OK Computer

Radiohead

10/10, a masterpiece.

Classic

For OK Computer, I may need 6 stars. In fact, putting this as *merely* 5 stars makes me start sweating a bit about my other 4 and 5 star picks. Because this is one of the best things. There are very few albums which give you the exhilaration of a movie when you’re finished with it. You know that feeling, leaving a really concept-heavy, head-spinning movie where you're just lost in this delirium, exiting the theater. Processing. So few albums do this. This album does that. Concept-wise, record-wise, it's shooting for the freaking moon. It makes every album feel like they're just shooting for the distant hills. I cannot stress how much effort it sounds like they put into making this album. Everything just feels in the right place, perfectly placed. That's no doubt due to the literal years of band rehearsals that lead to these recordings. Radiohead rehearses. They also fucking commit to their songs. Nothing sounds unsure. Everything so confidently delivered, doubtlessly honed through years of attempts on the same thing. Thom Yorke writes lyrics, and Radiohead writes songs, that are good for them. They are not universal, they are heavily wired into the internal logic of Radiohead, to understand them requires the context of their other music sometimes. Their music is not immediate. But the stakes here feel so *personal.* The band sounds genuinely disturbed at the prospect of our Brave New World. Their warnings are not dispassionately given, nor are they preachy. We're always viewing this future through the eyes of what seems like a terrified victim of its uncaring superstructure. It's personal. I think this album genuinely goes to somewhere new. Somehow a thesis that's never preachy, a perfect set of recordings that are never sterile, never forced, always room for the magic of happy accidents. This is one hill I'll die on, this is a damn good record. 5/5

What an incredible listening experience! I had a smile on my face throughout the whole album. The sound of it made me fall right into the music, it made me calm and everything else besides listening felt so unimportant. Ever song starts a little weird, you don't know which direction it's gonna take which makes it interesting. And somehow, every song turns out to be amazing.

Fanastic! Pulled me into Radiohead after my first listen, 10 years after release. Excellent top to bottom~ true classic

Excellent from start to finish. A masterpiece of emo music.

The best

I really enjoyed listening through this album. Every song is iconic and dives into purpose and melancholy sound. Drove a turning point in late 90's British music

Favourite album of all time

Definitely a bit of a groundbreaking album, that goes without saying. The antithesis to the Britpop movement is rife with mournful vocals heavily influenced by shoegaze-esque guitar walls and glitchy feedback combined with an alternative art rock feel that is spacy, distant, and disconnected yet still big and in your face.

Still holds up as one of the best albums from the 1990's and could one of the best ever. Radiohead doesn't miss a beat in the album and everything fits perfectly. Worthy of it status.

Zach is wrong...

There are two Radiohead albums that will get a 5 from me, and this is one of them. "Climbing Up the Walls" is eternal. Everything else that can be said about OK Computer has already been said.

Need a sixth star

ok

I get more from this album every time I listen to it. I normally do not gravitate towards this type of music but it is so good. Captivating story and sound.

Absolutely one of my favs

Legendary album and even after 27 (!) years this sounds fresh and modern

Outstanding album. What an album is supposed to be. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

bruh

depressing. beautifully depressing.

One of the best albums of the '90s.

Good vibes

Perfect album

Certainly Radiohead’s high point, certainly one of the best of all time. A sprawling prog rock epic masquerading as an indie album. Moments of the sublime. When Radiohead still liked to write songs they created a classic.

Great Albm, but not Radioheads best

Loved this

The easiest 5 I’ve ever given, no surprises there

incredible

Aw hell yeah. This is one of the GOATs. 5/5

Excellent and genius through and through.

Those album is epic

Well yeah this was / is massive. Groundbreaking album. The subject matter, the instrumentation, the lyrics, the vocals... the guitar work! The dynamics of Exit, the leads on Lucky, and Subterranean Homesick Alien. It's a mix of alt, psyche, electronica. It's cliche, but goddamn if this isn't a phenomenal record. I like less mainstream stuff too, but I'm no naysayer.

Widely considered the best album of all time, and still under-rated! Easily the best album of my lifetime, very little else even comes close. Perfection

Very good start. Obviously one of the best albums of all time.

Yes. Gimme all of that you got.

Fucking banger

Falls on that short list of perfect albums. It’s tattooed on my psyche. Ancestry.com lists me as 2% ok computer.

the best album I’ve ever heard tbh, rlly opened up my understanding of music and will always have a place in my heart thanks thom

Listened to this while playing ISS Vanguard. This was one of those albums that I first heard my Freshman year of college. I remember the first time I heard Paranoid Android, I listened to it 2 more times immediately after. I even went on to write a piano composition years later called Paranoid Alvinroid. It was the answer to the question nobody has ever asked: "what if contemporary composer Alvin Curran was a member of Radiohead?"

You know, it's been a while since I've gotten an album that many consider to be one of the greatest albums of all time. I've gotten quite a few albums that have been highly praised, but not many, if any at all, of the albums I've listened to so far have been consistently put on a pedestal as high as that of OK Computer. This is one of those albums that people praise like its their god or something. But does OK Computer deserve this praise? Yeah. It totally does. This thing is, to put it simply, a masterpiece. The sound was groundbreaking for the time. To get British rock of a more somber nature like this in comparison to the dominating Britpop scene of the 90s was something that would forever change popular music. I really like the sound. It has this aura to it that is very hard to explain, but it just keeps you hooked the whole time. Thom Yorke's singing is certainly interesting. It gives everything this sense of emotion that is hard to replicate. The writing is very well done, with overarching themes enhancing the full album experience. One thing that I really didn't expect was that this album has a "weird song" that actually works for me. There are some very good albums out there that happen to have a "weird song" that does kind of drag down the experience just a tiny bit or even more in some cases. For instance, I really liked The Velvet Underground's self-titled album, but felt that the penultimate track, "The Murder Mystery", was a bit too unpleasant to listen to and it kind of dragged the experience just a tiny bit. OK Computer also has a weird track with "Fitter Happier". But for whatever reason, that track works in a full album setting. While I wouldn't want to listen to it on its own, the track does add something of value to the experience of listening to the whole album, which is something that I really have to commend. The other tracks are also quite great. I like how the sound can go from being fairly whimsical in a song like "Subterranean Homesick Alien" to being very somber and emotional in songs like "Exit Music (For a Film)". It ensures that the album doesn't get repetitive or boring. Overall, there's a reason why many people consider OK Computer to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, albums ever made. While there a few albums that I might like more, I can absolutely see why so many people consider this to be the best of the best. 5/5.

I think this album is brilliant. I love listening to the whole thing. It's ear candy 100%. Can't wait to listen to this again.

