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I listen to other stuff that came out in '97 more often now than I do Computer, but that album really just defined the year in a way that no other record has ever even come close. Got home at about 12:30 and laid in bed listening to the album on repeat until the sky started getting light. I finally got up to the counter and made the staff search the back room until they finally dug it up. Turns out there was a Blues Traveler live album coming out on 7/1, as well - wonderful. Despite not having a hit anywhere near the size of Creep, Radiohead’s previous album The Bends (1995) was successful enough for their record company EMI to give. There were about 30 people in line, mostly frat-types. I scored an import CD single of "PA" at Newbury Comics and then drove down to the Tower in Burlington, MA, to get Computer at midnight. 120 Minutes debuted the "Paranoid Android" video and it left me speechless. I knew from the NME and Melody Maker that it was going to be somewhat of a departure but I had no idea until the night I graduated college. I got hooked on Radiohead during the Bends-era and was eagerly awaiting Computer. There's also still a large slew of non-album singles and B-sides I have yet to listen to. Then I delved into the rest of their catalogue and have heard all of their albums (including the live I Might Be Wrong) except Pablo Honey, which I might eventually check out as a curiosity, and The King of Limbs. Radiohead - Welcome To The Machine OK Computer And The Death Of The Classic Album by Tim Footman A CHROME DREAMS PUBLICATION First Edition 2007 Published by. A few months later, its position was to be usurped by Kid A, and I've bought many more albums since but both would still comfortably be in my top 40 or 50 overall and top 2 in the Radiohead catalogue (and I actually don't mind Fitter Happier!) - can't think of any other band/artist from the last 20 years that has had such an impressive run as The Bends -> Kid A. I finally bought the album in late 2009, although I can't remember if this was before or after I discovered RYM and saw (and would no doubt have been influenced by) the album's 3rd place on the RYM chart.Īnyway, after many a spin it became firmly established in my top 10 all-time favourites and was already on its way to establishing Radiohead as one of my all-time favourite bands. I remember watching her as she pushed play on the Walkman (yes. Ashamed to say it didn't do much for me (IMO, I'm still surprised it became such a hit, I do like it, but for me, Airbag, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music, Let Down and No Surprises are all quite a bit better) and despite being aware of OK Computer as THE album of the 90s, something about the name (both the album and band) didn't appeal to me much, as not being much into rock music back then I thought it would be mostly boring electronica with no heart or soul (could hardly have been further from the truth!). Your mother was a Radiohead fan, so this seemed especially appropriate at the time.
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I'll admit I'm a real latecomer to Radiohead the only song of theirs I heard for many years was Paranoid Android on a Now! 37 compilation from 1997, probably starting late 90s/early 00s.