooner rather than later.
of course great
one hundred stars
No skips, no surprises. One of the most complete albums I've listened to. When artists are brave enough to make music feel how society feels and not think putting it in a lyric is enough - we get this.
5/9
Radiohead has plenty of good singles but this is their only album that I really like. And I do really like it. Every song is unique and yet cohesive, so much so that plenty of us have just assumed it is a concept album. The first several songs feel angsty and trapped but by the end it feels uplifting. Would listen many times over.
Few albums divide opinion quite like 𝘖𝘒 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳. Browse enough reviews and you’ll find every reaction imaginable: “overrated”, “music for crybabies”, “I hate Radiohead” — and plenty that are even less polite. Some listeners can’t stand Thom Yorke’s voice, others never warm to Jonny Greenwood’s unconventional guitar work. And, contrary to popular belief, not everyone who gives this album a perfect score is a devoted Radiohead fan. I’m not interested in settling that debate. All I know is that 𝘖𝘒 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 does everything I want an album to do. Its songwriting, atmosphere, and musicianship come together so naturally that I never feel the urge to skip a track or question a creative decision. Whether Radiohead are overrated or underrated is a debate I’ll happily leave to everyone else. I only know one thing: once 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗴 begins, I’m staying until the final note of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁. Every single time.
I understand if Radiohead aren’t your favourite band but I don’t understand the haters. Radiohead give some good accessible music that isn’t just boom bap, boom bap 1, 2, 3 and 4 stuff. This album is fantastic end to end. I even reccoment]d OKNOTOK to get the b-sides. Brings back memories of the legendary Glastonbury Festival performance that I was lucky enough to be at and the later South Park gig that I also attended. 5 stars for sure and not even my favourite Radiohead Album. If you mark this below 3 stars then I disown you :p
Magnificent
Favorite Track: Paranoid Android
well this ones going to be an easy, one Ive literally heard this album hundreds of times, they are and will always be my favorite band everything about this album is perfect the vocals the guitars the production the drums everything just works and its honesty its like listening to one big amazing song
This is one of my favorite albums from when I was in high school/college, and the quality is still good after all these years. Multiple bangers: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, and No Surprises.
Certainly a classic
Can never decide if In Rainbows or OK Computer is my fave Radiohead album. Either way it’s probably in my top 5 albums. A great album needs a great intro and Airbag is that. Paranoid Android is probably the best of the singles. Let Down is beautiful and was always one of my favourites. Climbing Up The Walls my other favourite, loved the eeriness. Electioneering is a strange one, always reminds me of a Stereophonics song. Still good though. I’ll say another perfect album even though Fitter Happier is on here 🐖💊
Is a classic aint it. Best 90s album by a British band? Could very well be
Masterpiece! Every song is great even fitter happier works. Paranoid android and exit music (for a film) are a couple that really stand outs for me, but even no surprises (radioheads wonderwall) is class! I do really like radiohead but its rare I put them on i think ill have to a deep dive into all 9 albums by them.
Genuinely one of the most polished and near perfect albums on this list (other than Fitter Happier, not sure that song even counts). It was my most listened to album of last year and Let Down is one of my favorite songs of all time, this was always gonna be a 5 from me. Literally did jump squats out of excitement when we got this album
Hold up, his writing is this fire??
Songs to sit down to
Its Radiohead, you either dig them or you don't. All of it is fantastic in my book.
One of the best albums ever recorded, it blew me away at the time, 30 years later it’s still amazing and it will be in another 30. 5
A masterpiece and there are still parts that make my hairs stand on end even though I've listened to this countless times. For me, this is the best "big" British album of the 90s.
Really on a roll here, rollin 5s for the week, beautiful album, don't care about the haters
There's nothing like it. This album has such a unique sound that makes me feel emotions without even really diving into what exactly they're saying. I need to do that.
Nice excuse to listen to an untouchable classic. Been years for me
So beautiful and good album
Obviously
10/10 – Masterpiece
Sometimes I tend to think it is overrated. This may be due to the fact that it feels more accessible than Kid A which somehow makes not be as raw and genuine. But then I listen to it and I get reminded of how good this is. 10/10 [KEEP]
went out of my way to listen to the OKNOTOK remaster, partially bc of Man of War, but alos just bc this album slaps dude. Thanks Kyleigh for getting me to listen to more Radiohead
Hauntingly beautiful and rock and roll grungy all at the same time. No one’s done it quite like Radiohead…
An all timer for sure. Radiohead shows you they can make hot bops with songs like karma police but spend most of their time bringing you on a journey through a haunting feverdream
I would like to speak for all of but epsically Matt and Zak when I say, best album ever. I remember first listening with Matt when he said, "its break from nearly all other concurrent rock gave me the same thrill of the new that dance music of the time did. Its attitude wasn’t nostalgic, but dystopian, and it embraced pre-millennial anxieties exactly when many people—myself included—had just bought their first home computer." And then Zak said "Deliciously melodramatic with frenzied crescendos of massed guitars massaged into busy, buzzy orchestration, it perfectly contrasted with the wounded innocence of Yorke’s choirboy cry." So as my Radiohead loving brothers all got bask in this album's glow again I would like to say, Radiohead....greatest band ever!!!! We like to think so.