זה אלבום אשר השפיע על חיי באופן מהותי כול כך שבזמן שהאזנתי לו שוב ושוב (בגיל 14, מדפדפת בחוברת שירים קוראת ומתרגמת את המילים בקפידה כמו מפענחת חידה ), זכורה לי ממש המחשבה על כמה שמוזיקה יכולה להשפיע ואיזה תפקיד יש לה. אני הרגשתי שרדיוהד נותנים מילים ומוזיקה לעולם הרגשי, הנפשי, הייחודי שלי, האלבום הזה היה מראת הזהות שלי. קיבלתי תוקף לתחושות ונכנסה בי רוח של מעשה, תשוקה, סקרנות והשראה. הם עוררו את הדחף לקום וללכת למקום אחר, הם בנו את הבסיס להיותי אדם ביקורתי במציאות הפוסט מודרנית. את מרד הנעורים הייחודי שלי, ליוו המילים והצלילים של האלבום הזה.

Didn't listen to it this time. But what else can you say about this masterpiece

Poppy dissonance. The satisfying awareness of everything that’s “off” about modern life. Unusual rhythm, whining vocals, wandering melodies. Feels like stumbling through a dream world, and it just makes sense.

When I started really getting into music, I knew I had to listen to this one. Some of my favorite artists like Muse were heavily inspired by Radiohead’s sound, and this was lauded by many as the greatest album of all time. On first listen, I certainly didn’t think so. I’ve always enjoyed “Karma Police”, but for some reason it took me 5+ listens for Radiohead to really click with me. Now they’re one of my favorite bands and OK Computer has been in my top 100 albums of all time for a while (including a brief stint at #2 and a long stint between 5-10). Every song on this album (with one exception) is perfect in its own way. And while there’s a lot of different stuff going on and a lot of variety, the songs all come together to form something amazing. Perhaps something that’s surprised me the most about this album is that while it feels a lot like a product of its times, after 25+ years, it’s still just as incredible to listen to. That’s not something I’d say about Nevermind by Nirvana, which sounds dated despite Nirvana putting their finger on the cultural pulse at the time. “Fitter Happier” is an abomination though. I think I sort of understand what Thom Yorke was going for in writing and including this song, it’s interestingly experimental (spoken by “Fred”, an ancestor to Apple’s Siri) and playfully juxtaposes the hypocrisy of a computer telling us the best way to live a meaningful human lifestyle. But the song just really sucks, it totally breaks up the flow of the album. The rest of the album is so good though that even this can’t bring down the perfect rating.

Fucking masterpiece! Apesar de alguns momentos bem mais tristes, as melodias são cativantes e pedem para serem ouvidas. Todas as músicas são dinâmicas e interessantes.

Que álbum! Poderia ter sido feito hoje. Passei 10 anos discutindo com alguém que Radiohead não era bom. E agora…

En el tercer álbum de Radiohead las guitarras pasan a un segundo plano para regalarnos una colección de paisajes y texturas sonoras que, sin embargo, suenan a auténtico rock. Eso sí, habría que añadirle la etiqueta de alternativo por lo innovador que fue en su momento. Me gusta el sosiego de "Exit Music (For a Film)" y, por supuesto, las canciones más aplaudidas: la compleja y angustiante "Paranoid Android", la brillante y sosegada "Subterranean Homesick Alien" y la inquietante y anhelante "Karma Police".

This was one album I didn't need to listen to, been playing it for like 25 years now. Absolute classic. Strong chance of being the best album on this list

I don't really have anything insightful to say about OK Computer. It's Ok Computer and it's really good.

- OK Computer pops up on screen- I’ve heard good things about this album, it’s my first time listening as well, let’s see if they’re right! 54 Minutes Later: … holy shit.

Radiohead, have you ever tried just NOT being depressed? -_- This self-professed Radiohead fan has never listened to this properly all the way through. Granted, I’ve most likely heard every song at least once, but in the iTunes days the songs would just come up on shuffle. Consequentially, I enjoy songs like “No Surprises” and “Paranoid Android” without appreciating where they fit into the album. Well. It’s good. It’s very good. “Airbag” and “The Tourist” are great bookends; the former’s anxious, cut-up drums contrast with the serenity of the latter. The contrast in mood between songs is also quite interesting. The rollicking “Electioneering” gives way to the eerie “Climbing Up the Walls”. “Alien” ends on what seems like an optimistic note, then the devastating “Exit Music” immediately follows it. HL: "Paranoid Android”, "Subterranean Homesick Alien", "Exit Music (For a Film)"* "Let Down", “Climbing Up the Walls”, "No Surprises", “The Tourist” January 19, 2024

peak

All radio no head🙁

The shift change in the Radiohead sound from The Bends, which was in itself pretty good, was a bold and ultimately triumphant move which resulted in a classic album. The atmosphere and mood of paranoia and encroaching gloom was palpable yet these songs were also memorable and catchy. No duff tracks (maybe electioneering?) and a work of art for the ages.

This might be the last rock album that was actually an advancement of the art. One of the best albums of all time.

Love this album and band!!!! Let down is phenomenal and I love that the story loops.

I’m not going to say anything new about this album. If you don’t like whiny voices you’re going to bounce off of this really quickly. But for me it hits right to my core. Coupled with the production and orchestrations this becomes one of my favorite albums. 5/5

listened to again top 10 album for me

It seems strange that Radiohead would take up 2 spots on my Top 15 favorite albums of all time, but it's true. While not as guitar-centric as their last release, "The Bends," is just as brilliant, just in a different way. I was late to the game when this album first hit stores. Back then I didn't get it or the band. However, when you end up having it on repeat driving to and from work every day soon after moving over half way across the country, it quickly became the soundtrack to my life late in 1999 into 2000. It was, and still is, completely absorbing. It's weird to say, but I can't imagine my life without this album.

Honestly, great album.

I love OK Computer probably the peak of Radiohead's career, every song is amazing and gives me a lot of 90s nostalgia!

Absolutely brilliant.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Needs no explanation.

A perfect album.

stroking my shit rn. 4.5/5

Classic.

Hauntingly beautiful. No one particular song stands out to me, but the album is full of intricate songs that demand attention and catchy, repeated anthems.

it simply IS that good unfortunately

I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard this album. A Thursday night, probably in July of 1997 at the Poet and Patriot Irish pub in Santa Cruz, California. Since that first listening I've probably heard this album a couple hundred times. So many times that I now consider it to be overplayed for my own liking. I have zero criticisms of these songs. Top notch creativity. 5 stars all the way. (Also, I had never even heard of Radiohead before this album.)

Zurecht ein Klassiker!

own it on vinyl

My generation's dark side of the moon

One of my favorite albums of all time, so much so that I just played the OKNotOK album instead. Airbag hits deep with emotion, you just know the song is truly about a second chance at life.

Easiest 5 I'll put on this. I've lost track of the number of times i've listened to this in full over the years. However, to me Kid A will always be closer to my heart. Dense and brilliant songwriting with production to match. One of the best ever.

Love this album

The album definitely deserves the applause it often receives. Drags a little at the end but for an album that comes up to the hour mark in running time, it feels like you breeze through it. Paranoid Android is a masterpiece and I was surprised at how enjoyable Electioneering was with its REM tinged jangly rock.

