Reviews (page 11 of 13)
We are never going to be friends, Amnesiac and I.
I don't know why but I find this entire album really unsettling, the way they play with dissonance and tension is somewhat unnerving to me, really interesting album but not something I would listen to a lot
Radiohead is an acquired tasted I haven’t acquired yet. The first album of theirs I’ve properly listened to all the way through and it more or less confirmed to the ideas I had it my head. Tense, nervy atmosphere with Thom Yorke’s painful wince over the top of it. There’s a lot to like about this formula, but it just starts dragging after a while. Amnesiac was a perplexing listen for me, and I want to give it its due for obscuring the boundaries of what pop/rock music should be. That doesn’t make it an entirely gripping listen though, and I felt this was just a little too stale after a while. “Knives Out” was probably my favourite track, and it’s not really surprising that it’s the most conventional in structure on the whole album. Not quite sure what to make of Radiohead but no doubt they’ll reappear on this list.
Not bad but I would have to be in a certain 'mood' to fully enjoy
Very difficult to grasp hold of, to understand the message or to relate to the mood. Creative, absolutely. Intriguing - I’ll give it that. Perhaps a piece of music to understand on further listens? Maybe. But where to listen? Kitchen, car, commute? Working? Playing? Relaxing (LOL)? How does such music fit your life?
Good
Not my favorite of radioheads
I’ve been dreading Radiohead coming up on this, and I know there’s a few of their albums on here. I’ve never, like, plunged into their archives for a comprehensive study, but I’ve given them an honest shot many times, and aside from parts of In Rainbows, I really dislike what they do. And this is frustrating to me, since I know a lot of people who really like them; like with country music I can just write it off as alien tastes, but these are people whose tastes I otherwise align with! I just walk away from the music feeling sad or annoyed, what am I missing?!
La même soupe expérimentale pour Radiohead qui rechigne toujours à nous proposer un quelconque morceau réécoutable.
Best Song: Life in a Glasshouse. The jazz brass instrumentals really helped ground the music, and served as a good background for the vocals. Maybe Radiohead really ought to be a jazz band. Worst Song: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. I actually quite liked the bassy instrumentals, but the real experimental vocals did nothing for me. Overall: As technically competent and musically experimental Radiohead might be, I'm always left feeling like I've listened to an album with absolutely no soul. Like music written by a melancholic AI.
Never heard of this album before this listen
Indie rock. Un poco tostón. Ni fu ni fa.
Not my usual genre of music and bit out there but still very good and well put together. After reading into the piece’s history I might yet give kid A, a listen
Radiohead is always a treat to listen to. This album was quite experimental (as always) and trippy and cool. I’m definitely glad I listened to it but I don’t think I care to return to this specific album
more dark spooky indie fog from one of the best to do it. a bit more ponderous atmospheric downtempo. not my favorite work of theirs...
Some songs a little to slow but I liked the spacey vibe of others
Sounds a bit like a soundtrack for a movie or a game. Not too bad, but also not very remarkable.
It has a few classics but as an album it doesn't hold keep my attention the whole way through. 3.5/5
bed, argh, bleh
Was good
great voice. can hear the influences they had in many other bands. Kind of a lull though. Nothing super memorable or impactful.
I was clicking around to start to play this album and I mistakenly played the first 1/2 hr of their In Rainbows album. That's a mighty fine album. Then I started to listen to Amnesiac. Radiohead's music grows on you. Their songs are frequently more enjoyable the second or third time they are listened to. By the same token, I think Amnesiac was more enjoyable since I got primed with 30 min of In Rainbows. Still not sure I can get to a 4 on this. But I will have a 4 for In Rainbows!
What a trippy and slick electronica. It's too interesting to be compared to an elevator music. It's quite fun and great in some places. A hit and miss. But that's the point of experimental rock right? I knew it's the "sibling" of their beloved album, "Kid A", but personally, it doesn't have the "outtakes" vibe. It's an album on its own, and a slightly boring one.
Solid album but I can definitely see why Kid A gets all the attention. Amnesiac is good in it’s own way, but it lacks punch and tends to meander at times.
Life in a Glasshouse- fab. Really liked this track.
This was a pretty challenging listen and not super rewarding. 6/10
Rock un tanto psicodélico con buena voz, melodías un tanto raras y un estilo un tanto extraño
Low three.
Þessi er ágæt. Ábyggilega fín til að hafa í bakgrunni við lærdóm.
Mummbly nasaly York croons over lush backing music. Not bad.
Radiohead is quite experimental on this album; everything has an ethereal feeling about it that is quite entrancing. The tracks on this album was incredibly cohesive; they went together and felt like one big piece of art. That is to say, even their experimental work seems very themed and works well when put together. Still, while the theme and the album cohesion seems spot on, I still found this album to be a little bit improvisational and drawn out. This album was definitely a fascinating listen, but I wouldn't call it a favorite.
Hoewel ik een groot bewonderaar van Radiohead ben, blijf ik dit een moeilijk album vinden. Er staan echt een aantal parels op, maar ook veel weirde dingen waar ik niet zoveel mee kan. 3 sterren dus.
not as good as their other stuff very reminiscent of it though
Not big on Radiohead
Nearly gave a 1 after first few tracks
Good album, I liked the end more then the beginning. Another thing you can put on and chill while having dinner with friends
Seems like they're trying to do a bit much with this one. Ok but not great.
Starts off great. Love the feel of PLSIACTB. Not the Radiohead I'm used to. Mixed with some stuff I am used to. I dig the experimental shit.
It’s no Kid A, but it’s also still good.