What can you say? May be greatest of all time
As mild as I feel for Radiohead most of the time, I had a really nice listen with this one today, and I always thought it was just good. Really, I still think it's a bit overrated, but it's well made and amazingly executed.
this thing just keeps wanting to give me perfect albums huh…
WOW… every time I listen to this album it gets better. Sooooo many masterpieces. 5/5… no notes.
One of the few albums on this list I already owned. Lives up to the hype. I understand how this could not be your thing, but I do think it’s a musically very interesting (and maybe important?) album. I love it. 10/10 Godlike
J’adore cet album, c’est un mélange de rock et de pop, avec toujours un thème assez triste, désespéré. Ma chanson préférée est No Surprises.
This is an extraordinary album. I slept on Radiohead for a long time. If I could go back I would slap some sense into myself and give me a good talking to. The album is melancholic and feels closed in. The more I listen, the more I appreciate each song.
I remember being there, thinking that Radiohead were tge greatest musical geniuses who ever lived. I've since matured past that phase now, but Goddamn this is still easily one of the greatest albums ever made. Sure, it's notoriously the "gateway" into more niche and experimental music, but considering how early I got into this album in the development of my music taste, I still holds up insanely well. It's psychological, haunting, and futuristic, all at the same time. It's such an otherworldly experience listening to this, and the brilliant atmosphere of each and every track is unmatched.
Ok, I think I get it now. This was so moody, surreal, psychedelic, emotional, depressing, any number of other words. It starts slow, but the emotional peaks in Climbing up the walls through to Lucky are jaw dropping. I will definitely be returning to this.
Masterpiece. Contender for the greatest album of all time, I've been listening to this since I was a kid and I only love it more as time passes. Climbing up the Walls and Man of War (actually on the second disc but hey) are highlights & underrated.
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There is nothing I could say about this album that hasn't been said, this is a 5 star album and it's not even my favorite RH album (I'm excited to see Kid A eventually)
It’s July 5th and I spent my night dealing with fucking neighbors shooting fucking fireworks until 1:00 a.m. To hell with all of you. There’s my review. This album is legendary.
Haven’t listened in ages. Still so great
Peak Radiohead. Songs that are just the right amount of experimental and every experiment works. Paranoid Android is comparable to Bohemian Rhapsody. No Surprises is the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard. It's not an album without dullers but it's near perfect.
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I absolutely remember when this album came out, changed what I thought about what was rock, what was grunge and made it become almost art. Super complex album with lots of layered sounds, can come across as depressing but that was a lot of the late 90's, paranoia was prevalent as we transitioned into the digital age, the internet was starting to boom so you could feel more connected and yet alone at the same time. Certainly a product of its time, has aged beautifully. Still gets a regular listen. Ive said before that an album was one of the easiest 5 star albums but this one probably is the easiest (so far!)
theres not much to say about one of the albums talked the most about. i love everything about this album.
Been on this album for years now and it ALWAYS hits. Contains some of my favorite Radiohead songs of all time, and this album as a whole demonstrates what RH can produce when they're at the top of their game & everything comes together just right. Arguably the best RH album out there (though I oscillate between favorites) - a top album of 1997 for sure, and a very worthy inclusion on this list. Favorite tracks: Karma Police, Climbing Up the Walls
Before a friend told me about this site, I had started listening to some albums that I hadn't listened to and that were considered some of the best out there. This is one of the albums I'd listened to. I discovered Radiohead way, way too late in my life. 19 year old me would have loved everything about this album and would probably have listened to it non stop for a month or two. Now I'm older, and I still love that sound, but it doesn't resonate with me in the same way it would have back then. Still, 5/5 for my parallel universe twin who fell in love with this album.
Nearly 30 years since, still a banger.
I think I could listen to this album over and over again. In fact I find myself revisiting it again today for a second listen. Karma police was everywhere when I was 15. That video. Electioneering is probably my favorite of the album. 5 stars no skips. I wish I had jumped on the bandwagon with my friends back in the 90's. Would love to see these guys live.
Ah, I remember this album. I listen to it often, still. What a great listen. More Nigel Godrich. This is one of the bands I'm a big nerd about, so I'm just going to rate it 5 stars and not write a whole novel.
Absolute masterpiece, the best album they ever made, bar none. Highlights-Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music (For A Film), Let Down, Karma Police, Climbing Up The Walls, No Surprises, Lucky, and The Tourist.
è da un po’ che non lo ascoltavo interamente e mi sono ricordata di quanto sia uno spettacolo così poeticamente drammatico e distopico (e reale)
Uno dei album migliori degli anni 90. Ogni pezzo è incredibile e il concept dietro è super attuale
This was the first fully album I was truly obsessed with - I listened to this so many times, it's masterful imo
Unbelievable album...like phenomenal! I am OBSESSED with Paranoid Android!
classic and an eternal banger
It's so rare to find a record with character, melody, and meaning in its lyrics - but this is one of those few. Hard to believe it's this good.
