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Album review: OK Computer

I know, my first blog post since my angry tirade against the Hollywood big wigs, it's crazy! Ok, enough of that, now on to the sweet milky goodness that is my newest blog post. Since this is a gaming website (and mp3.com is about as useful as a quadriplegic in the army) there's really no place to talk about my other biggest passion, music. So here it goes. Album review #1. OK Computer – Radiohead  Rating: 9.8 Definatly one of my favorite albums of all time. It's a modern musical masterpiece with plenty of high points and no real low point. It rocks hard but at the same time creates a beautiful electronic soundscape to rival Pink Floyd. The album also exerts the kind of melodic mastery that captures the imagination while also remaining highly listenable. As much as Radiohead may deny it, it definitely comes off as a concept album. The theme: distrust of technology, paranoia, and blissful ignorance about life. These concepts together make for a very disturbing and dark album. It's most obvious in songs like 'Climbing up the Walls', the album's most disturbing track. It lurches forward in horror movie-like fashion only to explode into an epic wall of sound, all while chanting some seriously haunting lyrics. 'Electioneering' is another strong track, and the album's hardest rocking song. It just one of those songs you can imagine being played at a party (granted the people there have good taste in music) while still retaining the running theme of being a spacey electronic testament to the power of the studio. I could go on forever about the brilliance of all the songs. 'Karma Police', 'No Surprises', 'Paranoid Android', 'Let Down', there are simply no weak songs on the album. It's innovative, unique, spacey, all while remaining melodic, and extremely addictive. If you are a big music lover, and in particular a rock fan, I highly recommend you pick this one up.