OK Computer

for some reason it was Fitter Happier that made me decide to give this album a 5. that feels like a very cringe decision but sometimes you just need the angst. im usually pretty neutral on Radiohead but this album slaps. it's got all their best hits, it keeps you on your toes and it just does not stop giving. 5/5 bring down the government

Hard to say anything about this album that hasn’t been said before. It’s perfect. Whatever secret formula Radiohead tapped into they’ve sure got it. This is a top 100 album ever. I listened to this like 4 times and then spent the rest of the day listening to the entire Radiohead discography. This is definitely their shining achievement but I'm still excited for the onslaught of 4s and 5s they'll bring when we roll the others. The tourist has a part that has the same riff to we begged 2 explode, love u Jeff.

Ok. This album is great. And Radiohead is definitely a great band. But I don't understand how this album ends up on the top charts of best albums of all time (top 10 specifically). It's a great album, and I do love a lot of songs on it, but it is definitely hyped tf up. I also realized that Yorke sounds very similar to the Muse frontman. Idk why that stood out to me now rather than the 123409812509 other times I've listened to Radiohead. This album is spooky, beautiful, serious, and has a bunch of hits. I also enjoy the melodies and chord progressions that define the band. This band also falls into my musical preferences, so I'm slightly biased. This is a terrible review, but I'm struggling between a 4 and a 5. That decision will be decided on tomorrow. Yeah after another full relisten, I'm giving this a soft 5

It’s a 5 duh

Awesome

No words needed

Can’t say anything lower because I am a fan

One of the best albums they have done. The Bends, arguably, might have (some) better songs, but that album feels simply like a collection of songs. This one coheres as an actual long-form album, and the songs are terrific. Airbag and Karma Police have some great delay FX on them, and Paranoid Android is a blast from start to finish. More delights await you.

A classic for a reason. Surely one of the greatest albums of the 90s, and of all time. Nothing close to a bad track. Untouchable

I love this album very much!!

This album is fire

This album was one of my starting points that really developed my tastes in music. It’s still a favorite of mine (though Kid A is my #1 Radiohead pick) and yeah obvs 5 big fat hunky stars.

Did any band release their best album in 1997, at the tail of Britpop and Alternative Rock and before anything solidified to replace them? Tindersticks perhaps, depending on personal taste. Six Pence None The Richer, I guess. No, not the Verve. OP8's one fun effort, Slush, hardly counts. But from May 1997 until October 2000, it looked as though Radiohead would. Nothing else was as lauded, nothing else was expected to have the longevity. Other Britpop and Britrock bands faltered commercially when they attempted bloated, overlong records: The Great Escape, Be Here Now, This Is Hardcore. OK Computer is not bloated, it's rich, it's dense, expansive and, somehow, it succeeded commercially. A critical masterpiece and commercial masterstroke. Certainly they couldn't do that again. Surely this will stand as their greatest achievement. There are at least two other challengers for the position of best Radiohead album and, as we've already come across the lesser Amnesiac, I'm confident we'll come to the other two in time. Radiohead is a band I love, but that I'm not in love with, so I think I'm being objective when I say OK Computer isn't their greatest record. I don't think. It's Kid A. Or it's In Rainbows. And yet... OK Computer has twelve tracks and doesn't that feel more like an album? The other two have ten tracks each, which, undoubtedly, makes for a more concise, coherent, enjoyable listen. But, having started buying records in the 90s, on overstretched CDs, isn't twelve tracks, fifty-three minutes, an album? Their contemporaries sounded intumescent at the same length. They sound in control, sculpted, more powerful than Thom Yorke's bellyaching lets on. Actually, Kid A is only six and a half minutes shorter. That's one Paranoid Android. Would OK Computer be better without Paranoid Android? No. It hardly matters. I'm giving it 4.5 to allow some headroom for the other two to get 5, if I feel like it on the day. I'm confident that you'll give it 5 anyway, so it will be on aggregate and that feels most appropriate to me. It's a 5 star record, it is. I have to take care writing about this album not to get carried away with personal confessions. Here is one of two albums - along with Nevermind by Nirvana - I was introduced to at age 14 which I believe were formative not just to my musical habits as a listener or a guitar player but to my whole personality. I have listened to OK Computer hundreds of times and I know every bar in it like the voice of a parent. This makes it very easy to ignore when it’s on; not the case for me with music in general which I have always found utterly distracting from conversation or any kind of mental task. Here is my brain’s wallpaper. But when I do sit down to give it my attention, which I do perhaps once a year, I still find it very powerful indeed. There are moments in this record, the last minute and a half of Let Down for example, which I find almost unbearably moving. There is inescapable nostalgia mixed in there; the opening of Karma Police almost always puts me on a bus on Castle Street, the song playing in my headphones off a cassette tape while I pull a brand new cd copy of the album from a HMV bag and have a good old read/sniff of the liner notes. But I also believe that this music would stand as genuinely powerful art if I could strip it of all its advantage over me in the way of nostalgic associations. Or at least I must believe that - even in the horrible face of contemplating that there are people who believe the same about, for example, Dookie. Anyway I am happy with my position. I know there are lots of people who say that they wish they had been in the flush of youth in the mid 1960s so they could have experienced the Beatles or Hendrix first-hand. Well I love the Beatles and I love Jimi Hendrix but I am so grateful that I was 14 in 1997. I am grateful too to the people who introduced me to this music then - including my dear friend writing above. It would have been a terrible source of regret to me if I had, later in life, realised that a cultural moment like that had passed me by. Or, even more frightening, I might not care at all because I would be someone else entirely. 5/5

I was deep into Radiohead for many years. But it’s been a long while since listening to. Man, this album is still amazing and I feel it to my core.

Rating: 5/5 | Favorite Track: Exit Music (For a Film) --- One of my favorite albums of all time. Cold, atmospheric, and explores themes of alienation and loneliness that still resonate today. What can praise can I give for this album that hasn't been said before?

It’s Dark Side of the Moon for disaffected millennials and I adore it so much. I could wax poetic but I’m just gonna rate a 5 and keep it moving.