Perfection
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really liked: Paranoid android Climbing up the walls already known: Exit music Let down Karma Police No surprises overall liked every song
transcending the game
peak
Favorite Track: Paranoid Android
Already heard, think it is one of the most iconic albums. Pure classic. One of the B-Sides: Man of War is one of my favorite Radiohead songs
I’ve heard this before and I own it. It’s been ages since I last listened to this even though it was a favorite of mine for many years after it was released. I’ve forgotten how good this album is and also how they were a great standard rock band before they started delving into electronics. It’s an overrated album but it’s still fantastic.
Sublime and perfect set of experimental songs combining to make one of the greatest albums of all time.
Generational album
Like many Americans, my first exposure to Radiohead was Creep when it became ubiquitous in 93. But unlike many Americans, my opinion of creep was very much meh. I've heard that the band itself holds the song with a certain disdain, which seems to validate my reaction. It wasn't until The Bends was released a short time later that I came to appreciate Radiohead. And a few years later when I first heard Paranoid Android, that's when I recognized that Radiohead wasn't just leading the pack of 90s bands, but pulling ahead into a league of their own. I feel like OK Computer walks that fine line of innovation while being completely accessible, whereas Kid A falters on the latter. There are so many great moments on this album. Paranoid Android feels like a multi-movement suite. Karma Police has been confirmed to be a nod to the Beatles' Sexy Sadie. I love Exit Music for a Film, particularly where the drums kick in just before the 3 minute mark... it's an arrival moment that is so satisfying. I feel like every track has some kind of payoff like this with the exception of Electioneering... this song just doesn't seem to fit musically with the rest of the album. It's like they were channeling Bob Dylan for a song then snapped out of it. While Nirvana Nevermind in many ways defined music of the early 90s, I feel like OK Computer defined the late 90s going into the 2000s.
I love just about everything the band does on this album. It combines wonderful instrumentation with genuine emotion throughout, offering just about everything I could want. So excited to spend more time with this beautiful record. 1 re-listen Favorite Tracks: Paranoid Android, Let Down, The Tourist
Love this!
Perfect.
perfect album for a cloudy day
Amazing album! I can see Radiohead taking a more experimental and electronics approach to their music. It seems to blend the sound of their earlier work with their later work to get this sort of compromise. This is why they call it peak Radiohead. Truly wonderful!
Best Song: Paranoid Android When it comes to Radiohead albums, it is always hard for me to pick my favorite. This happened to come up on my list when this album happened to be in the rotation anyway, so it was a huge win. I'm not sure if this is my favorite, but it is in the top 2. Anyway, a great album with, quite possibly, the best song by Radiohead, in my opinion, Paranoid Android. However, just because I like the album doesn't take away the hate I have for some of the Radiohead fans. You know the ones, the hipsters who drink Pabst Blue Ribbon "ironically" because they can't admit worshipping Radiohead doesn't pay well. Personally, I don't listen to music to justify my PhD in music theory but because I enjoy it. If you have to separate the art from the artist, I suppose sometimes you have to separate the douchebags from the bands they worship. 5/5.
i love you radiohead
great album
An album that is very deserving of its legacy as one of the best albums of the 90s. Haunted, paranoid and angry OK Computer still has a remarkable energy and disquieting vibe decades later.
9/10 puntos, tardó (lo escuché hace años y no me atrapó) pero con el tiempo puedo decir que me encanta. Tiene Paranoid Android que me parece top top de ellos. Si siento que para el final flaquea un poco pero de todos modos sigue siendo muy buen albúm. :)
A 5.
mmm play that fye shit again Rating: 9.3/10 Fave songs: Let Down, No Surprises, Exit Music
95
Was this the last album I fell for, unreservedly, before Taste Freeze set in? Maybe! (Just joking. Sorta.) Anyway, this is the album that gave us a clue where an already-brilliant band was headed. Thom Yorke’s vocals were still satisfyingly foregrounded, but the band was definitely headed in a much more experimental, free-form direction. The concept ties everything together in a very interesting way. Was the bridge between The Bends and Kid A actually the band’s best stop ever? Maybe.
No surprises here. Five every day of the week. Probably the most important album in expanding my musical horizons as young’un. Let Down was always my favourite and, though it is not particularly a force for good, TikTok has raised the status of that song considerably. My nephew, who is doesn’t have a particularly diverse musical diet, was singing along with it - something I never would have imagined.
Impossible to step back from the formative influence this had as an impressionable youngster. I’ve appreciated the step up from ‘the bends’ that this was as I’ve grown older, particularly (after listening to this through again) the wonderful textural elements added to most songs (Goodrich’s influence?). It is full of wonderful moments: the bass drop of ‘exit music (for a film)’; the 2nd verse “glorious day” in ‘lucky’; the added guitar layers in ‘paranoid android’, the whole frisson inducing build up to the last verse in ‘let down’. The themes on this album continue to have been prescient, and hasn’t grown old. Still love it.
Fantastic album! I reckon it is Radiohead's best album.
