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I'd have to say OK Computer is their best album, as well as the second-best album of the 1990's (Never Mind). I suppose we could start a whole new thread on that, huh? 10Best rock albums of the 1990's...

incredible band..i saw them live in Barrie , Ontario, Canada this past August ...yes Radiohead is innovative and pushing the envelope to a much larger size!!

Jimmyrod- I had the exact opposite experience. I got Pablo Honey for free because I was working in the business at the time. The commercial overplay of 'Creep' convinced me that the band was just about getting on the angst bandwagon, so I never really listened and ended up selling the disc.

I didn't really get back into them until Kid A came out- I just never picked up OK Computer despite the critical acclaim. Since then I've bought the rest of the discs (though not Pablo Honey again, despite the fact that I really like some songs).

Saw them this past summer and it was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Great crowd of fans (low bubba factor) and an amazing production.

If you want a rock album, get The Bends. For something more challenging, try OK Computer, Kid A, or Amnesiac.

I also got pablo honey for free and listened to it for a couple weeks and ended up giving it away. I live in San Francisco and when ok computer came out I heard it being played everywhere every record store, coffee shop, and clothing store that had a stereo system. I also read all the reviews about it but still never listened to it. When kid A was getting its inital reviews in prerelease press I started taking notice so the day after it came out I went out of my way to check it out. And yes I have heard people use this type of sound before but it is in the manner that they have given us something that is new and of the moment and at the same time walked away from their (rock star sound) to try something different that brought me into owning thier last three albums. Thanks for all the reponses....

First off I think sonically they do great work,it's mostly well recorded in hi-fi terms,it's obvious they take great care over how their records sound.
Artistically I'm not so sure,I think they are too caught up in the hype that followed OK Computer when they were heralded both as the future of rock and champions of a new form of "progressive rock".
As much as their last two records are partly great,they are also flawed,filled at times with willfully difficult pieces and badly executed experiments.
They are simply (as last years UK tour showed) Britain's greatest guitar band however they don't want to be that...
Band singer and leader Thom Yorke (to me ) is too caught up in how they are percieved,as a result the music has suffered.
I'm not denying their greatness merely wondering if they are reaching their potential.
The Bends is their greatest album in my opinion.

Ben