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subterranean homesick alien😝
Packed melancholy beauty of a record. The big songs are classics for a. Reason, but it’s “Fitter Happier” in the middle of all this very human music that make the record exhibit the screen glow.
Lushly produced, sublimely paced and packed with emotionally stirring songs and compositions, Radiohead took a giant step forward and signaled their ambition on this release, a concept album that feels like the Gen X version of The Wall. It’s the last Radiohead guitar-rock album, yet it’s much more than just that, and if you listen hard enough you can hear traces of what’s to come. One of the best releases of the ‘90s.
Still sounds great decades later.
Sounds great; it's the clear frontrunner out of the handful of Radiohead albums I've heard. Highlights: "Paranoid Android" (stellar); "Let Down;" "Karma Police;" and "No Surprises" (love the Beach Boys-inspired guitar on this one). The music video for "Paranoid Android" is... not what I would have pictured.
Twas cool here and there
Airbag is nice song I think let down is my favourite, fitter happier is crazy song The guitar in electioneering is a vibe The tourist my favourite now 5/5 for me
Astronomical album. Already listened to and has solidified itself in my top 10 and maybe my top 5. The creative genius of Radiohead in this album shines with their new sound and style presented all throughout this album. It has emotional and gritty songs, and has an ability to switch to a more 'upbeat' and less emotionally drived song without any issues. Very very iconic, really indulging into this project makes you see that there isn't really any skips on this album. 11/10
Airbag - iets te zeikerig , prima maar niet dat ik denk banger Paranoid Android - wel nice, einde heeft iets? maar niet favorieten Subterranean Homesick Alien - dramatisch maar wel nice Exit Music - beetje van from de serie. vind deze best chill vooral t einde ofc Let Down - lovely banger Karma Police - deze vind k nice Fitter Happier - niet m’n ding Electioneering - elektrische gitaar, nice idk moet er zin n hebben Climbing up the walls - batman vibes idk No Surprises - lief verdrietig alles Lucky - nice The Tourist - slooow doowwwn gehele album - gewoon chill, we veel van hetzelfde beetje dramatisch maar wel chill
I love Radiohead and am completely biased.
ez 5/5
This album is perfect. I could go on about every song, but I will highlight a few. Subterranean Homesick Alien accomplishes a feeling of floating through space. Exit Music (for Romeo and Juliet) accomplishes such an incredible crescendo that is overwhelmingly beautiful. Karma Police is immediately recognizable and amazing. Electioneering is just a badass raw sounding song. I didn't realize No Surprises was the top song on the album.
I want to listen to this more
Already listened, AND own it physically so you just KNOW this is a great album. Insane production all around, with some real emotional value as well, topped of with some of the best songs known to man. I believe that this is Radiohead's best album, and deserving of a 10/10.
gayyy
i like but not love
Really enjoy this album just not as much as The Bends
If Let Down wasn't surrounded by the rest it might be a bit irresistible. And some of the parts of the whole thing without Thom Yorke are quite good, technically kinda brilliant in places (not the computer voice either). But I can't deal with the level of misery and whine on this album. And it has Karma Police and Paranoid Android *and* No Surprises on it so.. while it's impressive how many songs on this are still played endlessly and so on... No... Basically. Not for me.
ok
I was way more interested in the kid A as an album not really this, and I think listening now I think I know why. There is a lot going on about alienation and a sense of not fitting in, but the songs are all roughly acoustic based. the acoustic guitar, the piano, even a lot of the singing is accapella (sp?). I don't think I was receptive to the music, and now it feels so traditionally a "band" with some wall of sound to fill in. I don't know what I'm sayig. I feel like Kid A was way more revolutionary than this album, I think depeche mode introduced sinister moods of guitar and synth better and more interesting than this, and I think Smashing Pumpkins Adore which was releases a year(?) later was more interesting with beats and technology with acoustic baking. I love Radiohead, don't get me wrong, but this feels like they were very much in process with this album.
Just listen to the toursist, and for my first time ever doing this they picked a bomb asf album. I’m now onto climbing up the walls, and right off the bat I noticed that the guitar was going up the scale almost like (you guessed it) climbing up a wall.
Fave: Exit Music (for a film), No Surprised I like some songs by radiohead, but i can’t stand the whole album i’m sorry
ok
New Gen whiny yacht rock. I want to love Radiohead but most of their music just annoys me.
Ik ga mn best doen om me niet aan Thom te irriteren. Verschrikkelijke, zeikerige zanger, maar goed. Als ik me daar overheen kan zetten is er qua muziek echt wel wat moois te vinden hier. Thom zn zeikerige stem voert nog steeds nadrukkelijk de boventoon hier, maar je merkt wel dat het een doorontwikkeling is van The Bends. Dat album had veel meer de focus op de gitaren, terwijl je hier wel vaker ook iets van een synth hoort. Meteen mijn grootste issue, ik hoorde altijd dat dit hét alternatieve rock goes computer album was en dat men zich kapot schrok toen het uitkwam. Ik vind nog altijd dat andere bands/artiesten dit vele malen beter/experimenteler hebben gedaan. Ok, toegegeven, The Tourist is een prachtig nummer. Thom's zeikzingen werkt daar voor mij heel goed, en sowieso trek ik dit album prima. Het is nogal saai op momenten maar over het algemeen vind ik het beter dan eerdere Radiohead albums. Niet goed genoeg voor 4 sterren, maar een prima 3 sterren. Ben wel echt blij dat het voorbij is, want hoewel The Tourist voor mij het mooiste nummer is vind ik het wel precies lang genoeg. FAVO: Subterranean Homesick Alien, Karma Police, The tourist
Huge sounds, sad noise. Recognised a few songs. Top song: Lucky.
masterpiece
Disappointingly mid
How can an album be this good and STILL be overrated? I want to find the groundbreaking hook here, but I can't. It's a great album. I could listen to it back to back and still enjoy it and even find new things, but it's not a 5. It's a combination of Sashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, and Oasis. AND it's not even their best album.
Guess I'm not a Radiohead fan
Interesting was not mad on the genre
not bad but idk when ill be in the mood to listen to any of these songs (i dont like sad songs) airbag is good tho
Grozno. Na Fitter Happier sam odustao. Hvala, sljedeci!
Just awesome
What can you say that hasn’t already been said? One of the greatest albums ever made. Incredible
I knew a lot of their songs and didn't know they were this band
безоговорочная имба. в любимых больше половины альбома.
Didn't hate this as much as other Radiohead, but I still feel they're over rated.
Es ist perfekt wenn man abends nach einen harten Tag einfach im Bett liegt und mit Kopfhörern die Decke anstarrt. Wenn man Komfort in einem Album braucht, wenn man verstanden werden will und verloren ist.
zitten paar bangers bij maar ik vind de vibe te laag
Some decent songes like No surprise or Lucky, but general not that good 2 out of 5
Can’t believe I’ve never listened to this album before
Whizzy whirry computer goes brrrr KARMA POLICE ARREST THIS MAN brrrrrrr
I appreciate , but it didn't move me in 1997 and it doesn't move me now. I am aware that I am one of the few people who feels this way. I cannot pinpoint exactly why I feel this way. I am a prog rock fan and yet the vast majority of Radiohead albums leave me cold. Some of it might have to do with the fact that I loathe the sound of Thom Yorke's lame singing and his lousy lyrical constructs, but usually I can look past that in a band and enjoy the actual music in the instrumental choices and arrangements. On paper I should enjoy this, but in practice, I do not. After nearly 30 years of OK COMPUTER not clicking, I am not holding out hope that it is ever going to happen. As a synth head, I much prefer KID A to this album.
Meh...I mean, it's a great album. I just don't feel like digging that deep into it.
