OK COMPUTER
logical track order: eeny: 1-3 meeny: 4-6 miney: 7-10 mo: 11-12
logical track order:
OK 1-12
NOTOK 13-23
cassette
Side A
Zx Spectrum Symphony
A.M.S. Hello
True Love Tape Loop
Let Down (Thom 4track)
I may be paranoid but not an android..
Attention (Thom 4track)
Noise sketch by Nigel
Climbing up the Walls (Abbey Road Strings)
Someone help this guy..
Motion Picture Soundtrack (solo piano)
Was that recording?
The jumbled words of Climbing up the Walls read by little Dan Clements
Lull (Ed guitar Infinite Reverb)
Airbag drums through Moog
Karma Police voice through telephone
(Talking)
Piano sketch by Jonny
Big Bird Story by Stanley Donwood
No Surprises (first idea from a soundcheck somewhere)
Radio chaser noise
Fridge buzz
True love Space Loop
(Talking)
Are you someone?
Side B
Nigel A.M.S. delay
Jonny’s Radio from Climbing up the walls
Climbing up the walls (Thom 4track)
A piano lies down in the middle of the road
Transposing Noise Sketch by Nigel
Early Paranoid Android version Jonny & Thom
Alternative Paranoid Android Ending live in Pittsburg
Airbag early acoustic version
(Talking)
Paranoid Android Loud Room at St. Catherine’s
Nigel A.M.S. paranoid guitar sample
Nude early band version
The National Anthem (Thom 4track)
Ambient Loops
Man of War live in Montpellier
Nigel A.M.S. delay again
Thom’s acoustic as microphone in Climbing up the Walls
PARANOID ANDROID
[director: Magnus Carlsson]
KARMA POLICE
[directOR: Jonathan Glazer]
NO SURPRISES
[directOR: Grant Gee]
OKNOTOK
I PROMISE
[directOR: Michał Marczak]
MAN OF WAR
[directOR: Colin Read]
LIFT
[directOR: Oscar Hudson]
Glastonbury
Worthy Farm, PILTON, England
28 June 1997
setlist
Lucky
My Iron Lung
Exit Music (for a Film)
The Bends
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Creep
No Surprises
Just
Fake Plastic Trees
High and Dry
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
EUROCKÉENNES
BELFORT, FRANCE
04 July 1997
setlist
Lucky
Bones
Airbag
My Iron Lung
Exit Music (for a Film)
The Bends
No Surprises
Talk Show Host
Fake Plastic Trees
Paranoid Android
Planet Telex
Climbing Up the Walls
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Creep
Just
RDS Arena
Dublin, Ireland
21 June 1997
setlist
Lucky
My Iron Lung
Airbag
Exit Music (for a Film)
Planet TElex
Talk Show Host
Fake Plastic Trees
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
(Nice Dream)
Bones
Climbing Up the Walls
No Surprises
Just
Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
Creep
The Bends
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
You
The Tourist
High and Dry
Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA, USA
24 August 1997
setlist
Lucky
Just
Airbag
Exit Music (for a Film)
Karma Police
Planet Telex
Electioneering
No Surprises
The Bends
Paranoid Android
Bones
(Nice Dream)
Lurgee
Talk Show Host
My Iron Lung
Fake Plastic Trees
Climbing Up the Walls
Creep
Polyethylene
Street Spirit (fade Out)
HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA
19 December 1997
setlist
Airbag
Karma Police
The Bends
Exit Music (for a Film)
Talk Show Host
Subterranean Homesick Alien
My Iron Lung
Climbing Up the Walls
Lucky
Planet Telex
Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
No Surprises
Bones
Just
Paranoid Android
Fake Plastic Trees
Let Down
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Electioneering
(Nice Dream)
The Tourist
©1997 Viacom International Media Networks. All Rights Reserved.
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA, USA
02 April 1998
setlist
Airbag
Talk Show Host
Planet Telex
Karma Police
Exit Music (for a Film)
Just
Banana Co.
