OK Computer - Radiohead

Having released two albums, which revolutionized music the world waited to see exactly how Radiohead were going to follow up Pablo Honey and The Bends. Well the answer from the Oxford band was Ok Computer a superb album, which again would move the goal posts for modern music. The British band are becoming one of the biggest acts in the world and this album released in 1997 went a bit further to proofing that point. Track 1: Airbag ************** The albums opening track starts with a guitar and some bells gently tapping in the back ground before the drums come in leading into the vocals. A pretty mellow sounding song that ...

Radiohead have produced an album which goes totally against the grain. Although it is not the most accessible of albums to start with this is compensated for many times over by its endurance as a record that will stay with you for the rest of your days. In fact the difficulty of the record is what makes it so exciting. It refuses to settle easily in to the background, demanding to be heard. Aware of its own content, it does not attempt to conform to any record label's desires for radio-friendly jingles but rather grabs the listener by the earlobes and forces you to sit down, shut up and take stock of your life and situation. In the making of a seque to their ...

When Radiohead entered the studio to record the follow-up to Pablo Honey, the world didn't expect the five boys from England to produce anything as great as "Creep" but when "The Bends" was released in 1995, critics and fans bought it up and named it, arguably, best album of 1995. When the boys returned to the studio to work on LP3, critics and fans expected a rerun of The Bends. In the summer of 1997, the world, for me and many across the world, changed forever. Ok Computer, a record encompassing every emotion imaginable, wrapped in a 5 inch plastic disc, changed my way of thinking forever. Why? I simply can't answer that yet. This ...