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OK COMPUTER

Radiohead

 

Crossover Prog

4.07 | 1105 ratings

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ziofulvio
4 stars I'm very happy to see Radiohead included here. Of course, progressive, like any other music genre, has no boundaries, but I submitted many reviews before noticing their presence, sure of their abesence. What can I say now? Some say this is '90 best studio album, And I agree at 90%. Lyrics are really great!I love them and It seems to me they've been conceived exactly for those songs!I could never imagine other words if not "they don't speak for us" in No Surprises or "we're standing on the edge" on Lucky. But overall they're awesome, profound, facing social problems (and that's the point) narrating ironically what they scorn. Songs are well structured and placed in the tracklist, featuring interesting sound combinations, excellent riffs (with some of them borrowed by other bands!) tasteful mixing acoustic/electric guitar, with brilliant piano and synth addiction. I could stat all this about many bands, but Radiohead have some more: they can create magic songs, some that could remain in the heart of a person lifelong. Negative points:basically 2. 1. going farther, beyond the arrangement solutions, the chord sequences aren't far from the standard ones of brit-pop: nothing new, in the end. 2. The notorius problem about R. that I sum up in this sentence: "you can't hear a R. album for more than half an hour or you'll drop in a state of permanent depression!" About Ok Computer it's quite true; in fact the only electioneering as a fast song is not enough to bright up the picture of the album. Details, in my opinion.
ziofulvio | 4/5 |

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