When this album came out, everyone heralded it as the future of music, and most people thought that the Oxford lads had gone bonkers. With the power of hindsight, the change from "The Bends" to "OK Computer" was nothing compared to that of their latest material. This record features classics such as "Paranoid Android" - an epic to rival "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Karma Police", surreal and depressing(ish), and the moving "No Surprises". Lyrically this album was written at a time when Thom was trying to write less obvious weirdness. He realised that he could sing about garden furniture and still make it sound incredible. My favourite song on this album is "The Tourist", co-written by Johnny Greenwood. From the start you know that this song is a bit of an insight into the minds of Yorke and Greenwood, with its bizarre time signature. The chorus is a wailing tortured moan of "Hey man, slow down, idiot, slow down". Trippy. If you forget about the stupid "Fitter Happier" track, this record is yet another timeless classic. "Electioneering" is the only contender for a filler. Buy this record.
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vote OK Computer The Greatest Album Ever Made scarcely five months after its release, it certainly doesn't look stupid up there in the pantheon. Following the hot...
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Advantages: Wide and varied, still within their style, pushing the boundaries yet again, when everyone expected The Bends II Disadvantages: Track Seven, it's not big and it's not clever, definately not clever.
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