OK Computer

I like Karma Police more then the other Radiohead songs. But over all I liked this album less then the other Radiohead on the list.

I think if I took the one or two good songs on each Radiohead album, they might have made one really good album. But they made so many "meh" albums, and this one is no different.

The artwork for this album is what paranoid schizophrenia looks like

Album 908 of 1089 Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) Rating : 3.5 / 5 Many tout this as the greatest album ever made, but I just can’t relate to that. For me, it’s an “ok” album - nicely produced, with a clean sound and the kind of laid-back indie rock feel that’s easy enough to listen to. But there was nothing here that really differentiated it from a dozen other albums in the same lane. The tracks just didn’t resonate with me. For those who are a little indifferent about this record, I can see the common reactions: that it feels too cold and detached, or that it’s more about atmosphere than memorable songs. While I respect what Radiohead was going for and can understand why it struck such a chord for others, it just didn’t connect with me in the same way.

Rolling stone top 500 - 42 I remember when this first came out I and everyone else thought it was on of the defining and best albums of the era. Hearing over 25 plus year later it does not hold help fantastically. A bit much.

karma police exit music lucky tourist немного ноющий, но некоторые заходят как артхаус

Bien

A pig. In a cage. On antibiotics.

Maybe the only radio head album I know I like, but it definitely still holds up.

I didn't need to enable the "Airbag" before reading the reviews of this one, a lot of haters so "No Surprises" really, but still a "Let Down". Better watch out for the "Karma Police", they'll come for you and have you "Climbing Up The Walls" like a "Paranoid Android". Take yourselves to a distant land and be "The Tourist" like a "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and feel "Fitter Happier" for a while. Perhaps you'll get "Lucky" there as you go "Electioneering" with the locals, or maybe you'll be unlucky and they'll be playing "Exit Music (For a Film)" as you travel down the alleys of a back street, hiding from the gangs that don't speak any tongue you recognise. Pathetic, I know. I love this album, perhaps not as much as "The Bends" or "Pablo Honey" but it's still worthy of its entry on this list. Still worthy of a 5.

Undeniably great - musically, compositionally, production-wise, lyrically, etc. Only complaint would be that the vocals take some getting used to. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

my favorite of the radiohead albums so far

My favourite band, has been for a decade. Still a wonderful album to listen to, this was a joy.

Fantastic album, maybe the best so far. Paranoid Android may be my all time favorite song. I listened so much to this album in college. 6 stars…

Un disco muy completo, varios temazos. En algún momento con letras algo intensas de más. Muy sólido

Genre: Alternative Rock I think this goes without saying: what a tremendous record. From top to bottom, this album is full of the future (in 1997 terms). Radiohead did so much here that other bands would try to replicate for years to come. Coldplay, Muse, even acts like Keane, The Fray, etc were trying to reach the heights of OK Computer. Radiohead would eventually, and continuously, recalibrate their sound. They’ve never issued the same album twice, and this is no exception. OK Computer is an Alt-Rock benchmark that everybody else is trying to match, except for the guys who made it. Really great record. Paranoid Android might be the best song of the 1990s. 5/5

Love this record!

What does it say about me for being bored by these guys?

another classis.what a good week. this set the tone for future sounds

It's such a timeless album that still hits hard, very dark still, but completely timeless.

Me ha gustado más que el otro que escuchamos, pero menos que el de los arcoiris.

From when The Bends was released in 1995 through the release of Kid A in 2000, Radiohead was the best band in the world.

Every generation has a record that speaks to the zeitgeist, that serves as a time capsule for the hopes, dreams, fears, and apprehensions of the world at a point in time. I would argue no record does that better than Ok Computer for the 90s. A record that expresses a generations hopes but more so fears in the face of rising technology not so much from the technology itself, but the radical transformation to society it brings - the isolation, the loneliness, the aloofness. All of these fears are combined by forlorning instrumentation and desolating lyrics making this record a harbinger of the 21st century, and a standout masterpiece

A work of art

One of the best albums

SO GOOD

unfortunately

One of my all time top 10. Still an absolute classic.

Enjoyable listen, Add “No surprises” to Playlist

"Okay, so what if we take rock & roll, but make it boring?" - Thom Yorke, probably

The fact that this is THE album that every music nerd knows or has heard once in their life is always funny to me. Not because it doesn't make sense, it marries pretty poppy songwriting with weird additions which make the music all the more neat, also that it was such a huge success when it dropped in 1997, making Radiohead even bigger I imagine. I think what's funny about this one being THE album is just that there are so many like it in its era and since, many albums I prefer listening to more and yet this one still remains for many. I'm not gonna sit here and argue how "It's bad, actually" because its good, its got so many classic songs and one of my all time faves by them (Subterranean Homesick Alien), but I feel like I've outgrown this album and most of their music, it's hard for me to stay excited about it when I could listen to other favorites that scratch the same itch if not more, but as a full listen its still pretty enjoyable.

Easy 5*, and looking forward to going on this journey again today. Highlights: airbag, paranoid android, subterranean homesick alien (the space-y guitars), karma police, exit music, no surprises

One of the greatest albums of the generation

Honestly dreaded listening to this one as well. I just don’t enjoy this type of music. I made it through the album though because the point was to listen and have a better understanding of music as a whole. I can appreciate that Radiohead is for particular individuals pallets, but it’s just not mine. It’s a 2 for me.

Better than the last Radiohead

First Listen: Jul 21 2023 not my favorite radiohead album but its really cool tho

Я не знаю що тут сказати. Я ще десь з року 2006 фанатів по radiohead, але скажу відверто - саме ОК компʼютер ніколи не входив в мій топ-3 їхніх альбомів. Звісно це знаковий реліз, про який все сказано-пересказано. Звісно тут є шикарні пісні, просто геніальні. Але він для мене все одно стоїть нижче In Rainbows, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To the Thief і навіть Moon Shaped Pool. Але як поставити менше 4?

оооо, так, перший альбом, який я слухала дуже і дуже багато разів. і в цілому є фанаткою радіохед (а хто зараз нє). так ось, якийсь час тому мені стало цікаво, який мій найулюбленіший альбом радіохед, і ок компуктер... є третім з кінця в моєму топі. концептуально це цікавий альбом, як така перехідна сходинка, для самого гурта він дуже важливий, як і для музичної індустрії. але він набагато слабкіше за все, що буде іти після нього, в тому числі майбутні альбоми краще будуть розкривати ці теми самотності, розчарування, злості на суспільство, які підіймаються тут. мені не хочеться повертатися до ок компутєра, окрім двох треків: Paranoid Android та The Tourist. це дві дійсно красиві та щемкі роботи, які ніби показують, куди далі радіохед буде рухатися. в остальному, дуже би хотілося поставити 4 чи 5, бо я дуже люблю радіохед + це все ще краще, ніж багато того, що я слухала тут, але я вже маю свої оцінки і почекаю на наступні альбоми.

Він ділить часовий континуум на "до" і "після"

The composition is very good, but it's a little sad-sacky for me.

Immediately listened again after it ended. If the wikipedia section for theme analysis is longer than most other albums's entire page, then you know it is a good album.

What a shame he's on his pro israel shit

How many albums does this dude have? Just make one big cry like a bitch album and be done with it.

3.5 Well, well, well, if it isn’t Mr. Computer himself. It was only a matter of time before this showed up - and what a timely appearance given its dystopian themes (though really, when doesn’t it feel dystopian in America?) But man, I am so so sick of hearing about this album. The way critics and terminally online music nerds talk about it (and Radiohead in general for that matter) would have you believe that the group invented dystopianism or whiny falsetto vocals. It’s lowkey put a damper on the way I feel about Radiohead as a whole, to the point that I’m almost annoyed now whenever I hear one of their songs played. That said, I do think this album is objectively good, I just don’t think it’s a masterpiece or even Radiohead’s best album for that matter. Across the board, I’ll certainly give credit to the ambience and production - it’s a pretty consistent, airtight package in sound, tone, and theme, and there’s really no one song I would call bad or out of place. Hell, I’d even go as far as to say the hits here are really good. Karma Police is arguably one of Radiohead’s best tracks, and I’ve always enjoyed the way it crescendos at the end especially. Similarly, No Surprises is a well-crafted, minimalist tune that manages to paint depression in such a way that feels beautiful, tranquil, and sad all at once. As for the rest of this album? A lot of good, not a lot of great. The unconventional structure of Paranoid Android is cool and all, but it’s never really grabbed me in any sort of meaningful way, nor has much of the remaining tracklist for that matter. For an album partially intended as a commentary on the state of the world, it doesn’t really feel like Thom is saying much on any particular song or offering as much insight as he would lead you to believe. He even referred to Fitter Happier as “the most upsetting thing I've ever written" and said it was "liberating" to give the words to a neutral-sounding computer voice. Like, chill, dude, you put a checklist into the Siri of 1997. Overall, this is a cool-sounding album, and admittedly one of Radiohead’s better offerings, but it’s unfortunately just as pretentious and overrated as just about everything else they have is. I can acknowledge the group is talented and has gone through an impressive musical evolution, but something about it just doesn’t quite click with me.

Damn.

♥️

Classic.