No one else writes songs like this. Paranoid Android is the greatest rock opera of all time, Karma police hurts in a way little else does, right in the hypocracy. No surprises is so sad and beautiful and Fitter Happier is perhaps the creepiest calm song. This is the greatest album ever for a reason. It's not my favorite Radiohead album, but it is the bests one.

Enfusing

Starts off good, and keeps getting better (except for Fitter Happier, which seems out of place). Let Down, Karma Police, and No Surprises are all major hits, and Exit Music precedes a couple of them to really kick things off. Makes me wonder how much Radiohead’s sound influenced Manchester Orchestra, since they have the same slow singing style, just with less of a rock vibe.

Superb

This is one that I've listened to before, of course. There's not much else that can be said about it that hasn't already. Band-defining, genre-defining. Re-invented Radiohead for their foreseeable future and basically created modern progressive rock. It feels sacrilegious to give anything other than a 5/5

Truly lives up to the hype. Had not listened to this in full for a long time, and never fully appreciated just how great it is. I remember listening to numerous songs from this album via the soundtrack of season 1 of Westworld (didn't bother with future seasons, S1 gave me everything I wanted), it became a part of my soul then somehow. Song-by-song I used to not like Airbag as an opener, how off was I? When it started playing yesterday on my earphones, I realised that I'd have to move to my home speakers to give the album justice. What an opener! Parnoid Android is one I had saved for a long time, before I even listened to full Radiohead albums. The weirdly distorted guitars make for quite the listen. Subterranean Homesick Alien kind of reminds me of Coldplay at their best, or perhaps better put: Coldplay if they had gone down a different route. Guess that opinion is rather personal though. Exit Music is one of the most beautful songs I've come across. Let Down is the most emotional one on here for me, the overall vibe is just so sad and dystopian. Karma Police is one I had played off-album quite a bit before, but holds up very well still, even after countless listens. Fittier Happier is the only song I didn't save from the album, and could be seen as a lull, but I think it adds to the aesthetic and atmosphere of the album in a way that fully warrants its inclusion. Electioneering is one I hadn't saved before but grew on me with this listen. Sounds like Radiohead doing 2000s indie/Britpop, but I guess this came before that time so may have influenced what came after. Good bop. Climbing Up The Walls - damn, I overlooked this song in the past. The drums in the introduction hit damn hard. That little "ding-ding" that interactions with it is wonderful too. Perhaps one of my favourites from the album after these listens. No Surprises is of course another one I had listened to many a time before, to the point that I think I am over-exposed to it at this point. Can remember I was blown away the first time I listened to it though. Lucky just sounds so damn good. One of my favourites from the album as well. "Pull me out of the air crash Pull me out of the lake 'Cause I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge" The Tourist is a beautiful way to finish. Honestly listened to it about 4 times in full yesterday, and will probably go and buy the CD this week. A true masterpiece. 5*

Awesome.

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מושלם Exit music ו no surprises לוקחים אותי למימד אחר וגם lucky פסיכי וחדש לי

Radiohead’s commercial domination still confuses me a bit, but they’re growing on me. This is a great album. It pulls you in and washes you out before you really know what’s happening. Phenomenal production to capture that dreaminess. Let Down was my fave.

emo ass music

Incredible album.

Mmmm Thom and Jonny feed me up some of that delicious dystopian alt rock

FUCK YEEEEEAHHHHH Realising more and more that I don't love artists, I love albums - got so into this album as a teen that when on holiday in Rome with family, I went out and found a record shop and spent all my hard earned paper-delivery money on it. It was the English print!! Why did I get it in Italy?? Who knows!? Fucking loved this so much!! I couldnt' stop myself Then took me almost 15 years and this project to ever bother listening to a second Radiohead album. Weird.

Loooove it

100% holds up. Sweet, scary, expansive, intimate, everything

I consider this to be the best Radiohead album and one of the best of all time. But it’s not my favorite.

One of my favourite albums

On some days, this is my favourite album of all time. and at those times I just can't fathom any other music coming close to this level of brilliance. (Except maybe other Radiohead records.) I could go on and on about how ridiculously excellent this record is in just about every regard. Even the haunting computer-spoken interlude Fitter Happier, which most people probably consider a filler/throwaway, fits perfectly when you consider OK Computer as a concept album. Unlike most of my other reviews, I'll try to keep this short. Every song on here is excellent, both individually and in context. One could justifiably rank Paranoid Android and Exit Music as two of the best songs of all time. The depth and complexity of the mix, particularly in songs like Airbag, Subterranean Homesick Alien, and Climbing Up The Walls, is near-orgasmic. There's so much to take in at once that it's kind of overwhelming, and yet all the elements fit together perfectly. Even in 2025, this sounds like the future. The lyrics (once you look them up) are pure poetry that's just as relevant today as ever. Electioneering, The Tourist... goshdarn No Surprises. Every song is a hit in every way imaginable. Karma Police. Lucky. Let Down. Holy smokes, man. And just like that, I've covered the whole album. What a freakin' masterpiece, yo. 5/5 Key tracks: all

Incredible besides that one song. What is going on there

A true masterpiece. An amazing album from front to back and such a gem. I wish Radiohead would have kept making music like this but they continued to evolve and I don’t really care for much of their stuff besides this album. Some of their fans will argue Kid A is their best work but for me it doesn’t even come close. These songs are timeless and have more melody, structure, heart, feeling, passion, than anything else they’ve done as a band. The songs are experimental, but not so far off the rails, and are written in a way where they come back to a more traditionalist song format. For that reason the album and songs appeal to a wider audience. I consider this album in my top 10 albums of all time and I’m not a Radiohead fan in general. I typically don’t care for most of their work.

This is a tricky album for me because allot of the tracks resonate with how I feel about living in our current society. no surprises is defiantly a favourite track of mine But as music, Radiohead always feel likes it is a band that elitist's listen to and never challenge them self to ask if a track is good because of the music or because it is Radiohead. That being said it deserves a spot here no questions asked. i get why people wouldn't like it. Thom Yorke's voice is very special and could be annoying and whiney but i feel like the music complement his voice so good that it don't bother me personally. In the beginning i was gonna put 4 to make a point that it isn't perfect but i personally really like this album. So say a unbised 4 and a biased 5

Fuck yes dude! This is one of my favorite albums growing up this is such a good album! Paranoid Android! Karma police! Classic! I forgot how much it hits and how different it is from their first album!

