Radiohead - Ok Computer Oknotok 1997 2017 - VINYL LP

RADIOHEAD / OK COMPUTER - vinyl LP - Even at it's most adventurous - such as the complex, multi-segmented InchParanoid AndroidInch - 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 InchSubterranean Homesick AlienInch and the sighing InchKarma PoliceInch to the gothic crawl of InchExit Music (For a Film).Inch OK Computer is the album that establishes Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding bands of the '90s. - 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. Album Tracks 1. Airbag 4 44 2. Paranoid Android 6 23 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien 4 27 1. Exit Music (For a Film) 4 24 2. Let Down 4 59 3. Karma Police 4 21 1. Fitter Happier 1 57 2. Electioneering 3 50 3. Climbing Up the Walls 4 45 4. No Surprises 3 48 1. Lucky 4 19 2. The Tourist 5 24

Deluxe vinyl boxed set. The OKNOTOK BOXED EDITION features a black box emblazoned with a dark image of a burned copy of OK COMPUTER containing three heavyweight 180 gram black 12Inch vinyl records and a hardcover book containing more than thirty artworks (many of which have never been seen before) and full lyrics to all the tracks (except the ones that haven't really got any lyrics). Under this weighty tome are yet more surprises a notebook containing 104 pages from Thom Yorke's library of scrawled notes of the time, a sketchbook containing 48 pages of Donwood and Tchock's Inchpreparatory workInch and a C90 cassette mix tape compiled by the band, taken from OK COMPUTER session archives and demo tapes. Album Tracks 1. Airbag 2. Paranoid Android 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien 1. Exit Music (For a Film) 2. Let Down 3. Karma Police 1. Fitter Happier 2. Electioneering 3. Climbing the Walls 4. No Surprises 1. Lucky 2. The Tourist 1. I Promise 2. Man of War 3. Lift 4. Lull 5. Meeting in the Aisle 1. Melatonin 2. A Reminder 3. Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2) 4. Pearly 5. Palo Alto 6. How I Made My Millions 1. Cassette Side A 1. Cassette Side B

In Rainbows, as a title, implies a sense of comfort and delightfulness. Symbolically, rainbows are more likely to be associated with kittens and warm blankets than the grim and glum circumstances Radiohead is known for soundtracking. There's a slight, if expected, twist at play. The band is more than familiar with the unpleasant moods associated with colors like red, green, and blue - all of which, of course, are colors within a rainbow - all of which are present, and even mentioned, during the album. On a couple levels, then, In Rainbows is not any less fitting as a Radiohead album title than InchMyxomatosisInch as a Radiohead song title. The one aspect of the album that becomes increasingly perceptible with each listen is how romantic it feels, albeit in the way that one might find the bioport scenes in David Cronenberg's to be extremely hot and somewhat unsettling. Surprisingly, some of the album's lyrics are even more personal/universal and straightforward than anything on The Eraser, the album made by singer Thom Yorke and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. The album is very song-oriented, with each track constantly moving forward and developing. Yet there are also abstract electronic layers and studio-as-instrument elements to prevent it from sounding like a regression. In Rainbows will be remembered as Radiohead's most stimulating synthesis of accessible songs and abstract sounds, rather than the world's first pick-your-price download. Album Tracks 1. 15 Step 3 57 2. Bodysnatchers 4 02 3. Nude 4 15 4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 5 18 5. All I Need 3 49 1. Faust Arp 2 10 2. Reckoner 4 50 3. House of Cards 5 28 4. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 4 09 5. Videotape 4 40