OK Computer is the third album by the British band Radiohead, released in the summer of 1997, OK Computer is considered as one of the most important albums of the 1990s. The album is praised for two aspects: the texts, which sometimes works in mysterious ways and show much of what lead singer Thom Yorke will experience as the void in today's Western society. Much more important was the musical innovation: Radiohead put down a complex composition, with this album with songs like "Paranoid Android" that like some other classics from the rock music ("November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses, "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen) various ' chapters ' kent and many tempo and mood-swings. Lovers will be happy to make the comparison between OK Computer and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon. The influence of Radiohead with this album has had on the genre of alternative rock music is unprecedented. Bands like Coldplay and Bloc Party, which in the years after this would be very popular, giving Radiohead as one of their main inspirations on.
In the Album top 100 2006 of the Belgian radio station Studio Brussel , he finished in third place after Nirvana 's Nevermind and Ten by Pearl Jam. In the Album Top 100 2009 he finished on the 2nd place after Ten by Pearl Jam. Also in the annual top lists of OK Computer and 3FM do songs like "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police" and "No Surprises" it is always very good.
The great success of this album and the lengthy tour that comes with heard, put a lot of pressure on the band. They were unprepared for the drastic change in their lives, that this meant. Yorke mixed up into a deep depression and was suffering from a writers block. In later interviews gave the band members that had meant almost the end of Radiohead OK Computer.
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All songs written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood , Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway.
| Nr. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Airbag | 4: 44 |
| 2. | Paranoid Android | 6: 23 |
| 3. | Subterranean Homesick Alien | 4: 27 |
| 4. | Exit Music (For a Film) | 4: 24 |
| 5. | Let Down | 4: 59 |
| 6. | Karma Police | 4: 21 |
| 7. | Fitter Happier | 1: 57 |
| 8. | Electioneering | 3: 50 |
| 9. | Climbing Up the Walls | 4: 45 |
| 10. | No Surprises | 3: 48 am |
| 11. | Lucky | 4: 19 |
| 12. | The Tourist | 5: 24 |
Singles and release date[Edit][]
- 26 May 1997: "Paranoid Android"
- 25 August 1997: "Karma Police"
- 12 January 1998: "No Surprises"
Trivia[Edit][]
The debut demo by the American band TV on the Radio was called OK Calculator, which was referred to this album by Radiohead.