I wasn't necessarily in the mood for OK Computer today, but it's a certified 5 star album. I listen to sad sack bands like Radiohead or the Smiths less than I did when I was a depressed teenager, though this album still knocks the wind out of me.

One of my fav from Radiohead, really like it

Yes

Great album. Twists and turns in music throughout. Thom Yorke's vocals interweave with tuneful melodies and electronic backdrops.

I’ve listened to this album 1000 times, and will gladly listen to it 1000 times more.

no notes

Et absolutt mesterverk fra begynnelse til slutt. Har 20 års erfaring med dette albumet og det er fortsatt interessant og uten et eneste spor av middelmådighet. Legger fortsatt merke til nye detaljer!

Super

Lucky followed by The Tourist blew my fucking mind! Had an LSD flashback at work thanks to those two songs. Crazy good album.

classic album with crazy lyrics ans instrumentation for a 3rd studio. radiohead really just went through the roof going from Pablo honey to the bends and then to ok computer.

ate

Already heard this before. It’s a 9-9.5-10.

This is what you'll get.

own

this album just makes me think about when my ex-boss was incredibly disgusted when i told her i was born the year this came out after she said she had graduated hs

It's 1997. Tony Blair, head of the Labour party, was just elected PM. Britain and the rest of the western world are welcoming a new age of globalism, advancement, and technology. Fears of these are present, but they are exclusively the thoughts of a minority. Hope is in the air. Within the same time, Radiohead is coming off the heels of The Bends. A commercial and critical success that cemented Radiohead as a band with more to offer than one hit song. True artists who can move the masses, both figuratively and literally to the music store. The label was perfectly happy to be in a position to push another grunge/alt rock followup and rake in the cash. An act to place alongside other great bands like U2 Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Hope was in the air. In the face of all this optimism and excitement, Radiohead secluded themselves in St Catherine's Court and recorded a defiant piece of work, leaving behind a singular masterpiece. A cold, anxious, and dejected synthesis of alt rock and their electronic era to come. Musically it is dense, layered, and practically epileptic at moments. Lyrically, through somewhat elliptical storytelling, Radiohead predicted the quiet horrors neoliberalism and globalism would wreak on society. A culture of apathetic worker drones propped up by opiate technology and anti-depressants. Even to this day we are seeing Thom Yorke's words come to life. A torchbearer of postmodern thought in popular music, capturing a moment that only exists in retrospect. When only the jester could see Hannibal at the gate. Truly one of the most moving things I've ever listened to. It perfectly captures the feeling of the 00's politics and the dawn of the Internet Age. It provides an artificial ice that encapsulates my feelings about the 21st century. An illusory projection of feeling. The ghost of human society trudging about. I can't say much more that hasn't already been said. A basic answer, but it's my favorite cut from Radiohead. A desert island album even. Favorite Song: Let Down Rating: 10/10

10/10 Masterwork. These cats are cooking

Favourite songs: - Paranoid Android - Exit Music (For a Film) - Karma Police - Electioneering - Climbing up the Walls - No Surprises - Lucky - The Tourist

Flawless

Yeah, baby, now we're on a deserving Top 1001 album! This was so cutting edge at the time, the musicianship was top notch, the songs were well constructed, it had hits, people were/are still talking about it. Radiohead PEAKED with this one, no doubt about that. They were still playing guitars and using real drums at this point. Killer intro with "Airbag" right into the huge hit "Paranoid Android" (246M listens!). There's a sense of urgency & angst in those songs that's hard to explain. It gets the blood flowing. "Let Down "& "Lucky" are classic Radiohead and could have been on either of the previous albums. "Karma Police" (633M listens) is an anthem that my kids know. The production on "Climbing Up The Walls" is amazing, they captured lightning in a bottle. "No Surprises" is a pleasant song with a great chorus. There are no throwaway tracks on this album (outside of "Fitter Happier", which isn't really a song, but it fits the theme), they have good connective tissue and flow in real organic way, they aren't just songs on an album, they have a place, that's a foreign concept today. This one deserves a spot on this list for longevity, hits, impact on music/production & the entire packaging (even the B-sides are good). 5 stars

I’m a big fan of Radiohead, and this isn’t even my favorite album from them, but there’s no denying it’s a great one. The atmospheric production and songwriting are top-tier, and “Electioneering” stands out as my personal favorite track. A defining album of its era.

The original anxiety playlist predicting our 21st-century crisis.

it's a rock album that feels like it will be conceptually and musically relevant for a long time, it saw the writing on the wall on the very early stages of the internet of how it could change the way we connect or discourage us not to. it's a very obvious classic but it genuinelly deserves all it's flowers

One of my formative albums.

fitter happier walked so that nano could call himself a dirty little bitch

Yeah I'd heard this one before, and several times at least at that. It's easy to hate on people who yap too much about Radiohead, but it's not easy to hate this album for me. Enjoyable and inspirational from start to finish all the way through.

I remember hearing how i made my millions for the first time when i bought the vinyl of the single for no surprises and it changed my view on how things can be made. It is still my favorite radiohead song. I hope to make something as impactful in such a domestic environment one day

gomoco

A masterpiece.

Thanks computer.

The one where the band exits 90s alternative and starts getting weird. Admittedly I'm a basic bitch and like The Bends more. But this album continues to grow on me with each successive listen. It's really densely layered, I know I'm missing some things. As much as I like sing a longs, there is something really satisfying about a record that rewards multiple close listens. *That Exit Music for a Film was written for Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet might be one of the most 90s things of all time.

I mean, c’mon… This is such a step ahead of all the other albums we’ve had so far. I feel bad for ‘em. I suppose I have a bias after having heard this many times over the last 28 years but there’s a reason it has stood the test of time when something like…. The Verve have faded to relative obscurity. Radiohead was taking rock to straaaange new places. This is their peak as a rock band before they started getting overly artsy fartsy and electronic. I considered giving this album the elusive 5.5 stars but after listening to it today I realized that “Climbing Up the Walls” doesn’t really do much for me.