Top songs - Let down, climbing up the walls Good album, really well made. Now I understand why people call it the best album of all time, definitely a contender.
Don’t get the hype for them. A few good tracks, but overrated as an album and band
Paranoid Android has a really sweet spot towards the end around the 4:00 mark, favorite part of the song. Subterranean Homesick Alien is my favorite so far Not my favorite album but glad I listened - did not add to my library!
Probably the best Album that ever got made. Fav: Paranoid Android
The best Radiohead album I've heard yet. They are best when Thom Yorke sounds less wailing cat. Still not in a rush to hear it again, though.
hell yeah
such a good album i like listening to it as a whole i’ve only ever heard a few songs
Best tracks: Paranoid Android Subterranean Homesick Alien Let Down* Karma Police
A personal favourite. “I’m amazed that I survived/ an airbag saved my life” often gives me chills. As relevant as it’s ever been.
Whiny
It's a really solid album. One of the best of the nineties.
Loved a lot of that sounds on this record! Did not realize how similar in sound they were to the band Muse! Overall, I felt like it was a little ballad, heavy, and I could’ve used some more heavy hitting songs throughout the run time. So glad I finally got around to this one!
He buzzes like a fridge
Not a Radiohead “guy”…but it’s a good listen. Pretty inventive stuff
When this came out I was 18 years old. When I listened to this I felt at home, cared for, like no other music. I listened to it over and over. I showed it to a girl I was in love with. She took off my earphones and said: "depressing". What? I would never have worded it this way. Later when I married (another girl) I showed it to my wife. She had the same reaction. 30 years later I show it to my daughter. She heard of Radiohead through TikTok (mainly Let Down). She gets it and plays it up and down. She also feels at home. (She even tagged our blackboard with „no alarms and no surprises https://imgur.com/a/1VuhiVq ) I guess it's not for everyone - but for those for whom it is they feel the comfort I felt when I was 18. For the other countless people I tried to show it since then - they never got it and I couldn't explain them the beauty of it
I’ve had a few bites of this apple and it’s never taken me before. People hail it as the second coming of Jesus but ihave failed to get into it. For the sake of the exercise, i will try again. There is something a bit same same about this album. Its one long mopey ballad of a song.
I don’t know what to say about this album other than I love it just as much today as I did when it came out. It just doesn’t age - in fact, it still sounds like an album from the future. Impossibly good.
I love a band who try to do what they want - regardless of trends, or other pressures and I have always felt radhiohead were one of these bands, at times I haven't much liked some of their output but my regard has remained pretty constant. This album however is a corker. Multi-layered, with some real political balls (which I also love) and some damn fine tunes. Very possibly worthy of the praise often heaped on it - that is rarely the case.
20/10 no notes
I am definitely going to revisit again. I would say the album itself was great as a unit but not sure if any specific song stood out on first listen. Still very enjoyable.
2.5 out of 5 (if that is possible) I love Radiohead but some songs are too slow. Overall a good album.
Genuinely pretty. I enjoyed my time listening to this.
Supposedly this album has been very prophetic in its futuristic subject matter. If only the singer would enunciate. Pet theory: the songs that became a radio hit are the ones where he is actually intelligible. The most reluctant four I'll give because it is genuinely very pretty and layered but damn it Tom Yorke, open your mouth throughout all of the sentence please.
AWESOME. LOVE!
I expected to not like this album as much as I do. But I guess there’s good reason for it to be called Radiohead’s magnum opus.
This album is amazing. Having said that, it sends me to the edge, the brink of despair. I did not listen to it today because I might fall over that edge if I did listen. I don’t have the testicular fortitude to handle it right now.
I found this to be unenjoyable for the most part. There were a few moments where I liked the instrumental parts of songs. Electioneering was the most tolerable song overall. I detested the vocals - whiny, grating. The lyrics were depressing and weird. The overall tone of the album was depressing.
My favourite Radiohead album.
I loved it
one of those albums that can sound different based on mood. Era defining album.
Top 2 or 3 by them
I still don't know that I get Radiohead but I liked this one I suppose
It’s a favorite of mine and always will be. So creative. It’s like an orchestra. The soundscapes and the lyrics match perfectly.
Classic
great album, trippy interludes, great from top to bottom
This has been one of my favorites for a while. Not my favorite Radiohead record but still solid nonetheless.
By far my favourite album of theirs. I'm tempted to dock it a star purely for Fitter Happier but the rest of the album is good enough to overcome how bad that track is.
The album is okay. I didn’t quite finish it, listened to it in the car, probably not the best time to listen to it. I’d give it a 6/10 Obviously karma police is good, also enjoyed Exit Music (for a film). Electioneering sounds like a good song, depending on your mood. Will have to give it another listen some day.
masterpiece
I can see myself coming back to this album and giving it a relisten, as it truly is unique. Didn’t wow me fully on first listen though.
Le pongo 5 estrellas por la trascendencia, pero me duele decir que al escucharlo nuevamente no me pareció TAAAAN bueno, le pondría 4...
Pretty, pretty, pretty goood!
Definitely better than I expected, because I don't like Radiohead. There are a few great songs here, some that are listenable and some that are insufferable. The problem I have with it is that by the end, I thought that every song had the same vocal lines and ending the album with an incredibly boring song wasn't a great idea. Still, I can see that this is a very influential album, I can see that Muse (a band I like) "stole" a lot from here. When the songs are good, they're great. Karma Police and Paranoid Android are incredible. All in all, a 3.5 album for me.
I would even give 4.5/5 to this masterpiece. For the record: I don’t like Yorke’s vocals at all. This fact does not let this album to get 5 stars. Guitars, drums, electronic effects are top notch. Plenty hit songs with so unusual chord progressions! Great artwork.
GETTING CAUGHT UP! really not the biggest Radiohead guy but you can't deny the significance of this album like almost every song has been memefied or used in some legendary movie scene so I can't fight it too much. I've always loved No Surprises but I can't listen to it too much or I won't make it out alive
Knew about half the songs but didn’t know they were Radiohead or from this album. Totally hear the inspiration in this album to the 1975.
Radiohead has always been one of those bands I pretended to love because of friends who really loved them. However I am now coming out: I never cared for Radiohead. There’s nothing technically wrong with their music but I never connected with it. I like Electioneering, but apparently that’s the odd one out on this album so… It’s alright but I’ve never listened to this for myself, and I will continue not to do so.
I feel like I am the only person in the world that doesn't like Radiohead and I am ok with that
Listens: Many Standout Tracks: Karma Police, Climbing Up The Walls, Exit Music (For A Film) Lucky, Man of War (from OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK 1997 2017) I tend to cycle on which Radiohead album is my favorite, between In Rainbows, OK Computer and Hail To The Thief. I think, for the purposes of this review, lets just go with OK Computer. There's a ton of stuff to like here, but my absolute favorite is Climbing Up The Walls. It is an absolute stunner of a song, perfectly encapsulating that anxious, dreadful, paranoid, hungry (ravenous), crawling out of my skin feeling. The drum beat, the guitar and bass sliding up and down the strings. the weird chime sounds and the distortions. So fucking good. It has an almost alien quality to it. This song was used in a specific scene of Yellowjackets Season 2 and it really really set the mood in that scene. Karma Police, Exit Music (For a Film), Electioneering, Paranoid Android and Lucky are all also bangers too. And then, if you happen to listen to the extended version of the album, Man Of War is also another killer track. And finally, shoutout to the Easy Star All-Stars for doing a full album cover/remix/re-imagining of OK Computer (called Radiodread) in Reggae/Dub. That shit is also tight.
Classic
The record company deemed this album “non commercial” and “difficult to market”. And for me, other than Paranoid Android and Karma Police, I totally get it.
Absolute classic!!!