4.5/5

One of my favourite albums anyway, really unique songs and great at sticking to the overall themes. Not any particularly weak songs, don't know how more to say why I like this album so much, just really good listen start to finish. 10/10

Now this is the Radiohead I know! Great Album!

My first generated album after joining site. Album well known to me in my collection and personal top 10

Not my number one favpurite alhim though i do love it so so much. Very smooth sounding to me and idk what rlse tp say i just loved it so much 5/5

I don't understand why I ever stopped listening to Radiohead. This is brilliant. Peak melancholy.

Awesome

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this is another one that i wore out my speakers on when it came out. complex layering of sounds, vocals… and so different from their earlier albums (i’m pretty sure on purpose). love it

My first perfect score. The emotional attachment I have towards this album always meant that marking it down was very unlikely. It was the first album I bought on release, and was the defining album of my defining teenage friendship. But even disregarding that, I honestly believe that it warrants a perfect score on the strength of the music alone. Airbag is a perfect starter (that cry of 'I'm back to save the universe' still sends shivers down my spine). Paranoid Android is Bohemian Rhapsody for people who hate Queen. Subterrainian Homesick Alien is a lovely palette cleanser. Exit Music is a virtuoso vocal performance. Let Down is probably the best song ever, and the moment at 3 minutes 42 seconds when the vocal comes back in is maybe the pinnacle of music. Karma Police somehow descends into pure festival singalong by the end. Fitter Happier is way better than it has any right to be. Electioneering is (a) brilliant and (b) full of genuinely funny lyrics. Climbing Up the Walls is...sexy? No Surprises still makes me well up. Lucky is a song to sing loudly in the car. The Tourist is the song that I've imagined using in a film score more than any other. All told, not bad.

quality on top of quality from start to finish, this is one of the best albums of the 90s. highlights: “paranoid android”, “karma police”, “electioneering”, “no surprises”…

If you don't like this album, you probably didn't have very good SAT scores. Science says so.

Great album. Will listen to it again

Albert's story way cooler and genuine! No comment

Anxiety Prince Thom. Always so unexpected, a little dark but so listenable all the way through. Brilliant! So beautifully written. I love how many of the songs ebb and flow. Great running music

Peak 90s alternative. Big Radiohead fan since high school and this one hasn’t lost anything for me over the years. Every second choreographed into perfect succession. One of the greatest albums of all time.

What is there to say

Each song is a self-contained story, and at the same time they all work extremely well in sequence and thematically. Coming from 1997, this album feels eerily prophetic in 2023.

Estaba muy en el mood para este disco. Me gusto todo! Bo tengo quejas 10/10

Love this album. I've listened to it countless times. One of my favorite bands of all time.

Obviously 5/5

I am listening to this album for 1001 albums even though it is one of my favourite albums and I know it like the back of my hand. I know it so well, in fact, that I am particularly looking forward to the "album tracks" rather than the "hits". I was thinking about this - saying you like the album tracks - it seems like a bit of a pose, or hipster move, but I think it's just when you are so familiar with certain albums that you move beyond what attracted you in the first place and start appreciating the smaller things. Anyway, the tracks I really look forward to on this album are "Let Down" which manages to be beautiful and feels upbeat and optimistic as well as down and depressing at the same time - it's fascinating, I don't know how it does it - and "Lucky" / "The Tourist" which sort of feels like one closing song to me. I remember putting "Let Down" on at a gathering once and Tom saying "What? This isn't party music!" Retrospectively, I would argue that the happiness/miserableness of the song means it *is* party music and simultaneously *isn't* party music at the same time. It's Schrodinger's Party Music - you don't know what mood sets until it's out of the box. I don't think any of this was on my mind at the time though! As well as the album tracks being great, the B-sides from the singles are great too. Radiohead are well known for having excellent unused songs and B-sides. If you liked this I recommend the deluxe reissue "OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017" for "Palo Alto" (which I first heard in the background of a Radiohead Tour Documentary and had to track down.) and "Polyethylene Parts 1and 2"which I remember Jo Wiley playing on Radio One and her describing the voice saying "go!" at the start as "sounding like Frank Sidebottom". Is this their greatest album? It was the one that introduced me to the band and I subsequently came to love all this stuff. So, I guess it was the most popular and the sort of the point where they reached the greatest *musically-accessible* version of what they are, before going off into less popular experimentation with Kid A etc. Is this my favourite Radiohead album? Well, I think Kid A might be my favourite due to the aforementioned experimental sounds, and "In Rainbows", and their latest "Moon Shaped Pool" also have a shot at it. I also love the previous albums. "The Bends" is great (though I specifically like a B-side remix. "Planet Telex - Hexidecimal Mix. I just love the bassline) and I like "Pablo Honey" purely *because* it's so immature. I don't think the band like it themselves. OK Computer has a couple of tracks that are a bit too teenage-angst-y. even for me, like "Climbing Up the Walls" and "Exit Music (for a film)" - although even this song has it's merits if only because it made for a great scene in Father Ted. "Replace them with the two I like from the B-sides," would have been my advice. But this is a minor complaint. It is definitely a classic album.

Mijn notities foetsie :"( 5 sterren

With a lot of these Radiohead albums, they've been hyped up so tremendously in previous years that when I'm not blown away, it feels like a personal failure rather than some flaw in the music or over-saturation of universal praise. Don't get me wrong, I loved OKC and I loved Kid A and hopefully I love whatever else they have on this list. It's just, you know. I thought my life would be changed after listening or something. I'll keep trying. I'd give this 4.5 stars if I could, but because I can't really fault this album, it's 5/5. Highlights: Paranoid Android, Exit Music, Electioneering, No Surprises

Anyone who says this album isn't 5 stars is trying too hard to be cool.

Obviously one of the best albums

Fucking hell Coldplay really ripped off Radiohead in a way that somehow makes me respect them even more than I already do

Timeless IMO. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that this came out when I was 16, and that several of its singles had iconic music videos in the prime era of music videos. But maybe it’s just really f’ing good. Most albums are lucky to have a handful of tracks that are great. Very few albums can be played from beginning to end, every time, without fail fail, without skipping a beat. This is one of them.

Their best and also my alltime favourite

I like this, fantastic album

Listened to it before. Love it, my favorites are The Tourist, Exit Music For a Film and Karma Police

One of my favorites off all time

All-time classic. Haven't listened to it in full in a long while, but man is it ever still great.

Paranoid Android Let Down Karma Police No Surprises

Nearly three decades down the line and I'm still undecided. It's clearly genius, but do I like it? I'm saying yes today.

An old favorite for me, sang it nearly word for word. Impossible to judge, I've spent so much time with it, so it gets a 5.

One of the Greatest.