Lest my previous statements lose objectivity I still think it's crazy to put six Radiohead albums on the list despite my affection for their work. Radiohead has always occupied a semi-familiar status. I don't think I've listened to most of their albums in entirety and not on steady repeat. I have a handful of their work on my playlist scattered across several albums. While this isn't probably my first listen through OK Computer it may be my first in a long while and my first time actually focusing in on my opinion of it. A lot of great tracks on this album that I knew (Paranoid Android, Exit Music (For a Film), Kharma Police) tracks that I enjoyed that I didn't know previously (Subterranean Homesick Alien, No Surprises). Overall I enjoyed everything on offer here. Definitely would listen again, and again. The combination of Yorke's voice, the soundscapes, the way a song can build to a powerful belting anthem and then drop back down to a humble cry. This feels like an album worth spending your time listening through.
I can recognise genius when I hear it. Just don't ask me to describe why it is, in fact, genius. Wholly original, inventive, and skilfully arranged. Easily 5 stars.
C’est fou comme ça m’a fait du bien d’écouter cette album après l’annonce d’hier matin.
j’ai longuement hésite entre 4 et 5, et au terme d’un long débat avec mon coloc j’en conclus que selon moi un album ne nécessite pas forcément que des chansons parfaites pour mériter le 5 étoiles. En effet, il y des chansons qui m’ont moins plu comme Fitter Happier ou Paranoid Android mais l’album dans sa globalité est tellement bien et surtout universellement apprécié avec des chansons comme No Surprises ou Exit Music. Enfin bref masterclass mais bon c’est Radiohead je savais à qui j’avais affaire, c’est mon premier 5, je suis presque ému comme si j’avais donné la vie 💫
My reaction as soon as I saw this was my album for today: f*** yes. That is all.
One of the best albums of the 90’s and ever. One of my favorites.
I may love The Bends more, but this is almost certainly the "better" record, all things considered.
Virtually flawless album. It has its bumps and nicks, sure, but I don’t that that takes away from the importance of what this album has to say or the character it has. Even the criticisms of this one’s shortcomings seem invalid because they mesh so perfectly with the narrative/ideas of the album that it doesn’t even bring down the quality of it!
Class
well i already knew it but it was still a good listen fasho
#151/1001 🇬🇧 I listened to Radiohead so much back in the day, but its years since i've listened to this. For me its their best album and it came out at time when a lot of the UK alternative scene was becoming quite turgid. Best tracks Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Climbing up the Walls, No Suprises, Lucky.
A total classic. Not a bad track on it. Still sounds as good today as it ever did. And not even their best album. Or maybe it is. 5/5
RATING: 10/10 HIGHLIGHT: Let Down LOWLIGHT: Exit Music (For a Film)
Just such an amazing band progression from pablo honey via the bends to this.
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I might need to buy super nice headphones or install a surround sound system just to listen to this album again and be swallowed by really sick tunes
This one is quite obvious on the list, but it doesn’t change the fact that it still is one of those era defining records the had and have an huge effect to production and artistry over genre limits. OK Computer sits in perfect balance between more traditional songwriting of The Bends and the more experimental sounds of Kid A/Amnesiac. It's experimental, but it also includes many absolute Radiohead signature songs from Paranoid android to No suprises and many more...
Prior to this record, I just thought Radiohead was ok. I saw them open for R.E.M. on the Monster tour, they were supporting The Bends. They were just ok. Not a great live band, but enjoyable. Then I bought OK Computer on a whim. I was floored. It’s a perfect album. Honestly, Fitter Happier is not a great stand alone song, but in context, it’s obviously relevant. 4.9
Fantastic album, really captures that unsettling but cool atmosphere. A wide variety of tracks but all fit together well, it’s a fun listen.
Classic
Amazing
Best thing of all time, don't argue with me.
All-timer.
Everything that's ever been said about this masterpiece has been said. The second I post this review, it'll get buried by thousands of others. But THAT'S exactly the beauty of this album. No matter who you are, this album will find you if you look. And after that, it'll inspire you. Not just to write a review, but to do something greater, something more, no matter what that may be. The political commentary, the commentary on humanity in general, the layers of complex sound, the chord progressions following the poetic progressions of the lyrics, and the direct inspiration taken from all across the musical tapestry are just some of the brilliant details that found their way to me personally. I'm sure I'm missing a thousand others. It might be a basic take to say "OK Computer good." But it's something I can't deny, no matter how much the monkey inside my brain that craves uniqueness and attention fights it. Because the capacity to hit every single soul in some unique way is what makes OK Computer the greatest commentary of all time. And the whole album does so by painting the most beautiful picture of all - not a car crash, not a carbon monoxide poisoning, but a picture of humanity. No matter how flawed. Because the technically perfect delivery of a robot in "Fitter Happier" will never sound as beautiful as a Thom Yorke voice crack. Best: I mean honestly take your pick Worst: Worst OKC song is an oxymoron Liked songs: 11/11, 100% High 5
Enjoyed the sadness of it all. Really well written with depressingly poignant lyrics and music to accompany. 5/5
Hi. My name's [redacted], and I hate Radiohead. Or, at least, I did. I've hated this band since the 90s. I don't know what is happening to me here, but I've listened to OK Computer over and over again since it came up (and I decided to give it a fair chance). I'm not sure how it took me until [redacted] years old, but....Holy crap. You guys. Does anyone else know about Radiohead? I'm not even sure who I am right now.
