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This is such a great album, even though it’s my second-favorite Radiohead record. I had honestly forgotten just how good it is. From the rockier songs like “Airbag” and “Electioneering” to more introspective, melancholic tracks like “No Surprises” and “Exit Music (For a Film),” it’s all winners. There’s a surprising blend of singles alongside very ambient tracks, yet neither feels out of place, they complement each other really well. Great riffs, great lyrics. If I had to nitpick, I’d say the two tracks after “No Surprises” are a bit forgettable. Other than that, no notes. 5 stars. Sidenote: I realized how much “Let Down” sounds like the Swedish band Kent (or vice versa).
It’s really good but not my favorite Radiohead album
Number: 109 Date: 04/21/2026 Artist: Radiohead Album: OK Computer Year: 1997 Genre: Indie Rock Familiarity: Well-versed Rating: Before: ======= Finally, I get a Radiohead album. I'll start off by saying I'm not much of a fan. I mean they are OK, but that's it. Just OK. I've listened to most of this album before and have skimmed through pretty much all of their albums and cannot figure out why people like them so much. Anyways, just so you have an idea of where my head is at, some of my all time favorite music artist are The Fall, Stereolab, and Pixies. I don't actually listen to them that much anymore but used to listen to them a lot. Some of my favorite contemporary artists are Hovvdy, Water From Your Eyes, and Angel Olsen. During: ======= OK, so it's the whining that I have the most trouble with. I find it very difficult to listen to. Three songs in now, it's not getting any better. So to pass the time, my favorite albums from 1997: -------------------------------------------------- Broadcast "Work And Non Work" Stereolab "Dots And Loops" Cornelius "Fantasma" Godspeed You! Black Emperor "F# A# ∞" Spiritualized "Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" Tarnation "Mirador" The American Analog Set "From Our Living Room To Yours" Bobby Conn "Bobby Conn" Lambchop "Thriller" Ivy "Apartment Life" "Ladies and gentlemen..." is the only one that made it on to the 1001 list. Stereolab and Lambchop are represented, though with different albums. My per song ratings for this album: ------------------------------------ 3 Airbag 2 Paranoid Android 2 Subterranean Homesick Alien 2 Exit Music 1 Let Down 3 Karma Police 3 Fitter Happier 3 Electioneering 3 Climbing Up The Walls 4 No Surprises 2 Lucky 2 The Tourist ----------------------------------------------------- 2.42 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= OK, it should come as no surprise that "No Suprises" is my favorite track on the album, still, I have it ranked number 27 on my 1997 list, between "Sporting Life" by The Sea and Cake, and "The Sportsman" by Bobby Conn. Seeing how Radiohead has 7 albums on The List, I have to give this one a very low score for suitability, by policy. If your still reading, I hope you take one thing away from this review and that is that you must listen to Bobby Conn's self titled album, "Bobby Conn", also released in 1997, if you want to hear something completely different and original. In fact, I think I'll listen to it now. It will be a nice change from all the whining I have just endured. So, for OK Computer: --------------------------------- 2 my personal rating 1 suitability for this list 4 impact ---------------------------------- 2.3 composite rating
Never listened to Radiohead before. But this is exactly how I thought it would sound
Fantastic album, it’s Radiohead of course, a tier
Hadn’t listened before. Interesting stuff. It’s not something for the background, you have to pay attention.
Not their best album
intimacy. timeless.
When this first came out, I couldn't stop playing it. And just when I was starting to get bored with it, Kid A blew me away. Over the years, OK Computer has lost its original impact and appeal. Now, I just hum along whenever I hear a track from it but returning to a full listen, it didn't do much for me. Still worth a 3.
Technology bad!
Second time listening this album. Great sound. Lots of radioheads biggest songs. 9/10
Very 90s, nostalgic. I need to be in a certain mood to listen to this.
I know this album is considered one of the greatest of all time, but it’s never fully clicked for me. I think part of it is my struggle with Thom Yorke’s vocals. There’s emotion there, but it doesn’t always reach me. The music pulls me in, but the vocals keep me at a distance and emotionally disconnected. It’s one of those albums I respect more than I actually connect with.
Favorite album so far
Peak
I like it now, it's still too pretentious.
This album is definitely outside of my comfort zone. I typically don't love listening to more melancholy songs because music really affects me emotionally and I don't like being bummed out (haha). I think my favorite song was Subterranean Homesick Alien. I also really enjoyed the first part of Paranoid Android. I think I need to give this one another listen in the future and pay more attention to the back half. On this first listen, I'd give a 3.5/5.
yea pretty cool. Some of the all time classics from the band. like an 8 or smth
So good. Let down is up there on my favorite songs of all time.
I liked it. Stand out song is karma police which is just such a good song. 7/10
I only discovered this album a few years ago but it immediately because one of my favourites
They drew influence from some of the greats like Can and REM and created something hugely influential for the bands to come. Back in my youth when this came out I considered it too "whiny" but as I have grown and come to appreciate art more and my tastes have expanded I can see how great this album is. I have it on vinyl and I love how it feels like 4 distinct parts, the sequencing is fantastic. Bass provides great grooves throughout and the electronic fills sound awesome, the production is top notch.
First time listening and yeah to be fair that is well good
I kinda ripped on Radiohead in my review for Hail to the Thief, the only other album I have gotten of theirs (so far). I went back to re-read it before writing this one, and feel like it may have been too negative. Not saying I have become a Radiohead fan now, but I do think this is a much better album than that one even with some of the general criticisms I have of the band. The best thing about this, to me, is that it really feels like a coherent album. Not in the sense of a concept album, necessarily, but in how it all fits together and works when you listen to it as a whole. It feels like it's meant to be listened to that way, and it makes each track better than it might be otherwise. As an example, I never really cared for Karma Police. But, hearing it in context, I actually enjoyed it. Of course, many of my issues with Radiohead persist on OK Computer. They sound super whiny, even if they were less annoying to me here. The album is, once again, too long for what's on it. The melancholy, dreary feeling that they go for gets old after a while. At least they did have some more intense moments to break it up. All told, I am surprised by how much I enjoyed this album despite my expectations going into it. It has some really solid moments and is a compelling listen. Importantly, it stayed interesting. There are still issues, but they don't ruin it at all. I may even listen to this one again at some point. I'd say it's a solidly good album. Overall: 3.5/5
I dumb-rebel hated Radiohead and many other great bands when they were popular bc they were "trendy." I came to love them after maturing a bit. The melodies and layered instrumentation in this album always grab my attention. The guitar on some songs sound a bit dated now but their brilliance still shines brightly. This is one of the great albums of the 90's, characteristic of the brooding atmosphere, loneliness, and discontent that nurtured bands like Porcupine Tree, The Cure, and the grunge and goth scenes. Worth re-spinning and never shelving for long.