Lucky
Paranoid Android
The Bends
(Nice Dream)
The Trickster
Climbing Up the Walls
No Surprises
Fake Plastic Trees
Bones
My Iron Lung
Nude
Let Down
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Lurgee
mAPLE LEAF GARDENS
Toronto, ON, Canada
12 April 1998
setlist
Airbag
Karma Police
The Bends
Exit Music (for a Film)
Climbing Up the Walls
Just
Subterranean Homesick Alien
Lucky
My Iron Lung
Planet Telex
No Surprises
Lurgee
The Trickster
Talk Show Host
Bones
Paranoid Android
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
How to Disappear Completely
Fake Plastic Trees
Pearly
The Tourist
Radio City Music Hall
New York City, NY, USA
18 April 1998
setlist
Airbag
Karma Police
Talk Show Host
Exit Music (for a Film)
Planet TElex
Climbing Up the Walls
Just
Bishop’s Robes
Subterranean Homesick Alien
My Iron Lung
The Trickster
No Surprises
The Bends
Fake Plastic Trees
Bones
Paranoid Android
Lucky
Let Down
Polyethylene
Lurgee
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
How To Disappear Completely
TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT
WASHINGTON DC, USA
14 June 1998
setlist
Airbag
Talk Show Host
Karma Police
Fake Plastic Trees
Lucky (with Michael Stipe)
Paranoid Android
Creep
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Amnesty International
Paris, France
10 December 1998
Karma Police
TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
13 June 1999
Exit Music (for a Film)
Later… With Jools Holland
21 May 1997
setlist
Paranoid Android
No Surprises
Airbag
Property of bbc
The Tonight Show with JAy Leno
25 July 1997
Electioneering
Late Show with David Letterman
28 August 1997
Karma Police
i like you.
i like you. you are a wonderful person. i’m full of enthusiasm. i’m going places. i’ll be happy to help you.
i am an important person. would you like to come home with me?
1421421**
airbag
>in the next world war
>in a jackknifed juggernaut
i am born again
>in the neon sign scrolling up and down
i am born again
..!!in an intastella burst i am back to save the universe!!
>in a deep deep sssleep of tHe inno$ent/completely terrified
am born again
>in a fAAst
gerRman
CAR
im amazed that i survived
an airbag saved my life
7yuc zhd2**paranoid android.
please could you stop the noise im tryin a get some REST?
from all the unbornchikkenVoicesin my head?
huh whats’s that??
when i am king you will be first against the wall
with your opinions which are of no consequence at all
huh whats’s that??
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambition makes you look very ugly
k ic k i n g s q u e e l i n g g u c c i l i t t le p i g g y
“you dont remember “why dont you remember my name? off with his head. off with
his head man. why wont he reme mber my name? “
“”i guess he does_ “
raindownraindown come on raind down on me
from a great height. from a gra\eeaa haaaeeeeeiii. haaaaeeeeeiiii
rain down rain down come on rain down on me
froma great height. from a great aaaaaaeeeeee
raindownrain down come on rundown onme.
froma great heightfrom a great
“”thats it sir youre leaving “
the crackle of pig skin
the dust & the screaming
the yuppies networking
the panic
the vomit
the panic
the vomit
god loves his children
god loves his children yeah!
dxoigmn**subterranean homesick alien/.
The breath of the morning i keep forgetting. The smell of the warm summer air. I live
in a town where you can’t smell a thing, you watch your feet for cracks in the pavement.
Up above aliens hover making home movies for the folks back home, of all these wierd
creatures who lock up their spirits, drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets.
They’re all up-tight.
I wish that they’d swoop down in a country lane, late at night when im driving. Take me
on board their beautiful ship, show me the world as id love to see it. I’d tell all my friends but they’d never believe, they’d think that i’d finally lost it completely.I’d show them the stars and the meaning of life. Theyd shut me away.
