Radiohead Announce New OK Computer Reissue Featuring 3 Unreleased Tracks
Recently, a series of posters popped up in cities across the globe with cryptic messaging. They also included the years 1997 and 2017. Naturally, Radiohead fans figured there was some connection to the band, particularly to the 20th anniversary of OK Computer. The band then shared a cryptic teaser with “Climbing Up the Walls” lyrics. Now, Radiohead have confirmed a brand new reissue of the record. It’s called OKNOTOK. Along with the original record (remastered from the original analog tapes), the reissue includes three unreleased tracks and eight B-sides. The digital version is out June 23, and physical editions are shipping in July (via XL).
The three unreleased songs on OKNOTOK are “I Promise,” “Man of War,” and “Lift,” which Ed O’Brien once called “a bogshite B-Side,” but Jonny Greenwood said is a “management-favorite.” The “Boxed Edition” comes in a black box with heavyweight 180 gram 12” vinyl records, a hardcover book with over 30 pieces of art, a notebook with 104 pages of scrawled Thom Yorke notes, a 48-page sketchbook of Stanley Donwood and Yorke’s “preperatory work,” and a cassette mixtape with OK Computer demo and session tapes. Find more information here. Clicking through Radiohead’s website reveals that they’ve uploaded much of Donwood and Yorke’s artwork for fans to check out, in what appears to be a recreation of Radiohead’s website from 1997.
OK Computer came out on May 21, 1997. In June, Radiohead head back out on tour behind A Moon Shaped Pool. The North American leg of the trek wrapped up in April with two Coachella sets.
Pitchfork recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer. Revisit those features here.
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1997 2017 pic.twitter.com/GVY9epKfCT— Radiohead (@radiohead) May 2, 2017
— Radiohead (@radiohead) May 1, 2017
OK Computer (OKNOTOK Edition):
01 Airbag
02 Paranoid Android
03 Subterranean Homesick Alien
04 Exit Music (For a Film)
05 Let Down
06 Karma Police
07 Fitter Happier
08 Electioneering2
09 Climbing Up the Walls
10 No Surprises
11 Lucky
12 The Tourist
01 I Promise
02 Man of War
03 Lift
04 Lull
05 Meeting in the Aisle
06 Melatonin
07 A Reminder
08 Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
09 Pearly*
10 Palo Alto
11 How I Made My Millions
Watch Pitchfork.tv’s “Liner Notes” video on OK Computer:
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