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OK Computer by Radiohead

OK Computer

Release Date: 7/1/1997

Recording Date: 7/1997

Tracks: 12

Length: 00:53:21 Hrs

Label: Capitol

Type: CD,CS,LP,MD

Genre/Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock, Sound Effects, Vocals, England, Britpop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic

Album Tracks (12)

Song Title
Length
1.
Airbag
04:44
2.
Paranoid Android
06:23
3.
Subterranean Homesick Alien
04:27
4.
Exit Music (For a Film)
04:24
5.
Let Down
04:59
6.
Karma Police
04:21
7.
Fitter Happier
01:57
8.
Electioneering
03:50
9.
Climbing Up the Walls
04:45
10.
No Surprises
03:48
11.
Lucky
04:19
12.
The Tourist
05:24

What the Critics Say

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, Rovi

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