Fav: No Surprises

OMG brilliant album. A real classic

This is an amazing album. I played it to pieces when it came out and listening now it still sounds really good. It's a work of art and a great rock album. It's quite full of despair and isn't for every happy birthday party. Possibly one of the best albums of all time. Yes, it's an anthem for depression that makes it come to life and scream! And it sounds good. Like Pornography by the Cure, it's so emotive and powerful, like a vintage coffee, or treasured champagne, that I use it sparingly when I really want it.

Exit music, karma police, no surprise i lucky to moje ulubione

10/10

So good. I’m not great at writing reviews

Don’t think I could be any Fitter Happier after listening to this album. No Surprises this gets a 5 star rating. You will not be Let Down listening.

It's the band they love to hate. This is the album that REALLY started it off. I remember when it came out I'd already grown to love The Bends but this was radically different.

Allt jag vill ha från ett album. Perfekt.

This album is perfect. I really love Radiohead and can revisit their albums endlessly without getting bored. This one signals their move towards electronic music and it’s hard to imagine now but at that point, a band like this were just not supposed to do that. And they did it beautifully. Their desire to grow and change as artists is so clear when on this album. It’s a masterpiece.

This is a personal favorite, but even outside of that I think it deserves 5 stars. The music is beautifully textured, the lyrics are a detailed rendering of late 90s existential angst.

This is unfair, it’s one of my favorite albums growing up

Matched my mood

This.

Generally speaking, I am not really a fan of Radiohead. But with this release they put together a cohesive and engaging set of songs (about alienation, I think) that is a strong contender for one of the best albums ever made. The songwriting, the production, the vocals, the instrumental arrangements, it's all top draw stuff.

At the time britpop was climbing up its own arse, the underground dance scene was being made into commercials and being approriated by all, Music we thought was dead. Then there was this, the most interesting and engaging album of the 90s a proper send off for the 20th century whatever the fuck that meant. I remeber first hearing this at a bus stop in the bristol suburbs. Listening to the tape in my walkman. It was like a mirror to another universe. And as an album it all works no duff tunes it builds, all the songs seem to take you on this strange journey. This album wins the whole book.

This is the best one. Decided.

OK Computer is one of the all time greats! I'm not heavily into Radiohead, I struggle with most of their experimental stuff, I preferred their earlier stuff, but with OK Computer - as an album, it seemed to capture me at the right point in time. Re-listening to the album today, sat down with headphones on, totally uninterrupted. I got to appreciate all the extra details, the layering, the production - it's a crazy equal mix of bleakness and inspiration, quite a journey.

I think this is my third or fourth Radiohead album in fifty days. This is supposedly one of people's favorites. #1 - Ah yes, now I remember. Sublime instrumentals overlayed with UGUUGHHs and YEAAASHSSs and EEEEEEEHs from Thom Yorke. Is it really a Radiohead album without him though? #2 - I'm biased to this song because I've heard it before (not the entire album besides really this one and Karma Police). It's on my playlist so, yes, I like it. ★ #3 - Decent. It feels relatively hopeful compared to some of the other songs by them. #4 - Honestly, not sure how to describe it. Mournful basically. #5 - Good stuff. Depressing and crushing. #6 - Another one of my favorites from this album (biased) that I feel holds up. And yes, it's still on my playlist. ★ #7 - Haunting interlude to the second part of the album. #8 - Compared to the rest of the album so far, this is kind of the odd beast out when it comes to sound. Not terrible and the lyrics are pretty good. On it's own, not so much, but listened to the interlude to here is such a shift. #9 - And now I'm being drug back down to the Radiohead you know and love. Title is pretty appropriate and, again, haunting. #10 - I'm a fan of it. For me, definitely a song about growing up and finding contentment. #11/#12 - The rest of the songs kind of blurred together for me at this point (it's only two, but still). I feel like all the heavy hitters were played earlier. Doesn't mean they are bad tracks, I just think they failed to stand out compared to the rest of the album. I can't give this a (fairly) unbiased, first time listen to this album since I've heard bits of this album before. Honestly, if you're going to be listening to Radiohead, this is the album. Kid A wasn't bad, but this surpasses it. Phenomenal album, 5/5.

What a masterpiece. Such a game-changing album. Achingly beautiful in places, it was such a unique and inspiring album. I was already a Radiohead fan when this was released and this one just blew me away with its creativity and fresh sound from the start. By the time you’re into ‘Paranoid Android’ you realise that this is different level. A onslaught on the senses! Some of the softer moments and harmonies are just incredible (‘Subterranean Homesick Alien’, ‘Exit Music’, ‘Let Down’, ‘No Surprises’), but ‘Lucky’ is still one of my favourite all time tracks. 26 years old, but still one of my ‘go to’ albums, and in the conversation for the best album of all time ever.

According to the NME, the 2nd best album of 1997, which they got right! However this has probably overshadowed their original no 1 of the year choice ever since. It is a straight up mid 5, even before I listen to it today. Only one weak track which is 'Fitter Hapoier' and also written in tiny letters on the track listing on the record. I often wonder why that is? Did they think it was crap too? Apart from that, the album is virtually flawless in its sometimes beautiful but mostly melancholy way. Such great experimentalism going on with these songs, the guitar playing is abstract and a shining example of how to get the most out of a guitar. Very few guitarists are as good as Jonny Greenwood, bringing raw emotions of angst and madness into their playing. Along with Yorke's vocal delivery, builds a fucked up and exhilarating ride into the depths of their souls. Sorry to sound wanky, but it is a classic which as far as I'm aware, they never topped and have I listened to a Radiohead album since this one? Not properly, as they never got close to perfection as this again.

"Airbag" is already a banger damn. "Paranoid Android" is such a gem. I love it. The guitar progression is so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" has amazing whammy + wah wah usage on the guitar. "Karma police" is a CLASSIC. Still a big fan of course. Legendary song. The bass on this song is insane btw. "No surprises" is also one of my favorite. I just love Radiohead. They are so creative, rock, melancolic and it that nostalgia that so many other people are feeling as well. "Electioneering" was a trip but I liked it. Jonny Greenwood is a genius A milestone imo. Love this album

Masterpiece

I will never forget listening to Ok Computer for the first time. It was like music from the future. No hyperbole, it changed my life. It changed the way I listened to music. It changed what I believed was possible. 25+ years later and I’m still in awe every time I listen to it. The moment Thom’s voice splits in Let Down, the chaotic screaming climax to Climbing Up The Walls, We are one in everlasting peace …. those moments still give me goosebumps every time. I could write one of those thousands of words reviews you see on here, but it’s all been said already. There are masterpieces and then there is Ok Computer 10/10

Favourite tracks Airbag Exit music(for a film) Crawling up the walls Subterranean homesick alien

moj radiohead <3 <3 <3 10000/5

Full of chilling vocals and insightful lyrics, this album is a masterpiece in itself with no flaws at all, in my opinion. Each song takes your mind into another dimension and are also full of hidden meanings. This is the type of music I’d love to listen to before bed. Personal favorites: Subterranean Homesick Alien, Paranoid Android, Let Down.

