OK Computer
by Radiohead

OK Computer by Radiohead
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-05-21
Overall rank: 1st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 5,675 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1997 (1st)
Award Best album of the 1990s (1st)
Award Best album of all time (1st)

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OK Computer is ranked as the best album by Radiohead.

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This album (1st)
OK Computer
Lower ranked (6th) »
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OK Computer track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 89 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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OK Computer rankings

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Overall rank: 1st | 1990s rank: 1st | 1997 rank: 1st
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2026chavaloricardinTop 100 Greatest Music Albums4/10095
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s7/10019
2026 hoyquarlowTop 50 Music Albums of the 1990s15/5014
2026 JRRadiohead2/10 -
2026mutantTop 100 Greatest Music Albums27/10072
2026stareaterogni0nTop 100 Greatest Music Albums3/10097
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 per Year37/68 -
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Greatest Music Albums32/10067
2026SPOTLIGHTKIDTop 40 Greatest Music Albums1/4099
2026daCriticTop 35 Music Albums of 19971/355
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 101 - 200 Greatest Music Albums23/100 -
2026 serpicoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums10/10091
2026 ssteveTop 67 Music Albums of 19971/675
2026timosbuechereiTop 33 Music Albums of the 1990s11/3314
2026 PasticheTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s3/10020
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest British Albums4/100 -
2026RiveraTop 26 Music Albums of 19971/265
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 199727/904
2026 BroknsocialShawnTop 35 Music Albums of the 1990s30/353
2026VascoTop 58 Music Albums of the 1990s2/5820
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 4,457
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 61,638
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OK Computer ratings

Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 5,675 votes)
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80/100
 
23 hours ago seaniedimes_  Ratings distribution  5180/100
 
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27 hours ago Steve_Emmett  Ratings distribution  11867/100
 
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30 hours ago Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,40483/100
 
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5 days ago Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,90180/100
 
90/100
 
04/29/2026 04:59 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  14884/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 91.8/100, a mean average of 89.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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OK Computer comments

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100/100
From 04/24/2026 10:43 | #314120
One of my favourite albums of all time, possibly my number one. Radiohead's best album period. Every song start to finish speaks to me, the sound is provoking, the melody is so great and the social commentary makes this perfect.
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From 04/06/2026 20:06 | #313770
Kind of surprised to see this at #1 but it is a very special album. So many strong tracks and a great flow. Captures the band at their peak with so much creative juice flowing. Love how they move towards a more experimental electronic sound but keep the guitars at the core. Some real brilliant standalone tracks too.
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90/100
From 03/01/2026 01:14 | #313386
it's good but kid-a is surely the best radiohead album. but you know, i think wish you were here is the best pink floyd album, so what do i know.
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100/100
From 02/04/2026 05:29 | #312989
That’s a terrible take on a much loved, highly revered album. Shame on you Captain Plain! Not only are you denigrating a masterpiece by concensus, but you’re also implicating the admirers as being unfit for music appreciation. Crawl back into your insular world of self-proclaimed all-knowingness and leave the critiquing to those with real insight.

Pure rage bait.
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50/100
From 02/04/2026 02:04 | #312986
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90/100
From 02/03/2026 13:15 | #312968
Zonde van die interlude
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Rating:  
95/100
From 01/15/2026 09:44 | #312642
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1997 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was New Forms by Roni Size & Reprezent. This album would have got my vote
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100/100
From 12/22/2025 21:12 | #312257
I have been listening to this record for 27 years now and it still smashes me every time I hear it. Stunning, and it is not even my favorite Radiohead record.
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100/100
From 11/26/2025 22:17 | #311847
What does it mean for an album to be the greatest of all time? Popularity? Music influence? Cultural impact? Quality (to the extent that it exists in any objective sense)?

On album lists published elsewhere, you're certain to see a more iconic album in the #1 spot, yet those same lists will place OK Computer criminally low (if it shows up at all). That it takes the top spot here at least helps to balance out the injustice of it so seldom hitting the top ten elsewhere.

It happens to be my own personal favorite of all time.
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80/100
From 10/14/2025 08:12 | #311353
From the first hearing on you can recognize that there is something special with this album. But the best ever? Never.
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