One of my favorites. Dark but beautiful and creative.
I've been putting off listening to this album for a while, to try and separate myself from all the praise it's received and not to let it colour my review of it. That said, it brings something I've known about myself for a long time, but never really admitted to someone else before. A bit of disclosure; my insecurity around needing to like the same things as others just to have a reason to connect to them or, on the other hand, to not like something so that I don't get criticized for liking it has defined a lot of my experience in life. I am so deeply afraid of being alone, I will shape myself and my likes around others. Even at 34, I realize it's still happening. I am pretty sick and tired of it. **************************************************************** Genuinely loved the muddy guitars, simple bassline and Yorke's vocal style on "Airbag", this was a strong way to start the album. If the rest of the album is this on the edge of being mysterious and somber, I'll probably love it. The first time I listened to "Paranoid Android" didn't really go in, as I spent all my mental power trying to make sense of it's totally whack MS Paint animated video. The second go around, I still don't quite understand the hype around this track. It's doing some interesting things in each of it's sections, such as aggressive reverbed guitars in one part, then hymn like backing with an accompanying acoustic guitar and Yorke's signature melancholic voice in another. At the very least, it does have the feeling of being a full musical journey in a single track. The arrangement at the beginning of "Subterranean Homesick Alien" was gorgeous, capturing that otherworldliness perfectly. I really enjoyed this track. "Exit Music (For A Film)" did an amazing job of slowly building and explosively releasing the tension it builds across the track; Yorke really shows that he has range in his voice with this track. Powerless to break down "Let Down" and "Karma Police" honestly, but I enjoyed them, possibly for similar reasons that I have listed above. Yorke's voice and the instrumentals seem to never take priority over the other when they are sharing space and I think that's why it all works so well. It sounds pretty banal now that it's typed out, but I can think of dozens of times on this journey already where the vocalist just drowns out the instrumentation or falls completely below it, coming over as narcissistic or weak respectfully. All enjoyed: "Electioneering", "Climbing Up the Walls" (sonically, those grimey riffs, deep percussion and Yorke's fuzzy vocals were sick)... No, time to stop and talk about "No Surprises". By god, it gave me the same feeling as Pink Floyd's "Time", one of these songs that comes along and just completely rocks your world and makes you realize the stupor you float through life in. To think, 29 years on from release (at time of writing) and so many of us would still feel how Yorke describes. With the lullaby tones as well, to remind that we all wish we were kids again. ...and back again, with "The Tourist". Aside from Paranoid Android, though I'll give it another couple of chances, I see why this is rated so highly. Every song genuinely feels like it has a purpose and is executed in a myriad of unique ways. In short, I f***ing loved this album.
9.5/10. One of the best albums in history. Every track feels like it belongs, and the atmosphere is insane. It’s not just a great alternative rock album—it’s one of those records that explains why albums matter. A true classic.
Airbag - 4.5/5 Paranoid Android - 5/5 Subterranean Homesick Alien - 4.5/5 Exit Music (For a Film) - 4.5/5 Let Down - 5/5 Karma Police - 5/5 Filter Happier - 3.5/5 Electioneering - 4.5/5 Climbing Up the Walls - 4/5 No Surprises - 5/5 Lucky - 4.5/5 The Tourist - 4.5/5 I'd like to thank the generator for giving me OK Computer literally 2 days after I got their prior album The Bends. And thanks to that I see how they evolved from a run-of-the-mill grunge band with 1 alright song to a band that breaks out of the grunge and Britpop labels that had defined their past two albums. I wouldn't say this is close to being perfect but it's about as close as you can get. Outside of the weird transition track there really isn't a single skip on here. Phenomenal album. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises
Classic!!
Young buck thinks I haven't heard ok computer
Классика
I'm not even sure a review is necessary here, at least coming from me. This is my favorite record of the 90s. On the right day, it's my favorite record. RH would go on to make several more spectacular albums, all very different from this one, but they captured something special here. The unease creeping into the edges of a society that was “happy” and “prosperous”. All of that bore out, starting just a few years later with the dot com bust, followed quickly by recession and 9/11. The disassociation from normal society that was whistling past the graveyard is perfectly captured in Subterranean Homesick Alien. The fear and loathing is spot on in Climbing Up The Walls. Even a song written for a modern remake of Romeo and Juliet, Exit Music (for a film) captures the longing and desperation of a generation raised by the promises of previous generations that they never intended to keep. A lot of this material was worked out on the road and it crackles with that live energy. And yet also is very much a studio created masterpiece. I haven't even mentioned the biggest songs, all of which were instant classics: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Karma Police. And now, thanks to Tik Tok, Let Down. I could continue to list songs, but you get it. I love this album. 1000/5
Phenomenal. Listened to it before but listened to it again...3 times. Groundbreaking, deep, weird, and beautiful. Even Fitter Happier is a banger. Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls are my faves. Might listen to it one more time tonight.
Hell yeah
Eins der besten Alben aller Zeiten. Geile Tracks und Athmosphäre. 9/10
Formative.
