OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997-2017
by Radiohead
  • Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2017
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 692 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 635 out of 692
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 692
  3. Negative: 53 out of 692
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  1. Teddoesreviews
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    I want Thom Yorke to dominate me and beat me while he calls me names and tells me how worthless I am. I love you my king, every second I spend living on this earth without you stepping on me is causing me pain.
  2. ChiIIaoi
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
    album mt bom, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres.
  3. Turmoil
    Jun 24, 2023
    9
    Radiohead's OK Computer is a widely acknowledged masterpiece among critics and audiences alike with it's potent commentary, harsh sound pallet, and emotive vocal performances. It's reinvention of a tired, trope fueled mainstream rock landscape is both innovative, and widely appealing. I'd bet any money that this album is solely responsible for Muse's whole carrier.
  4. fuor22
    May 31, 2023
    10
    This album has everything it takes to be one of the best albums! The songs are beautiful, the stories are riveting, and the musicians behind them are also incredible
  5. GustMarcal
    May 29, 2023
    10
    The greatest album that I ever listen, a Full UP instrumental,all the musics mixed out and the Track "Paranoid Android" is an perfect music, rhapsody, makes tou fell different every single time that you listen
  6. cinthyacasher
    Apr 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Las emociones que OK Computer transmite son indescriptibles. Lo escuché por primer vez a los 14 años y no ha dejado de ser el mejor album que he escuchado en mi vida.… Expand
  7. frightopia
    Mar 1, 2023
    10
    A fantastic album that is definitely one of a kind. I love older music that stands the tests of time!
  8. Rav1lis
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    Complete masterpiece. Paranoid Android is one of the best song ever made in human history. Karma Police is my second favourite song from this album. Radiohead is genius band
  9. Gliphy
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    The second-best album of Radiohead. Every song is such a banger. I can listen to this album, like, forever.
  10. titanoneday
    Nov 7, 2022
    10
    How can an album sounds this limitless, It's like no matter how much you listen to this album it never ends.
  11. Joyasanactofres
    Nov 6, 2022
    10
    this is a fantastic alt-rock album. The songs here are so orgasmic; they have excellent build-ups and climaxes; amazing tension and release. Yorke pulls off some sticky catchy melodies in these songs as well making these songs super memorable.
  12. shad0w0711
    Aug 15, 2022
    10
    "OKNOTOK will be of little interest to a passerby in a record store; its main value even for the die-hardiest of Radiohead fans is that little peek behind the curtain, a crack of light closer to understanding the way one of the most elusive bands in the world works."
  13. biamsi
    May 30, 2022
    10
    buenísimo elmano, q álbum tan espectacular, ya nose q más poner para q m dejen publicar la reseña
  14. johndoemuxicwee
    May 13, 2022
    10
    it is what it is, one of the best and most defining albums there is and it's only getting more relevant the more time goes on
  15. All_ButTrU4
    May 8, 2022
    10
    Ok Computer: 10
    Goes without saying just how perfect this record is. A magnificently hollow unpacking of loneliness, depression and anxiety with risks imitated so often now they've adapted into standards. The unofficial best band in the world claimed their thrones on this 1997 masterpiece with their commentary on the overpowering sense of alienation that results from living in an    Ok Computer: 10
    Goes without saying just how perfect this record is. A magnificently hollow unpacking of loneliness, depression and anxiety with risks imitated so often now they've adapted into standards. The unofficial best band in the world claimed their thrones on this 1997 masterpiece with their commentary on the overpowering sense of alienation that results from living in an increasingly self-indulgent and technologically-dependent society.
    The opener is a quasi-biographical car accident thom experienced and survived due to an airbag. It's imagery of fear and foreboding allow an urgency into the mix as if a call to action . The guitar's almost sound fatal! The following classic (and dare I say album centerpiece) "paranoid android " is a spiritual successor to Queens "Bohemian Raphsody " as it's a schizophrenic polymorphic thrill partly inspired by a snobbish (and frankly rude) incident in which a woman freaked out at a waiter(see:Gucci little piggy). Composed through a method that would influence Kid A it's culled from a collective of different ideas written by different members of the band. It's a career peak that fades into the mellow crystalline anxiety of "Subterranean Homesick Alien". Titled in reference to a Bob Dylan song the 3rd song is an unnerving breakdown you could fall asleep too. It's the first of the recurring desperate loneliness that centers this masterpiece.