My intro to Radiohead was the Creep video on MTV, but what really got me into Radiohead was watching a There There video promo playing before a movie. I went out and bought Hail to the Thief. I loved it and then went to their previously released albums to determine that I loved those too--except for Pablo Honey. OK Computer might be dysthymia in album form, but I am here for it.

oof!! first time listening to ok computer front to back as a radiohead fan in passing. not only were most songs off of this album a save (or had otherwise been saved beforehand), but i felt like the album - as a project, as a experience - was consummately complete. while i know radiohead is afforded a great deal of study and commentary by virtue of being nearly ubiquitously popular and it's not like other people making music don't also have a myriad of influences from a myriad of places, it was still impressive to me to learn about all of the different sources of inspiration that radiohead wove together to make this album so richly layered - both in message and music. for me, this is what you get when you're nerdy and pretentious and care a great deal about the art form. great stuff!! highlights - airbag, paranoid android, subterranean homesick alien, electioneering, no surprises

Between a 4 and a 5, but the production really brings this entire album home for me. It does help that this album contains my probably favourite Radiohead songs (Let Down and No Surprises).

Airbag - The guitar part for this song is pretty good, but Mr. Head's intolerable moaning is a discredit to the song. It's like he actually doesn't want you to know what he's singing about while he pathetically mumbles through the lyrics. Plus the last minute with the random machine sounds is a little cute but also a little too cute, giving off the snobbish air of pseudo-experimentation in place of melody. Rather than being hip-hop or industrial influenced it just sounds like the background hides some of the sound effects of my tinnitus. Paranoid Android - I like the musical part a lot better on this one than I did on Airbag (which was honestly pretty good as well. Honestly the vocals sound like if the singer of the Barenaked Ladies was an Oxford dropout, trying way too hard to simultaneously sound both posh and edgy. The worst part is that I legitimately cannot make out what he's saying except for the chorus, which is just "What's thiiiiis" repeated over and over in the slurred cadence of a drunk. The slow section is also pretty good, especially because the singer is not trying to sing actual words (to the best of my knowledge) which makes the song less of a pain to decipher what's actually going on. I also quite liked the transitions between the fast and slow sections and the machine sounds in the last minute of this song (I think I can start to see a pattern forming here) fit in a lot better with the song rather than sounding grating. Plus I liked the bass hook a lot. Subterranean Homesick Alien - I think a part of the music I've underrated so far is the drum part, which is very solid and consistent. However, the singing continues to be terrible (I can only make out two words "alien" in one of the verses, plus what I think is the word "uptight" repeated over and over? to make up what seems like a pathetic attempt at a chorus). The distortion on the guitar as well, while it doesn't really add a huge amount to the song, still sounds pretty good and fits in with the "industrial" theme of the album so far so I do have to give it that. The bass and guitar riffs in this song also sound similar to "High Speed" by Coldplay, which is a song I do like a lot and they are also done very well here. Exit Music (For a Film) - The acoustic guitar bit in the opening reminds me a bit of some Quebecois music, which is an interesting departure from the trend set so far I suppose. It seems like Head is singing very soulfully about something, but again I have no idea what he is moping about given how it's impossible to parse what he says. Something about waking up and breathing? I don't really know that I like the acoustic guitar part in this song (it doesn't really seem to fit but being generous maybe that's the point?). When it transitions to the violin and electric guitar I feel like that does the juxtaposition of old style and new style a lot better. The synth part throughout the song that sounds like chanting is also a nice touch I suppose, but I don't really see what the seagulls chirping (or whatever that loop is) really adds to the song. Let Down - I've heard this song, and honestly it is pretty good. The guitar, bass, drums and whatever is playing the riff in the background (maybe a xylophone?) all fit together really well. But again I can't tell what is being sung (something something "Let Down") is really all I got. If I'm being kind to this album maybe in a weird postmodernist sense that's the point maybe? The incomprehensibility of modern life is reflect in the incomprehensibility of the lyrics and you shouldn't try to find meaning in it as there is none? I don't know, but what I do know is that I liked the interlude section where all of the instruments slowly come back in. Karma Police - Another song I've heard before and liked. The drum part is really outstanding plus the violin merged with human voice that fades in and out (it's probably not that but it's what it sounds like). Plus I can actually make out what the vocalist is singing which is very helpful for establishing a meaning for the song. Plus the piano/guitar and drums synergize really well to sort of (I hate to use the word juxtaposition again but that's what it is) juxtapose the fast and slow pace, sort of creating conflicting feelings. The message of the song is also pretty interesting, from my personal interpretation it's about "cancel culture" before that really existed as a concept, but specifically how the "Karma Police" of society sort of dictate what our cultural mores are and you either follow them and lose your individuality ("I lost myself") or you become a pariah ("this is what you get when you mess with us") Fitter Happier - This is a weird "song" if you can even call it that. At this point now that I can tell what the speaker is saying (it's a robotic voice) I'm on board with analyzing some existing message of this album. The robot basically lists things that like a "functional adult" would do in order to live a "good life" and then says at the end that it makes you docile and trapped (basically like a sheep slave to the broader culture's prescription for how you should live). This sort of ties into the point of Karma Police, but I don't really get what the album is saying should be done instead? Like, I would like to go the gym and get better sleep and find love etc. not because society tells me that's good for me and I'm a liberal sheep but because like it is healthy in some objective sense (but maybe I'm such a sheep that I can't even recognize that I'm being oppressed?). Maybe the point is that by reaching some sense of "adulthood" you lose the risk, idealism and flexibility of youth in favor of pragmatism and the status quo and that makes you weak in some sense? One good thing I will say about this song though is that all of the "instrumental" backing and samples do a really good job of creating a sense of unease while the robot talks and it's a really stark break from the driven guitar+bass+drums. Electioneering - Honestly could be my favorite song on the album so far. I really like the western/heartland vibes given by the guitars combined with the tambourine and cowbell(?). Again, I still can't really tell what the singer is singing about but I think he said "Electioneering" at one point in the song? Plus something about "going forwards and backwards", if I had to take my best guess, maybe the lyrics are some sort of trashing of compromise since it "compromises" the goals of idealists. If that's right it would fit with the broader message of being anti the sort of principle of like collaborating with others to form a broader society. Maybe it's a comment on the two party system (even Britain had one at the time even though they're up to like 4 now), and the idea that the singer doesn't really like either of the two choices presented to them since they have done things that are less than perfect. Honestly, I don't really know. Climbing Up the Walls - I don't really have much to say about this song except that the singer is even less understandable than usual since unfortunately in their infinite wisdom they decided to put a distortion effect on his voice. But speaking in terms of vibes and music, I thought everything meshed together pretty well. No notes on that front. When it switches to the interlude part (I feel like a common theme is that I think the best parts of all the songs are the interludes since that's when they can really go wild with all of the different sounds in a good way without being hampered by the vocals bringing them down) that's also really good. Also he starts shouting at the end which might have been meaningful to me if I knew what he was yelling about but instead we got whining robot. No Surprises - I never really noticed the bass part beneath the xylophone and picked guitar but it does a really good job of tying the motif together. Again I can't really tell what the song is about except he says "No Surprises" over and over to make up the chorus (not very lyrically interesting this album is) and "I'll take a quiet life", which could be a contradiction of the earlier message that people who try to live normally are pigs being fattened up for the slaughter? Or maybe the point is that the singer is someone you're not supposed to sympathize with since they made the choice to become a sheep, but empathize with how they've been beaten down by the societal pressures at large? What does the album title mean? OK Computer as in like society wants to turn everyone into unthinking computers all living the same cookie cutter life? I don't know but it might be helpful if I could tell what they were saying 80% of the time. Lucky - The guitar part for this song reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on, maybe something by Tom Petty or Counting Crows? "Pull me out of this something something", the singer whines on but it really pisses me off that I can't tell where I recognize the hook from. It's pretty interesting to say the least that the chorus is so different from the rest of the song, and I wonder if it might have been better if they chose a style that fit better with the rest of the song like they did in the interlude sort of. There are also a lot less machine sounds in this song (at least that I could hear) and the only way you could really tell it was a song on this album was the droning voice of the singer, otherwise I probably couldn't have guessed it was a Radiohead song. The Tourist - Another very Coldplay-ish song, but in a sort of a good way. The simple guitar and drums with a minimal extra accompaniment is a nice denouement to the album, compared to how chaotic a lot of the previous songs have been. Plus, I really like how the simple riff is sort of repeated in different keys along with the harmonies to the vocals. Both sort of combine under the singer's voice to make it much more tolerable in this song. One thing I noticed a lot throughout the album is how they used machine sounds to sort of create a "chanting" effect that was pulled off pretty well, especially in this song, and that too reminds me of something I've heard before (maybe by the Moody Blues or Pink Floyd?), but I can't quite put my finger on it. Final Thoughts: Honestly I hated this album a lot less than I thought I would. Most of the songs were actually quite good and stuff I'd consider listening to again! However, the one thing that really dragged it down for me was the singer's voice, which was so whiny, grating and incomprehensible that it undercut the entire message of the album (since I could barely make out what he was talking about) and ruined a lot of the beautiful soundscapes created by the instruments for me. Because of that, I would have to give this album somewhere between a 3-4/5, depending on how generous I'm feeling at the current moment.

