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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Why'd I leave it so long?, 12 April 2008
After being a fan of music and in particular rock music for many years i finally decided to give radiohead a chance and bought ok computer, i'm not really sure why I waited so long but they never seemed to appeal to me, maybe it was a lack of instantly catchy tunes, who knows. So i insert the CD, first listen i was moderately impressed and went and bought 'the bends', having now listened to both albums uncountable times i have really been drawn in by the radiohead spell and find every listen reveals something new, either in the lyrics or music, a new understanding is achieved, it onlys leaves me wondering why the hell I left it so long before I conceded. For people who may face the same situation the two albums mentioned are definitely the places to start and give them at least 6 or 7 listens each, if you're not appreciating the music by then maybe try 10 or 20 listens, it will happen eventually. Overall a monumental record which quite rightly is widely regarded as one of the best of all time, personal favourites are 'Airbag' and 'Karma Police'. 10 out of 10.
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62 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, moving, brilliant., 25 July 2001
A friend of mine once said that Radiohead were the kind of band who it was easy to admire, and yet difficult to like. I always agreed, preferring the accessibility of bands like Oasis and The Stereophonics to the intensive coolie labour it could sometimes take to listen to Radiohead. Then, last summer, I went to see Radiohead play at Victoria Park in London. And I saw the light. This album can ask a lot of the listener, but if you can really give into the music and just let it carry you off, you can become so consumed by these songs that you find yourself suddenly opening your eyes at the end of a track, blinking in surprise at the fact that you are actually back in the real world. They tear your soul open, and force you to confront those feelings for which you probably don't even have a name. Despair perhaps, numbness perhaps, but above all, the way it can sometimes feel just to be a human in the 20th Century. It's hard to pick a stand out track (even the pretty much tune free "Fitter, Happier" makes for compelling listening), but "Exit Music (for a film)" is one of the most touching, fragile and beautiful songs you will ever hear. When you consider Thom Yorke wrote it as a soundtrack to the end of Romeo and Juliet, the lyrics become even more intense; "Today, we escape, we escape". "Don't lose your nerve. I can't do this - alone". If you have ever felt alone, disenfranchised, pointless or depressed, this record will connect with you in a way you may have never thought possible. And that contact will make you feel better. Less alone. It makes you feel like there are other people out there who feel like this. It's a record which takes you on a journey through the darker parts of the soul. A record about how it feels to be human. Oh, and it's very, very good (did I mention that?).
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The greatest album ever made?, 8 Feb 2009
Although it may seem like an insincere superlative when considering such legendary albums as Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, or Love's Forever Changes, Radiohead's opus OK Computer is, in my opinion, the greatest record of all time. Never has any other album left me with such an incredible feeling of hope, desperation, beauty and, above all, the sense that I had just heard something remarkable.
Whilst it would be easy to dismiss OK Computer as over-hyped, pretentious, or similar to Pink Floyd, there is an incredible amount of substance to the album (and for the record, I loathe all post-Syd Floyd!) From the hard-hitting opener Airbag and the astounding Paranoid Android, to the epic Lucky and the uplifting closer The Tourist, it truly is an album of unadulterated genius, and the album that established Radiohead as the definitive band of a generation.
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