Spin got it right - OK Computer

[baba]

I know this best album business is subjective, but I think Spin Magazine got it right.
They named Radiohead's OK Computer the best album of the last 20 years. That's an enormous statement and I'm surprised to find that I for once agree with the critics. This album is the ONLY rock album of the last 20 years that has grabbed me by the b@lls and refused to let go. I'm not an enormous Radiohead fan as a whole, and I love this album. It is amazing. It has literally brought tears to my eyes and I'm not sure why.

[Mitchell Royce]

They didn't put Kurt on the cover again, did they?

I used to read Spin pretty regularly when I lived in the states and enjoyed it. Only two things that bothered me:
1) They worship Nirvana way too much
2) They worship Radiohead even more.

And I like both those bands.

[baba]

Originally Posted by Mitchell Royce

They didn't put Kurt on the cover again, did they?

.

Not sure, I've never read the magazine. I just caught the news blurb on CNN.com or something.

[Mon Rominee]

As for staying power in rotation, emotion grabbing, intensity, and all that lot, I'd have to agree.

Lambast me for saying, but it's this generation's Dark Side of the Moon...and that album is hardly played out (to me) in its own right. I really do feel it's that good.

My only quibble: nix "electioneering"...a decent song, but it doesn't fit the flow of the record.

I have not been a fan of the last few efforts by Radiohead as whole coherent pieces of work, but the Ok Computer they just got so utterly right.

And yes, that mag has both hands massaging Radiohead's sack at all times. It's almost embarrassing.

[baba]

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

As for staying power in rotation, emotion grabbing, intensity, and all that lot, I'd have to agree.

Lambast me for saying, but it's this generation's Dark Side of the Moon...and that album is hardly played out (to me) in its own right. I really do feel it's that good.

Preach it brother.

[Against Will]

I have a strong dislike for SPIN. They're like Pitchfork sans the enjoyably vicious reviews, haughtiness and the drool bib. They're too fawning and they're just always 2 steps behind what's happening. At least Pitchfork is semi-on top of their stuff.

Either way, OK Computer is a good middle-of-the-road inoffensive pick. I enjoy it every now and again, Paranoid Android is a great song.

[Blackbird]

Here's the list in full.

100. Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
95. Elastica - s/t
94. Slint - Spiderland
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
92. Big Black - Atomizer
91. XTC - Skylarking
90. Sonic Youth - Sister
89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
87. Blur - Parklife
86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
85. REM - Automatic For The People
84. Soundgarden - Superunknown
83. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - s/t
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
75. Le Tigre - s/t
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye
67. Slayer - Reign In Blood
66. Outkast - Aquemini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
48. Radiohead - Kid A
47. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
44. Green Day - Dookie
43. B.D.P. - Criminal Minded
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - s/t
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Ince Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
17. Nas - Illmatic
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
1. Radiohead - OK Computer

[Syeknom]

Some very wise choices in there, but a terribly chosen order imo.

OK Computer is a masterpiece though, it and DSOTM (yes I know, overly popular choices) are just pure perfection to me.

[Brad Barker]

Originally Posted by Syeknom

...DSOTM (yes I know, overly popular choices) are just pure perfection to me.

what's that stand for?


anyway, as far as the cure goes, i'd have expected to see disintegration or pornography up there. the head on the door is really good, but...those two are far better.

does this mean that top-100 lists AREN'T actually definitive and infallible!?!

[Syeknom]

Sorry, DSOTM is Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.

[Adam Barkley]

27. Horse the Band - R. Borlax
26. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
25. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafiti
24. At the Drive In - Vaya
23. Pink Floyd - Animals
22. Beatles - Abbey Road
21. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
20. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
18. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
17. Mondo Generator - Cocaine Rodeo
16. Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
15. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
14. Morphine - Good
13. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
12. Bad Brains - I against I
11. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
10. Trivium - Ascendancy
9. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
8. Faith No More - Angeldust
7. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
6. Pantera - Vulgar Diplay of Power
5. Tomahawk - Mit Gas
4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. Mr Bungle - self-titled
2. Police - Regatta de Blanc
1. Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem - Of Natural History

No particular order or reasoning behind this.

[Corwin]

I can't help but notice the following glaring omissions: Faraquet's _The View From This Tower_ and Don Caballero's _American Don_ and _What Burns Never Returns_. Or (perhaps a bit more seriously) any Sigur Ros. I'd put together my own top 100, but I'm not sure that I have 100 albums from the past 20 years.

[baba]

Originally Posted by abark000

27. Horse the Band - R. Borlax
26. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
25. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafiti
24. At the Drive In - Vaya
23. Pink Floyd - Animals
22. Beatles - Abbey Road
21. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
20. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
18. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
17. Mondo Generator - Cocaine Rodeo
16. Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
15. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
14. Morphine - Good
13. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
12. Bad Brains - I against I
11. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
10. Trivium - Ascendancy
9. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
8. Faith No More - Angeldust
7. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
6. Pantera - Vulgar Diplay of Power
5. Tomahawk - Mit Gas
4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. Mr Bungle - self-titled
2. Police - Regatta de Blanc
1. Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem - Of Natural History

No particular order or reasoning behind this.

Many of these don't fall within the last 20 years.

[Adam Barkley]

Re-read the last line of my post.

[baba]

Originally Posted by abark000

Re-read the last line of my post.

Gotcha.

While we're at it:

3. Crayons
2. Pencils
1. Pens

[Adam Barkley]

Originally Posted by baba

Gotcha.

While we're at it:

3. Crayons
2. Pencils
1. Pens

Now you got it. Though I do prefer chalk over all of the above.

[Chiba]

A friend of mine burned a copy of 'OK Computer' for me to listen to. I got about halfway through it, ejected it, and tossed it out the window of my truck.

Haven't listened to anything after 'The Bends' since from Radiohead.

From this thread, though, I'd gather I was in the minority!

That Spin list reads like a 'best albums of the last 20 years if you're primarily a music "critic" that wants to feel important, hip, and connected'. The Smiths in the top 10?? Give me a BREAK! Three metal albums? No Pantera, Matthew Sweet, or Lenny Kravitz?? THE STROKES???? Come on!

Ugh. Top 100 lists are like a**holes - everybody's got one and they all stink.

--chiba

[baba]

Originally Posted by abark000

Now you got it. Though I do prefer chalk over all of the above.

Too messy for me.

Nice Tom Waits sig by the way.

[Against Will]

28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

Found a typo; let me fix it:

28. Madvillain-Madvillainy

[Muzique Fann]

IMO, Remain in Light is still the best album ever made after DSOTM.