If I had access to this album when I was 11-14, there’s a chance it would have destroyed my life. But I have it now, and it’s pretty incredible
One of my favorite albums and favorite radiohead album.
best album so far
Radiodread is actually better
Exceptional sound
This is a 6!
Copy paste what I always say about this overrated ass band. This is the best one but its still radio head. Vocals always stink. And alot of it is whispy ethereal bullshit. It does have karma police and its one of two of thier songs I like so thats cool. The best song thats still not worthwhile but still is the best is electioneering. That song has somr getup. I'll take that. There are other songs that are also OK like paranoid android and no surprises but im not willing to give them a like to hear them ever again in my shuffle time. Kid a is i guess my favorite but this os number 2. Still only really average. Not great for sure. Screw you pitchfork or idk rate your music, whoever has a hard dick for this stuff that isnt all that good.
I'm trying to be polite on this site, but, sorry, this band is going to be an exception. Radiohead SUCKS
Perfect.
Growing up, my parents would regularly play this album as we took long rides. I probably heard every song on it a hundred times by the time I turned 10, so notalgia undeniably plays a role in my love for this album. That said, I believe it still completely holds up. The only low point on the album is Electioneering, and that that is far from a bad song. It just happens to be the only song that isn't nearly perfect (not counting Fitter Happier). Even after all these years, I never tire of playing it all the way through. Easy 5/5.
It’s a 3.5 and I’m rounding down because Radiohead still isn’t for me
Still one of the best bands to take a reflective nap to .
I know everyone cites this as the best album ever but I didn't drink that kool-aid, so I don't get it. Karma Police is the only good song and probably because I've heard it 12,000 times before.
Que puedo decir de este album. Le ha cambiado la vida a la Miriam de 16 años. Lo que me ha estado ayudando en esos años oscuros es imposible de explicar con palabras. Me ha venido bien volver a escuchar el álbum, para reapropiarme de el y recodar de donde vengo
I really wanted to like this album but I didn’t. Two tracks karma police and no surprises were good so I’ll give it a 2
Loved this band since the 90s
Listened twice today. Just a truly all around incredible album. Several classics, and even fitter happier works in the context of this album. 5 stars
You all are wrong.
It's a classic, there are some songs in here that I really like, and karma police is the first real song that I am learning to play on my bass, but just personally it does not work that much as it does to other people. Still very good though
Not really a fan of Radiohead but this was okay
Some classic Radiohead. A solid listen.
some popular songs, but still not my cuppa
I've already listened to his album (33). It's a classic for a reason.
Best album so far! Had to listen to it twice!
This is quite probably my favourite album of all time. It's atmospheric, the tonal shifts just work and it's an unmistakable sound that no other band has come close to producing.
It is a fine album. The highs are really high but a bit too much filler to warrant 5*
I was always astounded by the hype around this album. I feel like it was important for me when I was around 15, but now I rarely feel the need to put it on (which is the case for a lot of albums on this list). Nevertheless, I don't hate it, it's pure nostalgia for me. 3.5/5 rounded up Fav songs: Paranoid Android, Fitter Happier, No Surprises
Radiohead is weird for me. 2/3 of their stuff is just Pumpkin Smashing noise and 1/3 is the most beautiful heartbreaking music ever
Beautiful!
I've never been a crazy Radiohead guy, and despite some fun moments on the album, it never really hooked me like I wanted it to. Certain things I wanted to hear a whole song of, that only appear for moments or short bursts. Not a bad album, and definitely a revolutionary album in sound and you can tell what it inspired but not something I want to comeback to.
Very lovely listen. Some great songs I’d previously missed.
whiney and annoying, i’ll never understand the appeal
As an empowered and informed member of society, who will not cry in public and still kisses with saliva, I am fond but not in love with this album. BORN TO DIE / WORLD IS A FUCK / 鬼神 Kill Em All 1989 / I am trash man / 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS Fave Tracks: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises (the hits basically). 4.5/5
Deserves the hype it gets. Insanely well made and produced, musically DENSE in a good way (mad fusion of genres from shoegaze to folk and electronic bits coming through), lyrically captures something about the alienation and dystopia of britain changing in the 90s. This is impressive but I do think the bends has more of an emotional punch to it
Really good. 4.49 stars
4 stars mostly because it features a great highway interchange of Hartford, Connecticut on the cover.
Hyvä levy kuten odottaa saattoi. 3,5/4.
The album that made me. How lucky we are to have been alive for this one. Finally getting to see Radiohead live in Manchester in 2017, and them opening their set with Let Down for the first time was one of the defining moments of my life.
This is simply one of the most stunning albums ever made. It's all a bit understated and contained, but on a careful listen it's so layered, with every instrument and the vocals modestly but effectively contributing to beautiful, cinematographic soundscapes. Fabulous music, a very definite 5 for me.
Nice good Radiohead
The only song I go back and forth on is paranoid android, but the rest of the album is basically solid. The only thing missing is more experimental bits and a tad more cohesion, which arrives on the next album 4.6/5 - 5/5
I knew what this one was going to be - straight up 5 - so good. Still hearing new things in these tracks on every listen. Bliss
Man, this list stacked up two of my 5/5 albums back-to-back--Led Zeppelin II into OK Computer. This album deserves all the praise and hype that it receives and is (sadly) just as relevant today as it was when it was released back in 1997. It talks about rampant consumerism, capitalism, social alienation, and political malaise. The only Radiohead album that surpasses this one in my book is "In Rainbows" and I think that's just because it came out when I was in high school and I remember downloading it (which was still pretty revolutionary at the time) and listening to it on repeat the day/week that it came out. Nostalgia is a hell of a thing. Personal favorite tracks: - Paranoid Android - Subterranean Homesick Alien - Karma Police - No Surprises
11/10 This is one of the best albums of the last 20 years. I like radiohead, but this album is on another level. 11-10-2025
Super-weird that this album was pretty much unknown to me, despite how hyped it is and was. Probably only heard 1 or 2 tracks before this. Listened twice in hopes of seeing what made it so special. Almost got there. The problem with this challenge is that listening to anything once is rarely conducive to appreciate it.
My favourite album made by Radiohead
More than ok. No surprises
Top 5 albumns of all time
A 5-star worthy album if there ever was one. Amazingly ambitious. Favorite track: Paranoid Android
Amazing album Exit music is the best song radiohead made
This is their opus It’s perfect
If you're depressed, just be happy. It ain't that hard lil bro
I haven't had a lot of Radiohead experience before this. A solid piece of work.....though I thought there would be a some more teeth to it. But after reading more about the band and its typical sound and influences, this is right on par for them. There's certainly a time and place when this album would hit the spot. For example - taking a long walk in the pouring rain as you contemplate all your poor life choices. I think there may be other Radiohead albums that would suit my ears more than this one. I'm sure this won't be the last we hear of them in this challenge. Top tracks: Airbag, Karma Police
I headbanged to Electioneering
Smarter people with better ears for music will probably rate this a 5/5 and I can understand why. But at the end of the day, despite giving it the ole college try every couple of years, this album has never done it for me. I've come to realize that Radiohead is not my kinda band but I'm still able get down with some of their other albums (The Bends, In Rainbows). I find OK Computer to be quite boring for long stretches, but I'm sure that says more about me. While I can still acknowledge how important and influential this album is for 21st century music, I'm finally saying it, once and for all: I don't like OK Computer, and that's OK!
