It was written around the time that we first met R.E.M. 'I think it was because we'd been on the road for a while and we were really comfortable with each other, and it expressed the excitement and happiness that we felt. in five hours, and I took it home and played it and I cried,' said frontman Thom Yorke in a 1997 interview. As a result, they aimed to record the rest of the album with the same spontaneity. It took just five hours from start to finish - and the band loved that it wasn't overthought or overworked. 'Lucky' was recorded first, and long before the other tracks, as part of a War Child charity album. Radiohead made use of different acoustics in the house, too, with the vocals on 'Exit Music (For a Film)' featuring natural reverb from a stone staircase, and 'Let Down' was recorded in a ballroom at 3 a.m. Neighbours reportedly complained about the noise, and tried to restrict alcohol licenses. Under Seymour's ownership, several albums were recorded there, among them The Cure's Wild Mood Swings and New Order's Waiting for the Sirens' Call, as well as TV shows including MTV Cribs. It was originally home to the monks of Bath Abbey, and later became a private home in 1984, it was purchased by actress Jane Seymour and her husband, who renovated it extensively. Catherine's Court, a 16th-century manor house north of Bath in picturesque southwest England. The album was recorded in a 16th-century stone manor OK Computer turns 20 this week, so to mark the occasion, we've gathered 20 facts that you might not know about the landmark album.ġ. Harvey-styled mix of calm and fury has inspired countless acts that followed. And ever since, its blend of Morricone-inspired atmospherics, Talking Heads-level quirk, and P.J. The result was OK Computer, an album that was instantly lauded as one of the best of the year - and of all time. The year was 1997, and the British band had already hit the big time with their first two albums, Pablo Honey - which included the famous single 'Creep' - and The Bends.īut when they set out to record their next album, they didn't want it to be an extension of that past in fact, they purposely set out in a completely different direction.

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