But i’d be alight. i’m just up-tight.
wake from your dreams
the drying of your tears
today we escape
we escape
pack and get dressed
before your father hears us
before all hell breaks loose
breathe keep breathing
dont loose your nerve
breathe keep brreathing
i can’t do this alone
sing us a song
a song to keep us warm
theres sucha chill sucha CHILL
you can laugh
a spineless laugh
we hope your rules and wisdom choke you
now we are one
in everlasting peace
we hope that you choke that you choke
we hope that you choke that you choke
we hope that you choke that you choke
sddksuhvs**exit music(for a film)
i7yci7cyi**let down
transport.
motorways & tramlines.
starting and then stopping.
taking off & landing.
the emptiest of feelings.
sentimental drivel.
clinging onto bottles.
when it comes it’s so so.
disappointing let down and hanging
around.
crushed like a bug in the ground.
let down and haNGiNG arouNd.
shell smashed.
juices flowing.
wings twitch.
legs are going.
donT geT senTimental.
it always ends up dRRiveLLLL.
one day.
i am goiingtogrow wings.
a
chemichal reaCtion.
hysterical & useless.
hysterical &let down and hanging around.
crushed like a bug in the ground.
let down and haNGiNG arouNd.
you know where you
are with. you know where you are with. floor collapses floating bouncing back annd one
day
youlLL know where you .
karma police**??id6890
karma police arrest this man he talks in maths he buzzesLikeAfridge hes like a detuned radio.
karma police arrest this girl her hitler hairdo is making me feel ill
&we
have
crashed
her
party.
tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get then you mess with us.
karma police ive given all ican its not enough ive given all i can but were still on the payroll.
tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get. tHis is what you get then you mess with us.
(phew for a minute there i lost myself ilost myself
fitter happier more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sunday ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered & informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
will not cry in public
less chance of illness
tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that s driven into
frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics
yyyyhngbgyhntthy xgdf**electioneering
i will stop
i will stop at nothiN.
say the riGHt things.
when electioneering.
i trust i can rely on your vote.
whenigoforwardsyougobackwardsansomewereweweillmeet
riot sheelds.
voodoo economiCks.
its just business.
cattle prods and the IMF.
i trust i can rely on your vote.
gg yhf**climbing up the walls
i am the kkey to tttttttttttttttttheLLlock in your house
thatt
keeps your
toys in the basement
and if you get too far
inside
you
ll only sEE my reflection
>>>>>?i am)
her face when she sleeps
tonight<<<<?
i am the pick in the ice
do not cry out or hit the alarm
we
are
friends till
we
die
y
either way you turn ill be there open up your skull ill be there climbing up the walls
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its sss always best wwwhen the light
is off
its
always better on the outside
<iticfubiflpfibnofns in tttttttttthe crack of your waning smile>
15BLoWS to the sKKKKKKull
f so
Tuck the kids in safe tonight
and sHHHHHhut the eyes in the cupboard
do not cry out or hit <<the panic buttonhit>hit the Al Arm
youll get the
loneliest feeling that
eitherway you turn ill be there
open up your skull ill be there
climbing up the walls
ocmcocmcocmk**no surprises.
k**no surprises.
a heart thats full up like a landfill. a job that slowly kills you.
bruises that wont heal.
you look so tired_nhappy. bring down the government. they dont. theydontspeak for us.
ill take a quiet life. a handshake some carbon monoxide.+
no alarms and
no surprises. no alarms and no surprises. no alarms and no surprises
silent.
silent.
this is my final fit. my final bellyache. with
no alarms and no surprises. no alarms and no surprises.
no alarms and no surprises please.
sucha pretty house. such a pretty garden.
no alarms and no surprises. no alarms and
no surprises. no alarms and no surprises please.
lucky
**waster
im o n a r o lL
im o n a r o LL this time
i feel my luck could change.
kil me sarah
kil me again with love
its gonnabe a glorious day.
pull me out of the aircrash pull me out of the lake
im your super hero we are standing on the edge
the head of state
has called for
me
by name
but i dont have time for him.
