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So so so so good. Best of the year. Best of the decade?
One of the best ever...
Really enjoyed this!
Masterpiece.
top album known well
probably good
Enjoyed.
duh
1997: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Exit Music (For a Film), No Surprises
Great stuff!
buenisimo
Already know it, though it was a better listen the second time. I don't LOVE his singing though
Love some Radiohead, not quite psychedelic enough for my taste though.
holy three-tracks-run
Great atmosphere. Love the guitars and the electronic details. Quite gloomy but good album.
Liked it
very morbid
Almost can’t imagine hearing this in context for the first time when it came out. Would have blown my mind. Still does
This album dropped in very compelling way way back when. For example, I snagged a disk, smoked a fatty and hit a park where I played it on my headphones from my discman, feeling like I was hearing the most incredible album ever made. It is still damn good, but not THAT good.
This album has served as a barrier to entry to Radiohead for me. I just did not understand the hysteria over the record at the time, but granted I was a child. Fast forward a few years and several of my close friends were big fans. They’d put this album on at parties, and the energy would drop. “Not Deathhead!” I would say. “Turn it off! Put on Nofx!” Granted, I was still a child. I remember bitterly hating the music video for Karma Police. I once got pushed into a bush for singing along to No Surprises like a wailing cat. I deserved that. The only partial credit I gave Radiohead was for being on the greatest skateboarding video, and perhaps still my favourite piece of media: PJ Ladd’s Wonderful Horrible Life. I’m no longer a child. I was even rather excited when this album popped up. I saw it was a way to right a few wrongs of the past. After a few weeks of listening on and off, I think my project partner nailed it with his description: it’s good, but it’s not that good. As an aside, it was Kid A that broke down the Radiohead barrier. I have made my peace with the band.
My take away is that “Ambition makes you look pretty ugly kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy.” I love Radiohead. “Paranoid Android” is a great song title. “Exit Music” draws me in. I’ll try to get along better with my associate employee contemporaries. “Electioneering” is my favorite on the album. “Riot shields, voodoo economics” is on target. “Climbing up the Walls” is quite creepy but I like it.
aff é bom
Classic album from RH.
Og angst.
A seminal piece
Nada mal un clasico de siempre
Damn, estamos con Radiohead. Este es un pez gordo en teoría, veremos... Escuché esto un viernes a la noche de depresión. It hits harder. A pesar de no ser muy fan de Radiohead, este me pareció un muy buen álbum con algunas de las canciones más deprimentes que escuché en mi vida
Was okay. Not my type of music but good background music. It was well made tho.
I think this is the first time I really got the appeal of Radiohead.
this is where it starts getting good
Well, a lot has been said about OK Computer. Personally I used to be more into it than I'm now, but it's still a great album, somewhere between 3 & 4 depending on my mood. While some ideas on the album feel a bit dragged out, instrumentation and arrangements are pretty great. Colin Greenwoods bass parts especially are worth a mention in their tastefull sense of space, movement and musicality.
Me gusta mucho la portada del álbum. Le tenía mucha fe a Radiohead, me encanta la banda. Acá adentro hay TEMONES como let down y no surprises.
Good stuff is good.
Solid choice of songs 4/5
This was once one of my favorite albums. I still think it’s very good but I can’t say I hold the same level of affection for it these days. It’s a very downbeat and moody album, and honestly these days it just sounds like it’s trying too hard to be sad. These songs are not unanimous winners, either. So I don’t think it’s this band’s best, but a song like Paranoid Android is such an achievement that this album obviously still deserves flowers.
This is the best Radiohead album I’ve heard Best production Best songs Best lyricism 4 or 4.5/5 Favorites: electioneering, let down, lucky, paranoid android, karma police
OK Computer is a great album, but one of those from my teen years that I haven't gone back to much as an adult. Electioneering will be back in the rotation a while though. There's Radiohead I like a lot more.
First time with this LP. The quality is evident. It won’t enter my pantheon, but it seems to fit perfectly into it’s time.
Back in 1997 i was very fascinated by the song Paranoid Android and its video. Nowadays i still am. oh and the rest of the album is also quite good
4,7/5
Good but very blue
How do you rate a Radiohead album? Idk but I like in rainbows over ok computer especially since it starts quicker and slows down.
Плотно Ожидал что будет лютое нытье Хотел бы ощутить первое впечатление от альбома, а то я получается половину уже где-то слушал, потому что альбом популярный Думаю, что альбом расширяет музыку и это хорошо Был скептически настроен, но работа и правда хорошая. За рок - класс 3.7
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Great - Not my favourite Radiohead album but it is bloody good. The opening run of Airbag through to Exit Music is about as perfect as run as could exist. Maybe it's just how overplayed it has become in the last few years but Let Down must be one of my least favourite tracks by the band. I just find it very bland compared to the cold beauty and electric shocks that come before it. Karma Police is a more accessible track like Let Down but is much better. Parts of it sound a lot like Sexy Sadie but it's such a different vibe that just works. Fitter Happier is what it is but it fits perfectly. Electioneering rocks. No Surprises falls into the same category as Let Down for me. Lucky is fantastic and The Tourist closes things on a beautiful note.
I do love this album, and of course I loved it as a teen!! When I discovered this CD at the back of my dad's car and was like waaait a minute let's get this on the old iPod! I think this is great, the right level of angry at the world and angry at computers - computers being "the man", but you know, literally anti computers too I think which is even more resonant now. Fitter / happier hit hard cos i was like whaaat's he doing there?? A text-to-speech, in those days! I think I shave off a star only because I've listened to this so much that it's almost memed itself to me and isn't my favourite Radiohead album, maybe a tad on the nose - THE COMPUTER NOSE!
It's an amazing album but it doesn't capture me like In Rainbows did. Definitely a lot of standouts on the album but it doesn't feel as consistent
A fantastic Radiohead album. At the time, I was listening much more to straight hard rock, so this album felt like a departure in the wrong direction, despite always liking Paranoid Android. I have since come around to the shift and enjoy it even more than the early work.
