But there has always been a tantalizing alternate-history version of Radiohead’s third LP lurking behind the finished product. OK Computer included the singles "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police" and "No Surprises". As of 2007, it has been certified triple platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. It reached on the UK Albums Chart and marked Radiohead's highest entry into the American market at the time, where it debuted at OK Computer expanded the band's worldwide popularity, becoming the last Radiohead album to have a delayed release outside of the United Kingdom. OK Computer is the third album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in 1997. The album is remastered and includes B-sides released on OK Computer singles, plus three previously unreleased songs: "I Promise", "Man of War", and "Lift".
It was released in June 2017, the album's 20th anniversary, following the acquisition of Radiohead's back catalogue by XL Recordings from EMI in 2016.
OK Computer OKNOTOK is a reissue of the 1997 album OK Computer by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Then new-ish engineer and future Radiohead mainstay Nigel Godrich told Rolling Stone of the recording sessions: They were the band of my dreams. The result was 1997’s OK Computer, which was designed as a deliberate reaction against the grunge movement of the 1990s. So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom.Released May 21, 1997. So instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. We got hacked last week – someone stole Thom’s minidisk archive from around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on threat of releasing it.
Greenwood’s note confirms that the files were initially hacked from a minidisc archive belonging to Thom Yorke, and makes reference to a rumor that the hacker demanded a $150,000 ransom from the band to refrain from releasing the material. All proceeds will benefit the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion. According to a note that guitarist Jonny Greenwood posted on the band’s Instagram this morning, they’ll only be downloadable for the next 18 days, and will cost you £18 (or about $23 U.S.). Radiohead have officially released 18 hours of material from the sessions for their legendary third album OK Computer. The sessions, which leaked online last week, are now available for download on Radiohead’s Bandcamp page.
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