Best ….album…. ever

One of the best-aged albums ever created. Although, it is such a shame that Radiohead started the trend of white sad boy music but it was almost worth it.

What an album. Climbing the walls is an amazing track that holds so much feeling. It’s a solid album from airbag to the tourist.

With a different vocal style, I'd really enjoy this. A lot of the musical structure and chord selection is my style. Mixing is a bit harsh, but not to the extent that I don't enjoy the instrumentation. I prefer the derivatives of this album. It gets a 3 since there's nothing here to go on my playlist.

Time and place issue for this album. If I had listened in 1997 with a severe nihilism about the changing world and a considerable amount of depression, this album would be an easy 5. There are still great tracks, Exit Music / Lucky / Karma Police are all at the top of said list. That being said, it is incredibly dreary and depressing. The motif of the album is prescient as ever, but layering on the same woes we feel each day makes me feel more overwhelmed than heard.

I need to spend more time with this one. It's kind of "intentionally off-kilter" which makes it a jarring listen, but... it's supposed to be like that. The last song is very good.

not bad sonically, too whiny, not for me.

Really enjoyed this. Never really listened to Radiohead before. Particularly enjoyed No Surprises.

I've actually been listening to this recently on my own. It's lost none of its punch for me. It's just so close to perfect, maybe even gets there. Even fitter/happier has its place here. I think sometimes albums that we loved when we were younger (I was 19 when this came out) can lose their impact over time. If anything, this album feels more relevant thematically to me now than it did then. That's probably not a good thing, but at least the music holds up, too. Standout Track(s): This is obnoxious, but literally all of them.

Perfection. Captured the moment and predicted the future. And sounds incredible.

I’ve discounted Radiohead and never really given them the deep dive. I wasn’t expecting much but this was great. Really ethereal and tensely beautiful music. A lot of the songs are also just great. I really liked Let Down

Favorite songs: airbag, subterranean homesick alien, let down, no surprises. Least favorite: NA

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There is no doubt that it is one of the most important and influential albums of all time. Its departure from the conventional British rock of the era toward a far more experimental and conceptual language is striking. I find it especially important how the album sonically addresses themes such as technological anxiety, consumerism and isolation, very modern traits of an era we still belong to and which the band seemed to envision almost premonitorily. I also highlight the enormous work put into every aspect: every song, every texture, guitar, sound and original structure. They managed to be experimental without losing cohesion or emotional impact, achieving a perfect balance between the organic and the electronic. I also consider it a record that demands attention and multiple listens due to its conceptual and sonic density, almost like returning to observe and examine a painting several times. Its definitive hit is Karma Police, but my favorite song was Exit Music (For a Film).

as a musician a masterwork but private i find it hard to enjoy the vocals and relate to the lyrics i agree that they are a great band and i wished i liked their music but i do see the potenzial to be one of the favorite albums of my future self

Cited as one of the best albums of all time for a reason. Never was super into Radiohead but this album is a classic. Incredibly beautiful, haunting, overall amazing music. Paranoid Andriod was a standout for sure.

I unashamedly really like Radiohead even if it makes me an intense fan. Thom Yorke's vocals are just sooooooo good. Great start, and then straight into Paranoid Android and Subterranean Homesick Alien which is a personal highlight on this album - love the keys and guitar on this. Whenever I listen to Exit Music, it gives me this incredible cinematic feeling of moving forward while everything else warps around me. Just feel quite spacey yet cool and untouchable but also like my life is full of despair. Hopefully that's what Thom and the gang were going for. HATE Fitter Happier and it could almost make me want to knock the album down a point, but I'll let it slide. The noise on Electioneering is spot on, and Climbing Up the Walls just has new things to pick up on every time I listen to it. No Surprises :) Lucky is one of the only Radiohead songs I know all the words to. If I was part of a Radiohead tribute band, this would be on the setlist, as would the last song on this album.

Still loving it

One of the best albums ever recorded

Their commercial and artistic peak.

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one of the best albums ever!

An album I knew of as iconic but had never listened to until now. I think it will take several more listens to fully appreciate but based on my inclination to listen more I’m giving it 4 stars. It might grow to 5 over time.

When I was 13 I was still figuring out my taste in music. I mostly listened to the rap/ trap songs my friends were into around 2016. I liked some of the beats and a few tracks, but I couldn’t understand why music seemed to hit them and other people so deeply while it left me feeling almost nothing. One evening I asked my dad about it. He tried to explain it and failed, so he decided to play his favorite oat song: Paranoid Android. I didn’t think much of it until the electric guitar kicked in and Thom sang, “You don’t remember.” In that moment, something clicked. I finally understood the kind of music that resonated with me. It didn’t define me, it went further, it unlocked something inside me. It's the first full album I ever listened to, the first vinyl and cd I bought and I wish I could listen to Paranoid Android for the first time again . Best album of all time.

This is pretty great in places. I'm not sure if this is my favorite Radiohead album, or not, but it's certainly a good one.

As a card-carrying member of the Radiohead Sucks Club (RSC), I'm ashamed to admit that this kind of rocks. Far and away their best work. Best Song: Karma Police Rating: 8/10 Stars: 4/5

- eu não lembro de ser tão irritante esse álbum e longo - acho que o apelo está muito mais na produção e engenharia de som que na composição e arranjo - um álbum que seria considerado mediano nos anos 70 e 80 se não fosse a qualidade do som

When I reviewed Kid A, I alluded to thinking there is one more perfect Radiohead album, and it is this one. And I'll tell ya, it was hard earned, it took me years to really get this album, but there was something about OK Computer that kept me coming back. And when this clicked, it dominated my listening habits for like a *year*. This is such a dense album to get this popular. We touch on modern ennui, paranoia, coping with a then emergent online ecosystem, anxiety, and the human condition moving into the 21st century. And I will say, before I get into the music, this album is *probably*, on some level, in a world where music criticism is increasingly quantitative, overrated: like I'm pretty sure this is like the 2nd highest rated album of all time on RYM. And this probably isn't the 2nd best album ever, not that it *really* matters, but regardless, I still just *adore* this album. Airbag is a fantastic opener, and it is pretty incredible: this reads so intuitively on a melodic level, but if you listen into the mix, the way all the instruments slots together seems *so* intricate. And speaking of the mix, this is one of my favorite mixes ever, like it has the real hallmark of an incredible mix: you don't notice it. It took me so long to even really think about the mix, which to me just affirms that it sounds so incredibly natural, like these songs couldn't exist any other way. Also, I have very few negative things to say about this album, so I may as well get them out of the way. Firstly, Subterranean Homesick Alien is probably my least favorite song here, it's just subdued in a way that I don't always need: but honestly, this song is still better than some artists' best. Second: sometimes electioneering doesn't hit, but it is *necessary* within the flow of the album, and it has steadily grown on me. And that's about it: I would also like to say that I actually love Fitter Happier for what it is, and I do not consider it to to be a low point here. It is super cold and offputting and sad in a weird way, and I think it has aged remarkably well given its use off text to speech. But yeah, I don't really have anything else negative to say. Paranoid Android is this incredible, multi-phased piece, and honestly, something about the slow part is almost panic inducing, it's like a slow motion anxiety attack. This sort of thing is also captured by No Surprises later, there is just something really sad and helpless, and *anxious* about this song that can be really powerful if you let yourself be sucked into the album. Exit Music (For A Film) is like perfectly beautiful, and tragic and damaged. Let Down is like the theme song for feeling lonely on a bus. Karma Police is a really interesting take on Orwellian ideas and a hell of a single. Climbing Up The Walls is just super disquieting, and honestly probably the most underrated song here (if *any* song here could possibly be underrated, we are talking about OK Computer). We end with Lucky and The Tourist, which seems like a really odd way to end, but it somehow does just work out. These two songs are as fantastic about anything else here. I mean, yeah, this is my favorite Radiohead album, it's a 5, I love this thing.

Switches from despairing to oppressive at the instant flick of a transistor. Surprisingly heavy. Favourite tracks: Paranoid Android, Airbag, National Anthem, Electioneering

Possibly my favourite Radiohead album.

Rock mit elektronischen/experimentellen Einflüssen. Die Texte sind gesellschaftskritisch, wäre was um sich in Ruhe nochmal mit auseinanderzusetzen. 3/5

its fine

often referenced as one of the best albums of all time, I can't pick an album that's better. It's the flow and pace of this album that puts it in such rare company - no song will be considered as one of the best songs every written, but the construction of the album is an incredible feat of synergy. 5/5, 10/10, 100/100, it's perfect on every scale.

