Actually, that’s pretty much the reason why it’s in last place, simply the lack of easy tolerability that the rest of the album has – but hey, if the end of the album is supposed to encapsulate a world gone to shit amongst rubbishy modern life, then job well done, because this song is one big mood. I like ‘The Tourist’, despite how scatter-brained it is. Still, as acknowledged by the quote I started this article off with (and by the ‘OK Computer’ posters you can buy), the spoken-word words spoken in this spoken-word segment are so grim, so warning, that the interlude in itself is not only a necessary part of the album, but it’s a pretty damn cool one. I feel like I’m stating the obvious but nobody’s listening to ‘Fitter Happier’ without the context of the rest of the album, and if you are, you really need a girlfriend. This track is bottom by default, let’s face it.

Every cinematic detail, every scent, every harmony, I really pity those who haven’t enjoyed this album at at least some point in their lives, and I envy those who are yet to hear it you’re in for a treat.Īnyway, as has become one of my clichés, I feel a nice song ranking is in order, to commemorate the album’s twentieth birthday, and to acknowledge its monumental role in rock. ‘OK Computer’ isn’t my favourite Radiohead album (it’s actually my third), but if I’m not going to celebrate it around its twentieth anniversary, then when am I going to celebrate it? Admittedly, I can be on-and-off with the album, but it’s one of the most innovative music projects of the last few decades – and hell, if I haven’t listened to it in a while, once I put it back on, it’s like I’m discovering it all over again.

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