i mean, it's OK Computer. You asked anyone on the internet what the best album of all time was from 1998-2014 and you'd get four answers; dark side of the moon, abbey road, in the court of the crimson king, and if they were under 35 - OK Computer. I've listened to this album countless times, it was a major high school album for me. I hadn't listened to it since 2023, aside from the random plays of Let Down and Electioneering that show up in my last.fm profile. Getting to re-listen to it for the purposes of this game (this is no fucking game to me) was a treat. Throw on the first track Airbag, fit like an old sweater. Ran through the album twice. Still thinking "oh, this is one of the best albums of the decade." But then I thought about what my other favorite albums of the decade were and I realized that OK Computer actually isn't one of my favorite albums of the decade even though it's essentially canonized as one of the best. There is a slight difference between "favorite" and "best", to which I explain by saying the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty is one of my favorites of the decade...but it's certainly not better, in like a historical sense than OK Computer. OK Computer is genuinely seismic in tone, sound, lyrical content, and overall craftsmanship. Its adoration is maybe, perhaps slightly, a touch overblown but I think about listening to a song like Paranoid Android in 1997 - the digital age is ascending. TIME Magazine is writing on how the internet will dramatically change our lives for the better, Tony Blair's awful visage is doing its best to contort into a smile while his American counterpart makes the neoliberal fire sale look easy, this company called AOL keeps sending you CDs in the mail because you hit a checkmark on some obscure survey you filled out nine months prior. There's a lot of optimism around this new technology which presently seems expensive and obscure but capital F-uturistic. And here comes this mopey British guy whose album is framed around technology and has the gob to suggest that technology not only won't fix the world, it'll actually exacerbate its problems. It's little wonder its pessimism resonated with the miserable music journalists and disenchanted Gen X'ers of the time and it's unsurprising that it holds cache to today. The iciness of a song like Electioneering, one of the more explicitly political and (imo) most underrated songs on the album, is almost entirely borne out of turn-of-the-century angst over the failure of British Labour project. That said, I do find Thom Yorke increasingly unbearable. Part of this is his politics and how he presents himself. He's such a fucking pariah. And this weepiness is all over OK Computer. It has to be, right? One song I've unfortunately never been able to enjoy is Karma Police. This is mostly because it's used as repeated punchline in an old DERRICKCOMEDY sketch that I watched well before I listened to OK Computer. In the sketch, the aggrieved Kevin uses the song to melodramatically drive home how "hurt" he is over his girlfriend cheating on him. The sketch's decision to use the song is clever; Karma Police, like their previous major hit Creep, is vindictive and it prostrates itself far too quickly - taking a vulnerable position in order to be crueler when it's inevitably forgiven. I really don't like that aspect of Thom Yorke and it shakes out throughout a good chunk of OK Computer. You hear it on Subterranean Homesick Alien and No Surprises too. The songs themselves are really strong, they are incredible tonal achievements but the more time The Culture has me spend with Yorke defending playing in Tel Aviv at length, the less grace I'm willing to grant him for his annoying martyrdom. Climb off your cross, those aren't even nails, they're thumbtacks! Favorite Tracks: Let Down, Electioneering, Paranoid Android, No Surprises associated DERRICKCOMEDY sketch: https://youtu.be/Rcx4_CszaDI?si=J2xgOY_EKGzrieFy
For a while I have neglected the majority of Radiohead's discography (other than Pablo Honey, strangely?), mostly because of the association the band has with pretentious mansplaining pricks. However, I've overcome my stubbornness as I've matured and I can say that this album is actually something I enjoy. It's definitely something I would've enjoyed more in my depressive stoner era, but I appreciate the whole atmosphere. Standout songs for me: - Subterranean Homesick Alien - Let Down - The Tourist Don't think I'll relisten to most of it anytime soon because the album is too relevant to modern society and it'll only make me sad. Great album though!
sooooo good. No surprise here. Loved this album for many year. Truly a masterpiece.
An essential work. Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises... An album that changed history.
Nails on a chalkboard. This band would do well to sell their songs to others for recording. Like Morrissey, unlistenable, pathetic voice.
This album made me a lifetime RH fan! Melodies about being skeptical of technology never sounded so great!
I only knew of this album because of the picture of the I84 overpass in Hartford on the cover. The first song was actually kind of interesting and I liked it ok. I was feeling optimistic for the rest of the album when the second song came crashing in, destroying my hopes and dreams. I couldn’t even make it through without skipping to the end. Overall, there were a couple songs I liked, but most of it was just weird and depressing.
This is not what I was expecting before I listened to the album. I’m familiar with Radiohead and recognized Karma Police on the album so I was excited to dig in. The whole thing was very melancholy and I was left feeling like I’d missed something. Not a very good listen.
Nothing I write in this review is going to change your mind on the music you just heard. Radiohead is one of the most polarizing bands in modern memory and this album in particular makes it easy to take sides. I have no interest in trying to convince you one way or the other. I’d simply like to tell you why I think this is one of the best albums ever made. From start to finish, OK Computer creates something sonically that shaped the kind of music I wanted to listen to for the next 30 years. There is a palpable energy and a power pushing against the melody and lyricism. As far as I was concerned, this was the first ‘rock’ album to do this well and that’s why it’s an important snapshot in time to me. Now, to be clear, yes, Thom Yorke is a pretentious prick and way too full of himself and yes, there are plenty of failed Radiohead musical experiments soon to follow, but this album is a group of desperate, searching songs which invite me to dig into them. What brings me back so often is the depth and layering that exists on each carefully crafted track. Maybe I’m full of shit, as all critics are, but when I listen to this album, I hear 12 attempts at trying to create something unique or beautiful musically, but then each is overwhelmed or distorted by the drone or din of the world around us, of automation and the sound of forces that control us. The simple melodies and phrases, signifying this attempt at individuality, return in each track, sometimes only as catches or distorted versions of themselves, but are never able to fully reorganize in this world of homogeneity and conformity. Ultimately, every song devolves and ends up sounding incredibly similar to all of the others on the album, but I think that’s the point. It is definitely not because the band can only play in one style, or doesn’t have chops. It is a conscious artistic choice to make a statement through the arrangement and composition of forced monotony in the face of individuality. It’s also why the last song, The Tourist, sounds and feels so different - they’re not real - they’re just a visitor, someone passing through, outside of the usual order of things. Understanding that the organizing principle in the songs was part of the overall meaning invited me to look at things in a different light. Going further along these lines, the overall sound is distorted by the use of traditional instruments in nontraditional ways (for example, the main guitar part of Lucky is purposefully played on the strings above the fret nut, near the tuning pegs) and all of the little bits of distortion and layering of tracks, which create abrasive sound clashes and mechanize the natural sounds. The attention to detail on the whole album is truly an operatic undertaking that still has me hearing new things in the complex arrangements to this day. This mix is still what I’m drawn to - a tension between melodic vocal phrasing or perhaps the lyrics themselves being poetic (not that Yorke’s lyrics are all that well crafted) and a palpable tension building through the instrumentation. I’ve enjoyed the same dynamics in rock, rap, alternative and folk over the last 30 years. I can point to this album, second only to perhaps Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet, as that which helped me best understand how the relationship and interplay of music and instrmentation can help shape a songs gravity. Interesting final note - this is definitely not my favorite Radiohead album. But it’s still hot fire.
I don't understand the intense love for Radiohead. Undeniably brilliant say their fans. Revolutionary say the critics. Radiohead wrote two great songs, only one of which is on OK Computer. The rest teeters between fine and kinda bad. This is an insanely overrated album consisting mostly of self indulgent nonsense.
love this album
Hot
Radiohead just doesn't do anything for me; slow, drawn-out, whiny.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Every song is so beautiful and interesting, and they come together in an album with such a unique sound that you don’t really get in many others.
I think a downside of this 1001 project is that I’m prepared to give a bit more time to albums I think I should like. Or albums from which I like some tracks but don’t know the rest. Maybe it should be limited to maximum of 2 listens. Because generally by the time I've got to a 4th or even 3rd listen, any album is going to have grown on me (with a few exceptions). Yes I do like this. It’s that sort of miserable navel gazing album I’d have played to death in my student days at 2am when I’d tried to get off with someone down Pickwicks and failed (yet again). For the melody and production alone it could be a 5. Perhaps for the lyrics too if I could actually hear any of them. But I can’t disagree with the general consensus, Thom Yorke is so whiny he becomes inaudible. So that… plus the whole band coming across as humourless and up themselves loses them a star. Though to be honest, I’m sure they couldn’t give a rat’s arse what anyone thinks.
