However, great works are never the product of mere chance. It’s for those reasons that most critics treat RADIOHEAD’s third album OK Computer, whose 20 th anniversary was just celebrated with a special reissue entitled OKNOTOK, as an epiphany of sorts for rock music and music history as a whole – a record remarkably dense in its intellectual foundation and blessed with an exceptional level of musicianship, both in terms of production and songwriting. Remaining in your original lineup for over 30 years is an accomplishment for any kind of band, let alone when you have released over half a dozen commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums and managed to stay relevant to this day. Most bands consider themselves lucky if they have one smash hit or an exceptional album in their discography, or if they manage to carry on for more than a decade. From today’s viewpoint, the story of RADIOHEAD sounds like an unlikely tale, full of strange occurrences and fortunate coincidences.

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