Hitting.in a way that must have made Steve Wilson wet his pants. Longer) and "Subterranean Homesick Alien" is both lushly atmospheric and hard. Get used to the extreme wah sound, and I wish the heavier sections lasted a little "ParanoidĪndroid" redeems an entire decade of lackluster rock music (though I can never quite However, the high points on thisĪlbum are more than enough to place it in the top tier of my collection. Too long in exactly the wrong place on the album. Has always eluded me, and I find "Climbing Up the Walls" and "Lucky" to drag on a little To be honest, I don't even like every song the widespread attraction of "Karma Police" Keeps the embattled idea of a guitar-driven rock band fresh and dynamic. Iin my opinion "OK Computer" is a landmark album, prog or not, that It's not the first time the band has sufferedįrom a number of pigeonhole attempts (Billy Corgan especially could get very snideĪbout their originality, although the SMASHING PUMPKINS are probably in no danger ofĪppearing here). Is it prog? RADIOHEAD themselves would likely say no, as would a Posted Sunday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #33806) They will never truly compete with the likes of Pink Floyd for which they laughably so often Released and I think only the Verve managed to trult capitalise on that in a pure sense. The mainstream were desperate for deeper sound when this was Hail To The Thief their last effort in my opinion much better That there is no doubt and record sales particularly in USA fully endorse that but for me too Of self importance and not enough soul sacrifice IMHO.They are very talented musicians of In saying that I have never been convinced these guys from Oxford, are the realĭeal.The music is good and on OK Computer possibly better than others in their catalogueīut the self indulgence in lead vocals reminds me a bit of Peter Hammill and VDGG. It has a semblance ofĬonceptual music and yes, they are one of the few better bands to emerge in the late 20thĬentury. I am not going to go down the route as to why this is on this site. Posted Sunday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #33805) Though I think it's certainly a very good album, nonetheless I doubt it can be considered an essential one in Prog generally since it won't appeal to any Prog fan. The thing is just that it's not my taste anymore, so maybe I should not review this album at all? It's in fact not easy for me to rate this album in a justified and fair way. And I can imagine as well that under the obvious surface of their music, which appears rather catchy and pop-ish on the first listen there are really complex structures hidden.
And for sure all the songs on OKC are really great ones and I think very very few people can claim honestly they never heard any of them, at least the two most popular ones "Airbag" and "Karma Police" had been played over and over again in movies, boutiques, broadcasting, MTV and so on. On the other hand I've to admit Radiohead is certainly more progressive in the literal sense than all those bands.
But a few years later I discovered (rather late I have to admit and as well with the help of this website here) excellent bands from the 90s generation doing music much in the spirit of the 70's that is just matching my taste best. But somehow I came through these "desert" years by taking the substitution called "Independent" or later "Alternative" Rock which was quite ok for a while and that's how I came to Radiohead as well.
When I first listened to this album about 7 years ago, I was thinking: Oh what a great album, I never heard something like this before! In fact during this time I was not thinking about more recent Prog music at all and was not even aware that something like this is still existing in the 90s after a long period of dryness in the 80s. Includes a sample from the film 'Three Days of the Condor' (7) Releases informationĪrtwork: Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke with Matt Bale, Mr. Colin Greenwood / bass, bass synth, percussion Jonny Greenwood / guitar, piano & electric piano, Mellotron, organ, glockenspiel, string arrangements (9) Ed O'Brien / guitar, Fx, percussion, backing vocals Thom Yorke / vocals, guitar, piano, computer synth voice, programming
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