A really good with so many great Radiohead songs. I loved Exit Music (For A Film), Let Down, Karma Police and No Surprises the most.
Please! No more Radiohead! Thom Yorke’s voice sucks! It’s way too weak and whiny for the hard driving guitars and synthesizers.
A very very very good album. Although it’s a bit maligned now because it’s one of the go to answer when discussing great albums, I can see why people have it in the discussion. It’s not a perfect score from me however because fitter happier is not a good song and should’ve been left on the track list. Everything else about it is great
An album worthy of all the praise it’s received since its release almost 30 years ago. It still sounds fresh (though a smidge more “90’s sounding” as time passes), and its themes of paranoia, government skepticism, and anxiety are as relevant today as ever. Airbag is possibly my favorite Radiohead song and in my opinion is one of the all time great album openers. Paranoid Android is the quintessential Radiohead song (not Creep!), and Exit Music (For A Film) is still chilling as ever. The TikTok resurgence of Let Down and No Surprises (the latter has joined the 1B listens on Spotify club) is hilarious to me: these were always two of my favorite tracks and their embrace by Gen Z speaks to how timeless these songs are. Karma Police will forever be excellent, and Electioneering is somehow underrated. If you can pick apart anything on this album, I think an argument could be made that finishing the album with Lucky makes it slightly better, even if The Tourist is a fine song itself. I’m of the opinion that Fitter, Happier is awesome, though I know lots of people consider it a skip. Easily one of greatest albums of all time - one that rightly belongs in the same conversation as Dark Side Of The Moon in terms of great psychedelic-tinged heady art rock. Whats amazing about Radiohead is that I’m not even sure it’s my one of my top three albums by them. It probably is, but In Rainbows, Kid A, and the Bends are also masterpieces.
No brainer: Five Stars.
10/10 It’s moments like these that make me appreciate this album reviewing journey all the more. I already know and love Radiohead, have seen them live, have listened to all of their music, but for me, my introduction to them was when they started diving into the more electronic end of things, Kid A onwards. I’ve listened to and appreciated OK Computer before, but have perhaps never listened to it in as much depth as I have today. It’s glorious. The songwriting just flows, with songs almost endlessly developing and advancing, but they also know when to throw in something a little more subtle and static when the need arises. It’s art rock for the sake of the music, not for the sake of calling it art rock. The production is remarkable, as they undulate between sparse, bare-bones icy clarity and the cacophony of sound that almost overwhelms the speakers, filled with thick instrumentation, grit and distortion. The way they flow from idea to idea, without ever losing the thread of a song is remarkable. They throw in these almost poppy singles here and there through the album that work within the flow of the album, but have a slightly more radio friendly sound, but never derail the album. Every song has something different to say, all in a slightly different way, but it all blends into an all encompassing sound and thread that shifts, undulates, ebbs and flows. And in amongst all that, there is the overall vibe of the album. It’s a melancholy, but incredibly beautiful and, at times, uplifting album. I often see beauty in despair and this album encapsulates that feeling perfectly. It’s a singular piece of art that startles and delights. Airbag - What an opening. That riff is great, the drum fill is quality and then it thins out for the vocal and the bass comes in sparingly but impactfully. This builds and falls, ebbs and flows, with little tweaks and flurries of interesting effects use and ear candy. And there are some really fantastic hooks in there too. Paranoid Android - So many good riffs and some top quality pushing and pulling of the meter during the breakdown section. The vibe of this track is immense. It has the dynamic range of the Pixies, the melancholy of Joy Division, the ear for melody of the Beach Boys and the experimental edge of Can. And that’s all wrapped up in an evolving, adventurous pop song. It’s glorious. I could write about the different sections at length, but I write too much already. Subterranean Homesick Alien - That warm bath of synth/e-piano is so lush. They really know how to act with restraint in places. There are some busy elements here, but some of the guitar and electric piano lines are subtle and fleeting. There are so many beautiful arpeggiations and movements, and they also throw in a slight edge of distortion here and there that makes it feel like things are starting to crumble at the edges. It’s so good. Exit Music (For A Film) - Now we have something more stripped back. The changing dynamics of this album are so good, and this is no different. It never builds to the cacophony of other tracks, but there’s a really satisfying development as the various instruments come in and out, from the mellotron choir to the biting bass synth. It’s all so pretty, but with an edge of grit to it. Let Down - Good lord, it’s just banger after banger. There are some incredibly beautiful moments here, and there are so many ideas that the effortlessly shift through, never losing the thread of the song, which is such a hard thing to do. Some of the ideas start off seeming unfocused and then they just pull the focus wheel and everything sharpens up and clarifies, it’s just gorgeous. Oh, and I LOVE the arpeggiated synth outro. Karma Police - Oh, my, god. We’ve only just hit Karma Police and I’ve spent the last 5 tracks rambling about their greatness. This is melancholy pop perfection. The way it builds and drops away to the piano and vocal for the ‘this is what you’ll get’ section is absolutely glorious. There’s so much subtlety to the composition, but it all anchors around a simple core thread that just grips and engages the ear. Fitter Happier - It’s an interlude track, but it’s all vibe. The music and sound effects beneath the vocal is actually underrated in the depth and nuance it gives to this track, and it flows so well out of Karma Police. Electioneering - Out of the back of the interlude, we get some real pace and drive. The shifting, climbing and falling of the guitar against the vocal is great, and the drumming has got so much energy. It’s perhaps not got the level of inventiveness and variety of some other tracks, but it’s the perfect injection of vigour after Karma Police and Fitter Happier. Climbing Up The Walls - That evolving bass synth is great. This is another one that builds, washes and drifts, almost crumbling at the edges in places, even in the vocal which keeps saturating until it descends into a screaming wash of distortion. There’s a thread of clarity from the strings that hold the crumbling edifice together. No Surprises - The clarity and precision off the back of the last track is so effective. It’s a simple, yet incredibly potent song, another that does the build of instrumentation that drops out into something more sparse here and there. Another great poppy little number that still hangs on to the momentum of the album. Lucky - There’s a darker undertone to this, but it rises up into some incredibly beautiful, uplifting moments of clarity out of the sound wash. Those transitions are so smooth, that you hardly notice them until they’re done. Another remarkable song that’s composed and produced with such subtle dexterity. The Tourist - We finish off with another song that threads that fine line between sombre and uplifting. There’s so much depth and warmth to this track. There’s some really beautiful playing here from Jonny Greenwood and Philip Selway. This is such a calming way to end an absolutely genius album, while still having layered complexity, fantastic composition, musicianship and production.
For this Radiohead-valuer but not so much -adherent, Ok Computer and In Rainbows (yes, not Kid A) are their two best releases, and nearly prepare me to concede that they're one the great bands. Insofar as In Rainbows is the apotheosis of their gorgeousness, Ok Computer is the zenith of their rawness and vulnerability: it's the record that's more believable and more emotionally pertinent than any other. Yorke is still a limited and too-studied lyricist - 'And now we are one / In everlasting peace'; 'Don't get sentimental / It always ends up drivel' - but he never whines, just lays down his oomph w/ color and variety. The fact that each song is essentially a ballad is what makes this record so impressively complete: it's doing what it's good at.
Radiohead again already? Oddly I liked most of this one, musically if not lyrically; must be in my Saturday Angsty Music era. Who knew? If only Karma Police were currently out there dealing with ICE... Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved 2 tracks.
