OK Computer

'OK Computer' is Radiohead's third studio album, and is the follow up to their breakthrough second album 'The Bends'. Combining elements of bombastic prog rock with alternating time signatures and traditional pop songwriting, the album is a marked departure from the sound of the band's two previous efforts. Includes the singles 'Paranoid Android', 'Karma Police' and 'No Surprises'.

Q (6/00, p.91)
- Ranked #2 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.65)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Spin (9/99, p.122)
- Ranked #9 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

Q (12/99, p.92)
- Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (10/01, p.112)
- Ranked #1 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"

Entertainment Weekly (Spring 2000, p.166)
- Ranked #4 in EW's "Top 10 albums of the '90s"

Spin (1/98, p.86)
- Ranked #2 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year."

Village Voice (2/24/98)
- Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

Q (1/98, p.114)
- Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."

NME (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79)
- Ranked #2 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.

Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67)
- Ranked #2 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."

Rolling Stone (7/10-24/97, pp. 117-118)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...OK COMPUTER - a stunning art-rock tour de force - will have you reeling back to their debut, PABLO HONEY, for insight into the group's dramatic evolution..."

Spin (8/97, pp.112-113)
- 8 (out of 10)
- "...Unlike their majestic models U2, Radiohead take on techno without switching instruments or employing trendy producers....As with post-rockers Tortoise, Laika, and Seefeel, Radiohead have a fuzzbox or two and obviously know how to use 'em..."

Melody Maker (6/14/97, p.49)
- "...unlike anything I've ever heard....I definitley know it isn't good for me, and I'm certain it says more about my life than I'd like....in terms of composition and performance, it's very impressive. Radiohead have excelled themselves. They've seen the future."

Entertainment Weekly (7/11/97, pp.65-66)
- "...Shrouded in wafting guitars, swoony rhythms, and moody-blue strings, it shrugs off mosh-pit conventions for a poignant delicacy and breadth, with Yorke's cracked-throat voice the album's melancholy center....For all of Radiohead's growing pains...their aim--to take British pop to a heavenly new level--is true..." - Rating: B+