This album marks the transition from the band being pretty good to emerging as one of the greatest of its era. There are some frankly skippable tracks on here but there are some definitive, must-hear tracks as well.
I don't revere Radiohead in the way most music critics do but this is a good record. Listened on earbuds the other day for the first time. I would try that again
Just really good stuff, and that one sad song i wouldn’t know the name of but could recognize anywhere is on here, so that’s cool.
It's good! Sometimes I love Radio Head, sometimes I'm bored a few minutes in, it really depends on which album and how I'm feeling that day. The good ones on here are really good (Karma Police, No Surprises) and some of the stuff in between I start to tune out a little bit (especially early on with songs like Subterranean Homesick Alien-- although I DO like that song, it just loses my interest after a while.
cool album, i still don't love radiohead
Much better than the other album
My problem with Radiohead has never been their music. But Thom Yorke and their insane fans.
Really good album
Nice background music.
Although I like a few of their albums better personally This is their most mainstream and crowdpleasing And is still a cracking album No Surprises and Karma Police obvious classics Paranoid Android and Let Down are fantastic 4.5
Four-leaning-five. Just incredible!
😃
Not a fan of the start of the album, but it picks up pretty well after the third song, and keeps a steady pace from there.
i preferr in rainbows but this is still pretty good
It's full of classics and basically every song is great but it's so dreary. I think Nigel Godrich fucked it up the production is way too slick. And it's overrated. And I love it. But not as much as other Radiohead albums! Subtracting one star in recognition of the recent bad political opinions of certain band members. When you see me giving 5 stars to almost every other Radiohead album please recall the brave stance I took here subtracting one star.
Parlophone NODATA 02 (UK 1998 repress) vinyl rip: A classic. Relevant even today. Not one even mediocre track.
I have their lyrics tattooed on me so can’t give less than 5 note: However, Thom’s political views have to push this down to a 4 (disappointed in him)
8/10 First half better then second half but definitive bangers. Shame they’re Zionists
Not Radiohead's best but it's a high floor album
Great songs like "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police" and "No Surprises". A little too depressive for my taste but it's very good.
Rufus Wainwright called and got me all confused on who the lead singer is. I know people love Radiohead. It's good. I like it. A past version of me probably would have really liked it.
That was a fun listen, don't know if I'd search it out. But if it came on, I wouldn't be mad.
Really good 4.5
No notes
Muy bueno y nostálgico
Тревожненько
Although I know quite few of the song on this album simply because they were everywhere in the late '90s, I have never listened to the whole album. I considered Radiohead too pretentious at the time and I just couldn't get into them. I have now realized it was the fans, not the band or the music that sucked. I really liked this.
Best Radiohead album in my opinion.
Starts off interestingly with Airbag Paranoid Android is a classic. Subterranean homesick Alien is clean and ethereal. I think No Surprises is my favourite song off the album. I dunno, I get why people like Radiohead but they really come across as pretentious to me. This is technically a good album but I just find it has no heart. Still, OK commuter is easily Radiohead's best.
I was actually just thinking of listening to this album a couple days ago before starting this. Great album, but not perfect. I have to be in the right vibe for it - it's not a listen any time anywhere type of album for me.
Too much radio, not enough head. What can I say? It's anti-britpop: sad, progressive and try-hard. This makes it (in my opinion) automatically better than most it's contemporaries. It is however often way too whiny and not their best record, which is In Rainbows. That comparison isn't fair as that record contains some of hmy favourite songs to exist. Still, OK computer has some gorgeous instrumentation, with tight drumming, sweeping guitars and when the whiny vocals do click with you, there is nothing like the agonizing, crushing sadness and self-loathing of a radiohead song. Art exists to make you feel things and radiohead are kings of this. Favs: Exit Music(For a Film), Karma Police, climbing up the walls. 8/10
A great rock album, that builds on a very timeless message apparently, as it has felt only more and more fitting to talk about these themes in the last 30 years.
A Classic Rating: 4/5 GEMV (19.06.2026)
I liked this radiohead album much better than the rest so far. Karma Police, Paranoid Android, No Surprises and Airbag are bangers, the rest is meh but not awful.
I don’t think I’d ever actually listened to the lyrics before. Fantastic.
I absolutely adored this album when it came out. It's still quite lovely.
For fucks sake, did Radiohead pay to have this list put together? This is the 4th album of theirs and I am only 60+ albums in. If it had been 4 from the Stones or even the horrible Beatles I would understand but Radiohead? Come on already. There are other artists even from this time period you could have us listen to. That soap box diatribe aside, this is actually one of the better Radiohead albums. But enough Radiohead already. :)
Great album, and it marks a clear shift in their more experimental direction that continues in later releases. 4.2/5.0
Bah… Radiohead quoi c’est génial. J’ai eu du mal à me plonger dedans mais après 2-3 morceaux j’étais à fond (un peu en dép mais version sympa mélancolique)
J'avais déjà quelques sons de cet album mais le réécouter m'a permis d'en rajouter un. Je trouve que c'est un bon album malgré les quelques daubes qui se baladent.
barely thought about this as i listened due to how written on my brain it is. idk man it's Ok Computer, it's probably pretty good? Let Down - what a song! Lucky - very beautiful! the rest is there too! on to something less obvious i hope!
No recordaba 1997 siendo tan melancolico y triste. Supongo que el mood de este disco inspiró el mood de la juventud para inicios de los 2000. Buen disco lo seguiré escuchando, pero si me genera algo de tristeza. Si esa era la inteción lo lograron completamente.
Respect
A classic, but I listen to Radiohead to disassociate so I’m team Kid A. Electoneering an underrated banger.