Yeah, so I've always known I'm supposed to be blown away. But I never got into this one. Let's give it another try. Notes: -The sorta slow screech-moaning that Thom Yorke has as such a clearly integral part of his style isn't really my thing -No Surprises is very good. In general, when we get the much more conventional approaches, this is outstanding, which maybe means I should pay more attention to what they're doing when they're not -Paranoid Android has some just dope guitar riffs. Starting to think this album might be pretty solid. -Ugh my first listen was on shuffle. oops. gotta try again. -Okay this is so much better in the right order. -Much more down with the moan-screaming in context. No surprises as catharsis here feels really solid coming right after climbing up the walls. Review: I definitely can see how people can really sink into this album. I think it's probably even better for people who put an album on and listen intentionally for an hour. That's realistically not gonna be how I approach this for now, but this sounds really great. I think I probably need a few more listens to comprehend what's going on Do I really feel totally convinced this is a 5-star album? I dunno, maybe not. But I think there are depths to plumb here that will take a while and I want to be sure to come back to this. I think it's clearly a very well-realized vision. So sure. 5 stars.

Often imitated, but rarely successfully. I can see why this might be a cultural touchstone for the likes of Muse and Coldplay. This album is perfect and varied in tone and style while exploring a diversity of techno-future ideas.

This was a nice, easy one to listen to. Another album where I've enjoyed singles from it for years, but never listened to the full album. I was pleased by how well all the songs fit together and transitioned one to the next. The music feels melancholy, almost aching, with lyrics that are shockingly relevant right now. As AI alienates more people I can see this album's relevance only increasing.

Very good

Painful... if this made the list I must not have any musical culture. Listening felt like punishment.

Good

I forgot how many songs I like on this album.

This gets a five for me. It really solidified my love for a Radiohead.

the best of the best 😩❤️ top 3: - lucky - no suprises - karma police special mention: - climbing up the walls - electioneering - let down - exit music

Considering that Radiohead is one of the most successful/influential alt-rock bands of all time, it doesn't surprise me that this album is widely considered a masterpiece. I don't think there's a single bad song on this album. Amazing Listen.

Like most music of the '90s & '00s, I was a young idiot who only really listened to heavy metal, so I missed out on Radiohead. I knew the Creep song & a few others, but never bought one of their albums. CDs cost money & all music wasn't available for pennies like today. After listening to OK Computer, I realize I should have just bought this album because it’s brilliant. There’s not a bad song on it & it still sounds fresh today, though with a 90s sheen. From the beginning, the whole album sounded like the soundtrack to a movie that hasn't been made. You can tell the band really wanted to be artists & not just the Creep band. '90s Radiohead is like the experimental band whose music works & sounds great, instead of being mindless trash. I can’t wait to dive further into their catalog.

A 5/5 album. Like let down, no surprises, exit music for a film. I have no comments, just excellent.

64/1001 Radiohead - OK Computer Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ A masterpiece. It still sounds as fresh and as vital as it did back in 97. It's so inventive with its sound and has two all timer tracks on it for me - Karma Police and No Surprises

Too much background noise which made it hard for me to focus on the lyrics…but it wasn’t a terrible album.

ohhhhh girl, this one of my faves!!!

Generally enjoyed it, despite it kinda being like background/score for my day. Notable standouts, IMO, were Airbag, Paranoid Android and No Surprises.

I definitely appreciate this album more at 40 than I did at 12/13. Brilliantly produced, killer thematic concept, and completely unique in style and sound. While I still wouldn’t consider myself a huge Radiohead fan, I will definitely be revisiting this album with a different mindset and maybe even some mushrooms. “OK Computer” could absolutely be considered the Millennials’ “Dark Side Of The Moon”, and might have had as important of an influence on modern Rock n Roll.

What else is there to say about it? One the all time greats, forward thinking, immensely enjoyable.

I didn't think I'd rate this album that highly. I bought it twelve years ago. I had inherited my brother's copy of 'The Bends' as a teenager (I think he traded it for Shihad's 'Fish' album, ironically the first 'cool' album I ever bought/received as a kid), and I really liked it. However, the intenseness of Radiohead fans, led me to not listen beyond this particular album (I know we're going to get 'Hail to the Thief' at some point on this!). If my memory served me correctly, I was expecting a few catchy singles ripped off the Beatles' White Album, No Surprises (which I've always enjoyed) and that weird song where the robot speaks. 3-4 Stars, why not? But. While I remember a lot of whine and a lot of drone, there's actually some great work on here. Some songs that are upbeat. The jangle of 'Electioneering' I really liked. The final two were great ways to go out. Paranoid Android is still brilliant. I get why this band is so popular. Not sure I'll listen to any albums beyond this willingly though. 5 Stars.

This album gives the vibe of a young professional having an out of body experience, watching himself go through the day to day routine of life. Waking up, riding the bus to work on on overcast day, listening to music on his discman, sitting in his office cubicle for 8 hours surrounded by other faceless men in grey suits. Everyone has generic job titles like "accounts", "marketing" and "sales", but nobody really knows what each other does for a job. In fact, the man isn't really sure what he himself does. After staring at a computer screen for another monotonous eight hours, he heads home to his 1.5 bedroom apartment, to sit on his catalogue-purchased furniture setting, and watch tv on his expensive flat screen TV. After a microwave dinner and a glass of moderately priced pinot noir, he goes to bed in his queen sized bed with new Egyptian cotton sheets. Left alone with his own thoughts, he is filled with an overwhelming sense that he is simply a small cog in a huge uncaring machine.

I know it's a legendary album and all but I couldn't really get into it. Too much literal noise for the sake of noise at times. Feels like it's trying to hard to be different, hip, and better than everything else with no real self awareness. Some good moments in parts though and good song writing. Liked some of the guitar work. Interesting choice of drum sound. Not sure what it is but really cant stand the song Karma Police. 2.5 but will round up to 3.

Took me a while but I get the hype

Radiohead is the band that first nudged me toward more experimental, “out-there” music. OK Computer feels like a leap forward from The Bends - which is already a fantastic record - but this one pushes into something stranger, more layered, more unsettling. The little anecdotes from this era, like Baz Luhrmann approaching them for songs or the wide range of artists taking notice, just show how much their reach had expanded by this point. They weren’t just another rock band anymore, they had become the band everyone wanted to tap into. For all its reputation as a challenging or cerebral album, I find it surprisingly easy to listen to. It flows beautifully, and I can just put it on, chill, and let it carry me along. It’s immersive without being alienating, being a perfect balance of ambition and accessibility.

Most overrated album I've encountered so far for real.

Classic

hi

Awesome from start to finish. 10/10 without a doubt

classic

One of the most perfect albums to come out in my lifetime. The first 5 tracks are such an incredible run of songs. While I do think "Karma Police" through "Electioneering" is a little weaker of a stretch, the way it comes back for the last four songs is stunning, sprawling, desolate. Gorgeous. This is for my money the best album of the '90s (hot take, I know) and I don't think it'll ever slip from that spot as long as I live. Must-listen #202!

5 from 10, not my style

SUPER 90's vibes, I liked this more than I thought I would.

I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said about this brilliant album. Masterpiece.

Dette var en plate jeg faktisk likte skikkelig godt. Overrasket meg svært positivt.

It was just okay.

Radiohead isn't really for me. I don't like thor personal style in general.

On of the greatest albums of all time

Masterpiece for sure! I still prefer The Bends, but OK Computer is a 5 star album

55/1001 :: Radiohead - OK Computer Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 10 Fav Tracks: Let Down, Electioneering, Climbing Up the Walls, ETC… Listen before you die: Uhhhhh Yeah One of my favorite albums of all time. Seriously this is a desert island album for me. Top 10 all time. Probably Top 5 TBH. It just has all the things. Hard, soft, delicate, emotional, innovative, everything… I Only wish I had fell in love with it sooner. I liked the album when it came out but didn’t become obsessed with Radiohead until Kid A. That was a miss. I should have went to this tour. That was all time shit. Bottom line is, this is the album that keeps on giving.

no se si me gustó, le voy a dar otro intento

The music is good. The vocals and lyrics are bad. I've never been a fan of Radiohead. I always thought it was just their pretentiousness but after suffering through 53 minutes of whiny vocals singing lyrics that sound like a 12 year old with his first crush wrote them I understand why I dislike them

ive loved ok computer forever and i will never not. what more can i say

Listened to this one a million times before. I don't like it as much as some of radiohead's later stuff but it's undeniable how good some of the tracks are. Also, a rare use of sleigh bells in a song that isn't a Christmas song.

I do like Kid A and In Rainbows better and I'm not sure this truly reaches 5 stars for me on quality alone, but when you consider the context when it was released and how much better this was than any other rock music at that time, it is worth 5 stars.

MAJESTIC, BEAUTIFUL!!! Every track is a 10, including fitter happier. GOATED album

I don't love Radiohead, but this album is really good

Pretty good

Totally Essential album. We covered this on IGTOV Podcast. Great stuff. 5 *

Moody, dark, and has some really great ballads. Unfortunately doesnt get 5 from me because of a handful of songs that felt like a trudge.

Loved this when it came out and still sounds amazing. Such a journey

I didn't really like this, but I think I wanted it to be something else. Worth a revisit

Radiohead are one of my greatest discoveries along this project. I’ve never appreciated or paid much attention to them in the past, but OK Computer, my 6th album of theirs, was a pleasure to listen to.

It’s a fine album, but overrated. I respect their willingness to experiment, but I greatly prefer The Bends.