Some great tracks, but not one of their great albums
Amnesiac is the fifth album by English rock band Radiohead. The album is highly acclaimed and is certified platinum in the UK and US. Musically, it has the same vibes as the band's previous album Kid A, so electronica, jazz, and krautrock influences are included along with the band's signature alternative rock. This further divided fans along whether you preferred this new style of music, or the band's earlier straight forward rock music. I was left conflicted about this album because I have liked every previous Radiohead album. It's similar to Kid A, but some songs don't feel flushed out - almost like they were thrown together last minute or even that they were unwanted songs from Kid A that didn't get much additional care. The patchiness of the album almost took away from the highlights, but I still think this is a great album from Radiohead.
2.5-/5
Felt like listening to a soundtrack to a psychological thriller. This is one of the rare times we should’ve stopped a group of privately educated white men from “experimenting” musically.
Definitely not as good as earlier radiohead stuff, not my style at all but I guess its alright.
i know why this radiohead album is forgotten
too experimental for me
I'm getting Radiohead fatigue. Someone needs to cheer these guys up a little bit.
Radiohead... I’ve never really listened to them properly. This album does have a few decent tracks, but that’s about it. Two stars...
Not in the mood today thom
not my favorite of theirs. Too electronic and not enough Jonny on the guitar
I judge anyone who likes this nonsense just a little bit.
pretty boring overall, nothing really stood out
Finally free of Radiohead after today! I'm up-and-down on their discography and you definitely have to learn to tolerate them through this list. But sometimes, you get surprised. Radiohead were well into their experimental phase by 2001, barely a year after the release of the now-acclaimed "Kid A". "Where do you even go from there?" some might ask. The close release window to "Kid A" suggests that some of the content here may have been cut from that album, which actually seemed to be partially true from what I read. You hear that early on, with all sorts of electronic elements being used. Overall, with the exception of a select few tracks, this simply wasn't as interesting or novel as "Kid A", though. Just felt that the "meat" here wasn't as tasty, with the exception of the abruptly jazzy closer "Life in a Glasshouse".
Cada vez me hacen pensar más que son una banda conocida por los hits
Radiohead sits in a realm of experimentation and innovation. It begs to be interpreted and analyzed. Is this the greatest album? The soundtrack heard overheard at an alien DMV? You decide and make peace with your choice.
Heard Before? Of course. Notes: - last i checked, Radiohead is STILL trying to avoid the obvious - this is an entire album of odds n sods. - that said, there are some fascinating textures in these half-written songs, glimmers of interesting production choices. - but on the whole it suffers from the same problem as Kid A but much worse: musical innovations pilfered from exciting contemporary electronic musicians, watered down and doused with sad-sack yowling. - i would probably be more inclined to like this (many of my favorite sounds and production ideas are present) if it weren't accompanied by a tsunami of hype and adulation. context kills. Verdict: Today this is just a boring album of tossed off sketches. But back in 2001, when you had to wait three hours to pirate one song with dial-up internet and all you got was "Hunting Bears"? Rage-making. Listen Again? I was actually pleased to hear "Life in a Glasshouse" again. But no, I don't need or want this album in my life.
El disco que menos me gustó de Radiohead hasta ahora.
Two songs stood out to me but mostly it sounded like a parody of Radiohead.
Very hard work and honestly the worst cliché of hard to get Radiohead.
It oscillator between intriguing and annoying. I don't think I cared for it.
Some good instrument sounds but can’t get over the vocals.
Besties, you might be able to say that this sounds interesting, but you can't say it sounds good, can you? Just a lot of "instrumental" that I don't like the sound of.
Whoever said that Radiohead are the musical successors of the Beatles was way wrong. Just plain boring and overrated.
I like Radiohead. I’ve enjoyed other albums. This one didn’t do it for me. I don’t know if it was too somber or experimental but this one was a bit of a slog. Glad I listened to it but I kept waiting for one great song to excite me and it just didn’t happen. Life in a Glasshouse was a highlight I guess?
Some tracks were a little too experimental for me, but overall the album is very unique and interesting. The music style across the album is incredibly varied, which I enjoyed. Appreciate it as a creative musical exploration but not an album I would play on repeate.
Sounded very evil. I do like some radiohead but I wasn't a fan of this one.
They’re all on here aren’t they? 😔
I feel like these guys are really overrated.
Meh this album is overrated and a whole lot of incoherent nonsense. Still has some good standalone songs. 4.5/10
Сара 2 Марко 2
Honestly, most of it was kinda borning ngl. Knives Out and I Might be Wrong were great, and Pyramid Song too ig. Otherwise I wasn't too impressed
*2001. *Man, I keep trying to like Radiohead, and they just make it so difficult. *This might be the worst of the Radiohead albums so far - boring, tedious, electronic, whiney. *I have to imagine Radiohead got traction only because angsty British teens in the 90s/00s weren't getting enough sunshine and Vitamin D, so this spoke to them. As an almost 40-year-old woman in Florida, this just isn't it for me. RATING - 5/10
Here we (mostly) have dreamy background noise paired with a thin, slightly whiney drone of a voice. As has been heard before. And before. And before besides that one of theirs I liked. I just don’t get it. can someone explain to me what’s so good about this? Anyone?
Monotonic, repetitive melodies; repetitive lyrics, I get the feeling the singer is falling asleep or stoned at the microphone. The percussion is the most engaging aspect of this and for that it gets a two. I Might Be Wrong, Dollars and Cents has some redeeming qualities. The others not so much
Something about this album just makes me feel incredibly anxious the whole time it's playing. He just whines at exactly the right frequency to make me feel like something awful might happen. Favourite song: Knives Out Least: Pulk/Pull Revolving Door
2.0 Almost good, or at least okay. Not a fan of the singer' voice, if it was better I might like Radiohead. Oh well.
Meh?