Mystical music with a tech side. An amazingly diverse band's masterpiece.
Perfect.
No, just no. I've tried so hard to like Radiohead. But they suck.
Game-changer for the band and for progressive rock ahead of the 21st century. Masterpiece. Luckily, Radiohead was able to keep the genius going with subsequent works.
An absolutely perfect record by any measure, just one that I only have so much of an attachment to. 4/5
I don’t think this album is the greatest thing to ever exist like some people think. It’s certainly full of memorable songs and interesting production. But it’s not an album for all seasons. This is an album for when you are depressed and anxious, but doesn’t feel like the kind of thing I would want to listen to when I’m having a great day. I’ll put it on the list to listen to again when the correct circumstances hit though.
Ok ish. A few classics and a lot of meh
Magnifique album. Un 5 assuré !
Never been the biggest fan of this album, upon relisten I have the same thoughts. I can appreciate it's a brilliant album, but personally I am not a fan
Well constructed album with strong hit and a good listen
Another one I'm already very familiar with. Song by song: Airbag: 4.5 Paranoid Android: 5 Subter. Homesick Alien: 5 Exit Music: 5 Let Down: 3.5 Karma Police: 4 <Fitter Happier> Electioneering: 4 Climbing Up the Walls: 3.5 No Surprises: 4 Lucky: 4 The Tourist: 3 Drags a tiny bit at the end, but those first tracks are killer.
I said a lot about this band in my previous Radiohead review. It was one of those where I decided to listen to multiple albums to get a feel of the band. That previous feel was a bit disappointed. I do have to say for my second listen of OK Computer, I enjoyed it a lot more. My new complaint with Radiohead is I feel this band has enough talent to do so much more. I enjoy OK Computer, but I feel there could be more to it. The tracks are good without fully understanding the concept, but I feel they stop short of really getting technical. And maybe that was the bands intent, I guess coming from a prog head, I want it on a grander scale! Still a good 3.5 star for me, but for this list I will give it four!
Geht runter wie Öl. Jeder Song ist gut. Es war eine dystopische Vision in der Zeit der großen aufkommenden Digitalisierung, und wirkt heute fast schon unangenehm genau in seiner Beschreibung der heutigen Lebensumstände 10/10
Finally some good fuxking food. Just a stellar album in terms of overall cohesion, craft and production
Un trance musical
Very late 90s Forgot most of these, granted I was 3 when this came out but still
My favorite
Really strong concept-like album. Radiohead is cooler than all of us.
Her er en af de albums som jeg aldrig har hørt, selvom alle jeg kender hyper det. Jeg har været stadig, og det var dumt kan jeg godt se nu! - Der var fuld kuldegysning i flere ,for mig, ukendte numre. - Jeg vil slutte mig til koret og lovprise albummet som et mesterværk.
21. maj 1997 står som den dag menneskehedens guitarmusikalske evolutionssstadie peakede. Der er udgivet mange fantastiske rockalbums før og siden, men OK Computer tårner over dem alle. Kunstnerisk og musikalsk var dette “bare” et skridt på vejen for Radiohead, men hvilket skridt. Det siger alt om den kvalitet Radiohead har, at det kan debatteres om OK Computer er deres bedste album. Men som decideret rockalbum toppede alt i 1997.
This hits that balance where experimentation actually serves the songs instead of distracting from them. There’s a sense of architecture to the whole thing - layers that reveal themselves slowly, subtle rhythmic shifts, and a cohesion that ties everything together without making it predictable. It’s not as outwardly complex as some prog records, but it achieves a similar depth through atmosphere and detail, which keeps it endlessly replayable.
Much more rock and much less depressing than I was expecting. Very good! As we all knew it WOULD BE.
Radiohead have eluded me for years. I’ve kind of liked them, but they’ve never really clicked for me. That is, until I was assigned this album and really sat down and listened to it with more intention. I was blown away. It finally clicked.
perfect
I generally find Radiohead to be a bit dirgey - but the songs in this one are actually slight more upbeat than some of the others.
I can't believe I got this album the day after Abbey Road, two albums that I would say are perfect. There isn't really much I can say about this album that hasn't already been said. Radiohead are one of those rare bands (like Pink Floyd) where they created one of the greatest albums of all time and it isn't even thier best album. High 5!!!!!!!
Some of the greatest alt-rock you'll ever hear.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Absolute classic front to back. It’s held up with time, too. I’m thankful this album exists!
I've heard so much hype about this being Radiohead's best work prior to listening to the album, so I admittedly went in with expectations I typically don't have. I have gotten all the Radiohead albums pretty close together, and I was really starting to get fatigued with them. With that in mind, I will say I have to agree with this sentiment that this is one of the best Radiohead albums (at least of the ones I've listened to). I think, in part, this has to do with a strong concept backing it. The musicianship on this album is really at its best with a little to be desired from the vocals on some tracks. Sometimes the mumble-tone lends itself to the music, and sometimes it doesn't. Fortunately, the former was true in the case of most of this album's tracks, but I am a person that takes a lot of value in lyricism. That's a bit hard to gauge when you can't really understand the lyrics. Still though, a really good album that I would likely pick up again for a relisten down the line.
Great album that always takes me back to a pivotal point in my life. I didn’t appreciate how great the album was at the time. I just knew I liked it.
A masterpiece It makes me want to go back in time and slap teenage me for thinking that Radiohead were the wrong genre for me to listen to
anyrhing radiohead is peak
Fucking hell this is melancholic. Very evocative album, but the singing voice irked me a bit too much to give it a perfect score. Incredibly high highs, though.
wat een album toen ik 14-16 was. nog steeds, natuurlijk, maar ik luister het minder dan toen. exit music for a film blijft zo zo mooi
Meh, not that bothered about this album. Too metallic sounding.
Great album that I've had a lot of experience with and have known for many years. I've kinda put Radiohead in the corner over the past couple years for personal reasons, but this album, musically, is undeniable.