Had another Radiohead album three freaking days ago. FML. I keep thinking, Oh, I might actually like this Radiohead song? And then Thom Yorke starts singing. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
Listened many times before, and love it dearly. Quite possibly the greatest rock album of all time, and it's not even the best Radiohead album.
Raidohead=top tier
Peak album 10/10
Absolute classic, never gets tired
Had a rainy day commute to listen to this one. I was amazed at how many songs I recognized or knew the name of even though I don’t listen to Radiohead. I hear soooo much influence on a lot of later bands - Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol, even Two Door Cinema Club or Glass Animals. I added 4 songs from this record to my “2025” playlist - high praise. Easy 5, this was amazing!
Classic’s
I had minimal exposure to Radiohead prior to this album, and from what little I had heard previously, I didn’t expect to like this record at all. Was I ever surprised! Much mellower than I had anticipated, and there are some really haunting melodies in here. The lead singer reminds me a bit of Bono. As this album went on, the more I liked it. What started out as a three star record ended up a four star effort, in my opinion. I will want to listen to this one again.
Beautiful songs about a dystopia that seems frighteningly close. The album works as a concept, with the instrumentals and lyrics both sounding depressing and futuristic, familiar and yet alien. At the same time, there are several strong singles that can also stand alone. The densely layered sound paired with simple, but cryptic vocals produces an ultra-distinctive style that might not be for everyone, but in My opinion deserves the praise it receives.
Not too far removed from The Bends with the alt-rock sound, but elevated enough for everyone to notice. Radiohead continues their upward trajectory on OK Computer. This was my introduction to Radiohead, and for some reason, OK Computer always kept me at arm's length. It's a cold sounding record with a paranoia surrounding technology, constant surveillance, goal and job oriented society, and maybe the greater loss of something human. It's undeniably a good record, but I still don't see it as the masterpiece it's tauted as. Besides, I'm a bigger fan of all of the records that came after this.
Rating: 10/10 One of the greatest albums of all time. This album is absolutely gorgeous while having this alienating vibe to it. It predicted what society would be like today: interconnected but also desolate, and the music perfectly captures this.
I travelled round Europe with an old Walkman and two tapes. Fat of the land by the prodigy and ok computer. A fantastic album
I already listened to this like 10 times in the past, 10/10.
I love this album!
9/10
Esse é bom, mas não eh meu preferido do radiohead, mas eh incrível msm assim. 9/10
One of the best albums of the 90s and top 3 of Radioheads catalogue
Jag uppskattade detta album mer än vad jag trodde att jag skulle, förmodligen för att jag hade riktigt låga förväntningar. Fortfarande för gnälligt för min smak, och lite för deprimerade. Ingenting jag kommer lyssna på igen men jag uppskattar den musikaliska talangen som bandet har. De mer fartfyllda låtarna gav albumet mer tryck än "In Rainbows". 2,5 svaga stjärnor.
A true masterpiece, probably one of the greatest and most inventive soundscapes of the 90s. I've listened to this album a dozen times over the years and I'm always amazed by its depth and complexity. So many different layers of sound, so many influences are blended here - and yet there's a unique identity that you immediately recognize even after a few notes. I can understand why so many people would consider it depressing music. But I've listened to my share of depressing music over the years, and for me this ain't it... Sure, there's a couple of very dark songs. It's a soul-crushing album about alienation that shows very little hope. But it all gets sublimated into a higher sense of peace and beauty, and in the end it sends more of a bittersweet vibe. It's all very subjective, of course... Not necessarily my favorite Radiohead album, but absolutely worth a 5*. 9/10
1997, Road National 20, direction Orléans. In the radio tape player, OK Computer...playing loud... I got the tape casette recorded from Fredius... The car is now a spaceship and the journey becomes a meditative experience. This is one of my most vivid musical experience. Each note, each moment in this album is meaningful.
« No surprise », this album stands out for its excellence and shaped its generation! This album brings at its listeners a good karma and also luck
Certainly one of the most iconic albums of the 90s and one of the last true great rock albums. To me, it marks the true end of Britpop, it is a record that deliberately reaches for something more ambitious, darker, and more claustrophobic. There’s an introspective tension, the music and the voice pull you down, only to lift you back up just long enough to breathe. It’s brilliant, original, and inspired, full of subtle, intricate constructions, without a single weak moment. Still, I tend to prefer The Bends or Kid A. They feel more cohesive, more digestible as a whole. With OK Computer, I sometimes found myself waiting for the big surges to arrive. But when it does open up, when it gets emotional or dives into its rock impulses, it strikes deep, and often hits harder than either of them.
I think this is the first time I listened to a Radiohead record front to back. I was surprised by how much crunchy guitar was in here and thought it melded nicely with Thom Yorke’s vocals. There were a handful of great songs in here, just a few pockets that missed me. Best Track: Karma Police
This is my third Radiohead album from the list. Two of the less 'important' ones previously: Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows. This is obviously a masterpiece and is haunting and beautiful and still packs of lot of relevant meaning considering it's nearly 30 years old. Electioneering is absolutely one of my favourite Radiohead tracks.
Epically good. Experimental electronic sounds mixed with straightforward hard rock.
No comment. 4.7
This is an endlessly exciting album for me. Almost every track takes a surprising turn, is full of experimentation, and it still has a ton of pathos. Certainly has a nostalgia factor, too, but this seems like an undeniably brilliant album.
Without OK Computer, music might not have the hold on me that it does. By 1997, alternative rock was sputtering its last breaths. I was moving towards rap and electronic music (mostly trip hop) but I wasn't obsessed with it the way i had been those other bands in the early 90s. There were a handful of bands that still meant something to me, but nothing compared to hearing OK Computer for the first time, the tenth time, the hundredth time, the thousandth time. It both captured my heart in its entirety and completely transformed my taste in music. The Bends was a seminal album for me, and "Street Spirit" was the ground I'd most hoped they'd iterate on. The half-haunting, half-soaring melodies hit me exactly in the deepest pleasure spot music had ever hit (to that point.) I felt Thom's emotion as my emotion. Jonny's guitars swirled in my head and hypnotized me. "Street Spirit" took me somewhere new. OK Computer not only picked up where that left off, but expanded their production palette and skill for finding a simple melody and twisting it into majestic shapes. The atmosphere on songs like “Let Down” and “Climbing Up the Walls”, even on my lousy foam Sony headphones, transported me. I have never fully returned. This came out at the tail end of my junior year of high school. It is the soundtrack to my first girlfriend, my last high school musical (truly the times I was happiest in my first 18 years,) imagining a future outside of my hometown, my first cigarette, my first beer, moving to a new city for college and knowing very few people, my first nights alone, my first nights in a new community, forging something like a new identity, becoming who I am. It has soundtracked my life for 28+ years and *still* manages to surprise me, move me, and feel like a piece of heaven on earth. I am still today an unapologetic Radiohead obsessive because of OK Computer and everything that came after. That it can sound fresh and timeless all these years later is a miracle of craft. Currently #6 on my all-time list, and has been as high as #1.
I was about to give this one ⭐ only because I can’t buy the 2025 tickets 😭😭😭 Wtf, obviously best band ever to exist.
9/10
This is a great album. I'm not a massive Radiohead fan and there were bands around that time that I liked a lot better. But it's hard to deny their impact and how cool a listen this album is. From the very jump with the very different drumbeat in Airbag, it sets the stage for a bunch of really fascinating songs. My favorites on this included that track, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Electioneering, and Lucky, all of which were excellent songs. It's not a perfect album to me, but it is super interesting, and it definitely was influential. For that reason, I am sitting squarely at 4.5 stars, but I am going to round up because this is my daughter's favorite band. Really a must listen for anyone.
