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Yorke and guitarist and keyboard player Jonny Greenwood (right)Īs the spring of 1996 turned into summer, the band reconvened with Godrich at their already-established rehearsal space, Canned Applause, situated in the Oxfordshire countryside near Didcot. By the time their third album OK Computer was ready in May 1997, the only question was how they could match its predecessor's universal acclaim. Nor did they have to prove anything to a music press that mocked the apparent Nirvana-esque 'complaint rock' of their transatlantic 1993 hit 'Creep', and presumed they'd fade as quickly as a thrift store lumberjack shirt now Britpop was the sound sweeping the airwaves. But after Radiohead slowly but successfully reinvented themselves in the eyes of the world – from post-grunge one-hit wonders to pioneers of an introspective, hauntingly melodic yet crunchingly cathartic rock sound – they were answerable to no one.Īfter the snowballing success of their 1995 long player The Bends, no A&R man could ever tell them, 'I don't hear many hits – go back and write a single'. It's a relatively rare luxury for a band on a major label to be granted the freedom, the budget and the technology to pretty much do what they want. Now, about that blissfully easy third album. And if you listen closely, you might just hear the sounds of ghosts wailing in the Somerset night.ĭifficult second album? Been there, done that, sold the T-shirts. With like-minded producer Nigel Godrich onboard, the Brit band's experimental side came to the fore on their platinum-selling third album, released in 1997.