When I was getting into alt rock and indie rock in my teenage years in the early-mid 2000s, I never really liked Radiohead when I came across them. When I gave them more of a shot in college, I don’t think it connected so never really explored their discography. So I think it’s fair to say I’ve never listened to this front to back. I’m excited now. I think one thing I never liked about them was Thom Yorke’s voice and vocal style. Don’t mind it now, but it’s still not my fave. Listening to Paranoid Android now and thinking this is nuts. What a track. How did I once so easily dismiss this. On all of this, there’s a creative full sound. Vast instrumentation, the guitars dominate but create something distinct. It feels like every song has layers. First half is a monster of great track after great track, and then the banger Karma Police comes on. There’s such an angst to a lot of this. In a good way. It’s atmospheric and filled with despair but the music is always so interesting. A lot of that 90s music veers into angry, and this isn’t that version of angst. It’s something deeper. No Surprises is a great song. It’s sad and depressing but the sound is unbelievable with that repeating guitar. Damn. I wish some of this wasn’t so sad as a whole, but what an album. I guess I get it now. Still overall don’t love Yorke’s vocals by themself, but once you take it all in as a whole, it all fits and works. Did an immediate relisten and yeah it’s a 5. As a whole, it just all works as a cohesive album. By the time you get to the closing song The Tourist, you want to hear it again. Only negative that really comes to mind is I can see this as being the type of music you’re just not in the mood for sometime.
Once again it was very refreshing to hear pop rock music done in such a great experimental way. I can’t believe I never got to hear anything after their first album so getting a couple of albums on this list so far has been a bit of a revelation. I’m pretty keen to dig into the rest of their discography!
Didn't expect to like this so much, want to deep dive the lyrics/lore
I mean cmon, an exceptional list of records and broight to life in an exceptional manner.
Smukt album
amazing album tho seems too personal
High3
All time favourite.
All time great album. One of my all time faves too. Game changer. Mind blower. The haters are wrong. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Holy shit I can’t believe I wasn’t a sheep along w all the discord people back in the day cuz Radiohead is great
First time listeening to radiohead, put off by the npcs on discord listeening to it. turns out its very good and i liked over half of the songs in this album. very atmospheric and calming yet groovy at the same time on a lot of the songs
Lowkey immersive.
Nearly 30 years on, this doesn't really feel like just a 90s rock album, probably because this is where Radiohead started sounding ahead of their time on every release. It's close to sonically perfect. The rhythm section is satisfyingly thick and full, over which delicate melodies and Thom's vocals play perfectly. They aren't afraid to get noisier either, like Paranoid Android's solos, but it's the melodic moments that make the album for me. Or, it's the combination of just enough rawness with pretty parts that delight the listener without ever feeling cheap. It do think it's top heavy, but it doesn't matter because the first half is near perfection. Let Down was always my favourite, a jangly, spacey alt rock anthem, but Karma Police is the climax. Then the short, eerie Fitter Happier. It's a sudden shift and the back half certainly is darker, except maybe for No Surprises. It feels necessary, to balance the first half. The Tourist is a beguiling closer, subdued and restrained but building throughout, with some of the best drumming on the record. Essential, iconic stuff.
I think it was rầu rĩ. I was familiar with some of the songs in the album, but when listening to it as a whole, it resonated a bit more. I like "Fitter Happier" as it poses questions I'm dealing with right now.
I find new details every time I hear it
Meh at best
Another one of those albums I claim to love but only ever play a few tracks. Interesting to listen all the way through again. Yes I do still love it do there!
I thought they were going to deliver again, and they did, but it belongs in the toilet. 2/5
radohead
Great but some songs are not my taste.
Joya total me encanta, me siento como superheroe bajo la lluvia despues de que mataran a toda su familia
Bra. 3 låtar rakt in på lista :) 4/5
The critically acclaimed and beloved albums are often the most difficult to rate. The question becomes rating based on popularity or rating based on feel - like how I rate the other albums. I think I will give this one a 4. I love Exit Music. I love Let Down. So why not.
I don’t get radio head
This just did very little for me. I recognized many of the songs, but they felt not memorable.
I love Radiohead and this is hands down one of their best albums. Paranoid Android is one of their best songs, too. Overall I would choose In Rainbows over OK Computer, and then I might choose Kid A and/or Hail to the Thief also. I think this album sounds considerably less modern than those other 3, which is how it lags behind them. Still a 5 star album that I'm happy to listen to.
Obra maestra. Uno de los mejores discos de la década seguro. Quizás el mejor. No alcanzan las palabras. Revolucionario, entretenido, emocional, conceptual. Tiene todo. Redefinió el rock. 10/10
Ok Computer, what some people deem as the greatest album ever made. There is so much that has been said about this project in the nearly 30 years since its' release, all of which has aged beautifully in that time being and still holds to be a very relevant piece of media that heavily influences nearly every Alternative act today. Despite all that being said, I don't think this album is as good as a lot of people make it out to be. I think it will surprise many people but I have never been huge on a few of the tracks here, mainly Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls but also Airbag, Paranoid Android, and Subterranean Homesick Alien. I definitely still can not understand Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls and I would call them misses for Radiohead. The tracks at the beginning just never grab me and it is usually when Exit Music comes on when I am finally locked into this album. Speaking of Exit Music, I recently just learned that Exit Music (For a Film) was originally recorded and made for the 1996 Romeo & Juliet movie and I think the way it was able to weave itself into the tracklist is nothing short of miraculous. The rest of the tracklist really needs to sort of commentary because how can I begin to explain the greatness of tracks like Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises, or Lucky? You just can't man. I appreciate the subtext scattered all over this album about the overtaking of technology in our lives and just how those themes are weaved in both lyrically and through the production. Ok Computer is a great album, that is undeniable, but I just don't think it is one of the greatest albums ever made. I have never seen it as such even after years of listening to Radiohead and all the other music I have digested. There are better examples of this album in so many other places and Ok Computer is just a nice meeting ground of a lot of great ideas. Fight me.
This is one I gotta listen to from start to finish. Instrumentally, a very interesting album. It wasn't until I hear tributes/covers that I understood the lyrics. One of my favorite albums from their catalog.
Really good. Never sat through it front to back before.
This might be the best album of the 90s and I'm always glad to revisit it. As AI rapidly becomes more prevalent in society the album is more relevant than ever. I think this barely beats out Kid A in my mind as Radiohead's magnum opus and every track is a whole mini-opera unto itself. Standouts: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Electioneering, No Surprises, Lucky
Groundbreaking. I didn’t like it when it came out but over a few listens I learned to appreciate it.
Thom Yorke's voice can become pretty grating after 7 or 8 songs. But I get the greatness of this album.
Some of the music here is interesting, particularly paranoid android, but god damn the breathy sustained vocals are so annoying
The awaited Radiohead breakthrough shall remain awaited. Give me 200 more albums from the generator and I think we'll get there. In the meantime: Radiohead, have you met my good friend Neil Young?
A land of contrasts, walls of sound but each brick of the wall is carefully placed, dark lyrics surrounded by twinkling instrumentals. Sure it's whiny in spots and more than a little melancholy, but it's creative and a decent listen
herrlich melancholische begleitung!