I'm coming in contrarian on this one. Radiohead's brand of depressive melancholy always sucked the life out of whatever enjoyment I would glean. Like I feel tired by the end of this, and maybe thats the idea. The album is definitely written and composed well, everything sounds great, its just got this dreamlike quality to it that bogs it down to me. Again, I'm sure its a positive to most but it takes me right out, nothing really grabs me.
A hella fun bummer of an album. I thought I listened to this album a lot in my early 20s but that was because I was listening to Radiodread by Easy Star Allstars (a reggae interpretation of Ok Computer). Hearing Let Down not be a reggae bop was a trip! But overall this is a stellar album with songs that still make me tear up. Great stuff!
I don’t get it. 2.4.
Radiohead is a band that I have always felt I should like more, and I really really want to like, but just can't get into. The tempos are too slow for me. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
4.5 rounding up to 4. great album, but it just wasnt exactly to my taste but rounding up
Great listen.
Didn't listen here but own it on vinyl. Classic.
It took me a couple of years after this came out to sit and appreciate it. Afterwards though, I was 100% hooked. This a true classic album for me. The type of songwriting and use of interesting textures was eye opening at the time. The beauty of Radiohead's sound only got more refined after this. The album gets into a regular rotation when that Radiohead vibe comes around. This was an easy start rating for me.
A classic that still sounds afresh all these years later 5*
Have been waiting for this one. I try so hard to like it and I just cant. If the beauty of this album is hidden in the lyrics I straight up cant understand them or that is not the case. I wouldnt say I am the best picker upper on good lyricism but if the music itself bores me I cant get myself to tune into the lyrics. Airbag - 6/10 Paranoid Android - 8/10 Subterranean Homesick Alien - 7/10 Exit Music - 7/10 Let Down - 8/10 Karma Police - 7/10 Fitter Happier - 4/10 Electioneering - 8/10 Climbing up the walls - 6/10 No surprises - 7/10 Lucky - 6/10 The Tourist - 7/10
Great album. Listened a few times before. Appreciate it
Goat
Three Radiohead albums in under a month of this exercise but the first listen of a super big one, rly enjoyed it
Radioheaad just knows how to make an emotionally packed tune. It is incredible to me how they can create such complex feelings in their songs. Let Down is by far one of my favorite tracks on this album because it embodies a deep sadness but packs it into a beautiful song. It brings up so much emotion for me every time I listen to it! The rest of the album is great, with only two low points.
He Buzzes Like A Fridge 1001 Albums Generator 142 (10/17/2025) OK Computer is Radiohead's third studio album and it's an album that I really don't need to say anything about. It is widely and often considered one of the greatest albums of all time. It represented a transition from Radiohead's more simple Britpop-inspired alt rock to something more artistic with a definite vision, albiet an abstract and at times oblique one. Musically, this is quite an ambitious undertaking, from Paranoid Android's through-composed structure to the polymeter of Let Down to the relative heaviness of Electioneering, this album does a lot to keep the listener entertained, but it also has a distinctive sound. The first half of this album is practically perfect. Even my least favorite song on the first half, Exit Music, has one of my favorite moments when it opens up in the last minute or so with the distorted bass and drums. It's really powerful. Every other moment through Karma Police is essentially without fault. I've always found the second half a little less memorable, with Climbing Up The Walls and Lucky being my least favorite songs, but No Surprises and The Tourist are both fantastic. The former is especially heartbreaking. With all that said, In Rainbows is my pick for the finest moment of Radiohead's career, although OK Computer is deserving of the praise it gets. 4.5/5, rounded down to a 4. Favs: Paranoid Android Let Down Karma Police Least Fav: Lucky
So the music - rhythm, melody, is magic. but thom york's voice is so uninspired it makes it a drag to listen to, like homework.
I can appreciate what they're doing, but it's not really my style
An early creative peak for the band.
later
Not bad just not something I would put on front to back
Quelques très bons titres un classique
Critics and fans LOVE this record. They talk about it as if it's one of the greatest records ever made. But it is so far from what I really like that I don't know if I'm being overly critical, but this doesn't rank anywhere near MY list of the greatest records ever made. I find it lacking energy and overly indulgent art-rock.
ok
Still dont like radiohead sorry.
Perfection
Exceptional
😬
pas mal mais tjs aussi chelou. Il y a qq titres exceptionnels
Dreary adjective dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.
I continue to be pretty indifferent to Radiohead. They are okay, i guess? but doesn't grab me
Legendary
Challenging but came through in the end. Large soundscapes on some tracks. Music to absorb rather than dance to.
Gotta say I enjoyed this one, especially Paranoid Android and Karma Police. Not my first listen through.
None of it was nice to listen to unfortunately.
Cool band I reckon
Perfect.
Any list of mine is likely to have this one in the Top 5. Still sounds amazing almost 30 years later. The shift in Radiohead's style on this one was such a revelation. Put them in the mix with greatest of all time bands conversations. The musicality, the concept, lyrics, mixing. There isn't a weakness here.
There is lots to appreciate about OK Computer, the first six tracks are epic. However whilst harsh the three tracks to No suprises dont match up to that very high standard, as harsh as that is I dont think i can say they belong on a five star album.
The absolute dread I felt when I saw this pop up should be studied. However, I quite liked “Karma Police” more than I remembered, so it gets a bonus star for that.
Due to mumbling Thom Yorke, I've so far found Radiohead albums a bit of a mixed bag in terms of my marking, but this one has No Surprises on it, and I love No Surprises. I was a bit surprised to see the song from this album with the highest popularity on Amazon Music wasn't Karma Police, but instead was Let Down. I should have guessed it was Tiktok's fault, but it's still surprising to me that a nearly 30 year old album track can suddenly become massive due to social media - it made the Billboard top 100 in August! On the negative points, there are now two songs on two different albums with a computer generated voice that I don't like (the other is "You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)" by Will Wood, named for Fitter Happier by Radiohead). I don't care that it's intended to invoke a certain emotional response - in me, the emotional response is irritated. The singles are all great. From the non-singles, Electioneering is fantastic and I really liked Climbing Up The Walls. I can absolutely understand why this album gets all the plaudits. It's not something I'd personally want to regularly listen to from start to finish, but it's incredibly accomplished. 4/5
OK, so I gave this album a little extra attention because of its notoriety. My questions: Is Radiohead overrated? Is this album overrated? Am I missing something? So after that extra attention, I’m rounding up to 5. Here’s why. It landed as a 4/5 right away because it was musically interesting and engaging. But I wasn’t sure what was the narrative, and was left a bit empty as a result. So with that extra time, I explored the themes and lyrics: societal alienation, the emotional toll of modern life, the toxicity of fear, approached from different angles. I found the lyrics more relevant now, dare I say, than they might have been in 1997. “No Surprises” could have been written from my living room TODAY. I’m not at 5/5 yet because I need more time to live with this album, but I’m heading there.
This is a great album that really works as an album. No singles stand out as great single releases, but they do work in concert with one another to create a mood and theme that builds to a phenomenal finish. Lyrically, it is creative and mysterious without compromising its honest assessment of the loss of life through technology, consumerism, and good old fashioned dystopia. It is musical 1984.
God i love this one. Always makes me think about my life. Only kinda tails off at the end and even that is great. FIVE! Thank god shes alive. S/o summer 2014.
Easy 5 star
Day 151 and this is my third Radiohead album. I got In Rainbows five days ago and found it a very surprisingly enjoyable listen. In my review, I stated that OK Computer is the only album of theirs I actually "love" and that much of the rest after their discography I hadn't really paid attention to, and didn't think I cared much for. This is especially true for the albums that came after this one. I was very excited to get this album today, and dove in with relish. I hadn't listened to it in full in many years, so I was excited to play it with reasonably fresh ears. And what I found is that while great in many ways, it's not as good as I used to think. It was such a new sound (to me) when it first came out and it felt like something was changing in music, which it did in many ways (thanks Coldplay, etc). But It didn't blow me away almost 30 years later. I think it's a great album, but listening to this I didn't feel like I felt listening to In Rainbows just a few days ago. It might not be a fair thing when a great album doesn't blow me away like it used to. I wanted this to be a five and it's likely going to be a four.