Zo'n vuur album dit bro Fave: deze keus was erg moeilijk, maar 'Let down'
Hoe is het mogelijk
This album is the bridge between their earlier rock and their own, more experimental sound on later albums. I like Radiohead but a new listener needs to understand that this is not easy listening background music. It is dense, complex and often intense. Thom Yorke is the man but Jonny Greenwood and the others are also very important. I'm not I can pick their best.
este álbum es buenísimo mano increíble me cambio la vida super recomiendo escucharlo en la adolescencia para que cambie tu psique
Yep, knew this was likely getting a 5 before listening to it.
a true masterpiece + epic hitchhiker's reference!!!
Happened to see in Wikipedia (I don't usually read Wikipedia before listening, but I do use it to see how many tracks there are on the album, as it was first released) that Thom Yorke said that this album was influenced by the "incredibly dense and terrifying sound" of Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew" album. Huh. Not sure I hear that, but kinda/maybe/sorta? Anyway, an interesting thought to chew on. Anyway, the album came out almost 30 years ago (!), in 1997 -- i.e., before Sam, and Ray just a baby. Has there been anything as good, since then? (Not thinking of anything, off the top of my head.) I will admit that, while about half (6 of 12?) of the songs are familiar to me, and all-time greats, the other 6 are not as familiar. But, still, even those lesser-known (to me) songs are good to very good, so I think I can safely give this a solid 5 stars. Also, doesn't sound dated to me at all.
One of my fav albums
Si digo que este álbum es una obra de arte, me quedo corto. Este álbum no es perfecto porque todas sus canciones sean 10/10, sino porque de principio a fin mantiene una consistencia de calidad impresionante a través de todas las canciones y sobre todo es extremadamente consistente con lo que quiere transmitir. OK Computer es perfecto porque el conjunto de todas sus canciones y su interludio lo hacen alcanzar de los niveles de excelencia musical mas altos que se haya visto. Este álbum es la definición del popular dicho "El todo es más que la suma de sus partes". Si nos adentramos en la discografía de la banda, nos damos cuenta que este es su tercer álbum, pegando un salto extraordinario de lo que venía siendo The Bends (otra álbum que es un 5), lo que nos da un indicio de la calidad de la banda. La capacidad de superarse cada vez más a este nivel es algo que muy pocas bandas han logrado, lo que a mí en lo personal me hace apreciar más este álbum. Concluyendo con esta review, a nadie le debería sorprender que este álbum haya sido votado el fan favorite. Este álbum es una declaración, tocando un tema actual extremadamente relevante: la tecnología. Hoy casi 30 años después sigue teniendo relevancia. Eso es un álbum de 5 estrellas para mi.
Qué viaje. Literalmente. Tenía miedo que este álbum me decepcionara, pero aun con mis altas expectativas me pudo sorprender. Estuve todo el día pensando en esto jajaj, loco como las canciones te hacen viajar. Como puntos negativos fitter happier siento que estuvo bien escucharla por el contexto distópico del álbum, pero en la segunda escuchada la salté. Después está lo de que cuesta mucho entender que dicen las letras en general por el estilo de música. Yendo a lo positivo, pa, voy a escuchar muchas veces este álbum sin duda, no me voy a guardar ninguna canción individualmente así no pierden la magia que tienen cuando las escuchas junto con las otras, una familia unida. Por fin mis pedidos de que toque un álbum bueno se cumplieron, para estos que van a ser 5 estrellas voy a poner un puntaje más específico del 1 al 10 tmb. Me pareció un 9,3, siento que es el primer álbum que une el tener todo un estilo especial, sin canciones que no peguen nada (obviando fitter happier), con hits como no surprises, paranoid android, karma police, let down y otros.
I didn't appreciate the first time I heard this, maybe 15+ years ago. I wasn't impressed, I didn't see the wow factor. Today, it felt like a slow burning film. Like those movies with philosophical directors that use film in a weird, slow, beautiful way. So in the background, it kind of feels so generic it's annoying. I really appreciate that when I listen to it intently, it's executed so well that it's pleasing, this project can feel so very satisfying. This is thought out deep in the quality of its production, in the quality of the composition, in concept. It's the second time a Radiohead album fuzes so well with the natural soundscape of real life that it amplifies the listening experience. My neighbor could've started mowing their lawn and it would've gone along fine. This is impressive in a way that feels like it should be in a museum, or on a very very short list of must listens. I would absolutely love to have this one in my collection, though it does definitely shy from my typical cloud of genres. It feels a little VH1-y a lot of the time, especially when it's not listening for the sake of enjoying music in general, so I'm not sure it's a record for a frequent replay. As far as music for the sake of enjoyment, I believe Exit Music is a beautiful piece that I can't wait to add to every playlist that will accept it. 4.5/5
1er álbum escuchado, las guitarras crujientes me parecen excelentes, el pegue de la batería es súper sólida y rica, los ambientes acompañan espacialmente todas las fundamentales y recrean el espacio para que el volumen de la voz destaque en su excelencia, los silencios y distorsiones toman un papel exhausto en toda la obra, el brillo de las cuerdas penetra en forma de ritual y armonía a mis sensibles oídos. Toda la tímbrica me abrió las alas y tomé vuelo incluso en la reflexión y el despiste que se generó en mi mente, volviendo a vincularme entre las frases más icónicas que percibí al escuchar este álbum. Los coros también son un reflejo del espíritu que mantiene vivo el ritmo y la acentuación del pulso. Los bajos tienen un gran impacto y también se pueden escuchar sus muy finos agudos que resuenan en sus apariciones, aportan al desarrollo de la dinámica de manera eficaz y efectiva. La composición tanto de la instrumental como de la misma poesía es un magnífico bienestar y de gran valor estético añadido, un verdadero pasaje trascendental. En el antepenúltimo tema lloré.