Eine britische Band, und so tönt sie auch
Wistful, fantastical, but also quite raw at the same time. Lots of texture. Very soothing to a certain sense of dread. Very easy to get completely lost in while listening. It reminds me of being deep in a maladaptive daydream; there are moments where you're free-flying and feeling sparks of excitement, but they eventually spiral back down to this bleak feeling...reality hits again.
It's fine but don't really get into it. Expected more from radiohead. Rounding up to make it 3 stars
i have a hard time rating this album. i am not a radiohead fan, but i've listened to this album quite a lot considering. that said i dont actually like it that much. a handful of songs are very good; paranoid android, karma police, no surprises. NOT just bc they're popular no surprises was the only radiohead song i liked for a long time before it became That. but a lot of the other songs are just not that good imo or at least aren't to my music preferences. the songs are heightened by listening to them in the context of the album, but overall i think it's an album i listened to a lot for a month a few years ago that i probably won't go back to. 3.5 stars.
I’m traveling and it’s be hard to add anything of value to the discourse around OK Computer anyway. Everything positive you read about this record is true. An absolute landmark release from possibly the best bad of my lifetime.
liked this more than Kid A but overall was too moody/down for me to love
Great album!
(Nearly) 30 years on, and this still sounds like it's being beamed down from an alien planet.
Not listened to for a long time and was great to revisit
Colossal album. If I'm knocking a point off for Prince then I'm also knocking a point off for Radiohead for Palestine.
4 four stars in a row❤️❤️❤️❤️RGP you are really spoiling us…Tom.
An album that feels like a checkpoint. Makes you think of your past choices, but also gives you a sense of hope on what's to come. An absolute classic that feels like you're breaking the chains that are keeping you stuck to the same old melancholic life. Listen with headphones and just ascend
It was alright. I wanted to like it, since it was a little ethereal and spacey, but it was just so garbled together. I just don’t like Radiohead that much.
Fantastic album, though not something I could see myself revisiting too many times, just because the music is not quite my taste, but that doesn't mean I can't acknowledge that it's well made. The album expertly rides the edge between having a cohesive sound whilst not sounding all the same throughout. "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police", and "No Surprises" are all stand outs.
Loved karma police and no surprises. Appreciated that paranoid android was something special, but the thick layering of the instrumentals made the message difficult for me to parse.
Técnicas mixtas, letras que resuenan con el mundo actual cual si hubieran visto lo que se venía con mucha claridad o el mundo siempre fue y será una porquería, ya no sé
03/30/2026
The fact that this isn't my favourite album of theirs speaks volumes on the quality of their releases. Radiohead deserve all the praise, truly as good as they say. Not huge on every song on the album but it makes a great whole. Also get a "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" reference in here.
I already love this album so much
9/10
Back in the day I had a CD player in my office cubicle. I gave Charlie my supervisor Bright Eyes’ Digital Ash in a Digital Urn & I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning to have a listen. He came back the next day with OK Computer for me. That disc was stuck in the player for a long time! Still blows me away to this day, especially Paranoid Android. Charlie didn’t like Bright Eyes (too liberal for him, I’m sure), but he also loaned me Radiohead’s The Bends which is also quite good. Nate, another office music lover asked what I was listening to and responded “Figures!” when I said Radiohead. What a nice compliment
Mahtava levy
#318/1001. Finally a record whose existence in this list is not questioned, right? Although this was more or less a soundtrack of my summer -97, it turns out I had forgotten quite many of the songs in it. But then again the classics remain classics. A bit more conventional and rock'n' rolly than I remembered, I prefer the more electronic Radiohead around Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail to Thief / In Rainbows. But they don't contain masterpieces such as Paranoid Android.
OK Computer is already in my top ten albums of all time, so no question how I'm going to score this one. I'll be succinct in my glazing here: this album marks a departure from Radiohead's 90s alternative rock sound and into something more digital, more abstract. Their sound as we know it now, really took form (to me) with Kid A/Amnesiac, so OK Computer is a sweet spot of merging the two worlds.
Es un álbum muy estético, melancólico pero con las raíces puras de la banda
Listening whilst playing as Dolny Kubin again. Radiohead isn't really my genre of music, but you can't deny that their works stand out and are special. Of course I had heard No Suprises & Let Down before, but I also found that I enjoyed Karma Police, Airbag & Lucky. I'm sure there will be another Radiohead album on this list. I'll give it a 4/5 because i probably wouldn't listen to a lot of the songs again, too angsty, but the highs are musical masterpieces.
I liked Radiohead as a younger teenager, but then I discovered music that's actually good. This was never my favorite album even then. Overrated album and band tbh. Fuck Israel.
Obviously this is incredible. I've heard this album numerous times before and I've pretty much always considered it to be incredible. This time was no different. Granted, this isn't my favourite Radiohead album, I'm much more of a Kid A guy personally, but the amount of fantastic songs on here is just absolutely insane. Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Let Down, No Surprises, the list just goes on and even the lesser famous tracks like Lucky and Climbing Up The Walls are just as good too. I do have a few small issues with this, like how Thom's singing can be maybe a bit too melodramatic at points and how the overall message of the album is maybe not as impactful now given some of the statements made by some of the band members in years since, but musically this album is still phenomenal and deserves all of the praise that it gets. Fav Songs: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Let Down, No Surprises, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music (For A Film) Least Fav: Electioneering (still a great song) 9.6/10
Its a 4
Look, this album is a 5. From thew first time I heard it back in early high school, it unlocked a new appreciation of what music could be and how it could make me feel. Radiohead created an entire world with this album, and it's one I've spent significant time exploring in the 25 years since I first entered. I could spend a lot of time writing about this album, but I don't have the time right now. Suffice to say that this album, with all its paranoia, bombast, lushness, and idiosyncrasies, is just a perfect expression of finding beauty in alienation. I truly don'y understand people whose main complaint about this album, and the band in general, is that it's "too much of a bummer." I've never seen it as a bummer, but as an artistic, beautiful, dare I say healthy expression of feelings that inhabit all of us. This album allowed me to be OK with being an outsider in 9th grade, it gave me solace knowing that other people felt some of the same things I was feeling. It was a cathartic, lush collection of songs that gave a voice to some of my teen angst and for that I will always hold it close to my heart. It's a once in a generation album that continues to be relevant and futuristic today, no small feat.
Underrated.
