Classic Rock Album Analysis

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Radiohead’s third studio album OK Computer released in 1997, has had a remarkable impact and influence on the music produced within the 90s - especially looking at the genre of rock music (Azad, 2007: 139). The Album OK Computer attracted attention within the time of its release through the fact that they had the courage to confront what effects suburban division and technology’s impact on the human psyche, this encouraged the album in becoming a ‘Classic Rock Album’ (Azad, 2007:139). There is no clarity whether OK Computer expresses terror and misery, or aggravation from a post century dread, Although there is no hesitation required in saying that this album evokes a specific historical moment; People in the 90s fooling around trying to obtain moral and political certainty (Footman, 2007:248). Classic rock albums bring out an impression such as some albums are more significant and last longer than others, Due to post-war the youth of the 60’s outstripped older ages bands and therefore the youth’s taste became more …show more content…

They were independent; They wrote/composed their own lyrics and music; Popular around the youth in the 1990s. The Rolling Stones magazine has an established model of rock criticism and it is said, that rock albums become ‘Classic Albums’ when a peculiar emotional connection is achieved with the mass of listeners and in most cases the connection excels within the music itself (Footman, 2007: 252). Radiohead’s OK Computer had made its way onto the rock album Hall of Fame (Footman, 2007:259). It was also on the list for the best album of the previous ten years, or the best album in the lifetime of the Rolling Stone’s magazine itself and making them part of a rock canon (Footman, 2007:251). Despite these achievements, critics say that the only reason OK Computer achieved a high rating so quickly is due to the fact that everything else at the time was rubbish (Griffiths,

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