OK Computer - Radiohead

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The BenRAB is probably the most genuine record Radiohead made. For those who hate the perceived contrivance of OK should at least be able see the honesty in songs like "Planet Telex", "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees" not to mention "Black Star" . The Asian release of the CD had "Killer Cars" on it as well. I think In Rainbows makes an attempt to get back to this honesty.
 
OK understood. You make a good point that I can not argue with.

BUT you still should try to see them live...you wont be disappointed.

I think that Muse has a lot of Radiohead influences yet Muse still sounRAB fresh to me...not directly emulative, which is always a good thing IMHO
 
note: I posted this before but I don't think it got the exposure it deserved, namely because I tried to start a thread where I posted all my reviews but it bombed, so I'm reposting this and will work on more reviews I will post in a while, anyway, enjoy and discuss.

Radiohead - OK Computer​

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1. Airbag: YouTube - Airbag - Radiohead
2. Paranoid Android: YouTube - radiohead - paranoid android
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien: YouTube - Radiohead Music Video - Subterranean Homesick Alien
4. Exit Music (For a Film): YouTube - Radiohead ~ Exit Music (For a Film)
5. Let Down: YouTube - Radiohead Let Down
6. Karma Police: YouTube - KARMA POLICE-RADIOHEAD
7. Fitter Happier: YouTube - fitter happier
8. Electioneering: YouTube - Electioneering
9. Climbing Up the Walls: YouTube - Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
10. No Surprises: YouTube - Radiohead - No Surprises
11. Lucky: YouTube - Radiohead - Lucky
12. The Tourist: YouTube - The Tourist - Radiohead (this is actually a really cool video)

Man, it took me a LONG time to fall in love with this album. I first heard it months ago in full, and over the last week I
 
Did you ever stop to think that maybe those albums reach out to our generation the way that albums like Unknown Pleasures or Sgt. Peppers did for their respective generations. I am not comparing the aforementioned albums to these, but to insinuate that people who rate OK Computer and such highly are not as knowledgeable and worthy as yourself is just plain stupid.
 
Thanks. I really try my best to do non-typical album reviews. Though one criticism someone gave me is I only review albums I think are fantastic. I sort of agree with them, because I only have to passion to write about things I really like or really hate. There aren't a lot of albums I've encountered recently that I hate, just boring or mediocre.
 
Nice review!

I agree with you, I think this album is strangely underappreciated on rabroad, a sad fate shared by many other popular artists and albums. I guess it might be a mix between wanting to remove oneself from the mainstream and perhaps the hive mind. I bought this album when it was new and that's quite a while ago now and so even if I don't really listen to it anymore, I know it like the back of my hand. My current favourite track may well be Subterranean Homesick Alien, although before that, I've had several other favourite tracks on the album that eventually got overplayed ..

I see you're missing the release year (1997) which should always be included somewhere ..

Thanks for another good review. :)
 
Not keen on Muse either apart from a few tracks on their debut. I think you should give the band Archive a listen. They are British too yet hardly known which is a damn shame. If you need any music by them just PM.
 
'Lucky' is my favourite tune on there- the last verse where Thom sings the head of state/ has come for me/ but I don't have time for him/it's gonna be a glorious day is one of my favourite segments of any song every. The tension built up throughout the album (especially following something like 'Climbing Up The Walls') is quite palpable, and it just drops after this as we realise that Radiohead CAN do happy. It puts shivers down my back every time I hear it
 
Tbh I'm not a fan of track-by-track reviews; I prefer reviews that focus on the album that whole, using specific examples to illustrate general points. But that said, I thought it was a good review of one of my favorite albums. There are some bits I don't really understand though ("Airbag" sounding industrial and "Karma Police" resembling Pixies songs mainly).
 
I can honestly say that I barely listen to this album and it is hugely overated. I find the production very mechanical sounding (with the albums title it was probably intentional) but since re-buying it on CD a couple of years ago, I have played it once!
 
Archive is cool they remind me of Portishead or like an urban Portishead vibe...but I am not so much into trip-hop as I am more rock-indie rock-grunge or oldies...

hey I see you're a buddy now at my LFM ... Hi bud! :-)
 
Ok Computer is my favourite Radiohead album. It borrows heavily from 70's art3prog rock like Floyd and some Genesis but was/is still thoroughly modern. There was no way for them to follow-up this album so they totally shifted gears with Kid A which at first kinda bugged me, but now I respect it and think Kid A is their next best album.

If you only give a few albums of theirs a chance, these 2 would be it. If you are open to a 3rd, try ',The BenRAB'' Cheers!
 
Nice review, Davey Moore. I agree with dac that this is a seminal album for a younger generation much the same way that Sgt. Pepper's or Unknown Pleasures [or, arguably, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Horses (Patti Smith), What's Going On (Marvin ***e), Trans-Europe Express (Kraftwerk), Straight Outta Compton (NWA), Nevermind (Nirvana), or Ramones, for that matter) was for earlier generations. There are few albums that "change everything" for a significant group of listeners and musicians; OK Computer is one of those, no matter how popular or unpopular it is to put Radiohead down. I would place Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in the same category, and would say that both it and OK Computer "change everything" for many younger listeners, BUT can be highly influentual and even favorites for older listeners (and artists) as well, as Roygbiv says. (Btw, see his post on Wilco, and especially latest review of Yankee Hotel.) In short, OK Computer is pivitol for many, whether any single person can stand to listen to it or not.
 
I don't think anything has suprised and delighted me as much as hearing paranoid android the first time. I'm an older music fan so I did not hear this albun in the context of youthful angst, but it still challenged, and changed me more than any other album in the last 10 years.
 
Before I came to rabroad, Radiohead was just another band. A very popular one - of course, but still just a band. However, when I came to rabroad, the popularity they have here almost turned me off them .. :p

Just almost, though. OK Computer is still awesome.
 
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