A Radiohead album, but that doesn't mean it's good. While it has really good songs like "Pyramid Song", "Knives Out" and "Life in a Glasshouse", there were times on the rest of this album where I was like "what the hell am I listening to?". The best example for this is the third song, like genuinely, what the fuck is that song, it's boring and the vocals are awful. Anyway, this wasn't the greatest listening experience, surely one of their worst projects, if not the worst.
Sad, depressive-ish.
I'm glad the other reviews aren't just full of people who think anything Radiohead makes is gold. My second Raidiohead album. My first was In Rainbows which I was highly disappointed with given all the hype around it. This time around my expectations were lower, but I still liked it less than In Rainbows. I just can't get into Radiohead. The songs I do like by them come from the earlier albums, so maybe there is still a chance for them to click for me. Favorite Track - Hunting Bears Least Favorite Track - Morning Bell/Amnesia ⭐️⭐️
This is the third or fourth album by this band on this list - talk about over-tepresented. It offers the same as the others - mediocre music, bland writing and atrocious vocals.
Kid A was a complete world. Amnesiac is what didn't fit in it — the offcuts from the same sessions, reassembled into an album. Some of it is interesting. None of it hits the same way. 2/5 — Kid A's shadow is a hard place to stand.
Makes me want to go lie down in my bed and cry. Not exactly a quality I'm looking for in music. As in Kid A, I like some of the sounds (here, especially "I Might Be Wrong"), but wouldn't listen to this ever again. I'll politely say: Please go whine into somebody else's ears, Thom Yorke. 1.5/5 - weak
Veldig fin musikk, ikke min stil. Blei fort bakgrunnsmusikk.
I am certain that I am not a Radiohead fan and never will be.
I'm a bit surprised that this album is included on this site, my understanding of it is that it's the b-sides of "KID A" an album I love, probably my favorite RH record. And while perhaps its unfair to judge an album as anything but an individual experience, so many of these songs feel like less complete versions of songs on "KID A." To use the most popular song off this album as an example, "Pyramid Song" feels like "How to Disappear Completely" part 2. It places in a more critical mood than I'm used to when it comes to listening to music, and as I am now in said mood, lemme spit my shit. This might be the worst that Thom Yorke has sounded an album, which lemme be clear, he is one of my favorite rock singers. Nearly every performance feels dejected, a tone that isn't inherently bad, but one that can sound so mfing sleepy when it's not fully committed to. Like, pleaaase listen to this version of "Morning Bell" and tell me that he's trying. There are also multiple attempts at making their version of a trip-hop song that never fully click. And why is "Hunting Bears" on this album, it sounds like an attempt to start a Funkadelic song but anytime they keep practicing the first bar of the solo over and over. Okay, and I know I just talked so much shit, but I don't think this is a bad album, maybe just a bad Radiohead album. I do like "Pyramid Song" and "You and Whose Army" though. 2/5
Good album.
All of these songs sound the same. And they sound the same as basically every other Radiohead song I've heard released this century. Sell paranoia someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
It is entirely possible that I need to give this another listen, but I found this incredibly dull. Sorry, Radiohead, not today.
Dear God is this tedious, the opposite of a "treasure trove of delights" promised by the 1,001 book. I don't think I've listened to Amnesiac since it came out, and now I remember why. I like "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box," but little else on here lands, and "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" veers into Radiohead parody/caricature. I can get with bleakness if there's something behind it, but Amnesiac's icy remove is almost totally bloodless. And boring.
Never was super into them
Incredibly boring
I didn’t like this one. I really don’t like the main singers voice
doidera mas não doidera 🤩 e sim doidera 🤨
I like weird. And I like Radiohead. But I didn’t like this.
no me gustó la verdad. Me esperaba otra cosa. Me quedé muy manija con The Bends y los otros dos discos de Radiohead que escuché no me llegaron. Es muy experimental este, nose que onda. No me llegó la verdad
I like Radiohead (OK Computer) but not a fan of this album. Too dreary and angsty for me.
I'm stealing a comment I saw on another radiohead album, but I feel it's valid. How are there so many radiohead albums on this list and yet not one single Tool album!? I might be wrong is a banging tune though
Barely remember any of it and didn't really enjoy. Not my thing unfortunately!
Very slow, soft, and psychedelic which I can withstand but it did leave me yearning for more contrast. Instrumentally heavy at times.
i gotta just accept i’m not a radiohead person
Too slow for me
idk para pensar señores.
hmmm i've been really into radiohead lately . but not listened to this one ..!!! ok kinda boring. ..
2/5 - This one didn't age well for me. Haven't visited this in 20 years, and I think that was the right move.
Jeepers creepers, cheer up. Dirge after Dirge.
I really, really want to "get" Radiohead, but so far that's not happening. While this album is at times nice to listen to, I found most of the tracks to be boring and incohesive. Honestly, the whole album just felt like a collection of B-sides.
I gave this a 2* last time I had it come up, and that still holds. Slow stoner music, and the extra effects also made the lyrics difficult to pick out to find a redeeming quality.
No wonder this album never hit my radar. Started out great but by the end it was soooo draggy. I guess I'll average and give it a 2! Eff it!
Late night sad boy musics. Not as great in the middle of the day and you don’t want to feel in a doldrum.