I love this album, have owned on vinyl for years. Especially love the percussion on most songs - subtle but impressive.

classic

Already love this fucking album, favourite of all time. No suprises here 10/10

10/10 Favorite Tracks: All of them

Still amazing after all these years.

No notes.

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I wasn't really familiar with this album except for "Karma Police," which is among I like but don't really love. However, the oppressive feel of the entire album works really well, songs are distinct but contribute to the whole, I'm sleep deprived right now, favorite track: "Lucky," 4.5 stars rounded up.

if I could give this 100 stars I would. not to be dramatic but one of my favorite albums of all time and a foundational part of who I am today

Amazing

Best

Don't even have to listen . But I did twice. Sorry to Radiohead haters. I love the production, sounds, themes, guitars, feels of OK Computer so much.

One of the most compelling albums ever written. An excellent blend of complexity, melancholy, introspection, and of course rock all rolled together perfectly in each song. An absolute joy to listen to, and has a unique quality that makes it enjoyable no matter your mood. Nothing but good things to say

If I had known about this album as a teenager I would have put up record numbers on it

Kip this is better than in rainbows it’s okay to admit it, they’re both phenomenal but this one just has slightly higher highs.

10/10 no notes. If you havent seen the music video for Karma Police, it's a masterpiece.

Great album. Karma police is one of my all time favorites

"OK Computer" is simply a classic album, one of the greatest of all time, and you could make a strong argument that it's the best album of the 90s. It's sometimes derided as overrated, possibly due to Thom Yorke's voice, which some people describe as "whiny". But I'd really encourage any doubters to take deep dive into this album to understand what makes it so special. Their previous album "The Bends" landed somewhere between grunge and Brit Pop, and was extremely popular, despite the introspective and often depressing lyrics. There was massive pressure on the band to recreate more of the same. It probably would have worked but it might have severely stunted their art. They wisely tried to do the exact opposite, starting with Thom Yorke attempting to make a happier album (you can hear hints of this in some b-sides and unreleased tracks, like "I Promise"). That direction was perhaps corrupted by requests from others to write songs about the Bosnian war and the final tragic scene of Romeo and Juliet ("Lucky" and "Exit Music", respectively). The majority of the album certainly doesn't sound as happy as Yorke intended. Contrary to what the critics say, this isn't an album about whining. It's not about themselves. It's social commentary and pre-millenium tension. It's a deep paranoia that we trust our lives to computers to automate live, consumerism to make us comfortable (if disconnected), politicians to fix problems, airbags to save our lives, etc. A huge part of why "OK Computer" became so successful is that these feelings really resonated with people of the late 90s and continue to now. Musically, Radiohead evolved rapidly here from their previous work. Whereas "The Bends" was essentially poppy indie rock and a product of that time, "OK Computer" was a like a real love of music. The diverse influences on this album will look very familiar to anyone in the middle of the 1001 Albums Challenge. Among many others: DJ Shadow, Queen, Can, Portishead, Marvin Gaye, and many others. Their styles are woken together into something completely different from all of them, a masterpiece inspired by many masterpieces before them. It's full of experimental techniques, electronics, feedback loops, live recordings, and musique concrete. While Radiohead deny that it was a concept album, the music definitely evokes a feeling of night time urban landscapes, populated by overworked people, insomniacs, technology beyond our control, and aliens attempting to make sense of what they see. The band opted to record in the countryside and it seems to have given them an objective view of the cities they were trying to escape, filled with desperate attempts to solve loneliness through consumerism. They shine a light on it, as if to say "No, it's not just you. You're not alone. We all think this is rubbish." Maybe that sounds depressing to some but it can also be extremely comforting. Nearly 30 years after its release, "OK Computer" remains a powerful document of its era.

One of the earliest albums that I've listened to throughout on repeat, back when I was a teenager that was just getting into music. Also got me back then into actively listening full albums instead of casual listening to random mp3s on winamp:) Gave it a spin just now and it still stands out so much. Love it

Awesome. Astounding. And still not their best album all in. Love this music.

A classic. Heavenly choruses, and huge impact on the music industry as a whole.

5 star record for sure. Duh.

I prefer (in order) Amnesiac, Kid A, and probably In Rainbows, but this is still gonna be a solid five.

Flawless album that even when I think I may overrate it, I keep finding new things to enjoy. I will say I recognize more influences on it this listen, taking from David Bowie's berlin period and other electronic albums Regardless a no doubt- 5/5

ol' reliable frfr ong, paranoid android still a banger

Airbag - 5/5 Paranoid Android - 5/5 Subterranean Homesick Alien - 5/5 Exit Music (For A Film) - 5/5 Let Down - 4/5 Karma Police - 5/5 Fitter Happier - N/A Electioneering - 5/5 Climbing Up the Walls - 4/5 No Surprises - 5/5 Lucky - 4/5 The Tourist - 4/5 Average score: 4.6/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ again, it's Radiohead. no words necessary

I keep thinking about what I can say about this that hasn't been said a million times. This is an undisputed classic.

Day 20: OK Computer - Radiohead. I'm only on day 20 in this project, yet I already got *the* OK Computer album assigned to me. OK Computer is an almost universally-beloved. Heck, nine users who completed their generator projects declared this album as their favourite album among the 1,089 albums. At first, the hype surrounding the album intrigued me, but now, that I've listened to it, I can confirm that the album does live up to its expectations. The musicianship is stunning. Every single song on the album is a masterpiece on its own. I don't really have anything to say about this album that hasn't been said over and over again, so I'm just going to say that this album truly is one of the greatest albums that I've ever heard. This album is one of those albums where 95% of people either love it, or are contrarians. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 5/5.

The dystopian monolith of 90s rock. An intricately arranged masterpiece that disparagingly looks into the future with pre-millennium angst. Cold, dark, angry, depressed, and so in your face that you are forced to interact with it. Best Tracks: - Paranoid Android - Let Down - No Surprises - The Tourist Worst Tracks: - Fitter Happier Rating: 10/10

For me this is a masterpiece that I thoroughly enjoy - and I always have. Well maybe not Fitter Happier, but the Beatles also had some weird shit on some of their best albums

The album that changed the alternative music worldwide. Masterpiece

I don't quite understand OK Computer yet, and I might forget about its existence again sadly. But I think it's a nice piece of art, pulling you in with interesting hooks mixed with futuristic sounding noisier bits. It sounds like a well-executed experiment, it's very cohesive and doesn't feel like it has weak points overall. Plus it kinda was right on the future, right? Just a bit. 5/5, but not my personal favourite. But I respect the craftsmanship definitely.

