This “is art-rock at its most rewarding and contradictory.” BN The album’s “astonishing emotional and compositional complexity…catapulted into the realm of idolatry,” BN marking “these five Oxonians' departure from mainstream rock and their assumption of the title The Only Band That Matters.” TL

With OK Computer’s salvo, they shed the skin of insurgent oddballs, ditched grungy radio rock and electrified the popular imagination.” GN When Radiohead put out their magnum opus, OK Computer,” CR it “hit a lot of people by surprise…People paying attention knew the band were more than just the group that did ‘Creep,’ but few were prepared for the creative leap they had taken in the short time since The Bends came out just two years earlier.” RS’11 “The world just wasn’t ready for an album that exhibited every trait of human emotion in the form of a rock opera, ranging from loneliness, anxiety, conformity, individuality, rebellion, consumerism, and the like.” CR “As Britpop plunged from grace, Radiohead planted a revolutionary flag in the mountaintop. Quotable: “Art-rock at its most rewarding and contradictory” – Colin Helms, Barnes & Noble Karma Police (8/6/97, #69 UK, #14 MR)Īll songs written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Ed O’Brien, and Colin Greenwood.Ĥ.443 out of 5.00 (average of 24 ratings).Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 1.58 UK, 7.99 world (includes US and UK)Ĭheck out the Dave’s Music Database podcast Radiohead’s OK Computer: The 25th Anniversary based on this list.

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