Album Rating: 2.0
I'm fairly certain that's a fact though. Most of that generation has not heard Dark Side of the Moon...
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yah my parents have never listened to Pink Floyd
not that that is enough to confirm it ofc
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pretty obvious they were talking about the stoners within that generation
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Album Rating: 5.0
Cha I pretty much rate every album that came out before my birth as a 5 cuz old makez thingz klaassic durr
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Album Rating: 3.5
I disagree. I wasn't around at it's release, that's true; but the simple fact is there is no way that the majority of an entire generation will love any album. The other options are too many: those that haven't heard it, those that didn't like rock, those that didn't like progressive rock specifically. Even looking at it logically, via album sales, and then multiplying that for the wider listening audience (friends etc) the album just didn't reach the majority of people. And I did grow up with the generation that was around at the time, and also the other records named, like Sgt Pepper's; of all those people I am certain not one would attach the importance touted here. The entire musical landscape is only a section of any culture which defines a generation, so claiming individual bands and albums are somehow the linchpin for anything is nonsense.
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Phleb: I can agree with that, but there's also enough people touting these records as such that it doesn't seem like Jared coming off like some over enthusiastic fanboy when he did it. Granted the majority of these people who sing these album's praises are critics and journalists themselves, but there's also plenty people like you and me who grew up around the time of Dark Side Of The Moon who can't praise it highly enough for what it did to the musical landscape at the time
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Album Rating: 5.0
My parents used to listen to Pink Floyd. Things went downhill from there though.
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Album Rating: 2.0
tbh dsotm is a bad comparable, because while phleb is right to attack the presumption, the album itself is pretty strongly ingrained in the decades of american culture and subculture following its release.
this applies to very few albums. ok computer is certainly not one of them.
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Album Rating: 4.5
"http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=50695
hey cademy new album to rate a 1, please attend to"
wait why this
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thought it would be edgy and original
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Album Rating: 3.5
I agree to a point, Dev, but like you say the people who dish out the most vehement praise are usually those who are utterly focussed upon music, whether professionally or just due to youth. There was a time when I would have thought this review was bang on, and I've even done the whole 'they changed the world' thing, but this review talks about generations, not music fans, and the way it does it seems both smug and arrogant.
You see, in the context of being the listeners, we all play the same game. We are all the same: we love music, and we, my readers, keep our favorite artists alive so that they may record more songs in the future.
This, for example. We are not all the same, and the idea that we are is horrific. Some people listen to this (or any music) and probably just think it's a bunch of good tunes, some will find deep significance. I know a great number of people who lsiten to music but don't give two shits about it. And do we keep our favourite artists alive? I don't think so, at all. Listeners offer a willing ear and that's it.
For our generation, Ok Computer is the best album, the most essential. It’s what The Dark Side of the Moon, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Led Zeppelin IV, and the like were for our parents: a defining auditory landmark – essentially, the best that any band in the last twenty or so years has ever had to offer. But it doesn’t present itself as such, though, being so reserved and subtle, ever able to withstand those that criticize it by slowly finding a way into their hearts over the weeks, or over the years.
This is the worst, though. I cannot for the life of me think why this guy feels able to denote what is best for his generation, in any format including something as utterly subjective as music. Are the legion of people who hate this excluded from the generation? And I've yet to meet anyone over 40 who talks about auditory landmarks. In fact, I've yet to meet anyone who isn't male and obsessed with music talk that way. Music is so significant because it's the soundtrack to lives and memories, not because albums were a driving force.
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Album Rating: 3.5
and Academy, I think it offers a useful comparison, because even something as hugely influential and popular as Dark Side was still only a drop in the cultural ocean. This, I agree, is less so.
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Album Rating: 2.0
i didn't even see that post (cuz of the page turn).
eno i think you gotta give it a rest... today doesn't appear to be your day, buddy.
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Album Rating: 2.0
i just ordered thai food i have like 400 pages of reading to do.
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Album Rating: 3.5
This leads me to say that in listening to Ok Computer, you must understand the context in which it was created and the context of who it was created for – whether that was initially intended by Radiohead to begin with or not: It is our album. It was here that we were first mystified – it was here that we first feared for the future, for crying out loud
Actually, this is worse. Must understand? Why must we? I like the sounds they make with their instruments and the words he sings; does this mean I have to stop listening, or change in some way? And here's a revolutionary idea: nearly every album is our album. In fact, nearly every album ever made is everybody's abum (I'm assuming nazi punk albums weren't for some); once it's out there it's everyone's. You might own a copy of the album, but you and your readers don't own OK Computer. And how can we understand the context of who it was created for, if even the band might not know. If they didn't know, who did the intending? The album itself? And the beginning of our fears for the future began with this record? Are people who haven't heard it fearless? Absolute blather written as amateur philosophy is still blather.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Lol. I was wondering where my stick ended up after last night...
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Album Rating: 4.0
OK Computer is a solid record, although I don't find it to be as life-changing as everyone else makes it out to be. It's a hell of a lot better than Kid A, though.
I'm really glad I bought the OK Computer CD instead of a digital download because the album artwork and design is just beautiful. I wish all bands put this much effort into their packaging.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Have never heard this or any other Radiohead album
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It's a hell of a lot better than Kid A, though.
GTFO MAH SPUTNIK
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Album Rating: 4.0
you should do that Spirit
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