Here we are again living in a dystopian nightmare, with a regime far more disturbing than what even these guys could imagine. Why does this governance keep getting worse and more dictatorial? But always dressed up in red? and massively long red ties... While listening to these nightmare-describing songs, I only dread our present reality more deeply. That this was describing a world almost 30 years in the past...if only there were a god to save us. I'd be a believer. But this is the hell we have, still, but it goes to 11.... A hauntingly, disturbingly beautiful look into our dystopia, like a sonic bottle in the ocean from 1997.

I feel like with a few more listens it may one day grow on me, but first impression... I don't get it.

Perfection (100/100)

Excellent album - really impactful and atmospheric songs 8.5/9 out of 10 so a very strong 4

I tried. I really did. I tried to see why the Internet seems to love this album so much. I tried to force myself to be kind to it so people would be nice to me. My original review: music for people who cry when they masturbate. Snarky, yes, but maaaaaan I don't vibe with this album at all. Dropping it back down to a 1 for the instinctive "NOPE" reaction I've had the last few times I've seen it.

I used to pretend to like this more than i did because I didn't want to sound thick. I'm actually enjoying it more than then though. Few songs in the middle are a bit of a slog. Kind of hard work at times but very good. Shame Thom Yorke's a zionist freak

Masterpiece

One of, if not the greatest rock records to date. Timeless. Love it.

Really mazing album. A lot of good songs that really stood out from each other, with variation.

I just don’t think I like Radiohead. Their music just seems pretty flat and the same all the way through this album. It’s not bad I guess. Just not good for me.

I could write a novel! One of my truly favorite albums of all time.

Maybe overrated in the grand scheme of things but still a 5/5. Exit music, let down and karma police is one of the greatest 3 track runs of any album. Paranoid android is in many ways Radiohead’s bohemian rhapsody. The glum ‘lucky’ is just beautiful. And then even ‘weaker’ tracks like ‘electioneering’ or ‘climbing up the walls’ represent some form of disintegration. 5/5

One of the few perfect albums in existence and possibly the record that most defined my taste in music as a youngster when I bought it shortly after it was released. It may still be my all time favorite. Has become increasingly relevant as the present has come more and more to resemble the future it foresaw.

Love it

205/1089 - A great example of an album where every song is unique and interesting but still sounds like the band. Cool concept as well on the importance and dangers of the reliance on technology. Great melding of rock instrumentation with new (at the time) digital effects.

was just not feeling it, couldn't connect. something too manish about it for me.

One of their best albums of all time.

Airbag - 6/10 not bad but not my style Paranoid Android - 8/10 very nice, the instrumentals are nice and vocals are not bad Subterranean Homesick Alien - 8/10 pretty good, interesting, different Exit Music (For A Film) - 10/10 literally peak, it sounds so good idk what else to say Let Down - 12/10 im gonna kill myself, i have no words this song is peak im gonna kill myself tho Karma Police - 10/10 okay fire lowk fire Fitter Happier - not rlly a song Electioneering - 7/10 idk not my style Climbing Up The Walls - 8/10 nice No Surprises - 10/10 fuckass song Lucky - 7/10 nice The Tourist 7/10 not bad

Один из лучших альбомов в мире, как и сама группа!

Bellissimo, un po’ troppo lento che è una cosa che odio dire, purtroppo non mi ha preso così tanto anche per questo motivo.

meczace, moze dwa ok, musialem skipowac wiele piosenek wiec za to minus

I don’t get Radiohead hype. I can barely understand what Thom Yorke sings, it’s whiny and warbly and the music is simultaneous boring and trying too hard. Let Down was the one song I enjoyed here.

I just can’t get into Radiohead and really don’t see the appeal. The only thing I liked on this album was the guitar work in Paranoid Android and Electioneering but the depressing lyrics and Thom Yorkes voice and the horrid Fitter Happier just ruined it. The guitar work (what little I could find) saved it from a 1 star.

A masterpiece of moder music Od consider it sound art and should be in art museum collections Start to bottom all super creative and coherent while experimenting some new ground.

Very Muse-y (from what I remember). Nothing special but didn't especially dislike it

I've tried Radiohead once more, and once more I haven't connected with them.

Where Radiohead pivots their sound from another anthemic Britpop band to a more experimental one. The album grew on me to a point where now I prefer their more electronic rock sound more than the earlier work (although The Bends is still cool). Probably I would rank Kid A higher these days but I’d still give this one a 5. Also love Paranoid Android.

I find Radiohead's music to be pretty bloodless, especially post-Kid A/Amnesiac. OK Computer is where they started veering in that direction, but it feels more human to me. I've never been much of a fan, and the hype that followed this album (and the lead up to Kid A) was a turnoff. That said, there's a reason OK Computer is such a landmark, and I found it more enjoyable this time around.

Radiohead is obviously a great band, The Bends is a 5 star album that to me is their best. This is pretty great too with some great songs, particularly Karma Police and Let Down. But I cannot abide the paranoia, which has since seemed to become Radiohead's whole brand. I know it might be a bit lame to say, but I do have this weird take that music should be fun and/or meet and comfort you in your lows, not make you feel exponentially and existentially worse. There are some great songs here that are buried in musical gloom, i.e. Climbing Up the Walls. Check out The Easy Dub All Stars cover version of this record, which is a 5 star album that matches the great songs on here with music that make you feel good rather than suicidal.

Still rocks my world. A moment in time.

Standouts Karma Police Electioneering

J - 3/5 Best Track - "Karma Police"

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Easily one of the best albums I’ve listened to. I’ve listened to this album so many times, and I really like the hidden meanings of the lyrics. All 12 tracks are really great, but my favorites are: “Paranoid Android,” “Exit Music (For a Film),” “Karma Police,” “Fitter Happier,” “Electioneering,” “No Surprises,” and “The Tourist.” 5 stars. I would give 10 if I wanted to.

A Timeless Masterpiece OK Computer is a landmark album that redefined alternative rock in the late '90s, blending haunting melodies, cryptic lyrics, and experimental soundscapes into a deeply immersive experience. Its themes of alienation, technology, and modern anxiety resonate as strongly today as they did upon release. I am a big fan of The Pineapple Thief and OK Computer is a clear influence—its atmospheric depth, emotional intensity, and progressive leanings laid the groundwork for the kind of introspective, layered music that The Pineapple Thief excels at. You can hear echoes of Radiohead’s sonic ambition in their use of dynamic shifts, melancholic tones, and textured arrangements. A visionary album that continues to inspire generations of musicians and listeners alike.

I don't think I'll ever revisit this, it isn't really my thing but it was an OK listen.

Maybe the first album I've received on here that I'm quite familiar with. A real, obvious classic.

Awesome album one of the best of all time. 7.8/10

Clásico. De los mejores discos que he escuchado.

I recently reviewed The Bends. I like that one a lot better. Actually OK Computer is great, but it overstays its welcome in my opinion. I get tired of Yorke’s voice, but I do enjoy the soundscapes.

cool concept album - not exactly my speed.

Pretty solid

I’ve never been a big fan of Radiohead, I feel like I’ve tried many times to get into them. Using this album to listen to with some good quality headphones as my latest attempt. Airbag was a good opening track, I like how it was more guitar focused. I really enjoyed the track Subterranean Homesick Alien, I can feel myself relistening to this one. Exit Music and Let down were let downs for me, I can’t seem to like that one. Found it super repetitive and wanting to fall asleep. The album picked back up again with Karma Police. This song is very catchy and has some moving lyrics, I know a lot of fans hate it, but it’s one of my favorites by them as a surface level listener despite being somewhat repetitive as well. Not really sure what to think about Fitter Happier, not a fan though. Electioneering has great guitar and I love the cowbell on this track, this song almost sounds like a different band completely. Possibly my favorite one thus far into the listen, reminds me of MUSE. Climbing up the Walls has such a creepy drum sound to it that I really enjoy. This song is a lot slower than the last and doesn’t flow as well as I feel like it should, I almost wish the tracks were swapped in the order of the album, but then again I haven’t listened past this yet. No Surprises gives me sort of a Beatles/Lennon vibe. IMO it would have been a good album closer. Lucky is another creepy track, something with the guitars and this weird droning going on the whole time too, not musically inclined to make it out. But the song you can tell is very well written. The Tourist is another slow album course type of song. Has a little bit of some jazz elements to it, but the song draws out a little too long. Overall, I enjoyed this album front to back a lot more than I thought I would. The B side IMO is a lot stronger than the A Side. The singers voice is sort of whinny, which might be why I’ve never been able to get into them as long as I have. Listening with headphones you could really tell the individual notes and sounds, you could probably listen to this album 100 times and find something new every time. I don’t think I’ll be doing that, but I respect the ones who do. I want to rate this a 3.5, but I’ll give an extra half star for the cult following Radiohead has produced in their career.

Lovely to hear the start of Electioneering again. 5 for that alone.

Listened to - at the airport waiting to board. Sound - about what I expected it's borderline 3/4. Going with a 4, because I think it'd be better on second listen, but it's definitely a beneficiary of the grading up system.

Just dead good innit

Obviously 5

Still probably my favourite album

4-5

It was a 5 before listening, and a 5 after listening. Record side names slightly annoying.

Lovely to listen to again, one of the best. I think this is top 10 ever

A perfect album

One of the best albums of all time.

