'' OK Computer '' received critical acclaim and has been cited by listeners , critics and musicians as one of the greatest albums of all time . It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won Best Alternative Music Album at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in 1998 . The album initiated a stylistic shift in British rock away from the then-ubiquitous Britpop genre toward melancholic , atmospheric alternative rock that became more prevalent in the next decade . The album depicts a world fraught with rampant consumerism , social alienation , emotional isolation and political malaise ; in this capacity , '' OK Computer '' is often interpreted as having prescient insight into the mood of 21st-century life . In 2014 , it was included by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry as " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant "
40th Annual Grammy Awards
40th Annual Grammy Awards
OK Computer