No thanks
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Best Song: Let Down Worst Song: Fitter Happier
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Being a Radiohead fan from the beginning this album blew my fucking mind when it came out. It was way ahead of it's time. The music for this one was different from the first 2 albums but the lyrics is what really makes this one. Predicting the future and stating the obvious at the same time. A must!
evaluate later it's Radiohead
Like every Radiohead album after their debut, this is a very good album. For me though, it doesn't reach the heights of the albums either side of it. The Bends and Kid A are masterpieces. OK Computer is just a strong album.
Amazing
ok computer i get it you’re sad
I did it. I finally completed Radiohead. Thank god. Thom Yorke sings like how I imagine a dog would sing when it's raining too much to be taken for a walk. Except the dog is a middle class art school student.
I mean, it's not among the best ratings for nothing.
Probably the most overrated album of all time. I hated every minute of it.
Am I crazy or is OK Computer actually kind of overrated? Airbag and Karma Police are both great, No Surprises is good too
Buen álbum para días grises y lluviosos
The love of my life
I love this album!! It is really a roller coaster, I can dance, I can cry, I can laugh!!
it was really good, but some of the songs sounded the same to me. 3 standout tracks in Karma Police, No Surprises, and The Tourist
Good album. Solid alternative rock, there's a reason it's a classic.
One of my all time favourites
20 years ago this would have been a 5... The older I get the more Thom Yorke's voice annoys me.
really enjoyed and not just because i LOVEEE let down
5 star album
хороший! в отсутствие подготовки показалось что все песни одинаковые, надо продолжать слушать
Definitely a classic album, somehow feels both modern and older. Not something that I would have on repeat, but something I come back to now and again.
Some good tracks but overall too whiny for me
never listened, never will you cannot break me
Beautiful and gut wrenching.
Meh. Weird
Good vibes, but wasn't the sound I go out of my way to listen to.
Pink Floyd of 21st century. I’m surprised how much of this reminded me of Coldplay & Arcade Fire. Always thought Radiohead would be more singular. Another example of “influential” not equating to “great”
I liked it more than I thought I would but I still don’t understand the reverence that Radiohead is given
airbag's baseline rocked Exit music (for a film) let down Karma Police electioneering climbing up the walls no surprises The tourist
Album 17 4/6/26 First Radiohead of the project, and it's their first master work of a few. However, I will say that having been in a depressive state lately, seeing this generated played a part in extending my break from the 1001 project. I meant to listen to this and the Cars on consecutive days, but the thought of listening to OK Computer just wasn't something I was ready for due to unfortunate personal news. I finally came around to it as I started a long drive and the album was exactly as good as I've known it to be since I was 16. My identification as a "Radiohead listener" has waxed and wanted since I was that age, but my appreciation for the band never has. Airbag and Subterranean Homesick Alien have been my favorite tracks on the album since first listen. Both riffs have such an intoxicating effect on me. Airbag ends with a cool dub like section that I always look forward to. Paranoid Android I have nothing to say about other than it being the elusive multi rock suite in which I would describe every part as perfect. The digital effects on Jonny's solo melt my face every time. The second half of the record, doesn't occupy as much real estate in my mind as the other first half tracks I haven't mentioned, Exit Music (For a Film) and Let Down, but the record still has no skips. Not even Fitter Happier! I could tell you that I've heard Karma Police and No Surprises enough times that they no longer have any effect on me, but that's not entirely true. The tracks I haven't named are all mostly 4s because of the rich sonic textures even if I don't remember the riffs as much. The album is apparently 53 minutes, it somehow feels standard length to me because every song has its place on the LP. Electioneering is probably the only 3 on the album, but I wouldn't cut it, even if it would have sounded more at home on The Bends. It's the Radiohead album I have the deepest history with and it's definitely qualified for the "best in genre" running when looking at alt rock circa 1997. Why would I not put this on my 5 star wall? We shall see what other Radiohead albums manage to join OKC as 5s. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Didn't like the first song. Liked the third song quite a bit. Don't love the singer's voice, but find parts of every song unexpected and interesting. This is not an album I would listen to repeatedly. Liked Let Down.
mmmmm peak male manipulator music!! 5 stars tho
i do not know the words but every sound of this album. the whole block shakes as i play this in my 2000 oldsmobile alero with no bass so i don’t blow the speakers. i wish thom yorke never feels joy and therefore must return with a sequel album of OK cellphone
Yup ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Goofy kill myself music
I didn’t even have to listen to it again to know it was a 5, but I did anyway. 10/10
Great sad boy album 👦🏼 (this emoji but sad) (this emoji looks like my bf)
Kid A is better Would I listen again: Yep Deserves to be on this list: definitely one of the few artists I'd permit 2 albums from 4.5
Style over substance
instrumental sehr stark.
Kann man hören. Hatte zeitweise etwas beruhigendes. Aber nicht so wirklich meine Art von Musik.
Geile Instrumentals aber ich kann mit seiner Stimme einfach nichts Anfangen. Bestimmt is der Kontrast zwischen härteren Instrumentals und softer Stimme für viele auch genau das geile. Für mich nur leider nicht. Einstieg von Electioneering hat mir glaub am besten gefallen und die Instrumentals sind durchweg sehr gut. Stimme für mich dann im Vergleich einfach nicht quirky genug.
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No surprises Paranoid android Exit music (for a film) Karma police Subterranean homesick alien Airbag The tourist Lucky
already listened
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly.
a year after this album released Radiohead dropped a documentary called "Meeting People is Easy." This was 1998, before radiohead was a household name, so if you wanted to watch you had to go to Blockbuster and explain: I'm looking for a documentary called "meeting people is easy." The 16 year old employee would visibly hold back laughter as they searched the system and ultimately told you "No. We don't carry." to this day I'm convinced getting an LOL was the band's intent.
My first 5 star album. One of my favorite album ever. Dont even need to rehear it. "No surprises" and "exit music" has been 2 of my favorites songs ever for years.
excelente, está no meu acervo pessoal
sí tengo depresión cómo supiste
Pretty depressing. Great bangers
This album came out when I was 11 and seeped into my awareness over the course of my teenage years. I had Hail to the Thief and Amnesiac on CD, and loved (and paid voluntarily for) In Rainbows but didn’t sit down to listen to OK Computer as a full album until I was in my early thirties. It is an astonishingly good album, and has (unfortunately for humanity in our current techsistential crisis) aged accurately in its doomy outlook on the impact of the technological revolution which was only just starting to kick off amid a fanfare of optimism in the mid 90’s “Thinking all the ways the system will provide Windows 95, Windows 95” - The Smile - Zero Sum | Cutouts 2024
A truly excellent album from start to finish. It gives an impression of a band at ease, each song sounds assured and natural. Some meandering epics, electronic interludes and constantly great interplay between guitar and vocals. An instant favourite.