Already listened many times. No doubt a classic, considered one of radiohead’s best albums. Fav Songs- Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises

Perfect. No notes.

guitar solos sick lyrics sad

Yep. I’m one of those. Absolutely a 5/5. A truly pivotal album for me growing up and Radiohead’s best as far as I’m concerned. I’m sure the response will be polarized, but there is so much going on here I can’t help but fawn. A truly excellent piece of work.

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My all time favorite album and one of the greatest ever made

Amazing. I can't think of a better description! 5/5

This is probably one of the easier slam-dunk 5's on the list. The Easy Star All Stars version of Let Down clears

air bag is the only song i dislike. ALMOST a perfect album. still 4.8 for me, rounded up ofc.

First album I had generated I listened to previously, it's a masterpiece, not much more to say beyond that.

I used to listen to side A on a loop along with No Surprises so I did waiver between 4 and 5. I think that's probably a comment on me rather than the album. I prefer the instant gratification and familiarity of side A - just perfection. The second half of the album is a more challenging listen for me, but worth it.

The Dark Side of the Moon for the 90s and a great antidote to Britpop. No filler on this album. Each song an exquisite piece of art. Not only 5 stars but a contender to be number 1 album of all time. But unlikely whilst the boomer lurks amongst us. See now, the dark spectre of experimental music haunts the world. Boomer! You have nothing to lose but the shackles of the 12 bar blues chord progession and the world to win!

Break my heart and then sew it back up 😫😍 I love this album it was a pleasure to listen to it front to back once again! Thank you Thom Yorke and co - Morrissey take a leaf!

Haunting, beautiful, and thought provoking. So much to chew on. True excellence.

the generator is on a roll - got thriller, rubber soul, rage against the machine and this, all in one week :D Favorite track: karma police other picks: paranoid android, subterranean homesick alien, no surprises, the tourist

It was really fun to go back and listen to this album in it's entirety. I haven't listened to the complete album, probably, since the 90's. It was like walking down memory lane. And I was reminded of just how forward radiohead moved us in the 90s.

What a great album. My favorite might be Exit Music, but it's hard to choose. Climbing Up The Walls is a strong contender too. I spotify-liked almost every song on the album.

I'm not Radio head expert, but this is probably my favorite album of theirs. The perfect crossroads of their earlier indie rock stuff and later more ambient/experimental stuff. Nearly ever song a hit.

Will just quote my husband, who said it took him about 4 songs to realize I was listening to the album of the day, vs just listening to as much Radiohead as I usually do.

Ayy jetzt haglets da defür bangers. Ussert Karma Police isch mer no keis lied vo dem Album bekannt gsi, defür jetzt umso meh. Als chline Melancholie-Emo-Boy het mer Radiohead scho immer zuegseit. Und jetzt am 2. Januar, quasi chli amene emotionale Neustart vo things, pässlet mer das Album grad speziell guet. Da verdrucki grad nomal gern 5 emotionali, aber schöni tränli

This is probably my fourth or fifth favorite Radiohead album, and it's still a 5/5. Hell, I'd give it a 6/5 if I could. 1) Amnesiac 2) Kid A 3) In Rainbows 4) A Moon Shape Pool 5) OK computer 6) King of Limbs 7) Hail to the Thief 8) The Bends 9) Pablo Honey

I know it's extremely cliche to call this one of the greatest albums of all time, but if I'm being honest, it really is that amazing in my opinion. Every song on here is just incredible, but my favorite one has to be "Let Down," which is just a powerful song. This is without question one of the albums that everyone should hear at least once in their lifetime. 10/10

OK COMPUTERRRRRRRR

OK Computer. Somehow the generator starts with this album in particular. Nothing much to say.

A mandatory album from the 90s. Amazing.

I am in a computer

It is not uncommon to see this album listed as one of the best albums of all time - and for good reason.

Probably the greatest album of all time

5.0 3x + live on youtube. catch up 12/31. my favorite album for many years. never seems to get old.

This was a cool album, I don’t think I was in the right headspace to enjoy this to its full extent, and yet I still enjoyed, and won’t hesitate to take on a deeper listen. Exemplary production, quite sophisticated melodically.. I understand others’ issues with the vocals, but it seemed to underscore the themes and lend itself to the ambiance. 4.5/5

This has not aged at all Every track is pretty much a 5⭐️ song Even Fitter Happier, a song you’re never going to rush out to listen to by itself, is elevated in the context of the whole album If I had to pick one song it would probably be Let Down… No wait, No Surprises… No, Climbing Up The Walls… Lucky… Karma Police…. Not a bad song Flawless

Absolutely ethereal.

