It’s often the case with good music where you don’t realize how important an album was until a few years have gone by and you realize the significance that the music had. Sometimes, a band can set the tone for quite some time to come with its work.
Hindsight definitely makes these things easier to realize, and in my book, OK Computer by Radiohead did just this when it was released during the later part of the 1990s.
Many critics call this one of the greatest albums of all time. Radiohead’s sound was revolutionary at the time, and everything about the album was original and inventive. It was originally crafted, the music had its own unique sound, and the music videos were superb.
Amazingly, the album sounds just as relevant today, and their message was spot on. This world is simply being taken over by computers and technology, and Radiohead had the foresight to see that coming.
Songs like Karma Police and Paranoid Android send powerful messages and they’re highly relevant today, over a decade later.
The music is absolutely beautiful and while the band’s sound has evolved over the years, if another band were to come out with an original album today that sounded like this (assuming the first one never came out), it would sound completely relevant and modern at that.
How many other full lengths can you really say that about? Not many whatsoever, and that’s what makes Radiohead a treasure in the world of music.
If you haven’t listened to it in a while, throw the CD back into your player and give it a listen. Not only will it bring back some memories, but you’ll realize how truly great this album was, and always will be.
About the author: In addition to being a music fan, he also writes about truvia and truvia safety information.
