OK Computer

I think everyone knows what makes Ok Computer great. Its like objectively a 10/10 album, but still here's a review of every song (this is long Jesus Christ).

#1 Airbag: (100/100)
One of my personal favorites on the album and of all time. I absolutely love the bass and guitar work on this track. It’s a really eerie and dark riff, mixing perfectly with the lyricism of the song about surviving a car crash and feeling reborn afterward, while also mixing it with a distrust for technology in the signature Radiohead melancholy. The vocals are great across the entire record, so I won’t be bringing this up again, but just know that Thom Yorke is perhaps a top-3 male vocalist of all time—an incredibly versatile singer and certainly one of the best in rock as a whole. So yeah, one of the best tracks on the record.

#2 Paranoid Android: (100/100)
Not my personal favorite on the record, but it’s Paranoid Android, man. Top 10 rock song OAT.

#3 Subterranean Homesick Alien: (99/100)
The synthesizers on this track are insane. It genuinely makes you feel like you’re in space—it’s a truly orgasmic sensation. Every track on here brings different, unique, and interesting production that only complements each other, and no two songs sound nearly the same while still keeping the overall melancholic and sad concept of the record. Like many other tracks, it captures a melancholic, bittersweet vibe, going over themes of alienation and existential dread. It’s a near-perfect track.

#4 Exit Music (For A Film): (100/100)
I love how this track starts off acoustic and lo-fi, but toward the ending it hits a loud crescendo, vocally and production-wise, with what I believe to be distorted bass or guitar ringing out in a way that just makes me want to cry over how amazing it sounds. Definitely a highlight in the tracklist. Some of the best lyricism on the entire album as well.

#5 Let Down: (91/100) Worst Song 💧
“LET DOWN AND HANGING AROUND.” Despite the fact that I’m not too crazy about the sound of this track in particular, I can still acknowledge that this is probably the best hook on the entire record and is one of the catchiest as well, even over No Surprises or Karma Police. Lyrically, it goes over topics of feeling insignificant and worthless in life, but I think it’s a bit overrated and derivative. Frankly, Subterranean Homesick Alien did this sad, self-deprecating, hopeless vibe much better. Although I still love it, I’m just not as crazy about it as other people (please don’t kill me).

#6 Karma Police: (100/100)
“THIS IS WHAT YOU’LL GET WHEN YOU MESS WITH US.” To keep this short: it’s one of their catchiest songs, period, with some depressing and almost humorous portrayals of societal unfairness and biases, with amazing production that oddly enough reminds me of hip-hop songs like Complexion (A Zulu Love), and Real Hip-Hop, Am I the only one who’s thought about this? I’m genuinely curious.

Fitter Happier: N/A
The greatest interlude of all time.

#7 Electioneering: (97/100)
A bit of a hard rock cut, which I think threw people off because it doesn’t sound anything like the rest of the tracklist, which already doesn’t have much cohesiveness sonically—at least with the first six tracks. But I think it still works because the lack of sonic cohesion is what makes this tracklist so unique in their discography. Not one of my favorites on the record, but even on the “worst” songs, Thom Yorke still brings great lyricism, singing about political corruption, manipulation, and not following up on promises. It’s a really intriguing and sadly relevant track, given the current administration in 2026.

#8 Climbing Up The Walls: (95/100)
Similarly to Let Down, I’m not “crazy” about the musical aspect of this song either, although I do still respect it thanks to its lyrical identity about mental illness and the fear of being consumed by paranoid thoughts. Once again, I’ll use the word “intriguing” to describe it. An incredible, even a bit underrated cut, but not my favorite by any means.

#9 No Surprises: (100/100)
Karma Police, Let Down, and Electioneering, with the relative commercial success of Creep, smashed into one song.

#10 Lucky: (100/100) Best Song 🔥
This is mostly just bias. I cannot stress enough how amazing this bass line is, but it’s not just that—the production as a whole is great, with the ethereal vocal in the background, and amazing guitar. It’s one of the best-produced rock songs of all time, in my personal opinion. Sure, it is a little derivative of Airbag, singing about surviving the odds and being lucky enough to survive a plane crash and appreciate the fragile beauty of life afterward. It outweighs the aptly named Let Down for me, but there’s just something about how the band does it here that’s incredible. Even when considering the context of Airbag, I understand not enjoying it because of that, but for me it works. The hook is great as well: “PULL ME OUT OF THE AIR CRASH.” Everything comes together to make this my favorite on the album, personally.

#11 The Tourist: (100/100)
“Hey idiot, slow down!” I’ve always loved this one. Even if, like Lucky, much of the pros and cons of Lucky can be applied here, the production is great. Lyrically, it’s derivative of the already derivative Lucky—and once again Airbag—but in a way that feels natural and refreshing despite that.