Radiohead - OK Computer (Music CD)

OK Computer is the album that established Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding guitar rock bands of the '90s. The band stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that was subtle and textured yet still had the feeling of rock & roll. Even at its most adventurous -- such as the multi-segmented "Paranoid Android" -- the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke's voice effortlessly shifts from falsetto to snarls. 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 "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and the sighing "Karma Police" to the gothic crawl of "Exit Music (For a Film)." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine