The liner notes contain the full lyrics, rendered with atypical syntax, alternate spelling [86] and small annotations. A number of publications, including NME, Melody Maker, Alternative Press, [184] Spin, [185] Pitchfork, [186] Time, [187] Metro Weekly [188] and Slant Magazine [189] placed OK Computer prominently in lists of best albums of the 1990s or of all time. David Cavanagh said that most of OK Computer 's purported mainstream influence more likely stemmed from the ballads on The Bends. Pitchfork 's Ryan Dombal said it was "hard to look at these reissues as anything other than a cash-grab for EMI/Capitol—an old media company that got dumped by their most forward-thinking band".

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Yorke also drew inspiration from books, including Noam Chomsky's political writing, [54] Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes, Will Hutton's The State We're In, Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! Yorke compared the opening of the song, which mostly features his singing paired with acoustic guitar, to Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison. The verses centre around acoustic guitar and piano, [76] with a chord progression indebted to the Beatles' " Sexy Sadie". But its origins are substantially more prosaic: OK Computer feels like a reaction to the band’s experience of promoting its predecessor, 1995’s The Bends.Electioneering", featuring a cowbell and a distorted guitar solo, is the album's most rock-oriented track and one of the heaviest songs Radiohead has recorded. Regarding its oblique political references, Yorke said, "What can you say about the IMF, or politicians?

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An album created in a world where the internet had yet to take off, it eerily prefigured the themes of alienation and information overload that everyone would start discussing the minute it did.It was very high-level thinking, conceptual, moving forwards in terms of sonics, and beautiful songs. Praise for the album overwhelmed the band; Greenwood felt the praise had been exaggerated because The Bends had been "under-reviewed possibly and under-received.

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He said: "I saw the Zeffirelli version when I was 13 and I cried my eyes out, because I couldn't understand why, the morning after they shagged, they didn't just run away. They had earned the freedom to thrash around, to spend some record label money and burn some of the industry goodwill they’d accumulated pursuing whatever they wanted.

Something special happens when you're playing live; a lot of it is just looking at one another and knowing there are four other people making it happen. everybody; and fans around the world loved them for trying too hard at a time when nobody else was even bothering. Radiohead decided that Canned Applause was an unsatisfactory recording location, which Yorke attributed to its proximity to the band members' homes, and Jonny Greenwood attributed to its lack of dining and bathroom facilities.

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Dorian Lynskey wrote, "On May 1, 1997, Labour supporters toasted their landslide victory to the sound of ' Things Can Only Get Better. Odlehlost vily jim umožnila nahrávat kdykoli, aniž by se museli starat o časový rozvrh, a vytvořit novou, nadživotní postavu.But keep in mind most of us (Radiohead fans) are obnoxious audiophiles and minor league drama queens. Commentary, interpretation and analysis [ edit ] In interviews after the album's release, Thom Yorke criticised Tony Blair ( pictured in 1998) and his New Labour government – echoing the album's pervasive theme of political disillusionment.