Good album - somewhat ethereal sounding at times and it’s impressive to be able to do that without just sounding like white noise
though it's not my type of music...but it was great and i suck at reviews so im gonna end it here
I thought i liked it a little bit more
Still incredibly relevant in modern times
#405 / 1089 Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ This is the album I learned to love in the late 90's, around the time I felt brit rock and the whole "lad movement" had run it's course, at least for me it had. I think I purchased the 'Karma Police' CD single on a whim from a mate working at a record store, but it hit me like a ton of schadenfreude bricks. The track some how felt like friend from another place. The soundscape of the album is very pleasing, songs are clean, kind of sad but also very powerful, filled with emotion and Thom's singing emphasises the feeling of vindication. Somehow it's a powerful soundtrack for the weirdoes, outcasts, nerds and the unseen. I have no explanation why I feel like this, that just is what it is. This is almost a 5/5 album, but few unnecessary tracks drag it to the verge of 4/5. The 'OKNOTOK' version of the album is 4/5, teetering towards 3/5, as it's just too long.
Raidohead bilgim sadece rainbows albümü kadar varken ok computer çok basarılıymış. İlk dinlediğimde ritimleri ve sözleri genel çerçevede bayıcı bulmuştum ama şimdi hoşlandığım kısım oldu. Albümde sevdiğim noktalar ritimlerin bir sakinliği olması ve birinin hayatındaki son şeridi izliyormuşcasına bir havası var. Gayet güzel
I have listened to this album before and it is a good one. Paranoid Android and Karma Police are definitely the most iconic songs in their library. I don't really have much to say about this album, but I do appreciate that its melancholic tone is not off-putting for my taste in music. Think Nine inch nails without the the harshness of their industrial metal sound
Really good but is it a classic?
Really good album, but I don't get why this is considered their masterpiece...I like Pablo Honey and The Bends much more.
++: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Let Down, Fitter Happier, Electioneering, Climbing Up the Walls, No Surprises, Lucky +: Exit Music (For a Film), Karma Police, The Tourist 9,1/10
altijd een banger
Paranoid Android is the work of a group of diseased minds, and I mean that in the best way possible. The main riff is an earworm, and when the distorted guitars kick in, it's like listening to a mental breakdown. The solos draw from Joey Santiago's one-note licks, and it's all very visceral. Karma Police contains one of my favourite chord progressions, and the sonic movement throughout is a masterclass in song arrangement. The rest is pleasant enough.
Excellent shit. Feels like an album that would sound amazing in 1977, 1987, 1997, 2007, 2017, or 2027. An easy 4, maybe a 5, who could say?
Always preferred In Rainbows but this is such a great album, if not a bit too depressing at times
Amazing sound, great tracks, loses momentum towards the end.
Some tracks are great. Some are grating. It’s hit or miss for me, but the great tracks are *much* better than the best of the other Radiohead album we had.
musically defining the genre. a classic
7 GOOD
My third Radiohead album on this list (enjoyed The Bends and hated Kid A), this is apparently the album most fans of the band and critics say is their best and most influential work. Still not a fan of Thom Yorke or his vocal style, but most of the music on here was creative and isn’t dated in the least almost 30 years after its release (god, we’re old). It’s experimental while still being accessible to rock fans with more “normie” tastes like myself; I loved the layered guitars on a couple tracks. Outside of tracks 4 & 7, I thought this was a really good album. Not perfect (to me), but a solid 4/5.
So much atmosphere to this album. It's a little whiny, as Radiohead tends to be, but it's undeniably beautiful. 4/5 Highlights: Paranoid Android Subterranean Homesick Alien No Surprises
Great album. High end experimental rock. The sound almost feels ahead of its time. A mix of the jazzy ambient rock sounds of heavier U2 (bullet the blue sky). Melancholy at times but heavy, busy, with lots of experimental electronic sounds.
Oh hell yes lol
I heard about this band before.. I had some big hopes for this album, it is in no way bad at all.. But I don't think it is amazing, has some good songs tho Fav songs - Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises 4/5
When I think of the sound of Radiohead, this is probably the album that comes to mind. I've always loved the song "No Surprises," and I still turn it up and sing along whenever it comes up on the radio.
Its hard to classify Radiohead as anything particular, maybe "experimental"? This album was melancholy and thoughtful. I enjoyed it.
No one crafts dystopian, ethereal, melancholic, yet painfully human compositions quite like Radiohead. I think one of their albums definitely deserves a spot in the top 100 of all time, although I'm not sure if it should be this one. Still, it was very powerful. One composition technique I noticed that's characteristic of their music is that the bass line is often intermittent or does not arrive until late in the song, thus elevating its impact to the song when it does come in. The first track on this album is kind of what I'm talking about, and another example that I really like is "15 steps" from their album "In Rainbows."
It's a strong four for me. I feel the need to knock it down a peg for two reasons: I don't really like Yorke's voice, and Radiohead has a depressive quality that I don't enjoy. Some sad music makes me feel sad in a good way, but Radiohead usually gives my depression, depression. I know a four is pretty harsh here, because the arrangements are excellent, the production is excellent, there's a wide range of emotions, plenty of ideas... The transition from track 9 to 10 is fantastic But my heart isn't fully in it. I hear a lot of influence on the vocalist of the band Geese in the song "No Surprises"
Treba 4.2, mela jsem docela vibiky na tohle. Proste radiohead
It’s ok
Салам кампудахтер
4 very good songs, rest of them im not that depressed to like them so much, so its a four star for me.
Heard Many Times Before; 4; There's so much to listen to and unpack here, and I don't think I've given this album the attention it deserves. There's so many interesting sounds tucked away in every corner of these songs, and I really enjoy the reverb and ambiance of the guitars throughout the album. At the same time, there's still plenty of catchy hooks. Difficult to pick a favorite track, as this really does feel like an album that's best enjoyed as a whole. Favorite Track: Electioneering
sometimes i wish they didn't grow up so quickly
I mean... it's OK Computer.
i mean it’s a great album but it doesn’t matter how many times i listen to it, i still can’t get this feeling of 10/10 masterpiece top 30 album oat :( great production, great texts, “no surprises” is one of the greatest songs ever made, but i just can’t feel this album 4.5
3,6/5
Parece un futuro distopico dónde nos contralan las máquinas and i love that
Most overrated album of all time (laudatory).
