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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.
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 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.
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]
[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]
Kid A Mnesia contains the Radiohead albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), plus a third disc, Kid Amnesiae, comprising previously unreleased material from the Kid A and Amnesiac recording sessions. [1] The albums are not remastered. [2] The "deluxe" edition also contains an art book and Kid Amnesiette, a cassette edition with five B-sides. [3]
An early version with different lyrics was included in the 2017 OK Computer reissue OKNOTOK 1997 2017. [24] In October 2011, NME named "No Surprises" the 107th-best track of the preceding 15 years. [25] In 2020, the Guardian named it the 29th-greatest Radiohead song, writing: "Can a radical conscience coexist with suburban comforts, 'No ...