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OK Computer
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Album: OK Computer
Artist: Radiohead
Release Date: 7/1/1997
Genre: Rock/Pop
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Using the textured soundscapes of {^The Bends} as a launching pad, {$Radiohead} delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern {\guitar rock} with {^OK Computer}. The anthemic guitar heroics present on {^Pablo Honey} and even {^The Bends} are nowhere to be heard here. {$Radiohead} have stripped away many of the obvious elements of {\guitar rock}, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of {\rock & roll}. Even at its most adventurous -- such as the complex, multi-segmented {&"Paranoid Android"} -- the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and {$Thom Yorke}'s voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. It's a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like {\electronica} rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. Yet all of this would simply be showmanship if the songs weren't strong in themselves, and {^OK Computer} is filled with moody masterpieces, from the shimmering {&"Subterranean Homesick Alien"} and the sighing {&"Karma Police"} to the gothic crawl of {&"Exit Music (For a Film)."} {^OK Computer} is the album that establishes {$Radiohead} as one of the most inventive and rewarding {\guitar rock} bands of the '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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