OK Computer is an expansive and cinematic record. Albums of this ilk are often described as “ambitious”, as if to insinuate that they aim high but don’t quite succeed. OK Computer is an ambitious album which completely nails what it’s trying to do. It has also defined how post-production is approached by most modern rock bands. Radiohead manages to be epic in a sophisticated way. Bands who perform epic music (like Muse or Kings of Leon) sometimes sound a little pretentious as if the audience knows that the style they are performing in places more importance on the music than it actually deserves. OK Computer presents itself as epic and important in a completely unpretentious way. It has been said a million times, but this album really shows off the full breadth of how compelling and detailed a catchy rock record can be. If it wasn’t for In Rainbows I might even be able to call it the best album of all time.

I mean it’s incredible.

To this day, Karma Police just makes me think of that Derrick Comedy sketch with Donald Glover screaming. Really solid album. I particularly liked Exit Music, Let Down, Electioneering and The Tourist. Overall great, but I didn't enjoy it as much as In Rainbows. Thom Yorke is still a bit of a cock.

I've heard this a million times, its a generational defining album, it has different styles and something for everyone but the whole package is so technically on point it's bordering on perfection. A change from Britpoppyness to Flaming Lips outthereness and paired with their legendary Glastonbury set a few weeks after this was released cemented its legacy into the consciousness. I usually joke on Radiohead reviews that "It feels like another Radiohead album I'm supposed to like... And I mostly do, but sometimes I'd rather listen to The Bends, you know?" and I'd still rather listen to The Bends, but I adore this also as a foundational shift in my personal sonic landscape at the time.

I know it's a modern classic and I admire the techniques and the songwriting but it doesn't really float my boat.

Not quite as bad as I remember. Still not my taste.

It’s got a bit of everything, mathy, poppy, arty, thoughtful.

Iconic album some great songs

A great album. Some groups churn out the same sound. Radiohead went from a guitar band to experimenting with sound to great affect

Always preferred The Bends but this is equally as great. A classic, not much more needs to be added.

Another classic album, and incredible how they managed to follow up the epic Bends with such a change of direction. It is full of great standalone tracks that work as singles but altogether it works as a thematic concept. Paranoid Android is an epic song that twists and turns and entertains. The only criticism I have is that it lead to the disappointing experimental stuff that was to follow.

I get that Radiohead are a bit marmite, but I was quite surprised that this album still has a fair amount of hate in the reviews particularly given it’s clearly their best album (your pants are on fire if you say to the contrary). Let’s face it, if you aren’t even remotely aroused by the chord progressions and time changes on Paranoid Android then I fear you are dead inside.

🗯 Beyond essential, if possible — transformational. Well, here’s a no-brainer. I’ve had a few during this project, but this one truly changed how I hear music. OK Computer shifted the culture and rewired listeners. Dystopian and human, intimate and alien, it predicted the anxiety of the digital age while sounding completely untethered to it. It felt like a line in the sand the first time I heard it — a clear before and after. It took the guts of alternative rock, fed them through a broken modem, and somehow emerged with something symphonic. It’s cold and intimate, mechanical and emotional — like a robot mourning its own circuitry. ‘Airbag’ opens like a car crash in slow motion. ‘Paranoid Android’ is a prog-rock masterclass for the disillusioned. ‘Let Down’ Is still one of the most devastating songs ever written about modern life. It predicted culture. That mix of isolation, overload, and quiet collapse? 1997 could’ve easily missed it, but we got it and, maybe we didn’t deserve it at the time, but we caught up and it remains one of the finest ever!

I was only able to listen it once but It was OK. It's not my favourite music but it's not bad.

Sublime

Superb.

Deeply emotive and rich in melody. Somewhat melancholic but beautiful.

👍🏼

i can't lie, this is absolutely amazing, it speaks on such modern stuff yet it still feels so dreamy, every musical part feels like the perfect choice and it still isn't cliché, it's always fresh. these songs will be incredible forever

So good. They’re much more versatile than you’d think based off their most popular songs. And this album is the epitome of depression.

Nothing more to say…

“airbag” is a good opener but probably my least favorite track on this album (not counting “fitter happier” since that’s an interlude). especially since it is followed by “paranoid android” which puts every other song on this album to shame (relatively speaking). there is SO much creative liberty being taken with this song and i love how it feels like 3 different songs in 1. i love when it breaks into 7/4 time AND there is so much to dissect beyond that with respect to the music theory behind this song. the also electric guitar SHREDS this whole song so massive respect. probably my 2nd favorite radiohead song of all time. “subterranean homesick alien” really does a great job with utilizing electronic aspects to convey that otherworldly feel. it’s a really pretty song too. “exit music (for a film)” was one of my big introductions to radiohead and probably sits in my top 5 as well IF NOT my top 3. it’s very melancholy and gives me a really nice impending sense of doom which is what i love in a song. the drum break into the climax is SO satisfying (iykyk). i love the storytelling with this one too. even if you don’t really listen to radiohead you probably know “let down” from tiktok/reels edits! this is probably the prettiest track on this album. the final verse and chorus is HEARTBREAKING and usually makes me cry (sorry not sorry). if you listen to any of these PLEASE listen to this one because it is definitely a people pleaser. “karma police” is one of the more popular ones but not for me. it’s good but not great imo. “fitter happier” is lowkey REALLY good for an interlude… but at the end of the day, it’s an interlude and i’m not gonna go out of my way to listen to it. a really interesting commentary on society though. speaking of social commentary… the next song, “electioneering” is a very clear allegory for politics. i also really like this song, it’s upbeat and a LOT of fun. love the instrumentals on this one as well as thom’s falsetto. “climbing up the walls” is DEFINITELY the creepiest tune on this list. if you’ve seen yellowjackets there’s a really impactful scene set to this song and i can’t listen without getting reminded of that. regardless, a great tune which i adore. “no surprises” is probably somewhere in the middle of my ranking of tracks on this album MOSTLY because of the final verse/chorus. a bit repetitive but that’s okay. on the contrary, i REALLY like “lucky” (guaranteed sleeper hit). simultaneously hopeful with a tinge of “something’s wrong”. peak. now for the closer: “the tourist”. a super pretty ballad which contrasts the rest of the album and, in my opinion, ends the album perfectly. i didn’t like this one at first and now it’s one of my top 3 on this album. all in all, this album is currently a no-skip for me (which is rare) and has been a near no-skip since before i really got into radiohead (so i’m fairly unbiased). i also recommend as an intro album to this group. 5/5.

It took me some time to appreciate OK Computer. I had listened to and enjoyed Pablo Honey and The Bends, but initially I didn’t get the new album, and I didn’t own it until the OKNOTOK re-release 20 years later. It starts with “Airbag”, about the lifesaving car safety device - good alt-rock with interesting ambient noise. But it is with “Paranoid Android” that OKC takes off - a mini suite of existential dread, a calling out of capitalism and consumerism; beautifully miserable and unfortunately prescient. “Subterranean Homesick Alien” built on shimmering piano and guitar, a lot of Pink Floyd influences, is similarly downbeat, Thom Yorke wishing that aliens would swoop down and take him away. The production is excellent, the sound expansive and immersive. “Exit Music (for a Film)” may be the most depressive sounding song on the record. I love it despite, or perhaps because, I find it hard to listen to without picturing Tommy Tiernan’s priest gradually succumbing to despair as it plays on the coach radio in the final episode of Father Ted. “Let Down” is gorgeous, emotional and sadly uplifting. Perhaps accepting disappointment is the natural order and we should get used to it…? “Karma Police” may be the key track anticipating as it does the rise of social media intolerance and shaming, the 1984-like rise of Big Brother’s thought monitors. It is astounding that it was released as a single. “Fitter Happier”, apparently voiced by a Macintosh computer, comes off like Stephen Hawking as a wellness guru. “Electioneering” calls out the politicians whose promises when seeking your vote disappear once in power. The almost jaunty track capturing the gladhanding perfectly. “Climbing up the Walls” is claustrophobic and oppressive. It builds to an almost unbearable, frightening climax, utilising strings in a cinematic way while also echoing The Beatles “A Day in the Life” “No Surprises”, another achingly beautiful melody, is the other side of “Electioneering” when the elation of change wears off and, as Pete Townsend pointed out 25 years earlier, ‘new boss, same as the old boss.’ The protagonist of the incredibly sad and touching “Lucky” is deluding himself that his ‘luck is gonna change’ and you can’t help but feel that he is ‘standing on the edge’ of something much worse than he thinks. The album ends with “The Tourist”, a measured exhortation to ‘slow down’ at odds with the underlying panic I don’t subscribe to the championing of OK Computer as the best album of all time, but it is excellent. The sounds, lush in places, bare in others, are haunting. The lyrics capture detachment and separation, confusion of living in a world where you feel you don’t belong. Sadly, more and more people are feeling that still, almost 30 years later. It is an album in which you wallow and often that can be cathartic, but it can be a relief when it’s over. I love the album but, like the young priest in Father Ted, it’s not one I need too often. Just often enough…

I do remember the OK Computer bandwagon and I was not on it in 1997. For me, it was the year of Blur, The Fat Of The Land and Dig Your Own Hole. Years later I would come to appreciate The Bends and eventually give this album the appropriate amount of attention. Of course, it is a superb record. While British music in the 90s was in a fantastic place, what was happening with guitar bands was they all suddenly had a hit. Probably a twangy, digestible Britpop hit. But looking back on the era, lots of the Britpop albums were flawed and bogged down with filler, rushed out to capitalise on that hit, and the sudden moment that guitar music became cool. What Radiohead, Blur and a handful of others managed to do was to redefine the album as a format. This was the first era where the CD was established as the king, meaning two 23-minute sides were no longer necessary and artists could play with a full 80 minutes (and lord knows, some of them did), cram multiple B-sides onto their multiple-variation CD singles and really make the most of their studio time. So the best artists made some incredible work and I honestly believe 1997 stands up as one of the finest years for music. First of all, OK Computer is packed with tunes. The big crowd-pleasers such as Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises deliver their highs, so hidden gems like Subterranean Homesick Alien and Let Down (famously so underrated it became overrated) can knock you out when you least expect it. The album also does an immaculate job with its pacing and ordering, as it feels like they have everything in its right place. Personally, I prefer to listen to The Bends but that album ran so this one could fly.

