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OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 is a reissue of the 1997 album OK Computer by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released in June 2017, the album's 20th anniversary, following the 2016 acquisition of Radiohead's back catalogue by XL Recordings from EMI .
Radiohead's third album, OK Computer, was released in May 1997. It remains their most successful album, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland and the top 10 in several other countries. It remains their most successful album, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland and the top 10 in several other countries.
In 2017, Radiohead released a deluxe remaster of OK Computer, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, including B-sides and the previously unreleased songs "I Promise", "Man of War", and "Lift". [32] Kid A Mnesia , an anniversary reissue compiling Kid A , Amnesiac and previously unreleased material, was released on 5 November 2021.
OK Computer was released in Japan on 21 May, in the UK on 16 June, in Canada on 17 June and in the US on 1 July. [141] It was released on CD, double-LP vinyl record, cassette and MiniDisc . [ 142 ] It debuted at number one in the UK with sales of 136,000 copies in its first week. [ 143 ]
In June 2017, Radiohead released "Lift" on the OK Computer reissue OKNOTOK 1997 2017, [2] alongside two other previously unreleased tracks: "I Promise" and "Man of War". [5] This version "Lift" was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in February 1996, while Radiohead were recording demos for OK Computer. [6] [7]
Though some of the recordings had been previously released on the 2017 OK Computer reissue OKNOTOK 1997 2017, [4] most were not intended for release. [1] On 5 June 2019, the recordings were leaked online by a collector using the name Zimbra, who said he had traded them for unreleased Beatles recordings. [5]
[2] On 23 June 2017, Radiohead released a 20th-anniversary OK Computer reissue, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, featuring "I Promise" and two other new tracks. [4] "I Promise" premiered on BBC Radio 6 on 2 June. The host, Steve Lamacq, said that Radiohead believed it was lost and had been pleased to rediscover it. [5]
"Nude" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released in March 2008 as the second single from their seventh studio album, In Rainbows (2007). Radiohead first recorded "Nude" during the sessions for their third album, OK Computer (1997), but were not satisfied with the results.