You ever listen to Paranoid Android like a thousand times and notice that it really rocks out until it doesn’t? Radiohead time and time again bring the force and then snuff it out, afraid to have fun. In my old age, I’ve decided I’d rather listen to Lady Gaga. She’s not afraid to go for it and risk looking cheesy (I don’t think she does look cheesy, by the way). Other mainstream examples also apply. In sum, we all bow down to Radiohead, I get why we do and I get why we have. I understand their massive influence, yadda yadda. I’m just sick of feeling that they seem to think it’s cool to have a rock out release, but not cool enough to fully commit to it. Discuss. Also, to everyone saying this is peak Radiohead, it ain’t. Kid A brought them further. Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are massively underrated, and In Rainbows is smooth as a baby’s butt. I still think Radiohead suppress their rockoutability on all mentioned albums though.
La verdad? Muy buen disco. Que grande los cabeza de radio.
Had already listened to this before, forgot to log it in here. I will be relistening the album. Pretty cool.
Cool vibe. I'll rock out to then again.
Airbag is a tune
Call me unsophisticated, but I prefer The Bends. It's still a bloody good album, though.
Karma Police is probably my favourite Radiohead song. I liked this album the most so far of all the Radiohead albums, cause I really like their grunge sound. Solid Album, tons of solid tunes.
I thought this was a great album. Not my favorite by Radiohead, that award belongs to In Rainbows. It’s funny how much more I appreciate this album more now that I’ve listened to a bunch from this list. I really appreciate how Radiohead can really put a collection of songs together.
I got a fevah and the only curah is moah plaintive falsettah!!
Great album, heard most of the songs before but always a good refresher
Review - not as good as Kid A, but a great modern(ish) prog album Score - 9/10 Need to listen? YES
Dere tror kanskje at dette er blant mine favorittskiver, men det stemmer ikke. Innflytelsen er ikke til å undervurdere, men statusen som 90-tallets magnum opus kan jeg kun backe intellektuelt, ikke med følelsene. Den er bra. Sannsynligvis veldig bra. Men det er ikke skiva som gjorde meg til et radiohead. Ca. alle andre skivene deres har vokst med meg og forandret seg. OK Computer er fortsatt omtrent samme skiva som jeg hørte i typ 2011. Jeg er veldig glad i enkeltspor, kan ikke peke på noen spesielle svakheter, men har aldri elsket skiva. Det føles som en gitt størrelse, som egentlig er veldig rart å si, med tanke på hvor mye som faktisk foregår på skiva -- i texturer, lyrikk, og melodiske progressjoner. Hvem vet.
Det er bra, men har aldri truffet meg så hardt som den virker å treffe andre. Nå har jeg ikke hørt den ordentlig på lenge og hadde egentlig glemt hvor mye Muse og Radiohead ligner.
better every time I listen to it. Find the themes do get old
I now understand why my angsty high school girlfriend had this album cover as a poster in her bedroom
Ok, so it is really good actually
Well! Never listened to any Radiohead aside from Patrice O' Neal singing Creep. I knew this was a biggie though. I don't know if I should be shocked or not, but that was great and I really liked it. I'm not sure if I can give it the full 5 because Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls kinda let me down. They weren't bad, but they were just okay on an album full of absolutely stellar music. I guess you need the discord of Climbing Up the Walls for No Surprises to hit harder, so I can give that one a pass but Electioneering feels like it wanted to be bluesier but didn't quite get there through the alt rock vibe. Hmm. 10 tracks of stupid good music and 2 just average tracks... I guess I gave Electric Ladyland a 4 for the same reason so, I did love it, but 4.
A little whiny, but a good album. If I really like Radiohead, I would probably love this album.
Ok je dois me rendre à l'évidence : pour le coup, c'était un foutu bon album.
Kelpo levy ja radioheadin omaperäinen saundi on aina ollut omaan korvaan mieluisa
Aika vähän tullu radiopäätä kuunneltua, mutta tässähän oli monta mukavaa kappaletta. Pari vähän huonompaa mutta paremmalle puoliskolle kääntyy arvosana!
Ohan tää hyvä ja aikalaismusiikista semmonen oman polkunsa tallaaja. Sinänsä kuitenkin tän artistin kataloogista omaan mieleen on pari muuta enempi, ettei ihan pysty venyyn täysiin. Ehkä se on kuitenkin kun tässon sama supermelankolinen taso koko reikäleivän mitalta ilman, että on niitä parin seuraavan levyn taidetrippiä, niin se sit jää uupuun. Otetaan siis taas neloinen pistepussista.
Best Songs: The Tourist Electioneering
Very cool album
Some people call this album the "Dark Side Of The Moon of the 90s". Quite a loaded statement, and I don't quite agree. Still, there's quite a lot of good songs on this, but a few mediocre ones as well that drags down the overall impression. The standouts are 'Paranoid Android', 'Let Down', 'Karma Police', and 'No Surprises', with 'Let Down' being my favourite one on this record. That's quite many of their hits already being on one record, which is impressive! I think there is enough variety here to make it really interesting, but when I listen through it all there are some songs that I just want to skip past. Like 'Airbag', 'Exit Music (For a Film)', and 'Fitter Happier' to name a few. I think I've grown to accept some weaker songs as well from having heard this album quite a few times. But in the end I can't wholeheartedly give this a 5, it'll have to be strong 4 for me. Probably their best album along with The Bends.
It’s really good but not my favorite Radiohead album
Fantastic album, it’s Radiohead of course, a tier
Not their best album
I know this album is considered one of the greatest of all time, but it’s never fully clicked for me. I think part of it is my struggle with Thom Yorke’s vocals. There’s emotion there, but it doesn’t always reach me. The music pulls me in, but the vocals keep me at a distance and emotionally disconnected. It’s one of those albums I respect more than I actually connect with.
I like it now, it's still too pretentious.
