Radiohead ‎– OK Computer

Label:

Parlophone – 7243 8 55229 2 5, Parlophone – CDNODATA 02

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

UK & Europe

Released:

16 Jun 1997

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Alternative Rock

Tracklist

1	Airbag	4:44
2	Paranoid Android	6:23
3	Subterranean Homesick Alien	4:27
4	Exit Music (For A Film)	4:24
5	Let Down	4:59
6	Karma Police	4:21
7	Fitter Happier	1:57
8	Electioneering	3:50
9	Climbing Up The Walls	4:45
10	No Surprises	3:48
11	Lucky	4:19
12	The Tourist	5:24

Companies etc

Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
Manufactured By – EMI
Distributed By – EMI
Made By – EMI Uden
Published By – Warner Chappell Ltd.
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At – Mayfair Studios
Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At – Air Lyndhurst Hall
Mixed At – Courtyard Studio
Mixed At – The Church

Credits

A&r [Performing Monkey Bookings Taken At Itb By] – Charlie Myatt
Arranged By [Strings] – Radiohead
Artwork [Additional Complicated Artwork Skills Supplied By] – Matt Bale, Mr. Barry
Artwork [Pictures Done By] – Stanley Donwood, White Chocolate Farm, The
Conductor [Strings] – Nick Ingman
Engineer [Audio Levels Balance] – Nigel Godrich
Engineer [Performance Sound Enhancement For The Audience Balanced By] – Jim Warren
Engineer [Studio Assistant] – Chris Scard, Gerard Navarro, Jon Bailey
Lighting, Stage Manager [Stage Design, Smoke And Production] – Andi Watson
Lyrics By [We Wrote Them] – Radiohead
Management [Artistic Freedom In The Market Place Maintained By] – Keith Wozencroft, Perry Watts-Russell, Tony Wadsworth
Management [Cash Dealings, Other Assistance] – Big Al (21)
Management [Office Run By] – Julie Calland
Management [Patiently Managed By] – Brian Message, Bryce Edge, Chris Hufford, Courtyard
Management [Tour Manager] – Tim Greaves (2)
Mastered By – Chris 'King Fader' Blair*
Music By – Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke
Other [Additional Guitar Stuff] – Adam Cummings
Other [Guitar Maintenance, Deck Chairs] – Duncan Swift
Other [Instrument Modifications, Stage Managing, Equipment Shifting Into Difficult Places] – Plank
Other [International Ambassador] – Carol Baxter
Other [Media Handling] – Caffy St Luce
Other [Sound Reference, Physics Teaching] – Tree
Other [Website Maintenance] – Stanley Donwood
Producer [Committed To Tape By] – Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
Video Editor [Video Realisation With] – Dilly Gent

Notes

Mastered at Abbey Road.
Audio fixing and dubbing done at Mayfair, Abbey Road, Air Lyndhurst, Courtyard and The Church.

Track 7 features sample from the film 'Three Days Of The Condor' (liner notes misidentify the source as 'Flight of the Condor').

All songs published by Warner Chappell Ltd.

℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. © 1997 EMI Records Ltd.
Manufactured and distributed by EMI.
Made in Holland.
Printed in Holland.
Stereo

Issued in a standard jewel case with twenty-four page booklet.
Catalogue number (on spine/CD/booklet): 7243 8 55229 2 5
Catalogue numbers (on rear): 7243 8 55229 2 5, UK: CDNODATA 02

Guitars by Rickenbacker and Plank, drums by Premier, cymbals by Zildjian, all other instruments at retail price.

Grub by Grub of Cat and Mouse.

Additional artwork skills by Matt Bale @ Hubdesign and Mr. Barry @ The Whole Hog.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (String): 724385522925
Barcode (Text): 7 24385 52292 5
Label Code: LC 0299
Rights Society: bel BIEM
Other (Distribution Code): F: PM 520
Other (Distribution Code): I: 070
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 2 2-1-2-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 2 2-1-8-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 2 2-2-12-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 2 2-3-6-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 3 3-1-6-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 3 3-5-8-NL
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): EMI UDEN 8552292 @ 3 030534-NL
Other (Mastering SID Code Variant 1 to 4): IFPI L046
Other (Mastering SID Code Variant 5 to 7): IFPI L047
Other (Mould SID Code Variant 1, 3 & 6): none
Other (Mould SID Code Variant 2): ifpi 1551
Other (Mould SID Code Variant 4): ifpi 1521
Other (Mould SID Code Variant 5): IFPI 15A4
Other (Mould SID Code Variant 7): IFPI AAH58

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 32) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
OK Computer (2xLP, Album)	Parlophone, Parlophone	NODATA 02, 7243 8 55229 1 8	UK	1997
OK Computer (CD, Album)	Parlophone	7243 8 55229 2 5	Australia	1997
OK Computer (Cass, Album)	Parlophone	7243 8 55229 4 9	Europe	1997
OK Computer (CD, Album)	Parlophone, EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.	7243 8 55229 2 5	Argentina	1997
OK Computer (CD, Album, RE, Ltd)	EMI Music Japan Inc	TOCP-53834	Japan	2008

▸ show all 1 review

Reviews & Discussion

Post Your Review or Discussion

Rated 5/5

Review by AEK Apr 11, 2007 (edited over 5 years ago)

As a purist of electronic music and more specifically techno, it's not often I emerge from my bubble to discover other music. It's even rarer for me to remember an era of my life in connection with a rock album. Rediscovering this CD several years since last listening to it, it's hard not to get all dewy-eyed remembering 1997. Achieving the seemingly impossible, this emphatic follow-up to 'The Bends' not only lived up to its predecessor but completely blew it away. In many ways 'OK Computer' is a very mature album; still bearing Thom Yorkes' deathbed vocals, yet musically more mellow than 'The Bends'. Where I found 'The Bends' to simply be a collection of twelve fantastic tracks, 'OK Computer' worked better as an album. Everyone has different views on what defines an album as a masterpiece; in my opinion it needs to transcend mainstream popularity and appeal to everyone. With it's organic feel and a deeply personal touch 'OK Computer' carries this off with ease. Given time alone with your thoughts and a pair of headphones, it's impossible not to lose yourself in these tracks.

Together with 1998s mini-album 'How Am I Driving?', this era paved the way for Radioheads journey into the more experimental material of 'Kid A'. Utterly essential, irrespective of musical taste...everybody should own this album.