I’d stop just short of calling this greatness. There’s some good things going for this album though! I’d imagine in 1997 this sounded like the fucking future. There’s a lot of tactful instrumentation choices, as well as a very clear atmosphere this album sonically exists in. It just lacks a bit of punch and/or ability to hold my attention, personally. That Apple automated talking voice is such a cool choice on “Fitter Happier”. On the other hand, songs like “Climbing Up The Walls” weren’t as easy on the ears as I’d hoped. I don’t take issue with Thom Yorkes voice being overtly whiny or impossible to listen to, but it wasn’t great on this song. “In Rainbows” was the Radiohead album that clicked for me, I had no such click with this one. 3/5

Really freakin liked this one, even slightly better than *In Rainbows*, definitely my favorite Rh album I've heard. Unless I ever listen to *King of Limbs* and it bowls me over, it should stay that way. 9.4 ★★★★½

An album that has never totally clicked with me, but still great. 4.5 stars

This album was really a game changer for me when it came out in my early 20s. At the time it really changed my perspective of what a standard guitar/drums/bass/keys rock band could sound like. It was weird and ambitious, but at the same time really accessible. I think the first half of this album where it really shines -- "Airbag" through "Karma Police" is just a great set of songs. Things get a little iffier on the back half with "Fitter Happier" and "Electioneering" being the chink in the armor. Thankfully, it does pick back up with the excellent "No Surprises". Highlights for me are "Airbag", "Paranoid Android", "Let Down", "No Surprises", "Subterranean Homesick Alien", and "Exit Music (For a Film)". 5 stars.

Brilliant Computers. This is as sure of an easy 5 star classic record of the ages as you can get. As sure as a pig in a cage rises like Olympus on antibiotics above the Serengeti. In terms of the great battle between this and The Bends, whilst both are 5s it’s clear that OK Computer packs more bangers and is just a higher form of art. Nearly every song is an exquisitely doomy and dystopian celestial high point with Fake Plastic Trees aka the best song on Bends still getting easily outstripped and there are just a few relatively lacklustre patches such as Let Down, Tourist and Electioneering that allow a few Bends songs to sneak in. planet telex vs AIRBAG 0-1 the bends vs PARANOID ANDROID 0-2 high and dry vs SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN 0-3 fake plastic trees vs EXIT MUSIC 0-4 BONES vs let down 1-4 nice dream vs KARMA POLICE 1-5 JUST vs fitter happier 2-5 MY IRON LUNG vs electioneering 3-5 bulletproof vs CLIMBING UP THE WALLS 3-6 black star vs NO SUPRISES 3-7 sulk vs LUCKY 3-8 STREET SPIRIT vs the tourist 4-8 If this was Final Score being read out by Mark E Smith you would definitely have OK Computer being declared as the landslide victor.

Good

It’s fine, seriously what is all the fuss about Radiohead

ez 5 stars

Man I am getting good albums at the moment

This album was the center of my universe for two years, as an impressionable teenager. This arrived, seemingly, out of nowhere. Nothing like it existed prior and nothing has matched it since. It was a product of its time - an uneasy marriage of technology and paranoia. Easy 5 stars!

maybe i’m just not smart enough when it comes to music theory to appreciate everything happening here but i just don’t get why THIS is the radiohead album that’s supposed to be totally groundbreaking. with the exception of ‘paranoid android,’ i think it sounds incredibly dated and it always shocks me that other people don’t feel the same way because i think it sounds markedly More dated than their records. it’s interesting to listen to radiohead’s within the context of what other adjacent bands were doing around the same time…for example, "the bends" is very much in keeping with the tradition of other alternative rock bands in britain, but it doesn’t feel dated because it feels perfectly situated in that moment. whereas "ok computer" has the guitar band sound plus some other more interesting and innovative (at the time) electronic intervention, but what made it innovative at the time now sounds 1. not that crazy and 2. awkward alongside the more standard guitar band stuff. my hottest take is that ‘let down’ is TO ME this band at their weakest. this is what radiohead sounds like to people who don’t like radiohead: absolutely boring, self-indulgent dribble. AND IT GOES ON FOR FUCKING EVER. something about the chord progression maybe strikes me as so clichéd. how is this not a totally bog standard 90s alt rock guitar song...? my favorites are ‘climbing up the walls’ and ‘electioneering,’ the latter of which is admittedly a pretty standard guitar rock song so idk what i’m bitching about really. i love that thocking percussion throughout. and ‘climbing up the walls’ is so brilliant and awful, just stomach-churning in the best way. the “kicking squealing gucci little piggy” line in ‘paranoid android’ induces a full-body cringe in me every single time i hear it. i dearly wish he had not included that lyric. otherwise it rips, i can’t lie. fav tracks: electioneering; climbing up the walls; paranoid android; subterranean homesick alien; exit music (for a film); no surprises

britney could do lucky by radiohead but thom yorke couldn't do lucky by britney spears. jk this is a really good album i just wanted to make that joke. at first i had written that i didn't add any more songs to my liked songs than what i had already, but then i relistened to half the album and a lot more grew on me. i feel like there's so much happening on here that it's sort of hard to process in one go. i remember being really blown away the last time i listened to this in full maybe a year ago, so i think that also set me up to be underwhelmed today on my first listen. I also think because I’ve seen Paranoid Android’s composition and structure analyzed in so many different music theory videos, that makes me appreciate its complexity in a way I haven’t been given the opportunity to do for other tracks/albums. Fav tracks: Paranoid Android, No Surprises

reminded me so much of MCR! Surprised me because i’ve only heard creep before. You can hear how influential they have been to bands that came after. I listened to it in the car and was like man i cant understand a single word. Let me listen with headphones when i get home. That didn’t help at all and had to read the lyrics for every song regardless, which sadly reminds me of indie rock. I think the abstract lyrics work for some songs but others it makes them sound unfocused. The only songs i’d listen to again are climbing up the walls, no surprises and lucky. I did like the instrumentals for each song though. 6.5/10

Wow who would’ve thought this album would be on here. In all seriousness though despite the album’s grandmaster npc status it deserves the praise it gets, it really is a one of a kind, super influential album with a perfect track list and run time, completely changed the British scene of music st the time and was super ahead of its time in its cultural and political theme present in its lyrics and overall message. I personally prefer Hail to the Thief (despite the fact I gave that 4 stars, wish you could change reviews on this) but this is definitely a close second and probably objectively the better one (HTTF is a bit messy in its track list and more stripped down). Also, I find it crazy how this followed the more guitar rock orientated the bends, that’s one of the great things in Radiohead’s discography, nit one of their albums are the same. Favourites: all. Overall, 10/10. (Nooo npc take).

Good but the second half just slowly drags

Thankful that they started listening to aphex twin

My personal favourite radiohead album Favourite song: Paranoid Android

"Kid A" or "OK Computer" ... hard to pick for me. Flawless albums that captured where we were headed as a society, pre-social media or everyone needing everything from Amazon.

Dreamy, melancholy…and boring. 3

I’m not a huge Radiohead fan, but I recognize their contributions. This is a great album… definitely showcases the creativity and depth of this band the way no album prior to it had. It’s very good.

I hear the influence on all the indie music I enjoy

This is a great album. One of their best ones.

bueno, me dejo con sentimientos encontrados

It's an eerie and deep album. It's excellent, but it's also kind of exhausting. Musically, it's top tier. The compositions are ambitious and experimental and the production is perfect. It's a more modern take on progressive rock, they're still alternative rock but they mix and experiment with many different techniques to get a very specific and forward sound. They're very versatile too, mixing heavier tracks like "Lucky" with the almost-lullaby "No Surprises". Thematically, it's a deep, haunting album that reflects on society, loneliness and technology. For me this is what made it a bit exhausting, as even though Yorke's lyrics are kind of abstract, they're still pretty heavy to process. The compositions match the themes perfectly, making very cohesive and complete songs. For specific songs, "Karma Police" and "No Surprises" are tremendously popular as stand-alone tracks, but within the album they work even better. "Paranoid Android" is a modern prog rock epic, and it's outstanding. My other favourites were "Climbing Up The Walls", in which I loved the production and the chorus, and "The Tourist" which is the perfect closer, letting loose the tension and ending on a lighter note. I found that there were no worse songs in the project though, they all serve their purpose perfectly in the album.

no surprises probably my favorite radiohead song ever and idc if that’s the basic choice! it’s fucking good! highlights: paranoid android, exit music (for a film), no surprises (april 26 2025)

Radiohead har aldrig varit 100% min grej men OK Computer är ba bra helt enkelt

Jag försökte verkligen med flera lyssningar men hittar inte in i vad som gör dem intressanta. Karma Police är ett plus men räcker tyvärr inte så långt!