This album is definitely outside of my comfort zone. I typically don't love listening to more melancholy songs because music really affects me emotionally and I don't like being bummed out (haha). I think my favorite song was Subterranean Homesick Alien. I also really enjoyed the first part of Paranoid Android. I think I need to give this one another listen in the future and pay more attention to the back half. On this first listen, I'd give a 3.5/5.
I liked it. Stand out song is karma police which is just such a good song. 7/10
They drew influence from some of the greats like Can and REM and created something hugely influential for the bands to come. Back in my youth when this came out I considered it too "whiny" but as I have grown and come to appreciate art more and my tastes have expanded I can see how great this album is. I have it on vinyl and I love how it feels like 4 distinct parts, the sequencing is fantastic. Bass provides great grooves throughout and the electronic fills sound awesome, the production is top notch.
An absolutely perfect record by any measure, just one that I only have so much of an attachment to. 4/5
I don’t think this album is the greatest thing to ever exist like some people think. It’s certainly full of memorable songs and interesting production. But it’s not an album for all seasons. This is an album for when you are depressed and anxious, but doesn’t feel like the kind of thing I would want to listen to when I’m having a great day. I’ll put it on the list to listen to again when the correct circumstances hit though.
Another one I'm already very familiar with. Song by song: Airbag: 4.5 Paranoid Android: 5 Subter. Homesick Alien: 5 Exit Music: 5 Let Down: 3.5 Karma Police: 4 <Fitter Happier> Electioneering: 4 Climbing Up the Walls: 3.5 No Surprises: 4 Lucky: 4 The Tourist: 3 Drags a tiny bit at the end, but those first tracks are killer.
I said a lot about this band in my previous Radiohead review. It was one of those where I decided to listen to multiple albums to get a feel of the band. That previous feel was a bit disappointed. I do have to say for my second listen of OK Computer, I enjoyed it a lot more. My new complaint with Radiohead is I feel this band has enough talent to do so much more. I enjoy OK Computer, but I feel there could be more to it. The tracks are good without fully understanding the concept, but I feel they stop short of really getting technical. And maybe that was the bands intent, I guess coming from a prog head, I want it on a grander scale! Still a good 3.5 star for me, but for this list I will give it four!
Very late 90s Forgot most of these, granted I was 3 when this came out but still
Really strong concept-like album. Radiohead is cooler than all of us.
Fucking hell this is melancholic. Very evocative album, but the singing voice irked me a bit too much to give it a perfect score. Incredibly high highs, though.
Once again it was very refreshing to hear pop rock music done in such a great experimental way. I can’t believe I never got to hear anything after their first album so getting a couple of albums on this list so far has been a bit of a revelation. I’m pretty keen to dig into the rest of their discography!
Smukt album
I think it was rầu rĩ. I was familiar with some of the songs in the album, but when listening to it as a whole, it resonated a bit more. I like "Fitter Happier" as it poses questions I'm dealing with right now.
radohead
Great but some songs are not my taste.
Bra. 3 låtar rakt in på lista :) 4/5
The critically acclaimed and beloved albums are often the most difficult to rate. The question becomes rating based on popularity or rating based on feel - like how I rate the other albums. I think I will give this one a 4. I love Exit Music. I love Let Down. So why not.
Ok Computer, what some people deem as the greatest album ever made. There is so much that has been said about this project in the nearly 30 years since its' release, all of which has aged beautifully in that time being and still holds to be a very relevant piece of media that heavily influences nearly every Alternative act today. Despite all that being said, I don't think this album is as good as a lot of people make it out to be. I think it will surprise many people but I have never been huge on a few of the tracks here, mainly Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls but also Airbag, Paranoid Android, and Subterranean Homesick Alien. I definitely still can not understand Electioneering and Climbing Up the Walls and I would call them misses for Radiohead. The tracks at the beginning just never grab me and it is usually when Exit Music comes on when I am finally locked into this album. Speaking of Exit Music, I recently just learned that Exit Music (For a Film) was originally recorded and made for the 1996 Romeo & Juliet movie and I think the way it was able to weave itself into the tracklist is nothing short of miraculous. The rest of the tracklist really needs to sort of commentary because how can I begin to explain the greatness of tracks like Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises, or Lucky? You just can't man. I appreciate the subtext scattered all over this album about the overtaking of technology in our lives and just how those themes are weaved in both lyrically and through the production. Ok Computer is a great album, that is undeniable, but I just don't think it is one of the greatest albums ever made. I have never seen it as such even after years of listening to Radiohead and all the other music I have digested. There are better examples of this album in so many other places and Ok Computer is just a nice meeting ground of a lot of great ideas. Fight me.
Groundbreaking. I didn’t like it when it came out but over a few listens I learned to appreciate it.
liked this more than Kid A but overall was too moody/down for me to love
Great album!
Not listened to for a long time and was great to revisit
Colossal album. If I'm knocking a point off for Prince then I'm also knocking a point off for Radiohead for Palestine.
4 four stars in a row❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️RGP you are really spoiling us…Tom.
Fantastic album, though not something I could see myself revisiting too many times, just because the music is not quite my taste, but that doesn't mean I can't acknowledge that it's well made. The album expertly rides the edge between having a cohesive sound whilst not sounding all the same throughout. "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police", and "No Surprises" are all stand outs.
Técnicas mixtas, letras que resuenan con el mundo actual cual si hubieran visto lo que se venía con mucha claridad o el mundo siempre fue y será una porquería, ya no sé
The fact that this isn't my favourite album of theirs speaks volumes on the quality of their releases. Radiohead deserve all the praise, truly as good as they say. Not huge on every song on the album but it makes a great whole. Also get a "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" reference in here.
Mahtava levy
#318/1001. Finally a record whose existence in this list is not questioned, right? Although this was more or less a soundtrack of my summer -97, it turns out I had forgotten quite many of the songs in it. But then again the classics remain classics. A bit more conventional and rock'n' rolly than I remembered, I prefer the more electronic Radiohead around Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail to Thief / In Rainbows. But they don't contain masterpieces such as Paranoid Android.
Es un álbum muy estético, melancólico pero con las raíces puras de la banda
Listening whilst playing as Dolny Kubin again. Radiohead isn't really my genre of music, but you can't deny that their works stand out and are special. Of course I had heard No Suprises & Let Down before, but I also found that I enjoyed Karma Police, Airbag & Lucky. I'm sure there will be another Radiohead album on this list. I'll give it a 4/5 because i probably wouldn't listen to a lot of the songs again, too angsty, but the highs are musical masterpieces.
Its a 4
Best Song: Let Down Worst Song: Fitter Happier
Like every Radiohead album after their debut, this is a very good album. For me though, it doesn't reach the heights of the albums either side of it. The Bends and Kid A are masterpieces. OK Computer is just a strong album.
Buen álbum para días grises y lluviosos
I love this album!! It is really a roller coaster, I can dance, I can cry, I can laugh!!
it was really good, but some of the songs sounded the same to me. 3 standout tracks in Karma Police, No Surprises, and The Tourist
Good album. Solid alternative rock, there's a reason it's a classic.
20 years ago this would have been a 5... The older I get the more Thom Yorke's voice annoys me.
хороший! в отсутствие подготовки показалось что все песни одинаковые, надо продолжать слушать
Definitely a classic album, somehow feels both modern and older. Not something that I would have on repeat, but something I come back to now and again.
Pink Floyd of 21st century. I’m surprised how much of this reminded me of Coldplay & Arcade Fire. Always thought Radiohead would be more singular. Another example of “influential” not equating to “great”
airbag's baseline rocked Exit music (for a film) let down Karma Police electioneering climbing up the walls no surprises The tourist
Great sad boy album 👦🏼 (this emoji but sad) (this emoji looks like my bf)
instrumental sehr stark.
Pretty depressing. Great bangers
this is a such a good album going into this album i thought it was gonna be shit cause i didnt like the last one but i was so wrong this was so much better it shows a mixture of rock and calmness and my fav song out of these is no surpises so iconic and just beautiful starts off with such calming beats and slowly progresses into rock this is amzing i loved this album let down was also one of my favourites overall rating 4.6/5 best album so far
this album was very complicated. i listened to it with an open mind like jerry said and every song except the last one was good. instead of the last song being called the traitor it should be called listening to what hell sounds like for five minites straight. my favourite was the alien one and let down
A British boy once spent an hour mansplaining this album to me and it’s left a bitter taste in my mouth. I get it, it’s a car crash. Why are you still talking? Not my favorite Radiohead album but good, dreamy.
I think I stopped listening to Radiohead around this time. Up til then, my musical taste was dictated by my older brother, and this album didn’t sound enough like Creep, so I wasn’t interested. 13 year old me was wrong.
Already listened good alvum
I can hear the direct correlation between this and it's predecessor The Bends but find it doesn't stand repeated listening as it starts to sound a little earnest. Good but not great
Computer sagt: ist gut
Back to back Radiohead….interesting. Love this one too
I've never been a huge Radiohead fan because the songs are typically too sad for me. But I can't deny how listening to this whole album in one sitting made me feel. So many beautiful and emotional songs make a really powerful record.
I really liked this album! I had heard of it, but never sat down to listen to the whole thing until very recently, when I was recommended it. It was really fun to see that it was the first album on the list! I still plan to sit with the lyrics and do a listen-through like that, but I'm already planning to add it to my rotation as we head into the warmer seasons.
Granted I am a huge Radiohead fan. This is probably my 6th favourite album of theirs (mainly because of how overplayed it became). However it's still a masterpiece and Paranoid Android just may be the greatest song of all time.
found a few new ones, sad as always
luv radiohead
Det e jo fette bra, men æ kjede mæ litt.
Gran disco. Disfrutable de inicio a fin y con muchas cosas para analizar a simple vista como los grandes arreglos de cuerdas y de elementos orquestales o los cambios de estilo constantes dentro de pistas como Karma Police (jooooya) o Paranoid Android. Tiene un sonido y estilo muy único gracias a la gran fusión de elementos encima de los instrumentos clásicos del género como elementos corales, sintetizadores, pianos, sonidos podría llamarle cinematográficos y el uso del reverb que queda increíble. Por otro lado, me gustaría destacar el trabajo conceptual del disco entero hablando de temas de alguna manera distópicos pero que al final podeos relacionar con el hoy. Además, tiene un excelente trabajo performativo e interpretativo. Gran disco.
4 - My relationship with Radiohead is that I thought Creep was just okay and Karma Police bored me when I first saw the video. Then I would hear bits of pieces from albums like "In Rainbows" that sounded no better. At some point when you could have custom ringtones for different people, someone asked me to use "Paranoid Android" and I liked it a lot more than I expected, but I still didn't really dig further. I was just convinced that they weren't really for me.Slowly, I've heard songs in Instagram posts or musician breakdowns of particular songs that have lead me to think I need to do a deep dive. Thankfully this challenge has most of their discography, so I'll get my chance. Having listened, we're off to a good start. I liked it a good bit.
It's a really solid album but slightly over hyped in my opinion. Think my expectations were too high but I can't really fault it.
Still really good -
Phenomenal album
Unpopular opinion: I like The Bends better. Still, a great album, if maybe just a bit sluggish in places.
made me miss her with Exit Music, Let Down, and Karma Police all in a roll. Good album with popular hits but not that great to use as a lock in type of album.
I've never really been hugely into Radiohead, I mean obviously I've known of them and some of their tracks are pretty unavoidable. But I've never really listened to them specifically or an entire album for that matter. I like this one. It's a little "sad boy" heavy at times but I think I'll return to this and give it more of the time it probably deserves to unfold sometime in the future Standouts Exit Music (For A Film) Karma Police No Surprises 4/5
Is this list trying to make me spiral??? Yeah another v good album, it’s a groundbreaker, everyone knows it, its very very good. Its quite depressing, it’s bleak, but there’s something in the music that holds you afloat. On this listen I’ve changed my mind and now prefer this to Kid A. 4.5/5.0 Best Song: Exit Music
3.8
A magnificently somber album that has one of the saddest songs within. This album has such an unique sound to it that is hard to criticize yet, like many others, there are still some songs that don’t quite reach the same level as the others.
