OK Computer arrived in 1997 as rock music was busy congratulating itself, and Radiohead responded by making something genuinely unsettling and prescient, an album about technology, alienation, and creeping dread that only grew more relevant with time. The three vault tracks here, particularly "Lift," had become the stuff of legend among fans who'd traded bootlegs and debated their absence for years. Twenty years on, the remaster gives the original recordings the space and clarity they always deserved. Featuring Remastered OK COMPUTER, B-Sides and Three Never Before Released Tracks: “I Promise,” “Lift,” “Man Of War” Rescued from defunct formats, prized from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage… OKNOTOK will be issued June 23 on XL Recordings, coinciding (roughly) with the original 1997 release date(s) of Radiohead’s landmark third album OK COMPUTER. OKNOTOK features the original OK COMPUTER twelve track album, eight B-sides, and the Radiohead completist’s dream: “I Promise,” “Lift,” and “Man Of War.” The original studio recordings of these three previously unreleased and long-sought-after OK COMPUTER-era tracks finally receive their first official release on OKNOTOK. All material on OKNOTOK is newly remastered from the original analog tapes. Digital formats, double CD, and triple 180g LP versions of the 23 track album will be released widely on June 23rd. OK COMPUTER was originally released between May and July 1997. Produced by the band and Nigel Godrich, the album is widely cited as one of the greatest works of Radiohead’s--or any artist’s--catalogue and was the first Radiohead record to reach #1 in the UK and to be be nominated for the Album of the Year GRAMMY. The album features singles “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police,” “Lucky,” and “No Surprises.” In 2015, The National Recording Registry selected OK COMPUTER to be preserved in the Library of Congress as a recording that has proven “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Tracklist Disc 1 1. Airbag (4:44) 2. Paranoid Android (6:23) 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien (4:27) 4. Exit Music (For A Film) (4:24) 5. Let Down (4:59) 6. Karma Police (4:21) 7. Fitter Happier (1:57) 8. Electioneering (3:50) 9. Climbing Up The Walls (4:45) 10. No Surprises (3:48) 11. Lucky (4:19) 12. The Tourist (5:24) Disc 2 1. I Promise (4:00) 2. Man Of War (4:29) 3. Lift (4:06) 4. Lull (2:29) 5. Meeting In The Aisle (3:09) 6. Melatonin (2:09) 7. A Reminder (3:53) 8. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) (4:23) 9. Pearly* (3:37) 10. Palo Alto (3:44) 11. How I Made My Millions (3:09) UPC: 634904086824Label: XL RecordingsRelease Date: 7.7.17Format: CD
