OK Computer was selected best record of all time by customers of one of Norways biggest record store chains “Platekompaniet”. The Bends got #23 and Kid A got 85th.
For the full list, please go here.
{thanks to Andr? & Trond}
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Roger Waters on Radiohead
There is an interview with Roger Waters in the current issue of Rolling Stone where he mentions Radiohead. Here they are:
Have you heard Radiohead?
My son Harry gave me OK Computer. I really liked it. I thought it had two or three really great songs on it. Then a friend gave me a newish album with a red thing, I can’t even remember what it was called —
“Amnesiac”?
Yeah, Amnesiac. That was beyond me, I have to say. I listened to it once in the car and went, “Well, OK, guys. Good, but you’ve left me.” You know, where’s my Neil Young? Where’s my John Lennon album?
It’s very difficult to write “Breathe, breathe in the air, don’t be afraid to care,” without people going, “Fucking wanker!” [laughs]. And I think that’s what Radiohead and these other bands are attaching to. There is a purity in those records.
{thanks to Brad, Syd, Andy, & Emily}
Radiohead made it to # 15 in Spin magazine’s 50 Greatest Bands of All Time. Here’s the excerpt from the article:
On 1995’s The Bends, Radiohead were a compelling young Brit-pop band, but with follow-up OK Computer, they spooked rock fans into a new level of obsession. The album’s brooding minor chords and white-noise buzz grew more claustrophobic with each track, even as Thom Yorke’s personal-yet-impersonal lyrics made songs about car crashes and crushed insects somehow moving. Newer bands began to cop Radiohead’s paranoid but confessional, slurry but catchy approach. In response, they sighed deeply and recorded Kid A, somehow transforming glitchy prog rock into classic pop.
INFLUENCED: Travis, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Clinic, JJ72, Doves, Elbow, Wes Borland
CLASSIC ALBUM: OK Computer
Chris Martin of Coldplay had the following to say about Radiohead: “When I saw Radiohead, I thought ‘Wow, maybe you really can do what you want and get away with it. They did exactly what they wanted and people responded…not everyone wants to listen to nonsense rock.”
{thanks to Lou}
The following article is from MTV.com:
What Went Right With I Might Be Wrong?
Before I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings slinks off the Billboard 200 charts entirely (it slides to #166 next week), we’d like to take a moment and ponder what could have been (and maybe should have been) for Radiohead’s much-ballyhooed concert record.
Coming on the heels of the band’s potent 1-2 combination punch of Kid A and Amnesiac, as well as Radiohead’s acclaimed tours of Europe, North America and Japan this summer, I Might Be Wrong was obviously meant as a way to tide fans over until Thom Yorke and company’s next proper release. Nothing new there, as Radiohead had previously done something similar by issuing its Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP in spring 1998, almost nine months after releasing OK Computer and featuring several B-sides and unreleased tracks from the OK sessions.
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Radiohead: Most Wired Musician
Radiohead was named “Most Wired Musician” in the December 2001 issue of Wired magazine:
“Radiohead continues to turn rock music on its head, using synthesizers, polyrhythms, stark production techniques, and distorted vocals. Beginning with the band’s landmark album, OK Computer, Radiohead pushed firmly-grounded rock in the direction of techno-electronica. These wayward impulses and experimental sounds are what the fans are crazy about.”
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Radiohead in VH1 List
Radiohead was included in the VH1 UK 100 Greatest Albums list with The Bends coming in at #6 and OK Computer at #11.
See the full list at VH1 UK.
{thanks to Marcel}