Naur
I don't mind music that's more on the experimental side but you gotta make it somewhat engaging to listen to at the very least. I just found myself forgetting these songs as soon as they ended, and not to mention his vocals just did nothing for me either. It had its moments here and there but it just wasn't it. Still not a 1 though cause I'd rather listen to this any day of the week than some of the other albums from this list that I've listened to. 2/5
I didn’t recall why I never listened to this one much. Not my favorite by them
it sounds experimental but they never found the sound that clicked so they just threw all the practice songs on the album anyway
There's times where i get it, and times I definitely don't get it. Pyramid Song would be my limit on liking something that's a bit more off kilter, and Knives Out was good. Knowing some other Radiohead hits i might like another album a little more but probably not by a lot.
I still don't get Radiohead. The music is OK to listen to in the background, but it just doesn't resonate with me on any notable level. My apologies to any Radiohead fans that read this—just speaking from my heart. ★★
Half-baked in the guise of “experimental”. Composition sounds forced. Reminds me of Sondheim. Clearly, this album was very influential on subsequent artists (picking up major Alt J)
Not my tempo.
slow, lay on floor, dark room, slow breathing
3/10
Muy experimental la producción. Siento que no hay cosas muy concisas. Las letras se pierden en todo el sonido. Es muy de los 2000 en el sentido de buscar cosas nuevas.
Meh. Me aburrió bastante la verdad. Hay mejores cosas de la banda en mi opinión.
I need to listen to more radiohead as this is 01 with all the sounds industrial tecno were using in uk back in the 80/90, not revolutionary at all, more like a boring prick just to late to the party
Strange and interesting album with few beautiful songs and many that I just didn't get into or understand. Best track was Pyramid Song.
This is weird. This is hard for my brain to listen to. Very experimental. Electronic music is not my cup of tea but I do appreciate the amount of work that would have gone into an album like this. There were only 2 songs that I would probably listen to again. I felt like I was losing my mind
2.5 Not for me. Liked/s: Knives Out, Pyramid Song
It was good, It didn't catch me completely, since the sounds are ambient-like, and more in line with the flow of the albums, not my favorite but I appreciate a few of them.
nice but dark
I'll take "music I refuse to understand or appreciate" for $1,000, Alex!
This is your free pass, reader. You do not need to listen to Amnesiac before you die. I don't believe there is any universe outside of the one we live in where Amnesiac must be heard before death. There are good songs on the album, but 80% of this record is musical backwash--outtakes and rehashes from Kid A (of which I'm not a big fan anyway, but that's another story.) Life in a Glasshouse is a beautiful, unique piece of work, and Pyramid Song is a must-hear across their entire discography. But the majority of the album is sonic experiments that don't deserve to be fleshed out into full songs. They don't even try to flesh out Hunting Bears! When compared to Kid A, which it must be given the context in their discography, Amnesiac has the lesser version of Morning Bell, the lesser guitar interlude...it even has two songs that sound essentially the same. I am a Radiohead fan, and I don't have it in me to hate this album completely, but I have to give it this score to just let this site know. It does not need to be here. You do not need to hear this before you die, you don't need to hear this at all.
Noise machine. 2/5
Not a massive fan
not a fun of Radiohead, guess it's a fine listen, but I just can't force myself to like any of it
This album makes me concerned for Thom Yorke. Like, is the poor guy ok? He sounds like he's just been shot up with Novocain before walking into the studio to record. Then the combination of music, album cover art, and lyrics on this album make me feel like I'm trapped in dystopian pit of despair (and not in a cathartic, good good way.) The first time I tried to listen to this, I had to turn it off and walk away from the computer. I really disliked it. I had to come back several hours later with a fresh mind in order to give it another fair shot. Now I really borderline hate it? It took my full attention to get through the whole thing in one sitting. My hope is that there are better Radiohead albums on this list because this one is for the bin, not The 1001 list. If someone can please explain what I'm missing about this album being "so good", please do. I don't see why anyone would put this album on the Top ### lists or give it all the awards it's received. I lived through the 2000s and I didn't see it to be worthwhile then. It's 2026, I don't think it's worthwhile now. Album's saving grace: "Life In a Glasshouse" 🎺
Ikke for meg. Noen litt kule partier og whatnot, men ikke noe jeg har spesielt lyst til å høre på igjen. Sterk 2.
😐 gotta be in the mood
Not a fan of the band, but album is not the worst.
Meh. Kind of too depressing for me.
tempo isn’t what I usually go for.
I'd never heard this one before. I'm afraid it marks the point where I finally give up trying to appreciate Radiohead's post-OK Computer albums. I couldn't honestly pick out anything to distinguish this from Kid A or Half to the Thief. Every song feels like the same tempo, the same mood, the same musical style. I enjoy a lot of dark and melancholy music, but I can't understand how anyone can listen to this funereal meandering for pleasure.
O how the mighty have fallen..... I was a Radiohead fan back in the 90s, not really heard this album if I did i had instantly forgotten it. Knives Out is the only interesting song on here, very Paranoid Android-ish.
Fine
These sound like unfinished songs or just dicking around. It was heading for a one but a few tracks in the middle save it. It's quite awful. Maybe I know nothing. Who knows. Who cares
I don't have much to say about this album. It didn't make much of an impression. It was just sound. I didn't hate it, but it's not my jam.
Not a fan. Slow stoner music, and the extra effects also made the lyrics difficult to pick out to find a redeeming quality.
Again Artist and album that I haven't paid any attention ever. I think I have been right on my assumption that I don't have to spend my time on Radiohead. Didn't find any reason to actively get close to other Radiohead album.