Radiohead. Thom Yorke. Perfection.

The album "The Bends" was not an easy album to follow up on. This album is paranoid, claustrophobic, and whiny.. in the best possible way. Lyrics are great, they portray a technologically dependent society and future, and a lot of deep messages about things like insanity, capitalism, etc. Album feels to me like the end of 'what was', which is what I believe Radiohead was trying to achieve. I could listen 100 times and still find something new every time. Personal Favorites: Climbing up the Walls, Exit Music, Subterranean Homesick Alien

One of my favorite albums ever

Fitter Happier More productive

huonoin death metal albumi mitä olen koskaan kuullut... marketointi kikka, mitään muuta tämä ei ole. katso tarkkaan sanoja : ''radio''+ ''head'' = sairas paska? kuka tekisi noin? dis album is more relevant than ever dough...jos konumesrisismi on niin paha niin miksi kaupankäynti...artifichial itelligence IS REAL..... tears in rain. albumi skipattu. exit musiikki

Yep

Really a great piece of music. First 5 star rating.

Airbag - i can’t believe it’s this album. it’s definitely Radiohead. (3/5) Paranoid Android - i hate that i like this kind of music. this era and genre of rock are honestly iconic. i actually really appreciate Radiohead’s melodicness at times. (5/5 yeah it’s 6 minutes. and?) Subterranean Homesick Alien - the prog rock/psychedelic is so fun. i truly don’t get the hate for long fleshed out songs. (5/5 i was a subterranean homesick alien the whole time) Exit Music (For a Film) - (5/5) Let Down - definitely sounds like a 180. i’m so honed in on that tambourine. (3/5 middle of the road but not bad) Karma Police - i dunno. pretty alright. i feel like each instrument blends into the other one and it comes together into one sound. it all sounds good together but nothing stands out too much. (3/5) Fitter Happier - Microsoft Sam. skit! (2/5) Electioneering - oh hey it’s politics (4/5 and rockabilly) Climbing Up the Walls - i like the downward spiral this song feels like (4/5) No Surprises - :( (5/5) Lucky - guitar solo to go out on (4/5 Radiohead is starting to grow on me) The Tourist - the soft drums and soft vocals are beautiful. (4/5 a little droning sometimes but not bad) i actually super enjoyed this. was actually a little upset to see it loop. anyway, good album 5/5 only seems fair.

One of my favorite albums EVER! From songwriting to production to overall concept it’s a work of genius.

What a great album this is. I'm already rating it a 5 because I've heard it many a times before. Paranoid Android is so cool. The progression of the humming part is great. Subterranean Homesick Alien is great too. whoa can't believe I spelled that word right. Subterranean. lol They're all great. Exit Music (For a Film) is amazing! Yep just as amazing as all the other times I've listened to it. 5 stars

Legendary

It's hard to overstate how important of an album this was for me. I was only 7 when it came out, but when I first heard it in middle school it really changed how I thought of rock music. The anxiety and discomfort with the world was palpable. Still an absolute masterpiece. 5/5

Really great. I was mostly familiar with "weird Radiohead" (Kid A onwards), so the only song I knew off this album coming in was Karma Police. Plenty of great tracks: Paranoid Android, Exit Music, Fitter Happier, Karma Police, Climbing Up the Walls, and Lucky were all very impressive. The album drips with digital paranoia and technological claustrophobia, and felt musically coherent despite utilizing a variety of (well-executed) styles. 9/10. Favorite Track: Climbing up the Walls

Perfect

Pretty, pretty good. Forgot how hard Johnny Greenwood goes on this album. Hall of famer and no doubter 5 stars in the opinion of this pig, in a cage, on antibiotics.

Well this is easy. Top 25 album of all time - locked in 5.0. Just a nice excuse to listen.

4.8

I really love this album. It’s been a while since it felt relevant to my life but I’m sure I’ll revisit it many more times.

Timeless classic

It's Radiohead. Those guys are legends. Great album.

No Surprises is such a dreadfully happy song

Great album, my intro into RH's deeper catalog beyond Creep.

:)

My teenage self rabidly defended early Muse against everyone who said they were a Radiohead knockoff. I take it all back. Can't believe it took me this long to listen front to back. This is a revelation.

Didn't listen this time, but have listened 1000s of times. Near perfect.

Heard this one a hundred times. "Paranoid Android" is my generation's "Stairway to Heaven". Killer record, an alt rock classic. My fave by them.

So freaking good

Sometimes I get into weird music ruts where I listen to the same few albums for months on end and don’t touch stuff that I told myself I would revisit long long ago. I don’t listen to OK Computer (or Radiohead, for that matter) nearly enough. I was pulled into the soundscape from the first track all the way to the end — no skips. It's one of those rare albums where with each listen you discover a new detail to fall in love with. Tracks that stood out to me upon this relisten: 3 - Subterranean Homesick Alien; 5 - Let Down Would I revisit this album: YES. It’s going onto my heavy rotation.

jesus christ, I'm not capable of being normal about the fact that I liked this, I really really liked this a lot fucking hell. Confusion about why people like this band *and this album in particular* had been such a cornerstone of my music taste, and I've fully turned my back to it basically thanks to this project. Literally a 20+ year process for them to finally click

One of the all time favorites. Sad but hopeful.

top ten albums of all time

My favourite album, great start. Calm chill psychedelic vibes, dynamic and layered tracks with smooth vocals. Makes me want a doobie and a sunbathe.

Not my favorite Radiohead album but certainly groundbreaking and a real step up in terms of what this band was capable of doing. Incorporating experimental, electronica, a wide variety of melodies and tempos all under an umbrella of post-futurist alienation and emptiness. Really holds together as a concept and has had a lasting legacy after over a quarter century.

One of my favorite albums

Solid.

Easy

come on

You can tell an album is a classic when it's just as relevant today as it was 26 years ago. Social anxiety, technology anxiety, performance anxiety, consumerism anxiery, this is as 2023 as it could possibly get. The album that made britpop peak and then die. Revisionnists may be trying to downplay its role in the alternative rock landscape, but I think it is one of its milestones.

Sounds like Muse defined their whole personality on this album. They still never managed to top this.

Undeniably a legendary album, Ok Computer is a game changer for the 90s era and the history of music. It's like space britpop/alt rock that age very, very well. These songs are a perfect example of what mastered songwriting is and how arrangements can boost everything to the top.

Sublime

One of my favorite albums of all time. The combination of electronic elements with the alternative punky sounds is done so well here, and I wouldn’t say they’ll get close to this level again until In Rainbows. Favorite tracks: No Surprises, Paranoid Android, Let Down

Perfect

Outstanding selection, i have this album thankfully

Had some good songs in it? Some I knew, some I never knew. Good listen.

Has been in my top 3 since it came out.

jos tälle antaa 4… respekt… ei meikällä varaa… samalla kun kirjotan.. yorke huutaa suchhha prettyy housee… and suchaapretty garden…. ”klassikko” tämä on paskin suosituista radioheadeista mikä tässä on niin hyvää…

Best album, EVER!