Not sure if I am odd but I found this album easier to absorb than the others and "commercial" is the wrong word but its seemed a easier melody to get on board with across numerous "hits" they have on this album (though better than the bends). Its just the right mix of unusual sounds, vocals and effects. RH are always a hit as they just find a way to always keep you interested. They are just at the pinnacle of the craft, timing, depth, atmosphere, the list goes on. A true giant and I love discovering little details every time in the complex web of music they often deliver. Amazing. To top it off they still remain a rock band! 🤘
What can be said that hasn't already been said about Radiohead's first masterpiece? I'll just add my voice to the crowd and say that I think that this is one of the best rock albums ever made. I love it's complex rhythms and offbeat time signatures, juxtaposed with the swirling rock noise and the first hints of electronic experimentation. Thom Yorke's voice perfectly cuts through maelstrom and is used as an extra instrument in the band whilst simultaneously delivering meaningful lyrics. I haven't got a bad word to say about this album.
Um dos melhores álbuns de sempre
this is a such a good album going into this album i thought it was gonna be shit cause i didnt like the last one but i was so wrong this was so much better it shows a mixture of rock and calmness and my fav song out of these is no surpises so iconic and just beautiful starts off with such calming beats and slowly progresses into rock this is amzing i loved this album let down was also one of my favourites overall rating 4.6/5 best album so far
this album was very complicated. i listened to it with an open mind like jerry said and every song except the last one was good. instead of the last song being called the traitor it should be called listening to what hell sounds like for five minites straight. my favourite was the alien one and let down
No words, incredible. I could go on and on about the meanings of this semi conceptual album and how it displays themes of isolation, alienation, paranoia but I really think the brilliance of this album speaks for itself.
A British boy once spent an hour mansplaining this album to me and it’s left a bitter taste in my mouth. I get it, it’s a car crash. Why are you still talking? Not my favorite Radiohead album but good, dreamy.
I think I stopped listening to Radiohead around this time. Up til then, my musical taste was dictated by my older brother, and this album didn’t sound enough like Creep, so I wasn’t interested. 13 year old me was wrong.
I liked this a lot more than I expected. It still isn't really for me but I really dug Paranoid Android and all of its weirdness. What I appreciate most about Radiohead is how much influence they had on Muse who I like much better.
Already listened good alvum
Easiest 5 of all time, changed the game
I can hear the direct correlation between this and it's predecessor The Bends but find it doesn't stand repeated listening as it starts to sound a little earnest. Good but not great
Computer sagt: ist gut
Definitely an album among the most overrated. Thom Yorke's voice is genuinely obnoxious and their instrumentals mostly go nowhere. I say mostly only because of Climbing Up the Walls and Electioneering, which alone bring this album up to a 6/10
Back to back Radiohead….interesting. Love this one too
I've never been a huge Radiohead fan because the songs are typically too sad for me. But I can't deny how listening to this whole album in one sitting made me feel. So many beautiful and emotional songs make a really powerful record.
Good, probably their best-known album. A bit depresso for me though. No Surprises is my fave.
I really liked this album! I had heard of it, but never sat down to listen to the whole thing until very recently, when I was recommended it. It was really fun to see that it was the first album on the list! I still plan to sit with the lyrics and do a listen-through like that, but I'm already planning to add it to my rotation as we head into the warmer seasons.
Takes me right back to Year 12 😭 Absolutely still love this album. P: Don’t like it, boring, too slow 🤣
One of the most overrated albums of all time. The only reason it’s considered great is because it came out at time when most pop music was trash boy bands. Really only two good songs on here and the rest are whiny British trash.
This album is a classic- I still love it! It was interesting to try to listen to it with fresh ears, the vocals, melodies and varied instrumentation are all so good! But I failed in my objective relisten because I fell deep in a nostalgia hole listening to Exit Music.
Easiest 5 stars ever. One of my all time favourites, so many great epic songs, so many shifts in feel and colour that builds and sequences perfectly throughout. Have listened to this album probabaly more than any other in my life.
One of my favourite albums - So many good songs on this one and a nice consistent theme that flows all the way through the album.
Briliant album, what more do i have to say. 9/10
239/1089 i was thinking “oh this is a bit of a different sound for them, a bit muse-y and a bit Jeff Buckley-ish” then i realised this is Radiohead and not Oasis which is who i was thinking of. quite enjoying this vibe though vocals on Climbing Up The Walls remind me of Icelandic band Hatari which i like quite a bit yeah this is a great album and one i’ll go back to for sure, def appeals to my taste faves: airbag, subterranean…, let down, climbing up the walls, lucky, the tourist 88/100
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.
Ok computer, more like ok this is really good, got em! This album is just banger after banger. Glad 1001 albums finally forced me to listen.
Radiohead’s music is so forgettable to me. Easy to listen to, not much to captivate.
Could not connect with this Radiohead album.
Granted I am a huge Radiohead fan. This is probably my 6th favourite album of theirs (mainly because of how overplayed it became). However it's still a masterpiece and Paranoid Android just may be the greatest song of all time.
found a few new ones, sad as always
top 1 OAT
Never actually listened to this one in full before, love it.
One of my all time favourite albums.
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
I started this list partially so that i could challenge my preconceptions about certain genres of music. One of those preconceptions was that Radiohead sucks. My preconceptions were strengthened after this album. You can sometimes hear the band working desperately in the background to try and give this album any semblance of sauce but their efforts are sucked into the whining, mewling vortex of Yorke's insufferable tennis-ball-in-mouth singing. The guy sings like he was castrated and is now *really sad* about it. I've heard death metal vocalists more understandable and pleasant to listen to. 'But the lyrics! They speak to modern man's alienation!' Maybe they speak to modern man's alienation from enunciating clearly, but what lyrics I was able to understand I was not impressed by, mainly in 'Fitter Happier' (since that song mercifully uses a TTS). It's some I'm-14-and-this-is-deep bullshit: being a happy, healthy, well-adjusted member of society is lame and stupid, I guess. As someone who was not that for a while, I can tell you that it's much less romantic and cool than this song implies. Rather be a pig on antibiotics than someone constantly on the verge of killing myself or assaulting somebody. I didn't bother to try to look up the lyrics to most of the other songs on this album because if you don't sound like you care about what you're saying then why should I? The band's playing is actually good on songs like Airbag, Electioneering, and Paranoid Android (which is the only song where the music and singing seem to express an emotion besides 'wah'), so realistically this is probably closer to a 2. However, I'm giving it a 1 out of sheer spite for all the music critics and self-important hipsters that have spent the last 30 years slobbering over the dick of a band that is ultimately just another mediocre indie outfit.