There are few songs here I like, that to me sound like Radiohead. To me they apexed at OK Computer and after that it's mostly been irrelevant to me. The experimental stuff on this album is not at all interesting to me.
Definitely not my jam. There's not enough structure in the music for my tastes
Tolerable but easily the most forgettable radiohead record.
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Saved? ❌ Would listen again? 🤔 Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? ❌
Definitely not my favorite Radiohead album
Day 85 - 2001 - Radiohead, Amnesiac Okay, I'm going to tell you guys a secret. I don't know if it was snobbery, distaste, or what but I never listened to Radiohead on purpose. I mean, of course I know "Creep," because that song was E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E when it first came out in 1992 (!). But also, I was a musical PURIST, FFS. I went and saw Oasis with Eric one time and he got mad at me because I was kind of making fun of Wonderwall. Like I thought I was cool as fuck because I refused to play certain kinds of music because it was too "mainstream" or whatever. Meanwhile, I was still popping in my Whitesnake CD on rare occasions. Don't tell anyone that, either. So, here we go - I'm going to say it: holy shit, this album is really good, and I'm sort of sad that I didn't give Radiohead a chance back in the olden days. There is a LOT going on here: classical, jazz, electronica, strings, bass, everything. I legit sighed when it popped up for me this morning, and I got out the shitty earbuds and immediately popped them out and got the good headphones off the charger. *Of note: I generally start writing these at the beginning of the album so I can get it started, add some stuff halfway through, and then I pop back through songs to find my standout. The above was written before I hit my breaking point. The first half of this album is mostly non-lyrics driven, and by Knives Out, I figured out why I never got into Radiohead: Thom York's voice. There is something about the tone and pitch of his voice that does not work for me. At All. By Dollars and Cents, I was ready to bail, which is really a shame because there are some amazing songs at the beginning of the album, including Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. You know how when you're somewhere and there's a small child that just hits that whiny pitch that drives a want to punch someone, anyone, hard in the face? Maybe not the child, but no one would REALLY fault you if you did punch the child (I am not advocating punching children, but you know...) Thom York is that child for me. Sorry Thom. It's not you, it's me. I wanted to love this SO BAD and had to skip through the rest of the songs as soon as he started singing. I tried to hold out for "Life in a Glasshouse" because jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton did a WHOLE THING on that song but then Thom started and bye. Standout: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
Unfortunately, I kind of liked it. The first quarter had some interesting songs that feel like they would be appropriate in situations deliberately intended to make someone uncomfortable or discontentful. Or maybe Im just a fan of quirky and weird. alot of albums have a very simialr sound all throughout, and this one for the first half each one has a distinct enough sound, for better or worse. However, the leads voice kind of kills it for me quite a bit. he sounds pretty whiny, and the further I got into the album, the more over it I was getting. The lows are just a bit too low and numerous for me, and the highs are infrequent and mildly interesting at best.
Amnesiac reminded me that I didn't like the experimentation of Kid A. This was marginally better, but still dreamy, dark and distant. Weird touch to run the penultimate track, Like Spinning Plates, backward, but Thom Yorke's vocals are equally disconnected either way. I did like the jazz funeral sounds on Life in a Glasshouse.
Good first attempt but they get better
no es mi estilo de música, pero es bastante parecido o tiene matices de pink floyd, quizás no está para escucharlo am ya que es más tranquilo el álbum.
чи це через особисті асоціації з радіохед, чи тільки від цього альбому (схиляюсь до першого) стало погано. ніби шось прикольне, а ніби не зовсім. викликало майже тривогу, може, це такий ефект і має бути
I'll give it a 2, but that's because I know people loved this record. I don't get it now. I didn't get it then. I got to see a few bands in clubs, in theaters and then arenas – and Radiohead is one of them. Amazing live band, but there's not a single track on this album that does a thing for me except want to skip over it.
The album was artistic and moody but also kinda blended together. It started over and I didn't realize it until track 2.
Radiohead is that kind of Band where I would listen to a complete best of album but not to the normal albums
Best Track - "I Might Be Wrong"
A few okish songs, nothing I’d listen to again.
Simply put - not for me. You can't find much wrong with the composition. There's just not much that sounds good to revisit. Although, I'm probably part of the problem in this regard.
I've never been a fan of slow rhythms in the majority of songs, moreso when it engulfs the song. I couldn't finish the album, but if there was a good song (to me) among the 3 i missed, it must've been the exception rather than part of the album's essence.
I can hear Radiohead for sure, the beginning of what will become okay computer. Pyramid song I remember from the quest in cyberpunk of the same name. I am at work so I am not fully listening. I think it is a good album regardless and has the electronic and sampled sound that is iconic of Radiohead, as well as the melancholy that makes their music perfect for film and cinema
Definitely an experimental album by radiohead, especially as it was recorded along side kid A, not the greatest of experiments however. Best-Knives out Worst-Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box
2.5
I did not love this. I probably need another listen but I much prefer OK Computer for example.
Ok, this is the third Radiohead album that has come up in as many weeks! Still not a fan and this is the worst of the 3 so far!
Nope. Cannot get into Radiohead.
For a band that is already entrenched in my mind as the epitome of dull calling an album amnesiac is apt affair as the title suggests; completely forgettable. Radiohead is overrated and this album is not their best effort.
Not a radio head fan no matter how hard I try
Too depressing even for me and I'm not averse to a bit of misery when it comes to music.