Leeeeets GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! 3rd Best Radiohead Album I'D give it 4.5 if I could, F

Oh wow this album is completely and wholly stunning. The distinctively familiar and utterly heart-breaking glockenspiel melody on No Surprises is so nostalgic, it really has a lot of emotion attached to it. The whole album's sound was apparently influenced by the child-like guitar sound on No Surprises and I feel like that song is really the corner-stone of the album. I haven't often listened to this album as a whole story in this way and it was so nice to listen in full and on vinyl also lovely to pay more attention to some tracks I knew less on here. It was also fun to read more on the background and writing of the songs, I didn't know that they wrote what they thought was an amazing track and then came to play it without knowing who would play what instrument, that's so interesting and exciting to me! There's some extremely catchy riffs and I feel like also other just small magical moments throughout the album that I discover something new every time I listen again. BIG love. Not sure really how to review this album so this is my best attempt.

Can't compete with Chole's review so I won't bother. This is a belter. Exit Music (For a film) is such a great song, gives me chills every time, I ruddy bloody love it. This album has got some of the best of the best Radiohead. I remember my dad playing me Fitter Happier when I was quite young being like 'listen to this mad song', I had no clue what was going on.

Kid A is more completely my shit than OK Computer, but this is still undeniably a masterpiece. Radiohead in their prime.

One of the best albums ever made. It's ok not to enjoy it, but what other band competently makes music like what's on OK Computer? This is a singular, essential piece of music history. On here is one of the best 3-song opening salvos of all time, followed later by Electioneering, Climbing Up The Walls, and No Surprises one after the other. Each of those would be the best song on most other albums (and I'm also a huge fan of Lucky). My one complaint about this album is that Exit Music takes a while to get going. That's it. I thought I liked Kid A more going into today's listen, but now I'm not sure; maybe that album is just easier to listen to on repeat. Either way, Radiohead was on some next level shit in this era. 5 stars isn't enough.

I already said a decent amount about this album when I got in rainbows so I’ll try not to repeat myself too much. This album was very important to me in high school and was highly influential in expanding the types of music I listen to. Without discovering this album on my own, I’d probably still be listening to the most basic classic rock that my dad listens to. Paranoid android remains one of my go-to songs whenever I’m angry or sad and I don’t think any finale to a song can ever top exit music. I even used SHA as an alarm for a year in college. Just as in rainbows felt transitional in radioheads discography, this feels to me like the beginning of the switch from alt/grunge rock to electronic music that was fully cemented with kid a. The themes of isolation and alienation run strong throughout every track and the abstract lyrics are both clever and thematic. At this point it’s somewhat cliche to call this one of the best albums of the 90s or list it as a favorite album but it’s cliche for a reason because it really is just that good.

4.9 Almost a perfect album. Fave songs: Airbag, Let Down, No Surprises

What an album. Absolute classic. Probably Radiohead at their best - the sound (unsurprisingly) is somewhere in between The Bends and Kid A and delivers the best of both worlds. Amazing lyrics and incredible music. A great Album.

Paranoid Android // Exit Music (For a Film) // Let Down // Karma Police // Electioneering // No Surprises // Lucky

Undoubtedly my most 10/10 albums and will probably forever be my favorite.

I think this is the album that finally made me get Radiohead. There is definitely something special going on with this album but it is so hard to put my finger on what it is. There is so much depth throughout this album that I know with continued listens it will only continue to get better. Added to playlist: Karma Police

Förmodligen det bästa radiohead albumet. Väldigt bra. Bästa låtar: Airbag, paranoid android och Exit music.

BÄSTAAAAAA. Favolåtar svårt eftersom alla är så bra men kanske paranoid android, electioneering och lucky

Mästerverk. Med abstrakta texter och komplexa låtar så som Paranoid Android låter det som att albumet kommer från framtiden, trots att det gjordes 1997. Ett av de bästa albumen som någonsin gjorts. Bästa låtar: Exit Music, Paranoid Android, Airbag, No surprises

The classic album every Monday streak continues. Another one where it’s just ‘what do I have to say’. One this I do have to say is that ‘Electioneering’ is a full-on banger and I am coming to your house if you say it’s the low point on this album. Other than that, it’s OK Computer. Just read one of the other billion positive reviews.

There is very little that can be said about this album that hasn’t been said before. It is perfect.

Brilliant album. Gets better with age and repeated listening.

I guess I grew into this album - haven't listened since I was a teen, and found it boring as hell then. Now I think it's pretty sick.

Top ten of all time, probably top 5.

One of the greatest albums of all time

savršenstvo, inače mi ide KidA, IR pa ovaj.

The end of Britpop Despite liking Kid A and In Rainbows a bit more, I can still appreciate how influential this album was to not just rock music, but music as a whole Favourite tracks: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Exit Music, Let Down, No Surprises, The Tourist

A classic. Not a bad track on here. Not really much else to add.

GOOD

Really enjoyed this one front to back. Super cohesive album!

Paranoid Android is my favorite guitar arrangement of all time.

Honestly, hard to be objective with this as it's something I've listened to so many times in the past, but I do think it's as close to a perfect album as you can get. Every track deserves its place - yes, even Fitter Happier - the variety of moods and sounds is unparalleled, and I don't think the quality drops anywhere. Even tracks I didn't love at the time have grown on me to the point where they feel like they've always been there. One addition - if you've listened to it so many times you feel bored, try to find the remastered 'OKNOTOK' version from a couple of years ago. The remaster brought out some parts of tracks I hadn't noticed before and gave it a new sheen, and the bsides from that era are also definitely worth a listen.

Side 1 might be better than any ever. Side 2 is pretty good but lucky and tourist never really do it for me. Still an absolute masterpiece and right off a perfect score. Rating: 4.9

This was a mind opening album for me. Still sounds truly fresh 25+ years on. It's probably my favorite Radiohead album, although of course they have at least 3 albums I'd give a 5. Anyway, easy 5. I feel like the album speaks for itself better than I can.

Pink Floyd vs Coldplay cage match

Radiohead is altijd al een band geweest die het experiment niet schuwde. Al begonnen ze met relatief (voor hun) eenvoudige albums qua nummers, op een gegeven moment schoten ze door in experimentele gefabriceerde muziek. De latere albums zijn geloof ik wel weer wat 'normaler', maar toen was ik eigenlijk al een beetje afgehaakt. Alles komt tezamen op OK Computer, wat mij betreft het beste album van Radiohead, met een serie aan wonderschone nummers. De falsetto stem van Thom Yorke, het gitaarwerk van Johnny Greenwood, maar ook de rest van de band levert geweldig werk. Van het grootse en meeslepende Paranoid Android tot aan het prachtige Exit music for a film, Radiohead laat op dit album zien waar ze allemaal toe in staat zijn of waren.