Absolutely incredible album, one of the best ever. Alt rock approached with a new inventiveness and forward thinking. Not relying on expectations and preconceived notions of a genre or sound. It sounds new and fresh, but remains very cohesive and complete. No notes and an album I can never get tired of.
Hell of a way to start!
90s classic. Alternative hit after alternative hit. Exit music for a film still slaps like not many things do
A great sad album.
yeah it's good of course but Hail to the Thief is better cause it has more interesting rhythms
Nobody can say shit to me about OK Computer. Show me another album that says as much about the goings-on in society, both back in the '90s up until current day, while causing such steady and consistent frisson.
Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable, not drinking too much Regular exercise at the gym three days a week Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well No more microwave dinners and saturated fats A patient, better driver A safer car Baby smiling in back seat Sleeping well, no bad dreams No paranoia Careful to all animals Never washing spiders down the plughole Keep in contact with old friends Enjoy a drink now and then Will frequently check credit at moral bank Hole in wall Favors for favors Fond, but not in love Charity standing orders On Sundays ring road supermarket No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants Car wash, also on Sundays No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate Nothing so childish At a better pace Slower and more calculated No chance of escape Now self-employed Concerned, but powerless An empowered and informed member of society Pragmatism, not idealism Will not cry in public Less chance of illness Tires that grip in the wet Shot of baby strapped in back seat A good memory Still cries at a good film Still kisses with saliva No longer empty and frantic Like a cat, tied to a stick That's driven into frozen winter shit The ability to laugh at weakness Calm Fitter, healthier and more productive A pig in a cage on antibiotics
Couldn't find the words and then found too many. Five stars.
It's hard to think of a more perfect album (for me) than this one. Keeps getting better and better.
One of my all time favs
Radiohead at the height of their powers.
These past few days have been a real treat - this is the third day in a row of 5-star albums. I first heard a few tracks from this album a long time ago, back when I was in college (yes, I’m that old!). It wasn’t until a few years later that I listened to the album in its entirety; since then, I’ve listened to it a few more times. It’s one of those albums that never seems to age; it brings back so many good (in my case!) memories—more than enough reasons for it to be a true classic. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, as expected
Stunning flow, provocative lyrics, intricate instrumentals. Absolutely one of the greats.
Love Radiohead and this album. Some days this is my favorite album of theirs, others may hit better depending on my mood, but this will always be a top 2-3 Radiohead album. No skips (would never listen to Fitter Happier on its own, but in context of the album it works). 5/5.
Went into this listen familiar with most of the songs and aware that it is the top rated on besteveralbums.com ... and I gotta say it lives up to the hype for me. Sounds amazing and so much lyrical depth.
Excellent
Incredible from start to finish. I was familiar with a chunk of the album already but some new standouts to me were Airbag and Lucky. The only slight criticism I could have is that sometimes it was a little hard to understand the lyrics, but considering the shite Thommy is spouting these days that might be for the best.
Crazy that this can be one of the generation’s best albums but not the band’s best.
YOU'RE NOT COOL FOR PRETENDING THIS ISN'T A PERFECT ALBUM Every song is near-perfect, and Radiohead accomplishes exactly what they want to with this album. The concept, the songwriting, the production (THE PRODUCTION!!), and even the album cover are a perfect encapsulation of the isolation and anxiety that OK Computer sets out to tell you about. I am a D1 Radiohead fanboy, but this is a perfect album, man.
This was a fantastic album that was emotionally charged and filled with great lyrical meaning and instrumental.
95/100. An exceptional album. The alternative rock sound carries a psychedelic weight that really pulls you in. This is a record I’ve been meaning to listen to for years, and it absolutely did not disappoint. Probably Radiohead’s best work.
Top 10 album
Love this album. I've never sat down and listened to this one all the way through and after a couple of run throughs, it may be my favorite Radiohead album.
Obviously one of the best alt-rock albums of the mid-90s. It's just so coherent and sonically fabulous. Hell, I bought a Boss PS-2 just so I could do that delay screech with the rolled-off low end that's heard at the end of Karma Police.
Amazing
Seminal album. I remember my first time listening to it at uni and just having my mind blown. Absolutely ground breaking and actually it's as stunning as it was all those years ago
10/10 Another day, another 10, another album that makes me feel 16 again. OK Computer is the sound of becoming an adult and realising that a lot of things aren’t as great as your parents made you think they were. Best song: Paranoid Android Best moment: the ‘rain down’ bit at the end of Paranoid Android
I've never fully explored Radiohead but this is the one album I know. And I Like it a lot!!
