Hard to fathom how Lift and its heady melody did not end up on the final tracklisting of OK Computer. Radiohead began performing on stage in 1996 with I Promise and Lift, on a US tour as the opening act for Alanis Morissette. However glimpses of the title's recording footage can be seen in the documentary Meeting People Is Easy. Recorded in March 1998 at the Abbey Road Studios in London, Man Of War was originally intended to be on the soundtrack of the big-screen adaptation of The Avengers with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes, but the group was unhappy with the result and shelved the song. It left its mark on its time and will continue to influence masses of groups and musicians.The second disc in OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 contains eight B-sides ( Lull, Meeting In The Aisle, Melatonin, A Reminder, Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2), Pearly, Palo Alto and How I Made My Millions) and three previously unreleased tracks ( I Promise, Man Of War and Lift). OK Computer reached a pinnacle of inventiveness, with bold harmonies, groundbreaking production and inventive instrumentation.

Between Thom Yorke's tortured but often lyrical ( Exit Music (For A Film)) and always distinctive voice ( Karma Police) and Jonny Greenwood's avant-garde guitar lines ( Subterranean Homesick Alien), this third album keeps listeners on their toes. or even Teuton krautrock (Neu! and Can spring to mind), the Oxford group never lets its attention stray from the writing. Underneath the atmospheric layering, behind the patchworks of textures inherited from Pink Floyd, R.E.M.

Like revisited prog rock, subtly undermined by snatches of electronic music, OK Computer is never a mere mad scientist's laboratory, experimenting just for the fun of it. After the admittedly perfect classicism of The Bends (1995), Radiohead took a sort of swan dive into the ocean of a distinctly more experimental type of rock. The sort of release that has fans in a frenzy. In this two-part reissue: a first disc with the remastered original album a second, 11-track disc made up of B-sides and previously unreleased titles.

Twenty years after its summer 1997 release, OK Computer re-emerges clothed in light. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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