It depends which way you choose to look at it. As well as topping out many 'best of lists', OK Computer is also included in many 'overrated albums' lists.Īll art is subjective so it's no real surprise that OK Computer gives rise to a difference of opinion. It could also be argued, with some degree of authority, that the album is in some ways indulgent, and for some the sound that is heard on OK Computer is one of pathetic whinging and whining.
It is true that ostensibly OK Computer is a Rock album, delivered by five white, privileged, upper middle-class male musicians playing, to a greater extent, a collection of instruments that have largely been played on every Rock album since dawn. Where OK Computer finds it's detractors is in it's very fabric so it is unlikely that the opinions of those that find fault in it will ever change. At the time of it's release, and through retrospective critical review ever since, OK Computer was and is undoubtedly a highly regarded album by many one that not only saw Radiohead embrace a more experimental confidence but also one that came to shape the sound of modern rock as it developed in the early part of the 21st century. OK Computer was generally very well received when it was released but, never-the-less, it was not universally liked.
There was however a want to build on their success and deliver an album that captured the juxtaposition of simultaneously "embracing the future" whilst at the same time, "being terrified by the future." There was no desire from anyone, other than label execs, to repeat the structures and combinations employed on their previous album, The Bends. Radiohead's third studio album, OK Computer, arrived towards the end of the millennium and the end of Brit-Pop proper, but heralded the start of the band's move into a more experimental and challenging phase. The latter album secured the reputation of the Oxford based band and spawned six successful singles itself including, My Iron Lung and Fake Plastic Trees. Due to the strong performance of their initial releases Radiohead were allowed more freedom to develop their sound on the follow up album, The Bends, released in 1995. They quite quickly capitalised on the international success of the track with the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey, early the following year. Radiohead pretty much shot to fame with the release of their debut single Creep in 1992.
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