Radiohead - OK Computer 2CD/2LP
"OK Computer", Radiohead's third album, is the bombastic follow-up to 1995's sleeper hit "The Bends", which left critics and listeners as impressed with the band's ability as they were curious about their potential.
In spite of its technological-sounding title and apocalyptic sci-fi themes, "OK Computer" is firmly grounded in the rock verities. Waves of guitars rage beneath the haunting melodies and near-hysterical fits of singer Thom Yorke. This complex, intense swarm of guitars is held aloft by a solid, inventive rhythm section and an impressive array of piano and keyboard textures.
Paranoid Android is a six-minute-plus epic with alternating time signatures, wild dynamic shifts, drama and adrenaline to spare. Let Down, with its double-tracked vocals and rhythmic throb, may give a brief glimpse back at Radiohead's past, but at no point is "OK Computer" anything but a hurtle forward.
Tracklist:
1. Airbag
2. Paranoid Android
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien
4. Exit Music (for a Film)
5. Let Down
6. Karma Police
7. Fitter Happier
8. Electioneering
9. Climbing Up the Walls
10. No Surprises
11. Lucky
12. The Tourist
About this product: this reissue is available on CD and 2LP formats.
The CD is housed in a jewelcase.
The 2LP is pressed on 2x black vinyl.