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Radiohead's OK Computer.

Author: Dai Griffiths
Publisher: London : Continuum International Pub., 2004.
Series: 33 1/3.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Seemingly granted 'classic album' status within days of its release in 1997, OK Computer transformed Radiohead from a highly promising rock act into The Most Important Band in the World - a label the band has been burdened by (and has fooled around with) ever since. Through close musical analysis of each song, Dai Griffiths explores the themes and ideas that have made this album resonate so deeply with its audience,  Read more...
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Griffiths, Dai.
Radiohead's OK Computer.
London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2004
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Dai Griffiths
ISBN: 9781441109163 1441109161
OCLC Number: 781614730
Description: 1 online resource (120 pages).
Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Chapter One: OK Computer in the Recorded Past; Chapter Two: Listening to OK Computer; Chapter Three: OK Computer in the future.
Series Title: 33 1/3.

Abstract:

Seemingly granted 'classic album' status within days of its release in 1997, OK Computer transformed Radiohead from a highly promising rock act into The Most Important Band in the World - a label the band has been burdened by (and has fooled around with) ever since. Through close musical analysis of each song, Dai Griffiths explores the themes and ideas that have made this album resonate so deeply with its audience, and argues that OK Computer is one of the most successfully realized CD albums so far created. EXCERPTBut then 'Karma Police' changes. After the second chorus the track lifts, in va.

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