I must have been interconnected with the universe today. As I woke up out of bed this morning to get ready for work, I was thinking about Radiohead. And in particular this album. It is a little difficult for me to start writing a review for this. Like, where do I even start? There is so much to say. The band was exactly in the best place before the release of this record. From a critical and commercial standpoint, yes. But mentally, not at all. The Bends was their response to the explosion of Creep. And it didn’t help that their second album would generate a huge success of its own, with High and Dry as one of the lead singles. What the band decided their next album would be is a rock album which sets itself apart from The Bends in every possible. Thom took the already cryptic and strange lyrical conventions of that album, and gave them a proper meaning. If Kid A is robotic, empty, and depressive, OK Computer is bleak, dystopian, and nihilistic. It’s an album written by a man who was scared for what the future would entail. A future, which in many ways, he predicted the mentality of. This album’s themes are so in tune with how people view our world now, and I think that’s one of the many reasons this has stuck around for so long. It’s hard to understate the position this album has cemented for itself in music and pop culture history. Unfortunately for the band members, their goal of alienating people with this music failed entirely. It had the complete opposite effect in reality. I don’t think there is a more critically lauded and loved album from the 90s than this. It’s probably the closest equivalent we have to the modern generations Velvet Underground & Nico. And it’s one of the most defining, lightning in a bottle, moments of any rock bands career. Only rivaled by The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper’s or Pink Floyd and Dark Side of the Moon. I sort of have to go deeper into each track, because it’s really the only way to explain what makes this album so remarkable. Before this band really resonated with me like it does now, Airbag was one of the few songs I enjoyed and listened to regularly. I still love it, and think it sets the stage for this album really well. At the time of release, Paranoid Android was probably the most ambitious song the band had ever written. It was technically released as the lead single after the album came out, and sits at over 6 minutes long with no chorus. Many people interpret it as this groups Bohemian Rhapsody, which I don’t think is too far off. It’s kind of the defining song of the defining record. And it’s the one most fans point to as their magnum opus. Rightfully so. Subterranean Homesick Alien, which I’m assuming is a play on Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, is a very fitting title for a song about being abducted by aliens and escaping the mess that is our planet. The lead guitar and keyboard give it this super floaty feeling, which definitely shows the space rock influence. Exit Music (For a Film) is exactly what the title says. It was created by Thom for the 1996 Romeo and Juliet movie, and was used as that movies closing credits song, but also eventually made its way on to the full album. And really it should be used as a class study on how to properly build up your song and end with a massive climactic moment. People often say Let Down is the most underrated song on the album, but this is OK Computer, so it’s basically impossible for any one song to be underrated. But this is easily the most gut-wrenching song on the entire record in my opinion. It’s so beautiful and heartbreaking, and stands out to me as this album’s finest moment. To this day, I’m still not really sure why Karma Police is as popular as it is. It’s still an amazing song, but nothing about it has ever screamed big hit to me. As far as I’m concerned, this first half of this album is basically flawless. The latter half is where it loses a bit of steam to me. Fitter Happier isn’t a good song, and it isn’t really meant to be. It’s just meant to reinforce the album’s themes, and it’s really the moment where they set themself apart from other alternative rock bands of the time. It’s still an incredibly unnerving song though. Electioneering is by no means the best this has to offer, and it’s a relatively atypical song for the band. I don’t love it, but it still contains some great guitar work. Climbing Up the Walls is the one song on this album I’ve never liked all that much, and even after all this time, it still doesn’t do anything for me. No Surprises is another heartbreaking song, and also makes more sense to me as a big hit than Karma Police. Lucky and The Tourist are two songs that I don’t have anything particularly special to say about. I really like the instrumental section at the end of the former, and the latter is one of the most psychedelic sounding songs they’ve ever made. This album has an incredible track list. But as a whole album experience, I’ve never viewed this as Radiohead’s best effort. I wouldn’t even call it the greatest rock album of the 90s. This isn’t me trying to be different just for the sake of being different. I love this album, but it won’t ever be my favorite. I don’t think this album is their creative peak in any way. But it is definitely the moment where these guys became more than just rock’s next biggest one-hit wonder, and elevated themselves into another class of songwriting. Seeing as this is the order these albums have shown up, it seems I am saving what I believe to be the best for last. Rating: 9/10

Just about as good it gets for modern rock. Four classic cuts, richly emotional, sharply intellectual – it's music to think about feeling, and feel about thinking.

One of the greatest albums of all time

Big ol’ 5. Great stuff.

wait okay this album is actually kinda good 😆🤟

Pre-listening thoughts: oh BROTHER another Radiohead album. FOUR in my first 150. Like that feels crazy??? I feel like I should be at maximum two rn. But no. Four. Christ. And all the best ones are gone (including this one) so any Radiohead we get after this is… yuck Post/during listening thoughts: wait guys. The masses may be correct about this album. It’s definitely more brash in sound than In Rainbows but it has some real hits on here. It’s atmospheric yet engaging (stoner’s paradise). Thom Yorke’s weird ass voice works shockingly well here. The lyricism is pretty good too. Am I a cuck. Pls guys. 9/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: uhhhh IM NOT A RADIOHEAD FAN I SWARE NOOOOOO Fav tracks: I fear this may be a no skip album… I mean… uhhh… Least fav tracks: no no there has to be one I mean it’s Radiohead cmon IM NOT AN INCEL PLEASE

стотыщ раз слышал же, а подряд то зачем

I had to go pull out the CD and the headphones for this one. Radiohead’s OK Computer was influential in so many ways for different times in my life. The song Exit Music I first heard in the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack. I loved it then because of its mood emotions. It wasn’t until years later that I listened to OK Computer and its entirety, and fell in love with it all over again. There are so many great songs on here, including Airbag, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, and my personal favorite Subterranean Homesick Alien, which made it onto my life soundtrack. This was right when Radiohead was in the pocket and is arguably one of their best albums ever. An absolute classic.

Modern spirituals With Cathartic crescendos Pushing rock forward

Easy 5.

Quintessential

One of my all time favourite albums. The 5 star system often means an album that is a 9/10 will earn itself a 5 star from me. This album is not that. I would contend this is easily the best 90s rock album out there and an all time great. It had such a futuristic feel when it came out that perfectly encapsulated that period of truly evolving from an analogue to digital world. Few albums have stuck with me since my first listen like this one has. Of the 12 tracks on the album 7 are in my favourite songs list on Spotify. Karma Police and Paranoid Android absent only by virtue of having been heavily overplayed on the radio at the time of release. 5/5, 10/10, 100/100, a perfect album in my estimation.

Cmon, we all know what I’m gonna say. It’s amazing blah blah blah

Initial thoughts: Fuck yeah! Instant 5 stars, absolute masterpiece, top ten album ever made. I came to Radiohead a little late. I had heard Creep, of course, as everyone my age had, but it was whatever. At the time, I was very into hard rock and here come Radiohead, this little frou frou band - or so I thought. I was in the gym one day and was talking to this guy - an absolute jacked specimen of a man, and asked him what was in his headphones. "Radiohead." It blew me away. We chatted a bit more, he encouraged me to give them a listen, and the rest is history. Radiohead is my favorite band, and though choosing a favorite album is like choosing a favorite child (which is to say - you ABSOLUTELY have a favorite but you'd never say it in public), many would choose OK Computer as their magnum opus. As mentioned in my initial thought, this is a certifiable all-time banger. Not a weak song on the album, not an ounce of fat, no notes: perfection.