I once tried to get in Radiohead in high school to seem aloof and cool or whatever but I can’t pretend that is my truth (with exception to Talk Show Host as the intro song to hot young Leo in Romeo + Juliet, that was very authentically important to my teen self). Knives out was quite lovely, but this dragged a bit for me on the whole and I accidentally put on something else part way through forgetting the assignment which is never a good sign. Don’t worry though everyone I quickly remembered and went back and finished this like a good album reviewer. I will try harder when the next Radiohead album inevitably pops up on this list
Only a couple of listenable songs.
it is said that, to this day, in an isolated valley in central england, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the only consonant thom yorke ever fully pronounced echoing gently from the hills. mushy, indistinct, sonically complex but compositionally uninnovative song construction produces an album that skitters off of my brain like a drop of water on a hot griddle. to be fair, if you don't have a strong aversion to the deliberately out of tune vocal style, it's probably a lot more palatable.
Enjoyed for the first half and then I'm sorry but..Thom Yorke get very grating. Radiohead just isn't for me!
Pas dingo
Not the biggest fan of this one, I am trying to pick a few from each to put into a playlist though!
1 song already in my favorites. Would avoid listening again.
Not their best work, some haunting melodies but no earworms
I think it's safe to say I'm not crazy about Radiohead. This album didn't assault my ears or anything but it's just kind of bland.
This is a droning borefest. When the trumpet hit during the last song, it actually startled me a bit. I had checked out that much. Kid A felt like they discovered Aphex Twin, and took parts of his music to create something interesting, if not revolutionary in the rock genre. Amnesiac feels like they listened to a Sigur Ros album, and missed the point completely. Really disappointed with this album.
Feels like a concept album, OK for background music.
Not a fan. It sounds pretty samey all and all
Creo que hay buenos álbumes de Radiohead ahí pero ese no es uno. Se pasaron de experimentales. No me gustó. La única canción que se salva es “You and Whose Army?” Bueno, no gracias. Después de esto tuve que escuchar Taylor Swift todo el día. ;)
Feels like an album of outtakes from Kid A.
i like radiohead but this might not be one of my fav albums from them, just found it a bit lackluster
This band, man. We just operate on different wave lengths I think
Radiohead oh Radiohead... We zijn vaker niet dan wel vrienden, maar elke keer ga ik het toch proberen zo neutraal mogelijk aan te vliegen! Eerste nummer vond ik eigenlijk opvallend mooi, ik hoor wat meer elektronische invloeden heb ik het idee! Daarnaast is de zang, normaliter mijn grootste minpunt met Radiohead, deze keer minder prominent of zeikerig aanwezig doordat het zwaar ge-edit is. Meer van dit alsjeblieft! Nee echt, meer van dit, want bij Pyramid Song zijn we gewoon weer terug bij good old Zeikerige Thom... Ik heb het idee dat er veel sterkere effecten op de zang zitten bij dit album. Thom is nauwelijks nog te verstaan en je hoort veel meer de instrumenten op de voorkeur, dat bevalt me eigenlijk wel! Laatste nummer is prachtig, dat geef ik direct toe maar dat is voor mij ook voor de zeer prominente plek voor de saxofoon. Daar komt zo ontzettend veel emotie vanaf. Ik denk ondertussen dat als je Radiohead wilt begrijpen, echt wilt begrijpen, dat je gewoon in een gigantische depressie moet zitten. Ja nee, het is hetzelfde liedje als altijd; - Instrumentaal super vet en experimenteel - Zang is matig en zorgt er bij mij althans voor dat ik me toch nogal verveel tijdens dit album - het is ok allemaal, ik snap gewoon niet echt wat er nou zo wereldschokkend aan deze band is dat elke scheet die ze ooit hebben gelaten op de lijst moet... FAVO: I might be wrong, Hunting Bears, Life in a glasshouse
Puro sonido chidos pero bien. Rarotes que pedo aunque como dos rolas me gustaron
Track 1: Well this was a little jazzy. That said, I felt as though I was listening to a less keyboard-forward Muse album. Track 3: OK this is like that really modern jazz that I don't understand. Also why do I feel like I'm sitting a plane that's just taking off while being chased by police cars for the last minute? Track 4: This is the bridge between the Beatles and Hozier that I never knew existed. You're welcome. Track 5: I Might Be Wrong, but this is a bop. Tracks 6-8: Eh. Track 9: Oh this one is really cool too. Track 10: Back to Muse vocals. Track 11: Am I about to throw stones at this track? (pun intended). No because it's kinda jazzy too. Overall: I never realised just how samey a lot of male British groups sounded before listening to this.
The lead singer's voice is just so....yuck. Yes, I'm aware everyone else likes Radiohead. LOL
not my favourite radiohead album but cool to hear songs i haven’t heard before! favourites- packt like sardines, pyramid song, knives out
Never heard a good album by Radiohead before. Still haven't.
Not as bad as I expected.
No.
Not their best, droney and a slog
On its own, pleasant background music, but in context of the band it’s Radiohead’s least interesting album. It’s the Kid A songs that weren’t anxious enough
Realistically this is a 2.2 for me. It’s a little abstract and weird, and didn’t really have any songs I clung to. Basically why I got out of Radiohead fandom as quickly as I got out. A few moments I really enjoyed the musicality.
2.5
Radiohead are the most depressing thing ever after death
me gustó cómo usan los sonidos electrónicos durante el álbum!!! es un buen disco de radiohead Peero no creo volver a escuchar el 90% de las canciones, no son mi estilo
i have listened to their other important albums but never this one. it's definitely a radiohead album. maybe this is an unfair rating since i'm comparing to the other albums but i just don't enjoy it as much.
More Radiohead...
Not a fan of this album. Sounded like they were experimenting with how many weird sounds they could make their instruments make while imitating a lovesick cat singing.
Music for theatre kids.
