OK Computer
Its Everything Youve Heard It Was
Radiohead
OK Computer; 1997
Capitol Records
My Rating: 96/100
All things considered, THE BENDS was essentially an outstanding mope-
rock record. Ive already expressed my deep appreciation for what the band
did there, but looking back, it was OK COMPUTER that made me (and
many other music geeks) believers. When it all comes down to it, there are
records that better describe what it was like to be alive in the late-1990s,
but none that speak so profoundly as OK COMPUTER. With acts left and
right embracing their inner electronic selves, OKC was the album that
injected it all with a healthy dose of skepticism and irony. Note well: OKC is
also the lone CLASSIC record from that era and genre. Still, its not that OK
COMPUTER is preachy at all. On the contrary, Yorke and company
masterfully paint twelve pictures of what it means to be living in a time
such as this. When Yorke howls Pull me out of the air crash/Pull me out of
the wreck/Cuz Im your superhero he seems to foreshadow our present
turmoil, sprung upon the world just four years later. Maybe thats because,
while their Brit-rock counterparts were busy boozing it up and swapping
headlines in the tabloids, this was a band with an eye the world around
them. Overall, OK COMPUTER is a harrowing listen and experience, from
the opening riffs of Airbag to the extraterrestrialisms of Subterranean
Homesick Alien, right on through nine tracks that, though diverse in style,
are thematically linked. Though it is forever anchored in the late 90s, in
light of Yorkes closing plea to slow down, OK COMPUTER becomes a
truly timeless record. Go on - sit back and shudder.
TRACKS:
1. Airbag (5/5)
2. Paranoid Android (5/5)
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien (5/5)
4. Exit Music (for a Film) (5/5)
5. Let Down (5/5)
6. Karma Police (5/5)
7. Fitter Happier
8. Electioneering (4/5)
9. Climbing Up the Walls (5/5)
10. No Surprises (5/5)
11. Lucky (5/5)
12. The Tourist (5/5)
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