Haven't listened to this in a long while and I can just confirm: It's OK Computer. A Top10 album of the 90ies. Yes, this is a masterpiece you absolutely should have heard. Notwithstanding how I don't actually ENJOY it. But that's not this album's point, is it. It's dystopic and the anxiety expressed in this music is off the charts. OK Computer makes me somewhat see why people decided that Radiohead is not for them (have some silly little happy thoughts, then). Having listened through it all now, though, it's for me.

bout damn time

Amazing album. Each song serves to build upon the previous and makes for a listening experience that gives me a new experience with each listen.

masterpiece me thinks. Every song crushes me in a new fun way

One of my all time favorites, maybe THE all time favorite for me. I just feel like Radiohead make really good complete albums with great attention to detail and a great lack of concern with fitting in or making hits. They have total control of their art, I feel like they can make a calm and and quiet seeming section feel chaotic when in the context of the complete song, things that would not seem heavy on their own are earth shaking when put in the perfect place in context with the rest of the song. Paranoid Android, for example, is so wacky and unconventional but it takes you on a journey and really gets the feeling across that I believe they were going for with the whole album.

One of the best of all time. HANDS DOWN!

I love radiohead

Great album! Great, living texts, amazing guitar riffs, good production. Will be one of my favourites

So good.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

very heaven.

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

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

BRILLIANT ALBUM.

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

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

Awesomeness

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

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

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

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

Incredibly dense album filled with good songs.

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

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

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

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

Own it

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

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

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

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

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

let down underrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 Stars (14/15)

5/5

I already knew I loved this.

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

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

A masterpiece!

Gran disco

cap de radio

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

Very funky

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

So fucking good

Amazing

This album is amazing. A different sound and rocks.

Favorite album. Brilliant

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

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

ground breaking genius

Fitter happier More productive

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

OK BOOMER 9/10

Their peak, I think.

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

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

;-)

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

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

It still holds up and fact may be better now

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

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

Listened to previously

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

Truly iconic album.

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

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

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

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

A masterpiece full stop.

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

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

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

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

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

Ein sú besta frá upphafi. 6 af 5

It humors me that the internet calls this album OKC

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

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

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

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

One of my all time favorite bands. Incredible album.

Fitter, stronger, faster. Sublime.

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

10/10

Not even a top 3 Radiohead album

Breakthrough and legendary album.

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

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

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

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

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

Truly an all-timer.

10/10

Loser Music

Masterpiece. When do we get kid a

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

Masterpiece

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

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

伟大的作品，无需多言

Easy 5. Doesn't need a review.

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

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

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

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

One of my modern favorites. Amazing overall

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

Great album,

Easily one of the best albums of all time.

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

I think this might be my favourite album of all time

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

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

okay on relisten i get why people call this better than in rainbows

4.75 favorite: exit music or karma or climbing or electioneering idk least: ?? no skips, just some mid that isn’t quite what I like

By far my favourite radiohead album. Just great from start to finish.

Unbelievable 2 stonking classics in a row. (Abbey Road yesterday) I’m on the last 100 so maybe this is where the good stuff is hidden. OK is a transformative album for the band, rock/indie music and me!

Best album from the 90s. Lyrically and musically complex and innovatively. I've listened to it at least 200 times.

Indescribably perfect.

I mean

Doesn't get much better than this!!

Probably my joint favourite album of all time along with Abbey Road. I've had both of those in my first 250 so it's all down hill from here ;) There's not much I can add to the existing discourse about OK Computer so I probably won't bother being too wordy here. It's incredible and one of those rare cultural icons that's worth every bit of its hype The bonus disc from 2017's OKNOTOK reissue is also worth a listen - Man Of War and Lift in particular would fit in just fine on the main record.

I can definitely see why this wouldn't be for everyone. It can have a very depressing feeling to it. This is probably why I listened to it most as a teenager and young adult. I still really enjoy it, but don't find myself going back to it much.

