''OK Calculator'' is a demo collection from
TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio (TVOTR) is an American rock music, rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001. The band consists of Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops), Dave Sitek (guitars, keyboards, loops), Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars, bass, loops), and ...
which they self-released in 2002. The album's title alludes to
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...
's album ''
OK Computer
''OK Computer'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of ''OK Computer'' in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic m ...
''.
Origins
Reception
In
''Magnet'', Bryan Bierman listed the album as a hidden gem and wrote, “Adebimpe’s voice alone makes up most of the tracks, and though the album’s rough sound takes some getting used to, this arrangement is surprisingly effective. Songs like ‘Yr God’ and ‘Aim To Please’ show off his soulful vocals, and you can hear some early signs of the later songwriting style the group would adapt. Sitek's recordings are a little more polished, using the atmospheric electronics that would later envelope a lot of TVOTR's music, like the slow ambience of ‘On A Train,” or the Kraftwerk fever dream ‘Pulse Of Pete.’”
Track listing
#"Freeway" – 2:19
#"Say You Do" (Samples
Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow; September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994) was an American composer, band leader, pianist and record producer. Known best in his time as a composer of production music, Scott is today regarded as an early ...
's "Night and Day" and
Nina Simone
Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...
's
Wild is the Wind Wild Is the Wind may refer to:
* ''Wild Is the Wind'' (1957 film), a film starring Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn
* "Wild Is the Wind" (song), the title song from the film, also covered by David Bowie
* ''Wild Is the Wind'' (album), an album by ...
)
– 5:19
#"Pulse of Pete" – 3:36
#"Me - I" – 3:20
#"Buffalo Girls" – 2:58
#"Ending of a Show" – 1:09
#"Hurt You" – 6:28
#"Netti Fritti" – 5:14
#"Yr God" – 2:35
#"On a Train" – 16:07
#"Sheba Baby" – 3:56
#"Y King" – 2:43
#"Aim to Please" – 3:07
#"Bicycles Are Red Hot" – 3:57
#"Los Mataban" – 3:00
#"Robots" – 3:10
#"Doing My Duty" – 5:52
#"Untitled" – 0:06
The tracks "Freeway" and "On a Train" later re-appeared on the 2004 7" and CD single for "
Staring at the Sun".
References
External links
Downhill Battle Interview
2002 debut albums
TV on the Radio albums
Self-released albums
Albums produced by Dave Sitek
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