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        OK Computer

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        OK Computer album cover
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        Airbag
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        Paranoid Android
        		 6:23
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        Subterranean Homesick Alien
        		 4:27
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        Exit Music (For A Film)
        		 4:24
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        Let Down
        		 4:59
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        Karma Police
        		 4:21
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        Fitter Happier
        		 1:57
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        Electioneering
        		 3:50
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        Climbing Up The Walls
        		 4:45
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        No Surprises
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        Lucky
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        The Tourist
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        Album Information
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        Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 53:21

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        Ryan Dombal

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        05.18.11
        Morphing from alt-rock heavies to art-rock gods
        1997 | Label: CAPITOL

        OK Computer was released on June 17, 1997. The domain name "Google.com" was registered just three months later, on September 15. In 1997, the Internet had yet to become an omnipotent cultural force, yet Radiohead could see the signs. Every once in a long while, an album comes out that not only sums up a musical moment but also an underlying universal inkling. OK Computer is one of those albums. Musically, it's all over the place — there's elements of prog, alt-rock, and psych, not to mention lullabies, murder ballads, and horror movie soundtrack fodder. But the album is tied together by an encroaching sense of dread. On OK Computer, Radiohead are both the canary in a coal mine and the peaceful dove; they warn of a senseless, mechanic future while doing their damnedest to provide bloody respite from the clacking of keyboards.

        With its six-and-a-half-minute length and freewheeling structure — jumping from mosh-worthy riot rock to Gregorian chants in a blink — "Paranoid Android" certainly wasn't the most obvious choices for a lead-off single. It did do a remarkable job of setting Radiohead apart from any and all musical trends, though. And it vaulted the band from alt-rock heavies to… read more »

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        Best album of the last 25 years

        speener

        Easily. This is where everything changed for Radiohead. The great albums since try to live up to this, and the ones prior kind of pale. An album full of great songs, it defies listening to it on shuffle. And if you have a good pair of headphones, you'll be even more impressed.

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        Radiohead’s Defining Album

        Angelmusic

        OK Computer, I believe, moved Radiohead into mainstream, must see, larger-than-life bands status. I believe, they broke the cover bands chart with this album, and should have won an award for most done songs by cover bands in this genre, years 2001-2006. Almost every cover rock band I saw years ago live, did at least two to five songs off this album and probably still to this day, 2011. I believe Radiohead is an acquired taste; their signature style of using technology, manipulated vocals and sounds, with complex layering of rhythms that set them far from other mainstream rock bands. OK Computer is hypnotic, driving, and dynamite from start to finish. A must see live band! They are true musicians and loyal to their fans. Love the performance energy and special effects guys!

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        Using the textured soundscapes of The Bends as a launching pad, Radiohead delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern guitar rock with OK Computer. The anthemic guitar heroics present on Pablo Honey and even The Bends are nowhere to be heard here. Radiohead have stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of rock & roll. Even at its most adventurous — such as the complex, multi-segmented “Paranoid Android” — the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke’s voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. It’s a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like electronica rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. Yet all of this would simply be showmanship if the songs weren’t strong in themselves, and OK Computer is filled with moody masterpieces, from the shimmering “Subterranean Homesick Alien” and the sighing “Karma Police” to the gothic crawl of “Exit Music (For a Film).” OK Computer is the album that establishes Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding guitar rock bands of the ’90s. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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