**Review of "OK Computer" by Radiohead** **Introduction:** "OK Computer," released in 1997 by the English rock band Radiohead, is often hailed as one of the most groundbreaking albums of its time. The band's third studio album marked a significant departure from their earlier work, embracing more complex arrangements and a wider range of influences. This review delves into the lyrics, music, production, themes, and lasting influence of "OK Computer," evaluating both its strengths and weaknesses. **Lyrics:** The lyrics of "OK Computer" are marked by a sense of alienation and dystopia. Thom Yorke’s writing is evocative and often abstract, painting a bleak picture of modern life. **Key Tracks and Analysis:** - **"Paranoid Android":** The lyrics are fragmented and surreal, evoking a sense of paranoia and existential dread. The song is a multi-part epic that shifts through various moods and narratives, capturing the disjointed feeling of modern anxiety. - **"No Surprises":** This track offers a more straightforward critique of the mundanity and pressures of suburban life. Lines like "A handshake of carbon monoxide" poignantly express a desire to escape the suffocating routine. - **"Karma Police":** The lyrics here are more narrative-driven, with a sinister undertone. The repeated line, "This is what you’ll get when you mess with us," suggests a retributive justice, capturing societal disillusionment. **Pros:** - The lyrics are rich in imagery and open to interpretation, which gives the album a timeless quality. - Yorke’s vocal delivery enhances the emotional weight of the lyrics, conveying vulnerability and disconnection. **Cons:** - The abstract nature of the lyrics can be seen as opaque, potentially alienating some listeners who prefer straightforward storytelling. **Music:** Musically, "OK Computer" blends alternative rock with electronic elements, creating a soundscape that is both expansive and intricate. **Key Tracks and Analysis:** - **"Airbag":** The opening track combines rock instrumentation with electronic beats, setting the tone for the album. The song’s structure is unconventional, with shifts in rhythm and texture that keep the listener engaged. - **"Subterranean Homesick Alien":** Featuring ethereal guitar effects and jazzy chord progressions, this track exemplifies the band’s willingness to experiment. The music complements the lyrics’ themes of alienation and longing. - **"Exit Music (For a Film)":** This track starts with a haunting acoustic guitar and builds to a powerful climax, blending orchestral elements with rock dynamics. The arrangement underscores the song’s narrative of escape and confrontation. **Pros:** - The album showcases the band’s versatility and innovation, with a seamless integration of different genres and sounds. - The production, handled by Nigel Godrich, is meticulous, with each track offering a rich, layered listening experience. **Cons:** - Some tracks, due to their experimental nature, might be less accessible to casual listeners. - The dense production can occasionally feel overwhelming, demanding close and repeated listening to fully appreciate. **Production:** The production of "OK Computer" is one of its most praised aspects. Nigel Godrich, who became the band’s longtime producer, played a crucial role in shaping the album’s sound. **Key Elements:** - **Atmosphere:** The production creates a cohesive atmosphere that ties the album together. There’s a sense of space and depth, with each instrument and effect carefully placed in the mix. - **Innovative Techniques:** The use of unconventional recording techniques and equipment, such as the use of vintage synthesizers and tape loops, adds to the album’s distinctive sound. - **Dynamics:** The album’s dynamic range is impressive, with quiet, introspective moments juxtaposed against explosive, climactic sections. This contrast enhances the emotional impact of the songs. **Pros:** - The attention to detail in the production ensures that the album remains sonically engaging and fresh, even after multiple listens. - Godrich’s production has become a benchmark for how modern rock albums can sound, influencing countless artists and producers. **Cons:** - The meticulous production can sometimes overshadow the raw energy of the performances, making the album feel a bit too polished. - The complex arrangements may require a more sophisticated sound system to be fully appreciated, potentially limiting its accessibility. **Themes:** "OK Computer" explores themes of technology, alienation, and societal malaise. The album’s title itself hints at the uneasy relationship between humanity and technology. **Key Themes and Analysis:** - **Technological Anxiety:** Tracks like "Fitter Happier" directly address the dehumanizing aspects of modern technology. The song features a robotic voice reciting a list of self-improvement clichés, highlighting the emptiness behind them. - **Isolation and Alienation:** Many songs, such as "Climbing Up the Walls" and "Let Down," delve into feelings of isolation and emotional numbness. These tracks evoke a sense of being trapped within one’s own mind, disconnected from the world. - **Critique of Modern Society:** "OK Computer" frequently critiques contemporary society’s superficiality and consumerism. "No Surprises," with its depiction of a monotonous, conformist life, is a poignant example. **Pros:** - The album’s themes are both specific to the late 20th century and universally relatable, allowing listeners to connect on multiple levels. - The exploration of these themes is done with nuance and depth, avoiding didacticism. **Cons:** - The pervasive bleakness and pessimism might be off-putting to some listeners, especially those looking for more uplifting music. - The themes, while profound, are not always immediately apparent, requiring careful attention to the lyrics and music to fully grasp. **Influence:** "OK Computer" has had a profound influence on music, both within the alternative rock genre and beyond. Its impact is evident in the work of numerous artists who have cited the album as an inspiration. **Key Influences and Legacy:** - **Shaping Alternative Rock:** The album’s blend of rock and electronic elements paved the way for future bands to explore similar territory. Acts like Coldplay, Muse, and Arcade Fire have acknowledged its influence. - **Innovative Production Techniques:** The production techniques employed on "OK Computer" have become standard practice, with artists and producers seeking to emulate its atmospheric sound. - **Cultural Impact:** Beyond music, the album has permeated popular culture, influencing literature, film, and visual art. Its themes of technological anxiety and societal critique resonate with contemporary issues, maintaining its relevance. **Pros:** - "OK Computer" has set a high standard for artistic ambition in music, encouraging artists to take creative risks. - Its influence extends beyond music, contributing to broader cultural conversations about technology and society. **Cons:** - The album’s pervasive influence has sometimes led to derivative works that fail to capture its originality and depth. - The high expectations set by "OK Computer" have been a double-edged sword for Radiohead, with subsequent albums often being unfavorably compared. **Conclusion:** "OK Computer" by Radiohead remains a landmark album, celebrated for its innovative music, evocative lyrics, and meticulous production. Its exploration of themes like technology and alienation has ensured its lasting relevance, while its influence on music and culture is undeniable. **Pros:** - Lyrically rich and emotionally resonant. - Musically innovative and genre-defying. - Meticulous production that enhances the listening experience. - Profound thematic exploration that remains relevant. - Significant influence on music and culture. **Cons:** - Abstract lyrics and complex arrangements may alienate some listeners. - The pervasive bleakness might not appeal to everyone. - Dense production can sometimes feel overwhelming. - High expectations have made it a challenging benchmark for the band’s subsequent work. In summary, "OK Computer" is a masterful album that continues to captivate and inspire. Its blend of musical innovation, lyrical depth, and thematic resonance ensures its place as a timeless classic in the annals of music history.

A very fatalistic and nihilistic track in terms of lyrics, with a very bleak and almost hopeless sounding instrumental. Nevertheless, it was incredible with the mixes of a guitar track and the electronic influence that can be heard in some of the tracks. Overall an incredible album, I understand and agree with it being on this list. Simply a must listen.

i mean come on

Ok yeah this album is pretty fucking brilliant. I heard for the first time last year and didn't really get hooked. But this time I get it, fuck me it's good. I'd argue every song is at least great, with an amazing soundscape and themes. What more is there to say about one of the highest rated albums ever really? Fav songs: - Pretty much all of them

I have such mixed feelings about this album. Radiohead is one of my favorite bands and this could have the highest highs of any radiohead album. That being said, fitter happier>electioneering>climbing up the walls could be the weakest three song run in like any radiohead album.

Noiiice. Haven’t touched this one since the 70s era, so nice to revisit. Lives up to the hype for the most part. Some new songs stood out.

How do you follow up the grungey alternative rock of The Bends you go in the other direction with Ok Computer. Proggy, bombastic and about as far away from any levels of Britpop anyone could think of putting on them. The epic Paranoid Android is joined by crackers like Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music & Karma Police. Let Down, No Suprises, Lucky & The Tourist stir up emotions in even the hardest hearts & Electioneering still shows that they can rock when they need too.