    "(Exit music) For A Film " is truly phenomenal stuff. It's a slow burn eruption lined with bitterness and delivered with tearful rage. A devastating song which when you find out was intended for the Romeo + Juliet film feels intentionally spiteful. Afterwards the melodic "Let Down" is an apathetic walk down the city. It's a lonely journey of judging glances,distant closeness and unhappy people. Thom really gets into the pits of the isolation of young adulthood or existence in general without sulking. "Karma police " might have some abstract lyrics but the meaning is clear :corruption isn't going anywhere. It's a dejected descent into a radicalism. One of the weirder cuts "Fitter Happier " is an eerie robotic Ad made up of seemingly random but evidently creepy "self help" suggestions that get darker the longer the song goes making you thankful it stays short. "Electioneering " is a rough scream against the sham of political campaigns, like how interest and agendas of parties preceed the collective need. Exploring the manufactured nature of it all as politicians make promises in return for re- election or just being elected that they neglect once in power. "Climbing up the walls " is a clandestine paranoid trip into the worst parts of human nature. Thom sounds insane on this one! Then the dejected "no surprises " sounds like a suicide letter by an empty man,done with the political incongruity or lack of emotional relationships. It's sad but "lucky" comes in almost like a hopeful lie to oneself to try live,that it can get better. "The tourist " reckons with identity and change punctuating the record with an encouraging message to "slow down ". To take stock of the lives we live instead of the ones we haven't. Tying up one of the best albums ever made!    … Expand
  16. aladeu
    Apr 5, 2022
    10
    l'album parfait je peux écouter en boucle pr toujours jme laisserai pas ya rien à dire it's just too good ptn
  17. Tim7
    Mar 11, 2022
    10
    As I dove into the record of "Ok Computer" I was amazed and dumbfounded by the monumental level of artistry and creativity put into a record. Truly an astonishing piece of work that will forever touch the hearts of music lovers across the globe. The level of articulation put into each track places a mark on Ok Computer as one of the best records of our generation. Every piece, a new way ofAs I dove into the record of "Ok Computer" I was amazed and dumbfounded by the monumental level of artistry and creativity put into a record. Truly an astonishing piece of work that will forever touch the hearts of music lovers across the globe. The level of articulation put into each track places a mark on Ok Computer as one of the best records of our generation. Every piece, a new way of expressing a certain set of mind, as each second of every song truly makes Radiohead special. An incredible record, that will always be and stay timeless.… Expand
  18. Geckono
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This album is so good (as well as important) that i will not even try to elaborate.
    If you heard the album, you know why....
  19. Darkzinn
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    My favorite without a doubt, the immersion on this album following all the ideas about actual society and leading us to intern problems and feelings is a perfect combination with the flexible and creative musics they show us here
  20. RedGreyBlue
    Aug 20, 2021
    10
    What is there to add? Simply put, this is one of the greatest albums of all time.
  21. Codeling
    Aug 7, 2021
    10
    This album is a masterpiece. It's my favorite album of all time. Production, song quality. Everything is perfect.
    Best songs: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises, Exit Music, Let Down, Lucky, Climbing Up the Walls, Subterranean Homesick Alien
    Worst songs: -
  22. Edgar_XD
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    Vaya basofia, es aburrido a nomas poder, no es un album malo de Radiohead, es un album malo en general
  23. Negar_infinity
    Jun 13, 2021
    10
    Everything about this album is great. Thom Yorke is a genius
    All Radiohead members are
  24. thegetaway
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    Radiohead's defining statement and an album truly ahead of its time. It grabs you and never lets go. Perhaps their most down to earth album, that still sounds futuristic to this day.
  25. Dalmx
    Mar 23, 2021
    9
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  26. InitializeSahib
    Mar 22, 2021
    10
    My favorite album of all time, and this version is even better. The remaster is definitely noticeable in parts, and the second disc has some highlights on it.
  27. SwanHtet
    Jan 25, 2021
    10
    This is definately the best album ever made. Every single song is a masterpiece and the leftovers are all good too. My only problem is that Man of War shouldn't have been a leftover and it should be replaced with Electioneering
  28. Lopesito27
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    I bought this album recently without having listened to it becuase YOLO I guess... I was a little scared I wouldn't like it and well, I think it's one of my favourites now. I had never listened to anything so well put together, united by such a unique, cloudy, tired vision of the world, which the voice wanders and wonders in.
  29. RPF
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    This album is such a fantastic addon to the original. Tracks that really stand out to me are ‘Man of War’ and ‘Polyethylene’. They have made the definitive addition of the best album of all time.
  30. macintosh1
    Jul 14, 2020
    10
    Not only is this my favourite album of all time, but I also believe that it’s the best album ever made. Jam packed with original ideas, unique sounds, and an interesting concept behind it all. Truly a masterpiece in music.
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Metascore
100

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Jul 6, 2017
    72
    OKNOTOK will be of little interest to a passerby in a record store; its main value even for the die-hardiest of Radiohead fans is that little peek behind the curtain, a crack of light closer to understanding the way one of the most elusive bands in the world works.
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  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Jun 30, 2017
    100
    The actual content of OKNOTOK, in terms of what’s new, is hardly justification for any casual listener to pick it up, but the excuse to revisit the record itself would absolutely vindicate the purchase.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Jun 30, 2017
    100
    All [of the unreleased songs] were recorded around the time of OK Computer; all are unimpeachably first-rate; and yet, all were sensibly left off the original. Nevertheless, they complete the picture of one of rock's greatest bands cresting their first creative peak.
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