10 Perfect Rock Albums With No Bad Songs
8. OK Computer - Radiohead
As much as the '90s started off on a high note, the tail end of the decade was a different story. Though there were genres like Britpop and industrial metal crowding the charts, the stench of post grunge and nu metal was starting to get a lot more cartoony than most people were willing to stomach. So how the hell did the guys pegged as one hit wonders manage to deliver one of the greatest albums of all time?
As much as Radiohead's career should have ended after a song like Creep, OK Computer is the moment where they became a global force to be reckoned with. Fresh off of the stadium rock they had cultivated on the Bends, OK is what happens when you make your art completely sanitized. Even with the songs having a pristine sheen to them, there's a lot of emotion on this record, from the extraterrestrial fear that populates Subterranean Homesick Alien to the subtle ode to suicide on No Surprises.
While this album can rarely be considered fun, it ends up saying a lot more about the future of rock than most were willing to admit. Sure, it might be sad to listen to on its own, but it might just be the album that you need rather than what you want.