What a classic. Happy days.
Muse le debe la vida a este disco
All these years later, this still sounds like the future. The themes of technology and its impact on the human experience are no less relevant today; the paranoia and claustrophobia has only gotten worse. The music is just as evocative, with a mostly familiar take on alternative rock layered with unique elements. The beautiful melody of "Let Down" and the solemn piano of "Karma Police" are at once comforting and distressing. While this coldness is what gives the album its impact, songs like "Paranoid Android" - while impressive in its format and complexity - can keep me at arm's length rather than inviting me in. Still, there's something so satisfying about the guitar tones and all the little details, not to mention the interplay between the louder songs and solemn ones, that makes coming back to it worthwhile.
Opening track is so cool. Feels like Radiohead. Paranoid android I get some PT vibes, minus the vocals. What a cool song, so many vibe changes, chords, kinda proggy, banger. Subterranean alien, so cool, wavey and psychedelic. Exit music - dark, melancholic, optimistic. Builds and builds, chills! Let down - a bit more forgettable, kinda poppy with some math rock elements. Karma Police the classic - enjoyed it even more in the context of the album. Fitter happier a weird interlude. Electioneering also interesting, cowbell. Climbing up the walls another forgettable one. No surprises another chill rock classic, mellow as it gets. Lucky also really good - this subtle western vibe, sneaky and mysterious, then kinda gospels?? Really cool. Closes out with the tourist, a slow and pretty song. Enjoyed it more than I was expecting, a solid 4.25/5
Obviously they’re good, but I’m sure there’s an emperor’s new clothes situation happening with how good everyone says they are.
Vägev album, mul hakkas täitsa kahju, et pole enne seda kuulanud. Täis originaalseid ideid ning osavat laulmist (millest Bono vaid unistaks). Selline solid 4.2/5
Not a huge Radiohead fan, but this album is worth appreciating.
All of the album, in its entirely, is incredible! The first half is amazing, the second half it slows down but it keeps you engaged. It's noisy, it's emotional and will get you hooked from beginning to end.
ya lo he escuchado :-) me gustó muchi
Another old favourite, although it’s been a long time since I listened in full! Favourite track: another tough choice, but I do love Karma Police.
it's good, but not the masterpiece everyone considers it to be
Listened 09/fev/26 Some very good songs but doesn't really grip me that much as a whole
good album but not as good as ppl make it up to be,too many skips tbh
"Unconventionality talented" is my two word review My connection to their sound varies more with mood than perhaps any other artist. Eg: I started listening to this album in the car on the way to work and largely found it too whiny to connect with ....and then a second listen at the end of the day when in a more reflective mood left me gobsmacked several times. Unconventional 4 stars, would revisit album in its entirely again.
Love this album, not their best but still strong
vibes. cool atmosphere.
It was an OK album, definitely overrated in my opinion though, some good song on there and some others that didnt really do it for me, pretty slow vibe, I guess its one of those one where you have to listen to it a few time to really get what everyone one is talking about. 7/10 for me and im being generous!
Faktisk mid tier Radiohead for min del. Men fremdeles bra.
I’ve heard a bit of Radiohead. The bends is a great album. A few of their other songs are great as well. I’ve heard a couple of the songs on this album, it should be good. Airbag: 7.2/10 The mix is fucking spot on. Everything sounds great. Nice guitar work. Great start to an album. Paranoid Android: 6.6/10 Has that off-kilter Radiohead sound to it. The bridge is fantastic, the riff is great. Fees like about 5 songs in one. Subterranean Homesick Alien: 6.2/10 Great intro sound. Exit Music (for a film): 6/10 Simple acoustic song. Let Down: 7/10 Sorrowful. Iconic. Has an American Football vibe to it. Karma Police: 10/10 Fantastic. Bloody. Song. Fitter Happier: filler Electioneering: 6.2/10 Nice rocker. Climbing up the Walls: 6/10 No Surprises: 8.5/10 Reminds me of House M.D. fantastic song with so much emotion. Lucky: 6.3/10 Groovy. The Tourist: 6.4/10 Relaxed and calm way to end one hell of an album.
Second time around, I get the hype. The songs' lyrics and atmosphere are reminiscent of these modern times. It's kind of surprising how we're living in a dystopia in the big 26. Thom seems disappointed and isolated with the world around him, I can't help but feel the same when listening to this too.
It was .. OK
Ziemlich gut, aber nicht atemberaubend :/
Ok, computer
Never really got into Radiohead even though they seem right up my alley. The album definitely deserves its popularity, its really solid. The run of the last five tracks were my fave songs. 7.6/10
Iconic album enjoyable
Radiohead was the inspiration of my favorite 'Развлечение' album by Valetnin Strykalo. I appreciate the impact of this album and even like it at some point, but i don't really feel the vibe at this point of life.
First time listened in a while. Felt abit dated and 90s at times, but lots of good tracks, can see how it influenced a lot of bands to come after. Favourite songs were the more despressing ones lol (Let Down, Exit Music). Thom's voice got abit annoying at times
Amazing, it took me years to get into. So many songs that are a great listen.
Enjoyed, classic album.
I like this album a lot, but not as much I feel like I’m supposed to.
spacey, whiny, rainy
Classic. Not a consistent asI remembered
Banger
Parfait pour Clara qui est malade
Still my favourite Radiohead album after all these yearrs. Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises and The Tourist are all in my RH Top 10, and the whole thing is a really enjoyable listen. Yes, they're moody and the feeling of alienation and disconnect is all-encompassing, but really, what do you expect? Happy Talky Talky, Happy Talk?
This is one of their better albums, most of the songs are great!