its gonnabe
a
glor i us day!
i
feel my
luck
could
change.
pull
me
out
of
the
aircrash
pull
me out of the lake
im
your
superhero
weare standing on the edge
weare standing on the edge
**the tourist
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it barks at no-one else but me like its seen a ghost. i guess its seen the sparks a-flowin, no-one else would know.
sometimes i get over charged thats when you see sparks. they ask where the hell im going?? at 1000 feet per second.
hey man slowdown. idiot slow down.
xcxvcxvcxfxcvxxbf
i promise
i wont run away no more
i promise
even when i get bored
i promise
even you lock me out
i promise
ill say my prayers every night
i promise
i know which side i’m spread
i promise
the tantrums and the chitty chat
i promise
even when the ship is wrecked
i promise
tie me to the rotten deck
i promise
i wont run away no more
i promise
even when i get bored
i promise
even when the ship is wrecked
i promise
tie me to the rotten deck
i promise
i won’t run away no more
i promise
fvkhbhkbhvhv
_lift
this is the place sit down youre
safe now
youve been stuck in a lift
weve been trying to reach you
thom
this is the place it wont hurt ever
again
the smell of air-conditioning
the fish are belly up
empty all your pockets
because its time to come home
this is the place
remember me?
im that face you always see
youve been stuck in a lift
in the belly on a whale
at the bottom of the ocean
the smell of air-conditioning
the fish are belly up
empty all your pockets
because its time to come home
so lighten up, squirt!
bvxcxbxbvxbvxx
lull
you stopped the crowd
i cried out to break the spell
you wave and smile
i just snapped and lost control
distracted by irrelevance
the stress and the tension
the stress and the tension
im in a lull
theres nothing more dull
than talking talking about yourself
but what i meant to say
im sorry that i lost control
distracted by irrelevance
the stress and the tension
crawling through the keyhole when
im in a lull
pearly
*
how d’you
get your
teeth so
pearly?
dewdrop
dentures
white-washed
fences
she runs from
the third world
pearly
vanilla
milkshakes
from hard rock
cafes
thats where
she got her
sweet-tooth
for white boys
she runs from the third world
pearly
use me
darling use me
darling use me
darling use me
how i made my millions
i was stronger
i was better
i left you out
i wont say when
and don’t tell ’em
never mind
to get you better
let you out
save one
sit down
let it fall
let it fall
let it fall
let it fall
palo alto
in a city of the future
it is difficult to concentrate
meet the boss
meet the wife
everybody’s happy
everyone is made for life
in a city of the future
it is difficult to find a space
im too busy
youre too busy to wait
but im ok how are you?
thanks for asking
thanks for asking
but im ok how are you? i hope youre ok too
give me one of those days
when the sky is california blue
with a beautiful bombshell
i throw myself into my work
its amazing i kidded myself for so long
im ok how are you? thanks for asking thanks for asking
im ok well how are you? i hope youre ok too
melatonin
dont forget that you are our son
now go back to bed
we just know that youll do well
you wont come to harm
death to all those who stand in your
way my dear
*
polyethylene
so sell your suit and tie and come and live with me
leukemia schizophrenia polyethylene
there is no significant risk to your health
she used to be beautiful once as well
plastic bag middle class polyethylene
decaffeinate unleaded keep all surfaces clean
if you dont believe me sell yourself
if you dont get into it no-one will
a reminder
if i get old i will not give in
and if i do remind me of this
remind me that once i was free
once i was clear once i was lean
and if i sit down and cross me arms
hold me to this song
knock me out
smash out my brains
if i take the cheque and start to talk shit
if i get old remind me of this
the way that we kissed and that i really meant it
whatever happens
if were still speaking
pick up the phone
play me this song
man of war
drift all you life
from ocean to ocean
search the world world
but drunken confessions
and hijacked affairs
will just make you more alone
when you come home
i’ll bake you a cake
made of all their eyes
i wish you could see me
dressed for the kill
the worms will come for you
youre my man of war
youre my man of war
the worms will come for you
big boots
so unplug the phones
stop all the taps
it all comes flooding back
the poisioned clowns
and poisoned dwarfs
you’re my man of war
youre my man of war
youre my man of war
big boots
committed to tape by nigel godrich with radiohead.
