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I hated this album when I first bought as you all probably know. Now I can't get enough of it. The subtle things really make this a winner. Like nothing else I've heard before, which made me give this an excellent. It's still overrated though, but nothing could really match the level of hysteria this caused.

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Originally Posted by Black_Jack_Davey

BTW, OK Computer was my favorite Radiohead album until Thom Yorke announced that playing two copies of Kid A exactly 17 seconds apart creates a fuller 'wall of sound'. Try it sometime, it is frickin' amazing.

Start Kid A in Winamp, and at 17 seconds start Kid A in another media player. You'd be amazed that they were able to do this.

God. That's awesome. Go Kid A.

Kid A is the only Radiohead album I really like. Don't know why.

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Originally Posted by the death of capitilism

:( ive never heard it, can someone upload it?

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

God. That's awesome. Go Kid A.

Kid A is the only Radiohead album I really like. Don't know why.

Yeah just tried it now too. Sounds awesome.

Kid A is my favorite. But I like all of their albums.

OK Computer was the album that made me fall in love with Radiohead.
Excellent.

Really, why do you think that? I'd love to hear your opinion.

Well usually the common justification for calling this a bad album is that Subterranean Homesick Alien kinda sounds like U2.

One thing I remember about this album was it made all the year end lists. Most of the times at the very top. Not just Indie lists but many mainstream and popular lists. Then a wave of bands trying to emulate the sound of Radiohead wasn't far behind. I bought my copy of OK Computer the day it came out and remember telling my friends that this album will someday be mentioned along such classics like Revolver, Pet Sounds and Dark Side Of The Moon.

I bought this album when I was 12, it means a lot to me.

First time I heard it I didn't know what the fuss was about. Gave it another go a few months later and warmed to it. Then after another few listens it became one of my favourite albums. Let Down is just an incredible song. I still think i prefer the Bends though. A bit more lush and hence,a bit more towards my liking.

OK Computer is silly good. And, so far, it's been lastingly great. It wasn't just a product of its time.

I don't get it!
How can someone rate this album as awful?
I know everybody can rate with his own way and taste, but awful...?
come on...

Thome York was voted the world's sexiest man in the year 2010

No anti depressants needed.

There's quite a bit of humour in Radioheads stuff , you just got to know where to look for it.

Progarchives reviews of Radiohead albums are always classic.

Bunch of idiots warning you not to listen to them because "they're so depressing they'll make you suicidal".

Stupid c*nts.

Huh? If the album is potentially good then why don't you at least try to get over your Radiohead prejudice and give it a reasonably objective listen and rate it upon its musical quality rather than upon who it is by...

the first time i technically heard the album was in another review of the album where someone posted links to every song. after listening, i wasn't really convinced on whether i should get it or not, idk it didn't really grab me as much as i thought it would. eventually i was like "what the hell?" and got the actual thing. well i guess it was that i had the album or cause i gave it a second listen, but it really opened my eyes and i really saw what made people love Radiohead so much. so yeah, Excellent for me. plus i may be in the minority for saying this, but my favorite song from it is Airbag, loved it the first time i heard it.

Voted average. It's a decent album by a really overrated band. One of my favs from the band. Nothing too special though.

Pretty much what he said.

It goes beyond excellent to transcendatally wonderful... I'm not exaggerating, in my mind, thats how I regard it!

Hm, way to revive an old fossil ..

I got this album when it was new and I thought it was great. Since then, it has built up a reputation which might be a bit exaggerated and it's been a while since I listened to Radiohead, but I still don't think there's a bad song on this one. Well, Fitter Happier is skippable. It's definetly a memorable popular album from the 90s alongside others like Mezzanine, Rage against the Machine or Murder Ballads.

I think they're becoming too popular for their own good around here, though. I'm sure it's just a question of time before hate/dislike becomes the new fashion.

Eh, I've always loved 'em no matter what forum I've been on... I've been on a few, too, over the years...whether popular opinion favors them or not, I'll probably go on loving them to bits!

Always been a big Radiohead fan. Whilst I'd rate Kid A and In Rainbows ahead of this, and maybe even Amnesiac on a par, this record is still excellent stuff, especially considering how out of the blue it was in 1997 and how much it clashed with the mood of the era, and forecase grim things to come. It also paved the way for similiarly ambitious statements by alternative rock groups like Modest Mouse's The Moon And Antartica,Grandaddy's The Sophtware Slump,Pulp's This Is Hardcore and Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot amongst others, and for that I think it deserves it's classic status.

Is this the line to fellate Thom Yorke?

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 834465)

Is this the line to fellate Thom Yorke?

Nope.

But is a board where I am not ashamed to declare my love of OK Computer...

My wife listened to this so much I had to buy her "Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space" to break the spell. Now I hear more Spiritualized than I would probably on my own, but it did the trick (this album is "OK." Kid A & Amnesiac are much, much better).

Not as good as Kid A. But still, a great album.

I dunno I always put OKC and Kid A on a completely even plane... mostly for vastly different reasons... kid A is the more mysterious, experimental side of the band whereas OKC makes the bigger lyrical statement, both albums, in my opinion, showcase a band that is totally at the top of it's game...

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 167679)

I thought i'd try something a bit different here so i've come up with this.Basically every so often i'll post a classic album, sometimes it's classic due to sales & popularity, other times i'll choose more obscure albums that were a big influence on music today.Then you can rate them & discuss the cultural & musical significance of them , the songs , the band, whatever you like really. I thought for my first choice i'd choose something relatively recent that a lot of people are familiar with, so my first choice is.......

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RADIOHEAD - OK COMPUTER

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.(from allmusic.com)

i remember hearing it the first time. I'd borrowed it off my brother and was listenig to it in the middle of the night while drunk and for some reason rang him up and told him that i too was back to save the universe.
Stupidest lyric ever.

Still monumental to me after all those listens and something like twelve ears legacy... a definite recent classic in my mind...

I read an earlier post on hear praising Godrich's production work on OKC.... and i gotta agree, the production on the album is absolutely spot on, beautiful.... it takes these amazing songs and makes them soar even higher and with it's blend of traditional rock instrumentation and electronic elements, it perfectly underscores the sense of postmodern traditonal vs. postmopdern nothingness future the album is trying to at least partly highlight... a great job!