OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK 1997 - 2017 Black

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Unlike previous Radiohead reissues, which were released by EMI without Radiohead's involvement and contained no new material, the band curated the OKNOTOK material themselves. Their subsequent albums have been released by XL Recordings, while EMI retained the copyright to Radiohead's back catalogue.

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The original studio recordings of these three previously unreleased and long sought-after OK COMPUTER era tracks finally receive their first official issue on OKNOTOK. Two decades later it stands as an eerily prescient glimpe into the technological alienation and dislocation of of a new era. He begins sounding utterly wounded until – as if revelling in the places his voice is capable of taking the song – it ends up becoming something quite defiant. Shrouded in wafting guitars, swoony rhythms, and moody-blue strings, it shrugs off mosh-pit conventions for a poignant delicacy and breadth, with Yorke's cracked-throat voice the album's melancholy center. Too bad XL Records didn’t contract with a pressing plant with quality control worthy of Radiohead’s watershed work.Whether via the sprawling movements of “Paranoid Android” or claustrophobic “Karma Police,” OK Computer paints a spookily prescient picture of the coming tyranny of social media and the dual-edged sword of cyber progress. All our items are packaged in good quality cardboard packaging which should prevent any damage during transit.