Meh
EDM took a bunch of quaaludes.
Ngl the more Radiohead albums I hear the less impressed I am, not really seeing the hype here
I’m nowhere near depressed enough to “enjoy” this, but I was made to listen to anymore, I soon would be
one of my least fav radiohead albums
Not a massive fan, I like the Beatles but wouldn’t choose to listen to this album
Ja ne tot leider garnicht meine Musik 2?.??
the parts that are interesting are Fine but i’d rather be listening to Kid A
Still not a fan of Radiohead at all. That was tough to finish.
I really don't like Radiohead.
Not my thing. Very mumble core. I don’t love it.
Sigh
I want to like Radiohead but I just can't fully get into it. They have all of the ingredients of a band I'd love but it just hasn't clicked yet. Maybe this wasn't the right album for that, as it kind of came and went without me noticing much about it. I Might Be Wrong was the only song here where I stopped what I was doing and fully paid attention.
Par for the course Radiohead, bummer songs that I want to like but just can't. This album feels even less cohesive than the others we've listened to. By the time we get around to a Radiohead album I actually know, I'll prob like it just for that reason.
Didn't move me on any level
Ikke vildt trælst men heller ikke mindeværdigt.
glad this generator recommended me this to show that even Radiohead has bad albums
Hard to know what to say about this album. Some songs I thought where great, some made me want to tear my hair out. Much of the music is really good, and there is some nice variety to the structures on the tracks, but then we get some ideas that the band just seems to get stuck on and repeats to the point of frustration. I can understand appreciating this conceptually, and even how it might have seemed like a clever idea in theory, but it's mostly just annoying and unpleasant. 2 feels too low for an album that has some songs that I genuinely really loved, but taken as whole... I really like the cover, it's got good composition, good color, and it's appropriate for the content of the record, it's a 4/5 for me.
not my kind of music either, too slow and repetitive, might have been interesting when it came out but is boring to listen to now.
Not as good as the earlier albums, not really enjoyed
This album might be the second worst thing to happen in 2001. 2/5
Who hurt you?
é a banda mais superestimada do mundo, não tem jeito.....
Im confused why this is on the list?
I do not like Radiohead. Stop making me listen to Radiohead.
Radiohead is not for me.
Bland and forgettable compared to some of their brilliant earlier albums. Credit to them for trying different musical styles on the album but ultimately doesn’t produce a great or even memorable record
Not a radishes fan, he sounds whiny the whole way througj
Not a huge fan of Radiohead when this album came out, they are just a bit too electronic and mellow for my taste. Thom Yorke's voice also used to annoy me. I don't mind their first two albums but their later stuff has always just been bad too me. I think now that I'm two decades removed from Radiohead and not being forced to listen to them all the time, I can appreciate it a bit more. I still would never choose to put it on but I can see the artistry in the album. I think they deserve all the accolades but that doesn't mean I like them. After about halfway through this album it became almost unbearable for me.
Probably least favorite out of all radiohead releases
Still don't get it with radiohead
This is like the stoner parts of Pink Floyd minus the good music. 2 stars or D-.
Not one of Radiohead’s best moments. A couple of good tracks though.
Not into it
I don't really get why this would be critically acclaimed. I can only imagine what it was like to be a Radiohead fan from the beginning and to run out and get this. Shocked and disappointed would be just the beginning. This sucks.
This is definitely not Radiohead’s best work. I feel like I’ve heard of a solid amount of their albums and I haven’t heard of this one. Given its proximity to big albums like OK Computer and Kid A, you’d think I would have. Listening to this album, I can see why. It’s just not very memorable. It goes on and on and it kinda sucks.
This is not an album someone having dark thoughts should listen to. Soooo depressing. I like a few of RadioHeads songs and none are on this album. I do not get the hype.
Very down beat, it was ok.
Accidentally lost my place on the album and couldn't work out which song was playing. They are all the same
Look man I think that the "good" Radiohead albums are overrated, you bet I don't care about this crap. 4/10
Another day, another Radiohead record
I don’t think I had the correct drugs available at 7am. Sounds like an artifact from a time capsule, left by a cult.
Resto de música do kid a
Pretty alright
Poo
Not my favorite Radiohead record
Not radioheads greatest album glasshouses and I might be wrong probably my stand out songs.
Te vaag en experimenteel voor mij
This was much better than Kid A, and helped with work focus due to the low fi beats. As reminded me of Jack's school friend Harry's music
Chato pra caralho
This album perfectly encapsulated how I feel about post-Ok Computer Radiohead. Totally forgettable and at times, annoying.
5/10 - some good initial songs and then it starts to draw itself out and becomes whiny
No había escuchado este disco de Radiohead. Es de una época en que me despegué de su música. No sé si ni siquiera he oído alguno de sus temas en la radio. Pues muy aburrido, nada que destacar al menos hoy en día.
I didn't really give this album a fair go but it's just not my vibe, nothing stuck out.
Fine. I don’t really care for radiohead.
I'm usually one to rag on Radiohead, but this time.....yeah it's no different. I wish I had amnesia and could forget this album. Only thing it'd be good for is being put to sleep. Granted, it's not unlistenable, so I can't give it one star.
No extra points for pretentiousness, unfortunately, and I just can't with this man's voice. Lots and lots of this album sound like local studio jams that show flashes of brilliance, but nothing inherently cohesive or enjoyable.
Nö
Listen, I get it alright, Radiohead is a good band and they are influential. But this just ain't for me man.
Not a fan of this album at all
Kone musaa hidasta pointitonta.
A fair amount of diversity, but I've never been enthralled with this band and this album didn't change that.
