![]() But, given that I was never in to music before hearing their groundbreaking album, I feel they earned that bias. They were also my first, and favourite, gig so there will always be nostalgia based bias for me. Radiohead was my first discovery of music and in a childhood where my peers were all about the Spice Girls and Boyzone, my dad’s constant playing of his OK Computer tape in the car meant that at birthday parties I craved Subterranean Homesick Alien over Wannabe. LP stuck in amongst the copies of OK Computer in their collection. And, while Radiohead continue to be experimental and push the boundaries of music, OK Computer is so far their peak. Guitars flicker like wind chimes after a storm to introduce the album's final track. Many artists, from Coldplay to Muse, have attempted to replicate the tone of late 90s Radiohead but none have succeeded. You could write exactly the same songs today and still, they would hit a nerve and make people sit up and think: ‘sh*t, they’re right.’ Incredible Woodcut CD Case based on Radioheads Album Ok Computer Designed to replicate a CD Cover, this wonderful artwork has lots of detail making it. In 1997, the lyrics were providing an insight into what the turn of the millennium might bring. OK Computer was the first self-produced Radiohead album, with assistance from Nigel Godrich. OK Computer was all about the feelings – each song from the epic journey that was Paranoid Android to the haunting Exit Music For A Film hit us in the heart as well as the mind. OK Computer is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1997 on Parlophone and Capitol Records. The production quality, which is sometimes markedly. This was a common ploy back when Compact Discs were extremely expensive in Japan, as it made it less tempting to wait for a cheaper import CD. Packaged as a gatefold, housing two record sleeve with the art work from Ok. OK Computer was released on CD in Japan on the 21st of May 1997 TOCP-50201, a few weeks earlier than in the rest of the world pictured above. (Thom Yorke 2nd from left) (Photo by: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/GettyImages) What you get is one of the best Radiohead albums on two heavyweight vinyl records. ![]() ![]() LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 11: Rock band Radiohead poses for a portrait at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California on June 11, 1997. ![]()
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