A massive, undeniable hit that puts many of the albums that come after it on this list in context and a case could be made that it’s Radiohead’s third best album.
Favorite Songs on initial listen: Exit Music and Let Down Not the usual kind of music I listen too, liked it more the more I listened. Hard to understand lyrics (mumbling). Unique sounds with headphones on
I really enjoyed this album. Great songwriting and interesting melodies. These guys are top-notch musicians. I expected some pretentiousness and, instead, found thoughtfulness and profoundly listenable ballads and biting rock and roll.
I've tried to like Radiohead, and even own this album and a previous one.
But for this project I would never have spent a few hours listening and relistening to the Pet Shop Boys and then a couple more hours listening to OK Computer. It really makes you appreciate the creativity of Radiohead. I still don't love most of it but I do appreciate it. I didn't give Paranoid Android the credit it deserved back when it came out, what a great song.
This project has reminded me how stunning Radiohead is in their creativity and ability to make a such interesting and layered music
Some of the best of the 90s. Despondent and beautiful all at once.
Awesome record
In 2200's edition of 1001 albums, this one will still be on the list, because if there's any band of this era that may still be talked about in a century or two from now, Radiohead has a good shot at being that band, and OK Computer would be the reason. Not just for its historical significance - but for its own rights as a musical piece. Nearly 30 years old and still entirely relevant, this album has everything: ambitious songwriting, great performance, meaningful lyrics, and an overarching vision. No song is equally great but there are no fillers. I swear I'm not a die-hard Radiohead fan, but I feel something in my gut every time I listen to this album.
This album’s second half from Karma Police on is pretty great.
I liked this one a lot more than Kid A which I had before on this list. Still don't get the HYPE hype that Radiohead gets, but this was better. 3.5/5
Uno de los discos más influyentes en mi vida. Curioso que sea el único álbum de Radiohead que en verdad disfruto. Supongo que cada generación tiene el suyo, pero es que OK Computer cambia el mundo cuando te llega a los 18 años. Recuerdo ver el video de Paranoid Android por primera vez y no poder creer lo que estaba viendo. Genial.
Yes it's great but it is a tad overrated. Still, the claustrophobic, dystopian nature of the music still resonates today and it has aged very well. I do prefer The Bends over this but can't deny how good this one is.
I’m a long-time Radiohead hater, but I tried to give this a full listen with an open mind. It’s better than I remember in some ways but I still can’t stand Thom Yorke’s voice and how pretentious it all is.
Not really my cup of tea. Can hear moments of good music but overall in the minority by saying this was not for me
Well known. But I've not ever been a fan.
One of my top ten albums and arguably the best Radiohead LP.
One of my favorite albums. Radiohead have the uncanny ability to make complicated music, but make it interesting and listenable at the same time.
OK Computer is an insane album. It was a huge shift for them. They were pretty straightforward in their first two albums and this one just added layers to how they create music and it works here. The lyrics are bleak, the music matches, I used to joke that everyone in the band suffers from depression and several other undiagnosed mental problems. This album is heavy.
I haven't really taken the time to listen to a full Radiohead album, but I'm glad I listened to this one. It's sad and dissonant but still enjoyable to listen to all the way through. I enjoyed this a lot
This is a banger. I listened to this a lot back when I was a teen, and it's the only Radiohead album I've listened to. Revisiting it today was very good, as it was a dark, rainy evening and I sat in the car and listened to this. Mwah, perfect, chef's kiss.
Amazing
Boring
Not really my jam.
Fabulous, sweet dreamy notes with a massive dollop of Angst.
muito bom
No private session used for Spotify. I love this album and have on CD somewhere. So many good songs on this one, it's a classic, probably my favorite from a band that has a lot of great albums.
Good, just not quite my kind music
I have tried so many times to get onboard the Radiohead train. I just cannot get there. I love other critical darlings but this just isn't for me.
I really like The Cure from Faith and Pornography onwards. Seventeen Seconds is a bit bland, missing all the later tragedy, lamentation, darkness and despair and although this may have sounded like the band being on the edge, these feelings are so hard and moving.
The first 20 seconds of Airbag were good, then Thom Yorke started singing and it was all downhill from there. I wonder if I'd like them with a different front man. Or no front man.
Beautiful, haunting, joyful, one of a kind. It's been a long time since I listened to this album, and it hits just as hard now. Amazing riffs, crushing vocals, truly unique arrangements and musical decisions. Another easy 5 star.
I’m sorry to every twenty or thirty-something out there, this album is not better than In Rainbows. It’s still pretty good, though. And it gave us Exit Music (For a Film) and Karma Police, so I won’t be too mad at the Website Gods for giving us this album today
it's just one of those albums man. i may not be a thom fan, but i'll be damned if this album isn't it.
There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said
Overall, the instrumental performances are varied and ear-catching. Gen X prog rock. Given the albums reputation for having a strong theme, I would expect to have a more understandable vocal performance. But then again some of my negative songs were ones I could understand. I guess my issue is that I know they can manage a large soundscape with intelligible lyrics because of other albums and it would have really sent this one over the top.
I think the worst song on this album is Electioneering and if you had a whole album of songs the same quality as Electioneering, it would still be one of the best albums of the 90s If you took Let Down and put it in the middle of an album of 7 hours of fire alarms and dental drills, the strength of that song alone would bring it up to at least a 4
I mean, it's like "the" album. The themes have only gotten more relevant and it still sounds incredible. It doesn't get much better than this!
Not my favorite radio head album but still excellent.
Another high school record for me that was on constantly. I kinda stopped listening to Radiohead after this record and I know people are fanatical about them but it just didn’t grab me that much. Earlier this year I decided to go back and listen to their entire catalog and see if maybe I was wrong and came away feeling like they are a really good band who is just not so much for me. This record however holds a ton of nostalgia and I loved listening to it again.
What a cool album. Thematically prescient. Digitally psychedelic. Doesn’t sound dated at all. Johnny Greenwood is an under appreciated guitar God. I have to be in a “Radiohead mood” to enjoy Radiohead, but this album is undeniable. I’d give this 4.5 if I could but I’m rounding up.
This is a good album, but I can only enjoy it as background music. Im not sure why but this album doesnt grab me like other stuff they do, and I've always wondered why about this one. Maybe I just havent listened to it enough because I definitely enjoy hearing it, just not listening to it. I dont know.
Two Radiohead albums in a week? What an absolute treat! Being one of my favourite albums of all time, this one is a no brainer. Every track is great and fits (even Fitter Happier). A perfect album for any time in my opinion; I don't get why people say it's depressing. Whiny? Yes. Depressing? No, quite the opposite in reality. PS: Contrary to popular opinion, I think Climbing Up The Walls is one of the best tracks on the album, if not the best.
One of the greatest albums of all time, but even more than that - one of the most important albums to me personally.
This is an album I definitely need more time with. I think my appreciation will grow with more listens, but I did enjoy it a lot as a first pass through.
One of my favorite albums of all time
I hadn’t listen to this album in 10-15 years. Wore out the disc when I was listening to it. I enjoyed it quite a it but was wanting it to be over by the end because I was so familiar with it and wanted to hear something new.
I’m by no means a Radiohead fan, but this album I don’t mind, even if I think it’s highly overrated.
Yet another Radiohead record. They’re all good and they all have “important” tracks. I just rarely want to sit and listen to a whole record. Including this one.