Karma Police gillar jag ju såklart men annars var det mesta lite svårlyssnat, men kan tänka mig att det växer av fler lyssningar

I've listened to this album so many times that I don't even need to listen to it again to review it. But of course I will. It's a great album. For me, it's the best from Radiohead, whom I admire anyway. 5/5

Amazing achievement

great!

Very boring album, and honestly how did kore than one radiohead make into this list. I would say this was as bad as the first album i listened too

500. This is THE album

Not for me, some songs I listen too again but I found it quite whiny and slow. I think if you like that 90s slow rock sound there is something there but I struggled to get through it.

First time I listened to this I didn't understand all the acclaim, finally clicked for me

10/10 A manifesto

It’s a stone cold classic. They invented the 2000s 3 years early. They write indelible melodies with unmistakable edge/darkness on top. Radiohead are singular. This 10 year run from 97-2007 is up there with the best who ever did it.

As Spike Lee once said: not my cup of tea

Fun and varied

classic album, gets better the older i get

Klasika!

What can I say? It's a perfect fucking album, no skips except Fitter Happier when I'm not in the mood for robot voice. But on the whole, magical.

5/5 automatique <3

Perfect.

This is the Album everyone loves. I never got into it. “The Bends” is my favorite Radiohead album. Starting at the beginning with “Airbag”, this might be the listen that sways me. I still don’t like “paranoid android”. “Subterranean homesick alien” has potential. That was enjoyable. I’m digging “exit music(for a film)” as well. Exit music is really good. I love the build and the vocals against the fuzz bass tones. I’m glad I’m listening to this record again. “Let down” is a great song. I think I’m just not a fan of the singles from this record. Like “Karma Police” I never got the hype. Up to “Karma police” now. Just the chord progression turns me off. Skipping this one. “Fitter happier” was a clever piece. Would not seek out as a jam, but I like what they did there. “Electioneering” starts off with a great intro riff. Digging the vibe of this. Radiohead are a great band. The sound scape on climbing up the walls is next level. I love whatever instrument starts “no surprises”. Still not my favorite Radiohead album but there are a lot good moments on this record.

I mean...I don't rate it as high as most people do. Just not to my taste 6/10

Ok, some good cuts

I was dreading the day this album gets to me. And it’s pretentious and overrated thing. Not bad, but defined not as good as some people make it out to be

Comon bro it's Ok Computer. Free Palestine.

Sobre el sonido, producción impecable, buen alt rock con experimentación electrónica previa al nuevo milenio, influenciado por la estética glitch y el boom de internet. A excepción de un par de temas y la última parte del álbum, que es más accesible, letras pretenciosas, repetitivas, narrativa inconexa y una voz monótona y fría que satura. ⭐️⭐️½

A masterpiece

It’s radio head man come on this slaps

I don't get the hype around this album. It's not bad, but like Radiohead, I think this album is overrated.

One of the best albums ever.

Alright...I get it. This album is fantastic. There isn't a dull moment. "Paranoid Android" is a work of art. "No Surprises" is great. I wouldn't call their vocalist a GREAT singer, but he fits the vibe for sure. The guitar tones are so fun. "Electioneering" is FANTASTIC. This is a solid 4.5. "Fitter Happier" is garbage and didn't need to be here tho. Liked Songs: "Airbag" , "Paranoid Android" , "Subterranean Homesick Alien" , "Let Down" , "Karma Police" , "Electioneering" , "No Surprises" , "Lucky" , "The Tourist"

liked songs: all Fantastic album. If you don't like this, you don't like Radiohead. Or being sad. 4.5

Fav: Let Down Least Fav: Fitter Happier Yeah this is straight up one of the greatest albums ever made. Every song has so much care put into it, and the themes of anxiety for the future as well as this sense of hopelessness are conveyed very well, and I am so glad I’ve heard most of these songs live as they’re very special to me. You’ll struggle to find many albums better than this

***An ok album

2,5

sounds ok

I have tried many times with these guys but for me this album and the band in general is torture. As overrated as anything I have ever heard.

can't concentrate on this music, i feel disoriented

Great

Still a band that I don’t really understand all the love for. Doesn’t help that I really don’t like Thom Yorke’s vocals. This one at least has familiarity on its side because everyone was playing it when it came out.

10/10 Monster album - it kind of felt Radiohead completed alternative rock and said everything they wanted to say. They never produced an album as good again, and nor did anyone else - at least, not in this "genre". Superb. Meant a lot to me as it was The Album of my A-Levels. Listening to it now, I can picture my teenage bedroom, my desk, my cd player.

Such a great album

I can see why this is so influential. Still didn't capture me much.

Already an album I listen to every year or 2. So moody and intense

Beautiful stuff

Took me a few years to “get” this album. Enjoyable complexity though have to be in mood for York’s vocals at times

I had never been a fan of Radiohead, mainly because I stay clear of over-hyped bands. Not too long ago, I read a book that described the significance and importance of several of their albums and thought I should give them a listen. I was pleasantly surprised I liked OK Computer, it has depth and really hit the right spot musically. I enjoyed their next couple of albums in the early 2000's too and though I don't love the band, they're music has a certain appeal that I'm glad I gave them a chance.

A masterpiece. A true body of work greater than the sum of it's components.

Classic album

Great album. It has the scope of a big concept album. And while I don’t think there’s any one single narrative through line, there feels like there’s a story happening. The music is just so cinematic, and the lyrics suggest a sci-fi dystopian world. The songs are perfectly sequenced too. To borrow the title of a Radiohead song not on this album, everything is in its right place. There’s a nice range of styles too. A lot fall under the umbrella of Radiohead’s signature proggy sound, but there are a few Britpop/guitar rock leaning songs, and “Paranoid Android” is pretty punk. I’ve always been a fan of the twinkling and melancholy “No Surprises” too.

Another Radiohead banger. It's got their usual layered songs with a lot of depth that take you for a ride (like "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music (For a Film)") , and it's got the big hooky pop alt art rock tracks ("Karma Police", and "No Surprises"). "Lucky" is a hidden gem. It's like a Pink Floyd track without the derivation. Beautiful use of that spacey trippy sound to create a track with great dynamic moments. "The Tourist" is a fantastic closer. It's absolutely huge, and I really do feel like a tourist with this album so the title is apt. I think this is my favorite Radiohead album. When I think of my favorite tracks of theirs, its' "No Surprises", "Karma Police", "Creep", "Jigsaw Falling Into Place", and "Everything In Its Right Place". And this album has two of them- while none of the others co-exist on any single album. It's got a classic great Radiohead album cover. Just like the music, it's artistic, memorable, and interesting.

Best album ever, great musical composition, evocative lyrics 5/5

Perfect album

Masterpiece! The best album by Radiohead and one in the top 10 in 1990s.

10

I’m only giving this two stars because karma police is a great track. However, listening to 60 Minutes of Thom Yorke’s depressing tone of singing is challenging at best.

Album #37 and the easiest 5 stars so far! A lot of albums get hyped up to be something they’re not, however ‘OK Computer’ deserves the hype and then some. I can only imagine what it was like to hear this back in ‘97 and ‘Let Down’ is such an ethereal masterpiece of a song. So yeah, 5/5!

Went into this fully expecting it to be a five star album, but it’s not as consistent as I remember it being. There’s obviously some essential Radiohead songs on here (Karma Police is an all-time great), but I found there was a lot more padding on the album than I remembered and I’m not sure if I’ve just heard it to death or if aspects of the album have dated poorly, but my memories of this album certainly hold up better than my current feelings.

I liked a couple songs but def not my fav Radiohead album

Amazing album

I'd not listened to this album in its entirety before. It was an album which, when it came out, some people were saying that I would love it. It started off, however, with a 'this is going to be a long ordeal' on my mind but it somehow transformed into a very cool listen. I enjoyed it.

Two 5/5 albums in a row! :') I have actually been listening to a lot of Radiohead lately since the YouTube algorithm is recommending me every single demo version of "No Surprises" for a reason. "OK Computer" is an achingly, hauntingly beautiful record. Radiohead's greatest work by a long stretch. "Exit Music (For a Film)" has the best buildup / momentum in musical history, "Karma Police" is cathartic and "No Surprises" might be the best song of 1997, capable of conveying feelings that I cannot write with words. Radiohead is truly a one-man experience.

It's a classic for a reason! It's a fantastic album, however I don't think it's Radiohead's best album. I still prefer In Rainbows and Kid A over Ok Computer.