Friday 9 March 2012


This is a album cover analysis of the album, 'Ok Computer', by the popular rock band Radiohead. The cover shows ideas of post modernism, identity and our modern culture. Firstly the motorway running up the bottom of the page is symbolic of the journey of life, which begins clear but as the road goes up it becomes blurred on the poster meaning that the path is not clear and easy. The blurred element of the album art also refers to the identity wihch people hold in a post modern society is not clear anymore and cannot be clearly defined. This is refering to the post modern society which people say we now live in, an age of uncertainty and anomie for the popular masses. The fragmented world which we now live in makes people's lives complex and difficult and this is represented with the motorway in this album art. Framed to the right of the album cover is a bold 'X' in a box. This refers to the rejection of modern culture and the subordinated position of people. The art rejects the popular culture and does not participate. The title of the album however conflicts with the message on the art, with the slogan, "Ok Computer", refering to our society accepting the digital age of technolgoical advancement.

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