Oh I am ready for this! Love Radiohead and this album, but actually unsure if this will reach the 4% club of 5* as a whole package. It’s been a while. Let’s see! I mean it is an amazing album with SO many absolutely fantastic songs. But it is with a heavy heart that it only gets 4.5* because my criteria for 5* is every singer landing and being solid. There are just a few on here that miss the mark, but my god, what an album still!
Man it took me about 5 listens to this to decide how I felt about it. There's no doubt this is Radiohead's best work; it's not perfect (it is Radiohead after all), but this album definitely gelled with me the most. I may also mention at this point that I fucking hate Radiohead except for In Rainbows - which also begs the next question, is this better than In Rainbows? Absolutely. I'm not going to go into vivid detail in this review as this is probably one of the most overanalysed and overrated albums ever. This shit definitely isn't one of the best albums of all time, but it's a pretty fucking good one. Maybe it would be if I wasn't a biased Radiohead hater. Anyways, yeah this is good, is it a 5? Probably just shy of it. This is definitely the only Radiohead album I've listened to so far (1 to go!!) that every song is at least OKAY on, rather than 9 dogshit songs, 1 okay song, and 1 good song. In fact, I'd say pretty much everything on this thing is good.
Is great but depressing so acc didn’t listen!!!!
Fuckin love this album bro
Not bad aye
LOVE. let down got me thru one of the toughest times in my life. wish exit music was the closer tho i always thought the placement was odd
instrumentally so impressive
Goated
I am pretty sure i have listened to this album a couple times before but can't really remember it. Pretty muhc has that classic Radiohead sound that I think most summarizes them. Cool electronic sounds with a unique singer and a mix of heavy synth songs and some slower rock type songs. Really liked Subterranean Homesick Alien. Fitter Happier was really strange with a speak and spell talking to me. Rest of album was really good
Genuinely good, dont know why i had mediocre expectations... i think i confused with with Pablo. Climbing up the walls Lucky Good guitar and vocals
Iconic album. This would be the kind of album you would want to bleed out to. Maybe I’m biased but after exit music , everything was taken to a different level. Putting exit music and let down right after it is soooo good. I actually like the addition of fitter happier. Electioneering is a very different vibe from the rest of the album, kind of like organized chaos in a sort of way. Climbing up the walls is so loser-in-the-corner vibe but I like it. Obviously love no surprises. Lucky is pretty good actually. Tourist is the calm after the storm, very nice ending to such a powerful album.
The perfect midpoint between the traditional and the experimental
Alternative rock, art rock.
Decent album, definitely pushes off key switches that defy what you would normally expect in a melody. This does a good job of keeping the album from sounding formulaic. Overall a good album, it’s not necessarily exactly up my wheelhouse but you can tell it’s a well made album. There are some obvious highlights like karma police. Fitter happier is horrendous. No surprises is a well made song.
Still great
Really interesting album, very simple and stripped back but moody and broody. Loved it
Great record - don't think it's necessarily a step up on The Bends, but it's definitely a move away from britpop inspired songwriting into something potentially more interesting
Very good listening t to this again last night, not played it for years, so good, Thom Yorke’s vocal so cool…
Pretty darn good just a radiohead album, but i knew some!
Je suis au 3/4 de l’album. J’ai tout adoré dans ce projet… autant la musique que la cover et les titres de chaque chanson. La composition est extraordinaire. C’est tellement riche et diversifié. Je pense qu’on ne se rend pas compte des détails de la production. Il y a tellement d’éléments qui pourraient ne pas aller ensemble mais c’est parfaitement bien assembler. J’aime le fait que la cover soit aussi expérimentale. on ne voit pas le visage des membres du groupe et c’est très ! - on n’est pas influencé par le charisme potentiel du chanteur mais de l’ambiance proposé. En tant que jeune artiste, ça m’a tout de suite parlé et influencé. Je le réécouterai…
sehr gut
Okay, not the best vocalist but such a good album. I'd forgotten how much Climbing Up These Walls reminded me of the Comsat Angels
Imean it's a really nice album but still im not sure i would give it 5 stars.
This is the third Radiohead album I've generated - and the first I've enjoyed! Was it 5 star amazing? No. But it was enjoyable. Definitely overhyped 4 ⭐️
hauntingly beutiful
This is a great album, but buddy needs to learn how to enunciate better.
I've never heard of these guys, but they kinda sound like a grimier version of Coldplay... like a garage band version, maybe? It's a little too messy for me sometimes. Like during "Paranoid Android" I turned it up when he was singing the part about how God loves his children because it's such a beautiful message, but then the whole band goes crazy on their instruments and I couldn't get back to the speaker to turn it down fast enough. I hate when I get tricked like that! Can you imagine? In all seriousness, I've spent a disappointingly inadequate amount of time with the Radiohead catalog, though I do feel like I have working knowledge of the major albums. I'll blame it on growing up in the CD era when music purchases seemed like big choices and by the time I had a "fast" DSL internet connection to participate in file sharing, Radiohead wasn't Nu Metal or Post Hardcore enough for me to bother with. C'est la vie. Compared to the darker/sleepier shoegaze motifs of The Bends, OK Computer has a little more ethereal sparkle and feels much more expansive. It's still plenty shoegazey, but not quite as stuck as The Bends felt. If The Bends felt like depression, OK Computer just feels like winter. It's more difficult to compare this to Pablo Honey because they are so vastly different in approach. Pablo Honey is a good album, but the worst Radiohead album. Comparing to later works seems wrong, so I'll save it for when I review those albums. Overall, I'd grade this Computer better than OK. A solid output to established Radiohead as a band on the avant-edge of rock & roll. It's not 100% for me, but it's so so close.
8/10
If overdosing was a movie, this would be it's soundtrack.
Klassiker, men litt for mange anonyme spor.
I know some of the songs here but I'll try listening to all of it. 9/10. Favorites Climbing up the walls, Let Down, No Surprises.
Holds together well. Sombre, thoughtful but not overly morose. Some Velvet underground influences with careful use of xylehlphone.
4 1/2. So close to a perfect album.