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.
Karma Police
I really loved this album but not to the extend that some people do. It is a 4,5 for me but I will give it a 5 because of the impact it had on music and other people.
One of the easiest 5s I can give, don't even need to listen to give this a 5 as it's a regular rotation of mine. I'll of course listen as part of the project though. Despite it being a masterpiece, it's not my favourite Radiohead album, but they set the bar so high with their work. 5 stars
A perfect album, stunning piece of music from start to finish
luv radiohead
depressing music that makes you smile
Det e jo fette bra, men æ kjede mæ litt.
Gran disco. Disfrutable de inicio a fin y con muchas cosas para analizar a simple vista como los grandes arreglos de cuerdas y de elementos orquestales o los cambios de estilo constantes dentro de pistas como Karma Police (jooooya) o Paranoid Android. Tiene un sonido y estilo muy único gracias a la gran fusión de elementos encima de los instrumentos clásicos del género como elementos corales, sintetizadores, pianos, sonidos podría llamarle cinematográficos y el uso del reverb que queda increíble. Por otro lado, me gustaría destacar el trabajo conceptual del disco entero hablando de temas de alguna manera distópicos pero que al final podeos relacionar con el hoy. Además, tiene un excelente trabajo performativo e interpretativo. Gran disco.
Just, I mean, what a record. I had the fortune of listening to this one on a rainy day and it set the mood perfectly. The composition of music and themes throughout is mesmerizing. Thom's voice adds as a perfect accompaniment to such beautiful sounds. Each track carries its own story, but the record is tied together so well and so fluidly, it's simply wonderful. This will forever be a milestone record in music.
4 - My relationship with Radiohead is that I thought Creep was just okay and Karma Police bored me when I first saw the video. Then I would hear bits of pieces from albums like "In Rainbows" that sounded no better. At some point when you could have custom ringtones for different people, someone asked me to use "Paranoid Android" and I liked it a lot more than I expected, but I still didn't really dig further. I was just convinced that they weren't really for me.Slowly, I've heard songs in Instagram posts or musician breakdowns of particular songs that have lead me to think I need to do a deep dive. Thankfully this challenge has most of their discography, so I'll get my chance. Having listened, we're off to a good start. I liked it a good bit.
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.
It's a really solid album but slightly over hyped in my opinion. Think my expectations were too high but I can't really fault it.
Still really good -
Top album, 5 stars!
Overall this album felt very one-note. Many of the songs sounded exactly the same, with little variety.
zbc 10/10
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.
This is my favorite Radiohead album. I think it's their most theatrical, most emotional, and most complete project to date. Paranoid Android and Exit Music (For A Film) are two of my favorite songs of all time. I will give it a 5. HOWEVER, it needs to be made clear that this album is a net negative on humanity for producing some of the most insufferable music fans on the planet.
This is the album OK Computer by the band Radiohead
Not a huge fan. I can manage an average score with this one.
One of the most influential albums of my life, still holds up
Phenomenal album
Love me some Radiohead!
Unpopular opinion: I like The Bends better. Still, a great album, if maybe just a bit sluggish in places.
made me miss her with Exit Music, Let Down, and Karma Police all in a roll. Good album with popular hits but not that great to use as a lock in type of album.
2 legendary songs but the rest was shit so 2/5 In Vlaams we call this ‘kattengejank’
The song got progressively better in the album, and I loved to realize that I was listening to some of the soundtracks used in the movie “Children of Men”.
I really enjoy Radiohead!
#872. Pretty good. Pretty good. 5/5: great
Very relevant to modern times. Love how the story of alienation from society due to the overwhelming technological advancements comes together in such a sad and thought provoking way. The theme is great and music is well done. One of my favorite albums.
Not for me at all. Could see these songs in the background of like spy movies. The computer vibe and electronic sound just threw me off. Maybe after a couple of listens this will be better but right now it just was less than meh for me.
I've never really been hugely into Radiohead, I mean obviously I've known of them and some of their tracks are pretty unavoidable. But I've never really listened to them specifically or an entire album for that matter. I like this one. It's a little "sad boy" heavy at times but I think I'll return to this and give it more of the time it probably deserves to unfold sometime in the future Standouts Exit Music (For A Film) Karma Police No Surprises 4/5
3/10
i’ve heard this album so many times before. i had a huge radiohead phase back in high school and early college. they are really really good at managing three guitarists on this album. incredible bass playing throughout. i mean it’s ok computer what hasn’t been said a million times about ok computer. the vibes are incredible. paying a lot of attention to all the glitchy computer sounds. incredible attention to detail throughout this whole project. also incredibly catchy. there isn’t a single song on this thing i don’t like. nothing’s out of place. the track sequencing is absolutely perfect. to think i was worried it wasn’t going to hold up. i havent listened to this thing since getting into a ton of other music. and im listening to the original, ive listened to the remaster and its waaay better. its insane how good this thing is. im at the drop of exit music. i would die for colin greenwood. god i love bass guitar. fitter happier blew my mind as a kid. i’m also listening to this in the middle of the night. really heightens the vibe. i think climbing up the walls is my favorite song this listen. i’ve always loved that one. it’s gonna be a glorious day BWOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW yea it’s hard not to give this a 5. i totally expected to be contrarian on this after listening to so much other music since the last time i heard this but yea it holds up. great album. lmao ok computer is a good album, big whoop.
started off bad but there are a few okay tunes in it. 2.5 maybe
I recognize why this album was culturally important. I also think most of it sounds a lot like ‘yeah yeah yeah…. technology empire… yeaaah yeah yeah… android and circuits and government… oooooooh… yeah….’ And I think. It’s not for me. Most of this album was truthfully boring me to tears UNTIL “Fitter Happier” came on and then I just felt dread but like it’s cool that it made me feel that way. Electioneering woke me up!! Good song!! I then immediately went back to sleep. I think there’s sort of this thing that happens with listening to old anti establishment music in the modern age where it was a very poignant thing to say at the time but now it’s like yeah dude I know we’re in a tech dystopia there’s like 8 giant ai companies invading every aspect of our lives and all of them have logos that look like a butthole I did like Subterranean Homesick Alien a lot! Rly cool soundscape
I like some of radioheads material but it is not on this album. Too much whiny
Is this list trying to make me spiral??? Yeah another v good album, it’s a groundbreaker, everyone knows it, its very very good. Its quite depressing, it’s bleak, but there’s something in the music that holds you afloat. On this listen I’ve changed my mind and now prefer this to Kid A. 4.5/5.0 Best Song: Exit Music
Marginally better than the last radiohead album we had, but it still doesn't get me excited. I like half the songs and no surprises in particular
3.8
I hadn’t heard this in a while and listening to it I can see why it is lauded, with its fierce rock easing easily into indie ballads it is remarkable. I am a sucker for shifting tempos; I love songs that sound like Pink Floyd and Nick Drake and adore any mention of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – this album is pure excellence.
