Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer‘ has knocked The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band off the top spot as the greatest of all time. About 400,000 people voted in a poll conducted by UK Channel 4 for its program, 100 Greatest Albums. In a similar poll five years ago, Sgt Pepper won the accolade, but this time it slipped to No 7. Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’ is at 22.
While many of Channel 4′s older viewers may never have heard of OK Computer, the 1997 album attracted plaudits from stars. REM singer Michael Stipe said: “OK Computer is Radiohead really stretching and pushing the boundaries of what they think they’re capable of doing and what their audience think they’re capable of doing, and it is a classic, brilliant record.”
Johnny Marr from The Smiths said: “OK Computer is pretty much a landmark record. As time goes on and we get away from when it was released, more and more it would be seen as the important record it is.”
[from news.com.au, thanks Nathan, Fatal Robot, Kiran, Nick, Ian]
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead make Supercollider & The Butcher digitally available – 2011
- ‘House Of Cards’ in NBA Play-offs promo – 2008
- What Are These Called? – 2007
- Radiohead to play Boston’s Bank of America Pavilion – 2006
- Pitchfork trashes ‘Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads’ – 2006
- Coachella documentary released on DVD – 2006
- Last show in Japan: Bulletproof – 2004
- Hail To The Thief artwork revealed – 2003
- Ebay tickets Beacon Theatre cancelled – 2003
- No Bjork/Yorke duet – 2000