audio levels balanced nigel godrich.
audio recordings made using the canned applause? mobile.
music by thom yorke, jonny greenwood, phil selway, ed O’Brien, colin greenwood.
pictures done by stanley donwood and the white chocolate farm.
patiently managed by courtyard, chris huffed, bryce edge & brian message.
office run by julie calland.
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with perry watts-russell.
media handling by cafe st luce.
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performing monkey bookings taken by charlie myatt at itb.
guitars by rickenbacker and plank, drums by premier, cymbals by zildjan, all other instruments at retail price.
mastered by chris’king fader’blair at abbey road.
tour manager tim greaves.
lighting, stage design, smoke and production by andi watson,
performance sound enhancement for the audience balanced by jim warren.
instrument modifications, stage managing and equipment shifting into difficult places by plank.
sound reference and physics teaching by tree.
guitar maintenance and deck chairs by duncan swift.
additional guitar stuff by adam cummings.
cash dealings and other assistance by big al.
audio fixing and dubbing done at mayfair, abbey road, air lyndhurst, courtyard and
the church using the wonders of a digital and analogue age.
strings arranged by radiohead, conducted by nick ingman.
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we have received much appreciated help and support from these people:
melanie, chris parkes, chris york, jonathan glazer, bev, jane, mango, jane beese, roger tinder, paul longman, josh bennett, lawrence canty, josh, michael, bill, peter, mike, drugstore, john Stratham, john whittaker and suzi wilson at o.j.kilkennys, hilton sound.
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released 21 may 1997 (JP)
16 june 1997 (UK)
17 june 1997 (CA)
1 july 1997 (US)
committed to tape by nigel godrich with radiohead. produced by nigel godrich. all the music written by thom yorke, jonny greenwood, philip selway, ed O’brien, colin greenwood. audio fixing and dubbing was done at mayfair, abbey road, air lyndhurst, courtyard and the church studios. strings arranged by radiohead, conducted by nick ingman. original studio assistants gerard navarro, jon bailey and chris scard. man of war strings played by the royal philharmonic orchestra; conducted by robert ziegler and engineered by sam petts davies and fiona cruickshank. this re-issue has been remastered by bob ludwig. the pictures were done by stanley donwood and the white chocolate farm. then as now we are still patiently managed by courtyard chris hufford, bryce edge & brian message. the office is still run by julie calland. all songs are published by warner chappell ltd. this re-issue is dedicated to the memory of dr rachel owen 1968-2016 who died after a long and brave battle with cancer. we hope you are ok. thank you for listening.
WRITTEN BY RADIOHEAD
PRODUCED BY RADIOHEAD & NIGEL GODRICH
MEETING IN THE AISLE PROGRAMMING BY HENRY BINNS & SAM HARDAKER
CLIMBING UP THE WALLS (ZERO 7 MIX) REMIXED BY HENRY BINNS & SAM HARDAKER @ SHABANG STUDIOS
SAMPLE FROM “TO A FLAME” WRITTEN BY S. STILLS (RONDOR MUSIC) AND PERFORMED BY ASTRUD GILBERT AND STANLEY TURRENTINE, RELEASED IN UK BY CTL RECORDS, 1972. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
ENDGAMES IMAGINED BY DUMB COMPUTERS
HELL ENVISAGED BY DUMB COMPUTERS
released 25 august 1997
WRITTEN BY RADIOHEAD
PRODUCED BY RADIOHEAD & NIGEL GODRICH
ENDGAMES IMAGINED BY DUMB COMPUTERS
released 12 january 1998
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PRODUCED BY RADIOHEAD & NIGEL GODRICH
PICTURES DRAWN BY DUMB COMPUTERS
released 26 may 1997