Classic Radiohead. One of the best albums of the 90s
Wow. Well this gets a 5. I’m sorry I am a 1% Radiohead fan. I listen to a lot of music and over the years, Radiohead ends up being at the top. They just do. This was the album that introduced me. I loved it the first time I heard it. Almost 30 years later (!) and I know every moment. This doesn’t make me love it less. Some albums don’t age well. Sometimes I go through a re-listen of music I was intensely into at an earlier point and quickly grow fatigued wondering what I was enamored with all those years ago. Not so here. But, I will say, I have realized in the silly “who is your favorite Radiohead” inquiry, in the midst of the moaning about Thom’s moaning and comments about Johnny’s neurodivergence, it is, and always be: Phil Selway! My god the man is a genius! Rock on Phil! Boolean rating: YES, I am very glad to listen and keep on listening until I can listen no more.
What can I say that hasn’t been said already about this groundbreaking album? While I still prefer the Bends, this album as the start of the metamorphosis of Radiohead from a guitar band to something more post modern and obtuse. I’m still adjusting to the post-modern Radiohead, but I don’t mind this bridge at all.
My second favorite Radiohead album of all time, it's just a masterpiece
i cried to no suprises
beautiful
Absolute Master piece!
Coming into this album I knew the hype around it and tried not to fall into just automatically going with the crowd and giving this a high score to appear “cultured”. However, this album really doesn’t miss - I was surprised at the amount of the songs I knew on this album, and the overall sound, lyricism, and flow of the album was a pleasant surprise even with my lofty expectations coming into it. I understand now why this is hyped as one of the best albums ever.
я узнала о радиохед лет в 15 благодаря этому альбому и с тех пор очень нежно его люблю. каждый раз, прослушивая его, можно услышать что-то новое. альбом насыщенный, чувственный и отчасти "ностальгичный" для меня. к голосу Тома Йорка надо было чуть привыкнуть, особенно после того, что я обычно слушала. но с уверенностью могу сказать, что в целом музыка радиохед и этот альбом в частности открыли мне путь в более сложную и техничную музыку. да че сказать, 5/5
29 years old next month!! Still amazing, still 10/10 On the shelves, twice. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★★ (10/10) Total reviewed : 303 Already owned : 69 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 215
Amazing. Invokes all the feels. Don’t know how it took me this long to listen to.
Masterpiece.
Tää on aina ollut itselleni se kovin Radiohead. Bändi ei ollut tuttu vielä silloin kun Jyrkistä alkoi puskea Paranoid Androidia ja No Surprisesia. Varsinkin jälkimmäinen on itselleni yhä ihan tip top -kategorian biisejä. Tää oli pakko myös käydä ostamassa Jyväskylästä, kun Laamasella ei tätä hyllystä löytynyt, enkä uskaltanut pyytää tilaamaan. Oikeastaan sieltä yläasteajoista lähtien tämä levy on kulkenut matkassa, ja lopun pelissä tosi vähän on mitään muuta Radioheadeja isojen hittien ulkopuolelta tullyr tämän lisäksi kuunneltua. Tässä on jotain iätöntä ja ajatonta. "Täytebiisitkin" (onko tässä edes niitä?) on tosi mukavaa kuunneltavaa, ja sitten nuo hitit vaan jyrää vuodesta toiseen ilman että kusi on päässyt yhtään niitä polttamaan. Helppo vitska, ehkä jopa paras levy mikä toistaiseksi on tässä haasteessa tullut vastaan.
"It's gonna be a GLORIOUS day" - my thoughts when this album popped up this morning. This is an absolute masterpiece, packed full of wonderful tracks. It beautifully conveys feelings of anxiety, panic, acceptance, sadness, with Thom's haunting vocals sounding particularly brilliant on the last few tracks. Favourites: Paranoid Android Exit Music (For A Film) No Surprises Lucky The Tourist
When I was making my way thru the Beatles roundabout 30 years after the fact, I heard much about the greatness of Sgt Pepper, "probably the single greatest album ever, period." To me, it didn't crack the Beatles’ own top 3. *This* record holds a similar position for me. At the time, mind was blown, face melted, ears in love. It was a pinnacle. A higher rating was inconceivable. And then they kept making music& this one suddenly seemed quaint by comparison. Living thru it in real time this was an all time great, hard to overstate its brilliance. Looking back now, nearly 30 years after the fact, I can’t guarantee it’s in their top 5. On the special S-tier scale it’s a 4 & change, here in this context that’s an emphatic 5er
Anthology.
WOW I knew I loved The Bends already and that OK Computer was considered by many to be Radiohead's best... but I just thought The Bends couldnt be topped!! Guess I was bloody wrong wasnt I! Another 5 star from me. Karma Police is one of my fave songs OF ALL TIME gahhhhh the whole album is the best vibe.
death...
Fantastic album, so many perfect songs, and it flows so well.
Kolmannella albumillaan Rdiohead liikkui pois The Bendsin säröisestä kitararockista kohti kylmempää ja abstraktimpaa äänimaailmaa. Lopputuloksena syntyi OK Computer, jonka kuvaukset vieraantuneista ihmisistä ja teknologian kasvavasta vaikutuksesta puhuttelevat kovasti vielä melkein 30 vuotta julkaisunsa jälkeen.