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Topic Closedthe Colour of Spring vs Ok Computer
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Poll Question: which is the best album
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OK Computer.  If this were Spirit of Eden or Laughing Stock, then I'd probably vote differently.
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Talk Talk
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OK Computer. Thom Yorke channels emotions on this album that I never heard any other singer get at. I can't even properly articulate it, the emotion he's expressing in his voice. Utterly original, though.

I do love Talk Talk though. But I didn't live and breathe it, like I did Radiohead for several years.

Interesting to contrast the two: Radiohead had an immediate impact, while Talk Talk didn't really get "discovered" till well after they were over. Their influence was felt on the next generation, particularly the orchestral production style, which was picked up and popularized by the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Grandaddy and a few others. The popularity of these acts - plus the fact that they namechecked Talk Talk as a big influence - was what brought the world's attention to this ignored & long forgotten-about band. Radiohead too was clearly influenced by Talk Talk.


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Ok Computer by a wide margin for me; by far my fave Radiohead album.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I dig individual tunes off of Radiohead albums - stuff like The Pyramid Song, Paranoid Android and the more experimental bits from Hail to the Thief. When faced with a full album I flee.
Talk Talk on the other hand makes me a happy bunny.

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Radiohead, OK Computer.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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OK Computer is a transition album???
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for Radiohead yes
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I'm biased towards Talk Talk. Loved them from the beginning, and through all their evolution. 

While I enjoy OK Computer, I just don't have much of a relationship with it, if that makes sense.  It just doesn't quite speak to me, ...
That part. Plus, I feel OK Computer sounds like it's all over the place, especially "Paranoid Android" (where the ideas don't quite jell and there is no breathing room).
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