I love this album!

OK Computer is their greatest album. Kid A gets a lot of praise but OK Computer will always be their defining album I think.

radiohead are a good band, love creep. all the lyrics really connect with me.

I listened to OK Computer a lot back in the 90's and it was really great for the time but I think it is a real stretch to say it is one of the best ever... I'm not even sure it's better than Kid A? Anyway, I think the title sums it up great "OK" Computer was an Okay album.

Not to be picky, but are the Idiot and Marquee Moon really post-punk? They came out during or before punk became a truly tangible idea so they don't seem like they could be that kind of extension historically speaking.

I'm not a Radiohead fan precisely, but I do think OK Computer is a great album and it deserves the praise it receives. Don't know if best album ever, but a great one no doubt. I like it really.

Yes.

I call OK Computer an easy 10, my favorite album to this day. That's just me though.

Loved it. Opening track 5 stars. Good old times.

I think Radiohead really made the pop album of the 90's with OK Computer, and I completely disagree that an important album has to be challenging. With that your discrediting a huge number of classic albums. OK Computer is pop in an interesting way combining these elements of experimental and electronic music and making a something that should by all means sound bad, but with their since of melody and subtle rhythmic interplay with deviations from a stone cut formula. Its an album that I can repeatedly go back to and find something new to hear sonically or just how the band is playing in general. While I do believe avant-garde and experimental music has its place in the books of classic music, why should extremely well crafted pop be left out of the mix.

Radiohead has never made a less than amazing album. If I had to pick my favorite, it is definitely The Bends.

Couldn't agree more.

Agree on that, love the big balls guitar on that album, I think it's far better than Amnesiac.

Love this album, but The Bends will always be my favorite.

I totally agree with the review. Radiohead began with alternative rock sad songs for teenagers and ended up being the most famous pseudo-artistic band of all time. With OK Computer and similar albums, you can clearly see what they wanted to do: they still make sad songs for teenager, but this time they throw in a bit of Electronica and strange noises to make the sad teenagers think "wow, this is sooo futuristic and depressive! It really describes my generation and the issues of the computer era". Most of those teenagers have never heard anything aside Rock, Punk or Metal, so they are fascinated with "such a futuristic and artistic band". But, the moment they discover that Rock isn't the only music in the world, they'll soon realize that Radiohead didn't create anything new. I mean, an infinite number of artists, even among Rock musicians, have employed strange noises and Electronica before 1996, and in a better and more noticeable way. Even the concept of "modern depression" had already been explored by a huge amount of artists. In my opinion, people who are used to real Electronica, Noise and depressive music, can't even tell the difference between the Radiohead of "Creep" and the Radiohead of Kid A.
So, I wrote all this thing just to say that, in my opinion, Radiohead never made a real change in the first place. They still make simple sad songs for teenagers. They're still Alternative Rock. The fact that they are so famous and loved by everyone proves that they aren't so artistic and unintelligible as teenagers think they are.
They actually made a little change, yet unnoticeable, only with King Of Limbs, which employs enough Electronica to cast doubt on whether the album is really Alternative Rock or something else.
The only one who really changed, and in my opinion in a very positive way, is lead singer Thom Yorke. He's been experimenting even Future Garage and working with artists such as Modeselektor and Four Tet. Too bad he developed this way only in his solo projects.

The classic rockers have their great albums. Dark Side Of The Moon, Revolver, Sticky Fingers, Who's Next, Pet Sounds, Abbey Road...etc We all know the albums and pretty much every album is a permanent fixture in those collections. When Radiohead released OK Computer I remenber hearing how it was the top pick for so many album review sites and music magazines and alternative/indie/mainstream radio stations. I thought finally, an album that can match up to the classics. This album was amazing. A new approach, a new sound, creative, emotional and very influential. I heard nothing but praise for this album, except from the old "lost in the hair metal 80's" types. Now the criticism is coming out of the woodwork. I remember having a discussion with someone on a classic rock forum and he mentioned that there are no albums being released where the consesnsus loves it. I thought this was the album that was finally loved by most. Reading these posts it looks like I'm wrong.

Let's say they are proto-post-punk records.

Exit music (for a film)
this song blew me away. easily the most emotional song on the album. the way it builds up.. i can never bring myself to skip this track if shuffle throws it at me.