If we are talking about personal preference I like Sea Changes, no matter how great OK Computer is 'supposed' to be.

Radiohead hav five albums better than Sea Change- infact they probably hav five albums better than Odelay or Mutations [Beck's two best albums].

I picked Ok Computer, but I am very much a fan of Sea Changes. I think it's Beck's best work. Very emotional, deep music. Odelay was fun and funky, but it doesn't have the heart that Sea Change does.

thats a pile of horse shit. radiohead's "versatility" is forced. they try so hard to be out there that it doesn't come off as genuinely cool. beck on the other hand has it. he's lightyears a better artist than yorke because of that.

Be careful, Chris may come back and try to prove that his opinion on the matter is (gasp!) objective.

i'll agree that it is "forced" in the sense that Radiohead made a conscious effort to significantly change their sound between Pablo Honey and The Bends and between OK Computer and Kid A. Hail To The Theif was likely a conscious effort to reign in some of the Kid A/Amnesiac type experimentation as well.

that said, they hav made no more a conscious effort in changing direction than Beck did between Mellow Gold and Odelay, Odelay and Mutations, Mutations and Midnite Vultures, Midnite Vultures and Sea Change [the most blatantly obvious] and Sea Change and Guero [this makes it sound like Beck is more versatile, but really he juste moves back n forth between two modes, the extremes of which are Midnite Vultures and Sea Change, wheras Radiohead hav seen a steady outward progression from Pablo Honey to Kid A/Amnesiac].

but since when is it a bad thing for an artist to want to consciously push their art in different directions? youre assessment that Radiohead's ambitions hav not "come off as genuinely cool" is somewhat laughable- Radiohead are likely the best band of the past 10years, regardless of how "cool" you might think they are. Beck is also one of the greatest/most consistent artists of the past 10 years, but he doesnt measure up to the heights of Radiohead.

the two albums in question in this poll make for a ridiculous comparison, made only more ridiculous by the closeness in the poll results so far. this should be a no brainer and well, isuppose it has been for most, juste not in the usual sense of the phrase.

You're right chris, this is a no-brainer. Sea Change without question.

I think Radiohead are overrated as all getout. Everything I've heard by Beck I've liked better than everything I've heard by Radiohead. Radiohead are indeed forced, in a way that has always amazed me. I've got another 'head album here, Hail To The Thief, that I've spent months trying to work myself up to listen to a third time. It's going to get deleted, most likely, before that happens.

Since I think OK Computer sucks and Sea Change is just okay (not at all my favorite), I went with Beck.

'Radiohead is overrated' is probably the most common use of the word overrated(which does not change the fact that they are), but Karma Police and Exit Music etc. have a great atmosphere and brings a lot of images to mind. The songs on Sea Change on the other hand aren't really unique enough to be considered better that Ok Computer. I mean, there are so many bands that have the laid back, relaxed attitude of Sea Change.
So yeah... I must reluctantly agree that Radiohead's album is much superior IMO.

I'd take 'good' over 'unique' any day of the week. Oh, and 'emotion' is important as well. There's alot more of it on Sea Changes.