OK Computer by Radiohead is an avant-garde masterpiece that revolutionized rock music. Released in 1997, it transcends genres, blending rock, electronic, and experimental elements. Tracks like "Paranoid Android" and "Karma Police" are hauntingly beautiful, combining Thom Yorke's ethereal vocals with intricate arrangements. The album's production is intricate and atmospheric, creating an immersive sonic landscape. Yorke's introspective lyrics explore the alienation of the digital age. While some may find the album's complexity challenging, its innovation and emotional depth are undeniable. OK Computer remains a timeless classic that defined a generation and continues to influence modern music. It's a testament to Radiohead's genius and willingness to push boundaries, making it essential for any music aficionado.

This is a great run of records for me, and another Im very familiar with. I know it’s not the ‘cool’ choice to think OK Computer is such an absolute masterpiece but it really is. From the more poppier songs to the experimental, every word just sounds sincere (I think that’s the word I’m looking for). I’m a sucker for bands where you can hear the exact place a song comes from, and Radiohead nail that here. It’s moody, atmospheric, progressive, experimental - every box ticked for me in what makes a great record. If Talking Heads were the band of the 80s, I reckon Radiohead take that prize for band of the 90s. Just fucking mint.

By far the best radiohead album, like lots of bands it's the peak between their straightforward and experimental stuff, best of both. Don't think I've ever given this a full spin though I knew most of it. The other album tracks were largely great too. Will definitely listen again.

5/5

A-OK Computer.

overly complicated wake word

BL: the generator must be trying to prod me by making me get two Radiohead albums two days in a row - this is supposed to be their magnum opus - so I will have to go into it thusly, and disregarded my previous take on The Bends yesterday. AL: alright fine. You got me. This album is brilliant, I was walking through a forest in the morning whilst listening to this and I don’t think there was a better way to experience this for the first time. Somber, beautiful and harrowing. The tones, ethereal sounds, electronica and rock all combined makes for a pretty unique experience and in the early internet days before the popularisation of electronic and rock synergies this would’ve been mind blowing to hear. FT: “Airbag”, “Paranoid Android”, “Exit Music (For a Film)” 5/5

The best album ever. Nuff said.

Life changing, alternative music that would go on to define the century that soon followed. Paranoid Android is a millennial anthem, can’t count the number of times I’ve cried to the beauty of Let Down on the train, and No Surprises depresses me in all the right ways.

Remembering working one of my first jobs during the still-hot CD age and pre-Napster.... I had one of the first portable mp3 players that held up to FIFTEEN SONGS on it that you could swap in and out. Amazing. Anyways it was in this period where I was given this album at said job, who the hell knows what I was listening to at the time but Radiohead? Eh. Creep was just another angsty mid90s song. Forgettable but for that KUH-chuh...KUH-chuh.... You know. I kind of missed The Bends as I was busy in/with my own band at the time living the emaciated van life. Glamour - non-stop .... This is an absolute mess where was I - OH but Rick wherever you are, thanks for the loaner CD. WTF - Paranoid Android?? A friend described it months later as our generation's Bohemian Rhapsody - idk if true but I liked it nonetheless and it stuck with me. I know it's on a lot of shortlists for bEsT aLbUm EVAH!!.! and yeah it maybe is that good; I will subscribe in the sense that those first 4 songs rival anything I've ever drowned myself in with regards to nonstop holyshitness (see: Rush Moving Pictures). Each of these songs are different, melodic, terrifying, gorgeous, lush, mysterious...captivating. I always think once "Subterranean Homesick Alien" is done that it can't get more beautiful than that and yet then "Exit Music..." comes on and holy hell it's haunting. Lyrically sure but the music is a perfect match. My "problem" is that it doesn't hold onto the unimaginable bar those first 4 set. It's probably not possible (Camera Eye, Moving Pictures side 2 / track 5 - there's your bar) so it's unfair to judge against itself. The rest is merely quite good. Just not necessarily ethereal. Then again they could have put something as stupid as a Mac Classic computer voice on any of the remaining 8 tracks and still earned a 5 here so.... 10/10 5 stars

Highlights: Paranoid Android, Exit Music (For A Film), Fitter Happier, Lucky, The Tourist

Pretty good album.I prefer the bends but this album is still good almost every song is a good track.No surprises,Karma Police,Exit music for a film,paranoid android are the stand out tracks.Sometimes it can be annoying with yorkes wailing but beside that it’s a really good album.Not the best of all time though.

This album is my favourite one of all times. 5/5 stars anytime.

Opus magnum

OK Computer is such a profound album. One of Radiohead's best.

Bedsitter

This is one of those albums that sounds normal years later because everyone tried to sound like it after it came out. At the time it was revelatory.

What an incredible album. Most of my favourite Radiohead songs are on here.

Khaaaarmaaa Pooooliiiice

No surprises here it's brilliant

It’s one of the most important albums of BOTH the 20th and the 21st centuries, ok? Enough said.

I'm back to save the universe. God-tier writing on Karma Police and No Surprises. Only gripe is that it seems much longer than it actually is. It feels like I'm slogging away listening to this album but it's only 53 minutes long.

These guys are pretty good Fav track: climbing up the walls 4.5/5

What more can be said? Walking thru n airport trying to find urself with The Tourist in your ears, it'd be a cliché if it wasn't so pitch perfect. The alt-rock album to end all alt-rock albums. Layered to perfection. Accessible and endless. Fave track: No Surprises

One of the all-time perfect albums. I envy anyone that gets to hear it for the first time.

5/5. An emotional and depressing album full of songs about life, society, the future, the present, and the self. The singing is haunting and sad and the instrumentation feels angry. This is a beautiful album that is hard to match. Best song: Paranoid Android, Let Down

Good listen

Perfect from start to finish

Amazing, as always.

Almost singing all of it out loud on the bus. Too good.

I was too excited when I got this album, really made my Thursday. OK Computer presents a dystopian vision of the modern world, exploring themes of alienation, consumerism, and technological dependency in a sound of swirling ambience. Thom Yorke's haunting vocals and introspective lyrics perfectly serve as a conduit for the disillusionment and anxiety prevalent in contemporary society. "Paranoid Android," a standout track and one of the best rock songs of all time, showcases Radiohead's ability to seamlessly blend diverse musical elements. The song transitions from melodic verses to explosive guitar-driven sections, all while maintaining a cohesive narrative. It is an epic sonic journey that encapsulates the album's overall atmospheric and emotional depth. "Karma Police" and "No Surprises" are two other remarkable tracks that demonstrate Radiohead's ability to balance vulnerability and introspection with lush instrumentation. The former's haunting piano melody and Yorke's emotive vocal delivery create a sense of urgency, while the latter's delicate acoustic arrangement juxtaposes with lyrics that express a quiet resignation to the mundane aspects of life. "Climbing Up the Walls" showcases their mastery of creating an unsettling atmosphere through the use of eerie samples and dissonant guitar lines. The use of unconventional time signatures and intricate layering of instruments throughout the album creates a sonic landscape that is both rich and complex. Tracks like ”Exit Music (For A Film” and ”Let Down” are also beautiful with a sense of longing and emotional feelings tied into every word. The production on OK Computer is meticulous, thanks to the collaboration between the band and producer Nigel Godrich. The album effortlessly blends traditional rock instrumentation with electronic elements and innovative production techniques, creating a sound lays the foundation for genre-bending performance. The album's critical and commercial success solidified Radiohead's place as one of the most important and innovative bands of their era and they are in my opinion one of the greatest bands of all time due to their unparalleled discography, and OK Computer is their crown jewel. This album is absolutely timeless and one of the greatest records of all time. PLEASE listen to it, if you haven’t already.

