Inhabiting The Music: Charlotte Gainsbourg's Favourite Albums | Page 3 of 13 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

2. RadioheadOK Computer

It’s one of my favourites of Radiohead. I think I like all of them. It’s so rare to have a band where you just rush to the store to buy their new album, but that’s been the case from the beginning with them for me. I think OK Computer is the one that resonates the most with me – the one I often listen to; In Rainbows is another one I adore, Kid A also.

Seeing Thom Yorke and Radiohead live each time was a revelation about how music can be lived – not in an animal way – but more about inhabiting the music. It was a new way of performing and dealing with his own persona that I found so interesting. I don’t like seeing live shows, I’m always uncomfortable, I don’t know how to be. But when I see Radiohead each time it’s always a rare moment. So it made sense to chose that album.

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