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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 established Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding guitar rock bands of the '90s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Ingman, Conductor - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Ingman, Conductor - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer, Programmer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Album review
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 established Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding guitar rock bands of the '90s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:42
- Main artists: Radiohead
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1997 XL Recordings Ltd 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
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