(Pink Floyd did just that on Dark Side of the Moon OK Computer is its 20th century counterpart.) None of these albums is perfect, of course. The band that composed everything from OK Computer to In Rainbows realizes, arguably more than any other rock act out there, that music is a limitless art form: that it should stretch the imagination, far beyond the boundaries of chords, lyrics and beats. And then, OK … well, you know what happened next. In between, we got The Bends (1995) and one step closer to greatness. With the buzz dying down considerably for Radiohead’s first label-less, “free” release (the album download is still free the picture-disc will put you down a pretty penny), there is no question that this is, in fact, a real Radiohead album of extremely high quality and not just some lame Internet promotion.įor those of us who’ve grown up Radiohead fans, we know that there has been a definite learning curve: Pablo Honey (1993) surprised few with its straightforward Brit pop, but managed to rope in a following of post-Nirvana alt-heads, with the help of guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s pre-chorus crank-crank on the single “Creep.”
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