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not my favorite Radiohead, but certainly a 10 and a fantastic listen

This album deservedly gets memed because of rym users but Karma Police is an all time banger

My all time favourite album. Perfect from start to finish.

The album where Radiohead became Radiohead. Essential listening.

My favorite Radiohead album. A masterpiece.

one of their best album

Literal perfection

Iets meer dan alleen OK dit album. Champion’s League van de muziek.

This is somewhere around my fourth time listening to the album and, each time, I enjoy it more than the last. Completely original and all in a good way. Enjoyed the hell out of it. 5/5

great album, so many cool and interesting tracks that combine into a cohesive whole. favorite songs: airbag, no surprises

GOAT

One of the best albums of all time

So many hits!

not bad Favorite Tracks: Paranoid Android, Electioneering 5/5

Not sure how I ended up being one of the few who likes Thom Yorke.

Great album. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

First Radiohead album I got into that also made me not like people who got super into Radiohead. I'm ok with them now though. Some of my best friends are super into Radiohead.

Not my favorite Radiohead but damn if it isn’t five stars, I don’t know what is.

It's just immaculate

I can't listen to this album casually. It's like when I stumble on the Godfather while channel surfing. I have to watch it, and I get totally involved in it all over again. Amazing.

10/10 groundbreaking classic album.

What an album this is. The weakest track is perhaps Airbag, and it just gets better and better after that. Two thoughts: it's another example of the law of threes, completing the explosive growth from their debut through the Bends. After this it's a violent left turn with Kid A. Secondly, most of this album passes the 'busker test' therefore a proper tunes - Lucky, Paranoid Android, Karma Police could all work on an Amsterdam street corner with some guy with an acoustic guitar. Kid A, again not so much.

What else can be said...an absolute masterpiece by what has historically been my favorite band. What an amazing bridge from the "alternative" era sounds of the Bends to the genre pushing behemoths they exemplified from this point forward. 2 of my top five RH songs ever on the front half (Paranoid Android & Let Down...which was my go-to song on 5 am drives to winter swim practice in high school). Not a bad song on the album...even fitter happier has a place. 5/5

Definitely understand the comparisons between radiohead and muse so it's no surprise I enjoyed this as much as I did

Timeless masterpiece.

I’m on the side that this is Radioheads best work and the best album of the 90s. I think I would have heard this whole thing first when my friend Alex (who I have to credit with so much musical influence on me and he had the best CD collection) lent it to me. Would have been around 2003-4. This is an album I come back to maybe every 2-3 years and am just completely bowled over by. What a journey.

Its the best album of the 90s by a mile. Its revolutionary, raw and spectacullar

An amazingly influential album.

Absolute masterpiece. For years I believed this was Radioheads peak, but I have a lot more time for Kid A these days. But given OK computer is slightly more accessible for traditional rock music fans and should be listened to before venturing into KID A. I think this is still their best album, but my opinion might change again tomorrow… 5 star album no doubts about it, one of the best from the 90’s.

One of the all-time classics. I am very glad that this was the first album to pop up on the list. It continues to get better after every individual listens, and I always seem to find something new in the mix. 10/10

I've run out of adjectives to describe this album quite a few years ago. But if I had to use a single word now, it would be "timeless". In the mid to late 90's, where alt rock was still following the trends of grunge, Radiohead decided to go against the tide, and created something unique, hard to describe. The soundscape of a dystopian future, eerily current even now, more than 25 years after it's release. The scariest part, is that Radiohead didn't even peak here.

Genius album. Was there on release day and one of my favourite bands.

This is one of those albums with a big reputation. It can be easy to get lost in the amount of praise this album gets. I’ve actually never listened to the whole album before this. I just listened to this album as an album. Even if this album wasn’t as influential and impactful as it was, it’s a great album. This is a great middle ground between the guitar based music and the more electronic based sound. I don’t know how many people think of this album as a concept album, but it’s an interesting almost prophecy of what life would be like in the future. This is an important album paving the sound of the 21st century, when many bands tried to recreate this album. This is a one of a kind album that greatly deserves its praise.

Genre: Rock, Experimental rock Review: Considered their magnum opus, and it certainly felt that way listening to it. Paranoid Android stands out but the rest is pretty top-grade too. Rating: 9/10

One of the best alternative albums in history. What more can be said? I only wonder which thematic a 2023 OK computer could have? How should we call it? #OKAI maybe? Would it deal with the paradoxes that surround us? Like despite all out progress we did not have the best responses to social events? Or how AI is going to put us in a A Brave New World like dystopia? Or how we find new ways to fuck with our psyche with social media and synthetic drugs? #WeHopeThatYouChoke

What can I say about this album that hasn't been said already. One of the greatest albums of all time and one of my personal favourites as well.

I don't know what it is, but Radiohead has got it

Como disco creo que me gusta más el anterior pero este tiene varias canciones insuperables: "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police" y "No Surprises". Un disco realmente que necesita ser escuchado y no sé como envejecerá de cara a la opinión de las generaciones futuras.

Gehört 5/5, einfach ein Klassiker

FOR A MINUTE THERE I LOST MYSEEEEEEELFFFFFFF

go outside and shower guys

I really love this album. I'm a big fan of Radiohead but this is a very good album. No surprise being one of my favorites along with all the popular ones. Thom has such a unique and enjoyable voice. They have such a great sound.

Loved this one. I knew 2 songs coming in, both on my list, and added 3 more. Great sound all together. There were a few songs I liked notably less than others, but nothing I would say I 'disliked'. Classic album of one of my favorite eras, hard to go wrong there. 9/10

Sitting in an old car in a university carpark I truly discovered something beautiful. I remember it vividly. Sitting in the Sydney entertainment centre I experienced this beautiful thing live. What a light show. What a live performance. Sitting in my study I listen again. And I still truly listen deeply. After over 25 years . OK Computer is one of the best. Ever.

A couple of the songs don't quite hit for me, but otherwise this album is almost pure genius. Take a liberal dose of Britrock/pop melodic sensibility and add some amazing experimental instrumentation and harmonic movement and cerebral ideas and lyrics. An absolute classic.

Masterpiece. Favorite track: Let Down