I can still remember catching the music video for Paranoid Android for the first time and loving the video and not really paying that much attention to the music itself. But then later listening to it and the rest of the album and loving it. Still loving the album 30 years later.
YES YES YES I love this one WE HOPE THAT YOU CHOKE
Dod not enjoy
Despite this only being my 54th album so far, this is the third Radiohead album I've gotten. The only song I already know from OK Computer is No Surprises, but I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what to expect from it. • Paranoid Android starts off a bit slower, but I like how it kicks in just before the 3 minute mark. • The choir synth in Exit Music reminds me a lot of one of the sounds in Metroid Zero Mission's soundtrack • I hated Fitter Happier, there's something about this exact type of text to speech that creeps me out really bad • No Surprises has never really left much of an impact on me. I can recognise that it hits its emotional beats well, but I've never sought the song out to listen to it. However, in the context of the rest of this album, it feels like a clear step above everything else I've listened to so far. I'm slightly surprised to say, this album didn't really do it for me. As I said, this is the third Radiohead album I've listened to so far, and I think I preferred both of the others to this one. There were a handful of songs (Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises) that had their merits, but the rest of the album didn't feel like it lived up to that level. Also, the more Radiohead I listen to, the more I realise that they're not my cup of tea. They're by no means bad, and I see why people like them so much, but I don't think I'll ever go out of my way to listen to Radiohead. Favourite song: No Surprises
A magnificently somber album that has one of the saddest songs within. This album has such an unique sound to it that is hard to criticize yet, like many others, there are still some songs that don’t quite reach the same level as the others.
I bought this the week it was released. On the evidence of their previous albums we were not expecting this at all. It was instantly recognised to be something special. I think I noticed it by track two. Over the years I've fallen in and out of love with Radiohead many times. This album still sounds amazing after all these years though, nothing here sounds dated. It's beautifully produced, and it still has the power to raise hairs on the back of my neck.
My favorite album by a band I really love.
Ok, let’s go.
So what, no radio head? 📞 🛹 👞 💥 Undisputed masterpiece Fave track: Let Down
When he was asked how it felt to have predicted the future on Ok Computer, Thom Yorke pretty nonchalantly remarked that they “just looked at what was happening at the time”. There are many reasons I would consider this album a masterpiece - the fact that it has aged so well being one of them. It’s an album that holds the rare distinction of somehow living up to all of the praise it has received over the years. To me, it’s an album that has a great deal of personal significance, and it’s an album I’ll aways keep coming back to. In an album constructed exclusively of top tier tracks, I’ll just call out Let Down, for its ability to emotionally devastate every single time. What a special album. 5/5
What a classic. Happy days.
Worthy of all it's praise
I liked Let Down. Radiohead just sound whiny. Confirmed I don’t like them
AK
Not a Radiohead fan but an alright album
I love it
Muse le debe la vida a este disco
10/10 of course, need I say more? Stand-outs - Exit Music (For a Film) - Karma Police - Climbing Up the Walls - Lucky - The Tourist
Exit Music —> Let Down —> Karma Police pushes this to five stars.
Who doesn't love radiohead? Banger album. Exit music and no surprises soothe me
Not my Cup of tea
All these years later, this still sounds like the future. The themes of technology and its impact on the human experience are no less relevant today; the paranoia and claustrophobia has only gotten worse. The music is just as evocative, with a mostly familiar take on alternative rock layered with unique elements. The beautiful melody of "Let Down" and the solemn piano of "Karma Police" are at once comforting and distressing. While this coldness is what gives the album its impact, songs like "Paranoid Android" - while impressive in its format and complexity - can keep me at arm's length rather than inviting me in. Still, there's something so satisfying about the guitar tones and all the little details, not to mention the interplay between the louder songs and solemn ones, that makes coming back to it worthwhile.
It's OK Computer. Nothing short of 5 stars would be appropriate.
Opening track is so cool. Feels like Radiohead. Paranoid android I get some PT vibes, minus the vocals. What a cool song, so many vibe changes, chords, kinda proggy, banger. Subterranean alien, so cool, wavey and psychedelic. Exit music - dark, melancholic, optimistic. Builds and builds, chills! Let down - a bit more forgettable, kinda poppy with some math rock elements. Karma Police the classic - enjoyed it even more in the context of the album. Fitter happier a weird interlude. Electioneering also interesting, cowbell. Climbing up the walls another forgettable one. No surprises another chill rock classic, mellow as it gets. Lucky also really good - this subtle western vibe, sneaky and mysterious, then kinda gospels?? Really cool. Closes out with the tourist, a slow and pretty song. Enjoyed it more than I was expecting, a solid 4.25/5
Obviously they’re good, but I’m sure there’s an emperor’s new clothes situation happening with how good everyone says they are.
Well, yeah....obviously this is an essential album. There's a reason those "[Person] Reacts To Hearing 'OK Computer' For The First Time!" videos on YouTube are so popular.
Honestly, there's parts of this album that I don't particularly care for. But the songs that are good, which is most of them, are just too good to give this anything less than a 5.
Vägev album, mul hakkas täitsa kahju, et pole enne seda kuulanud. Täis originaalseid ideid ning osavat laulmist (millest Bono vaid unistaks). Selline solid 4.2/5
10/10
Not a huge Radiohead fan, but this album is worth appreciating.
All of the album, in its entirely, is incredible! The first half is amazing, the second half it slows down but it keeps you engaged. It's noisy, it's emotional and will get you hooked from beginning to end.
Excesivamente emo
ya lo he escuchado :-) me gustó muchi
One of the all time beat
Täyden kympin levy! Oon kuunnellut tätä jo melkein 30 vuotta, eli ilmestymisestään saakka. Tämä on mun ”terapia-levy” numero 1. Ei yhtään huonoa biisiä ja Thom Yorken ääni on mitä mahtavin. Kuuntelin tästä 20-vuotis version ”OK Computer OKNOTOK”, millä on yksi parhaimmista Radiohead biiseistä ”I Promise”. Kyseinen biisi jäi originaali julkaisulta pois, mitä ihmettelen suuresti.
Another old favourite, although it’s been a long time since I listened in full! Favourite track: another tough choice, but I do love Karma Police.