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===2009 "Collector's Edition" reissue=== {{Album ratings | title = "Collector's Edition" ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic reissue"/> | rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' | rev2score = A<ref name="AV reissue"/> | rev3 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' | rev3score = 100/100<ref name="Paste 2009"/> | rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev4score = 10/10<ref name="Pitchfork reissue"/> | rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="RS reissue"/> | rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Q Collectors">{{citation | first = Victoria | last = Segal | title = Reissues: Radiohead | magazine = [[Q (magazine)|Q]] | date = May 2009}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="RICHARDS"/> }}On 24 March 2009, EMI reissued ''OK Computer'' as an expanded "Collector's Edition", alongside ''Pablo Honey'' and ''The Bends'', without Radiohead's involvement. The reissue was released in a 2-CD edition and an expanded 2-CD, 1-DVD edition. The first disc contains the original album, the second disc contains [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] collected from ''OK Computer'' singles and live recording sessions, and the DVD contains a collection of music videos and a live television performance.<ref name="FITZMAURICE">{{citation |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |title=Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued with Extras |date=15 January 2009 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122214440/http://spin.com/articles/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras |archive-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> All the material had been previously released and the music was not remastered.<ref name="DOMBAL reissue">{{citation | first = Ryan | last = Dombal | title = Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued and Expanded | url = https://pitchfork.com/news/34391-radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-and-expanded/ | magazine = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date = 14 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090317215443/http://pitchfork.com/news/34391-radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-and-expanded/ | archive-date = 17 March 2009 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="MCCARTHY2">{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Sean |date=18 December 2009 |title=The Best Re-Issues of 2009: 18: Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey'' / ''The Bends'' / ''OK Computer'' / ''Kid A'' / ''Amnesiac'' / ''Hail to the Thief'' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-album-re-issues-2009-2496140735.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220175703/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009/ |archive-date=20 December 2009 |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref> [[AllMusic]],<ref name="Allmusic reissue">{{citation | first = Stephen Thomas | last = Erlewine | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | title = OK Computer [Collector's Edition] [2CD/1DVD] | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/ok-computer-collectors-edition-2cd1dvd-r1503993/review | magazine = [[AllMusic]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120512104033/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ok-computer-collectors-edition-2cd1dvd-r1503993/review | archive-date = 12 May 2012 | url-status = live}}</ref> ''Uncut'',<ref name="RICHARDS">{{citation | title = Album review: Radiohead Reissues β Collectors Editions | date = 8 April 2009 | url = http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 | newspaper = [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | last = Richards | first = Sam | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101206061947/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 December 2010}}</ref> ''Q'',<ref name="Q Collectors" /> ''Rolling Stone'',<ref name="RS reissue">{{citation | first = Will | last = Hermes | title = ''OK Computer'' (Collector's Edition) | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-collectors-edition-20090430 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = 30 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130122002857/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-collectors-edition-20090430 | archive-date = 22 January 2013 | url-status = live}}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''<ref name="Paste 2009">{{citation | last = Kemp | first = Mark | author-link = Mark Kemp | url = https://pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/03/radiohead-pablo-honey-the-bends-ok-computer-reissu.html | title = Radiohead: Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer (reissues) | magazine = [[Paste (magazine)|Spin]] | date = 27 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090330005140/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/03/radiohead-pablo-honey-the-bends-ok-computer-reissu.html | archive-date = 30 March 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> and ''[[PopMatters]]<ref name="MCCARTHY2" />'' praised the supplemental material, but with reservations. Scott Plagenhoef of ''Pitchfork'' awarded the reissue a [[List of albums awarded 10 by Pitchfork|perfect score]], arguing that it was worth buying for fans who did not already own the extra material. Plagenhoef said: "That the band had nothing to do with these is beside the point: this is the final word on these records, if for no other reason that the [[The Beatles Stereo Box Set|Beatles' September 9 remaster campaign]] is, arguably, the end of the CD era."<ref name="Pitchfork reissue">{{cite web | first = Scott | last = Plagenhoef | title = Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey'': Collector's Edition / ''The Bends'': Collector's Edition / ''OK Computer'': Collector's Edition | url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ | magazine = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date = 16 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090417043256/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ | archive-date = 17 April 2009 | url-status = live}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club'' writer Josh Modell praised the bonus disc and DVD, and said ''OK Computer'' was "the perfect synthesis of Radiohead's seemingly conflicted impulses".<ref name="AV reissue">{{citation |first = Josh |last = Modell |title = Pablo Honey'' / ''The Bends'' / ''OK Computer |url = https://www.avclub.com/radiohead-1798205963 |magazine = [[The A.V. Club]] |date = 3 April 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111015041153/http://www.avclub.com/articles/radiohead,26177/ |archive-date = 15 October 2011 |url-status = live }}</ref>
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