The first thing anyone heard from the record turned out to be available only to moviegoers and, eventually, on VHS tape. By all accounts, the record label left the group completely alone during this process. From there, they used a variety of locations inside as recording spaces, trying to get specific and unique sounds. Subsequently, they decamped to an unoccupied mansion in the English countryside with producer Nigel Godrich. Radiohead found their initial attempts at recording the album at a studio near their homes in Oxford unsatisfying. That was enough to keep the band’s name out there and to keep their labels, EMI, Parlophone, and Capitol, in their corner for the production of OK Computer. and Alanis Morissette each took Radiohead out on tour as their openers. The album did have its fans, though, and big-time rock acts R.E.M. That acclaim didn’t translate to any significant hits, but the videos got some airplay on MTV. Music journalists seem shocked that a band they had written off as a one-hit-wonder had improved as musicians and songwriters. Their second album, 1995’s The Bends, was released to a tone of surprising critical acclaim. The band had had a huge hit with “Creep” in 1993 but had failed to follow it up with anything nearly as successful as their debut album, Pablo Honey. At the time, Radiohead was still trying to build a career for themselves as musicians. Time has been kind to the record, and its legend has grown as Radiohead continue to be “A Band That Matters”. Peruse any publication’s list of Best Albums of the 1990s, and you’ll likely find OK Computer lodged in the top ten, if not ranked number one.
On the 25th anniversary of its release, it seems like a given that Radiohead‘s OK Computer is one of the landmark albums of the 1990s.
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