The photograph was subsequently given to Radiohead’s longtime artist, Stanley Donwood, who transformed it into the artwork we’ve come to know and love. To celebrate 25 years since Radiohead’s OK Computer was first released, 6 Music dedicates Friday 20 May to 1997, playing the game-changing album in full across the daytime shows, alongside other. Based on its vantage point, Jordan117 theorized that the photograph was taken from a nearby Hilton Hotel, where the band stayed following their August 20th, 1996 performance in Hartford, Connecticut. the Yankee Expressway) with I-91 in Hartford, Connecticut, just before it crosses the Connecticut River (via SPIN). The following epic cut, 'Paranoid Android,' is a microcosm of the entire album, fusing the odd time signatures and bravado of progressive rock with the. From the first off-kilter stabs of guitar in opening track 'Airbag,' it was clear that Radiohead were reinventing modern rock. Now, a Radiohead fan has seemingly uncovered the location of OK Computer’s album cover.Īfter consulting with the self-described “roadgeeks” of, reddit user Jordan117 discovered that the photo is of the eastbound junction of I-84 (a.k.a. Even still, the groups third album, OK Computer, came as a shock. Already we’ve heard the origin story of “Lift” and why the band opted not to include it on the album. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer, and we’ll surely be hearing plenty of fascinating andecdotes about the album in the lead up to the album’s June 23rd deluxe reissue. Buy A5 14.8cm x 21cm Glossy Finishing Art Carton 260gsm OK Computer by Radiohead Album Cover Poster for Fans online today Poster available in sizes A5 14.8.

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