I am? I haven't said a single thing about OK Computer in this entire thread. :confused:

ahh ok my bad, read it wrong then. Sorry.

Heh. Yes, I was in high school when it was released and I remember the era very well. I also remember that Soundgarden was definitely seen as more of a second-tier alternative band at the time. True it went double platinum eventually but I doubt that happened in 1991, it more likely happened slowly over time. As far as the critical response goes, I don't remember it being hailed as really spectacular back then. Maybe I'm wrong, but looking it up on Wikipedia I see a couple B's in the critical reception area so maybe I'm not far off.

I'm not sure what "a classic on the same level as Siamese Dream" means. I was always under the impression that even Smashing Pumpkins fans considered Siamese Dream kind of a weak album.


It just means it sounds very of it's time and not in a good way.

Wrong. Sucks and now weak. Weak? How?

Weak as in not a strong album. I was never much of a Smashing Pumpkins fan but my understanding from people I knew who were was that Siamese Dream was kind of a let down after Gish while Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was more of the follow up their fans were hoping for.

I thought it was the other way around.

I can remember Mellon Collie being slated, and rightly so.
It's a horrible record.

That's not how I remember it but maybe the response was different on different sides of the Atlantic. I do agree with you that Mellon Collie was horrible though.

My view maybe a bit tainted because I did used to read Melody Maker back at the time when it was deputy edited by Everett True who thought Corgan was the anti-christ :laughing:

Urban also brushed upon a good point a couple of pages back. It's not hard to figure out what the classic albums from the past are. Often, it's already well established and has been for years if not decades. You just have to look it up. I tend to like those old albums and think most of them are classics for good reason. Comparatively, discovering new (as in quite recent) music I like usually includes digging through more stuff I don't like.

It doesn't necessarily say anything about the overall quality, but at least it's another possible reason why some people tend to think so.

Most fans regard it as their best one.