Love several of their albums, but not this one...kind of an incoherent mess.
First Radiohead album experience and it was...fine? I had convinced myself, from bits and pieces of songs I had heard, that Radiohead is not a band I would like and this album didn't do anything to change that belief.
How about an album of B sides from an experimental ambient album? How about no.
For someone really only familiar with Radiohead via their radio played singles, this album came as a surprise. It's a lot more electronic than I would have expected, and ends on a nice jazzy note. That said, I found it a bit too slow paced.
zeurderige zang
I think I would like this without the vocals
Love Radiohead but this is not my favorite by them. A little too out there with the experimental sounds, especially the processed vocals on Thom.
I can appreciate the artistry gone into this album but i think the vision is lost on me. although, special mention to life in a glasshouse, enjoyed that one.
Did not listen to the entirety.
Very moody, ambient and a bit industrial sounding album, which leads you in some melancholic state. Not the "Emo-Type"-Way. More like a mature feeling emptiness. Will not be my favorite Radiohead -Album.
Heard it before. No matter how many tries I give Radiohead I just don't get their music other than the first 3 albums. Everything after OK Computer is just a bunch of incoherent sounds to me. Creep is genuinely better than this whole album (shoutout to Knives Out tho because it's the only song on this album that sounds like a song and it's one of my favourites from Radiohead) 2/5
I kind of found this one a little boring
6/10 Not bad, decent just pure cardboard and some experimental awful sounding shit..
Not as good as In Rainbows. Has some interesting moments, but more filler.
The pinnacle of pretension
Love Radiohead but this is too weird
Very Radiohead sounding album, they are clearly exploring the sounds and landscape they created. By not going beyond the bounds of their own country, I didn't find much to be memorable from the album.
Whole bunch of nothing. Liked the earlier Radiohead album I got more.
it was ok, i like their other albums more
Radiohead. Again. 5th album for me. Alas, just one more to endure on this list. A bit less whiny, there were some moments that caught my ear for a second, but that passed fast. Dull and boring most of the time.
Radiohead est-il le groupe le plus overrated de l'histoire de la musique ? Je pourrais pas donner de jugement définitif, mais objectivement oui.
I have never really understood the intensity with which Radiohead fans will scream at you about how good Radiohead is. It was fine. Some of the musical aspects were pretty cool, some jazz inspired instrumentals. I am not a fan of the kind of "droning" singing style of this album. It felt like all the lyrics were long, droning notes, and sad sounding. Overall, just pretty boring.
I like Radiohead, but they lost me on this one. Knives Out prevents one single star.
On another day I would probably rate this higher because it’s still radiohead, but today I had joy in my heart and this album robbed me of it.
Snoozer for me. 2/5
Radiohead is probably the best of the Britpop bands but still this album is not the best. It’s just ok I guess, I’d never listen to it again
This band is so weird, sometimes its not bad and sometimes its nothing
Well this is a heavy start to the week, Radiohead, oh boy. In all seriousness I do enjoy some Radiohead, Rainbows I think is a masterpiece, it remains to be seen if this album with follow suite. The album starts off with a sort of trance, digital track, robotic in a way, the droaning on repetitive lyrics aren't really what I look for in a Radiohead track so can't say it's a good start. Pyramid song is a little better, piano backed by the occasional string section and sound segment, honestly a beautiful sounding track, with lyrics that seem to describe someone passing on. By the third track I can tell this album isn't going to be Radiohead's most lyrically strong album, you and who's army is musically very well put together but lacking in the lyrics department. Dollars and Cents is actually quite lyrically sound, when you can hear what the fuck he's talking about, the backing reverberated yells, screams and heavy strings section tend to drown out the compelling lyrics talking about life in modern society. I'd like to say the album stays consistent from there but it doesn't, each track seems a little out of place and like it just didn't fit into a previous album so they stuck them all in one. Overall, not one of Radiohead's shining stars of musical brilliance and if I need to listen to a good Radiohead album, I'll stick with Rainbows and Kid A. 2.2/5 MTW Fucking hell it's a Monday morning, have a day off. I actually really like Radiohead, 'Let Down' on OK Computer is one of my favourite tracks of all time, they are objectively a very talented and socially relevant band. That being said, I am very apprehensive to call this an album to listen to before you die ? Amnesiac doesn’t come close to Kid A in terms of quality, passion, artistic courage or originality. Amnesiac is a combination of a few great songs that wouldn’t have fit with the textures and themes of Kid A, one or two mildly interesting pieces weakened by inappropriate embellishments, a couple of less-than-successful electronic experiments, one completely unnecessary do-over and another nominee for the worst thing Radiohead ever did. HOWEVER, from a purely musical standpoint Amnesiac strikes a cunning and rewarding balance between experimentation and quality control. It's hardly easy to digest but nor is it impossible to swallow. Its lapses into self-indulgence - the grinding noise of Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, the overlong Like Spinning Plates - are occasional and slight and massively overshadowed by its surfeit of haunting musical shifts and unconventional melodies. Alas, it's not my favourite, and honestly Yorke's very whiney voice is simply exhausting when sober and not feeling particularly self-deprecating (yet). 2.9/5 - HF xo
pretty good, kinda quirky, not my fav though tbh
I have a bipolar relationship with Radiohead in the sense that I consider "OK Computer" one of the best albums of its time but I'm reluctant to call myself a Radiohead ""fan"" when I listen to work like these. For the whole 47:57, I kept on thinking, "Man, what if they included The Auteurs or Longpigs instead?" Even Kurt Cobain's home recordings were desirable in the moment.