Reviews (page 11 of 14)
This album is frustrating. I've never really gotten into Radiohead in the past (listened to OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows at least once each), but I figure the passage of some time since then and changing tastes has inclined me towards really appreciating their abilities. Almost every song has this brilliant and beautiful spirit behind the instruments, the synthesizers, the sounds, but often I feel like there's not any direction it goes other than that spirit. The album as a whole also kind of slogs it's way through, despite individual songs that will blow me away. Given the background of how this album is kind of like a B side to Kid A, it doesn't seem surprising this is the result. All of that in mind though, there's a lot I appreciate and connect with on this album, and it seems like their other albums were more directly inspired, and so I feel that the likelihood I'll connect with their big albums is higher.
Brilliant and underrated work in the formidable Radiohead canon.
Was I already depressed. Not quite sure
Oof. "Pyramid Song". The creative concept behind "Pull/Pull" intrigued me and made me want to experiment with spoken word+ tech. Haunting lyrics and delivery, soaring vocals, experimental instrumentation, balanced production. I love this, but recognise that the moods evoked are not for every person/every moment. Radiohead does beautiful dark chaos very well.
I've listened to a few Radiohead albums, and easily gotten lost in the delicate framework given by Radiohead. It's never really fully gelled for me. I can see the craft and beauty though. It's a music for late night driving along darkened roads thinking profound thoughts. Interesting. Spiritual and engaging. Not quite 4 stars.
This was quite a mix of sounds and genres. I'm not really sure what to think about it. I didn't love or hate it; I think I was mostly confused by it.
After getting totally obsessed with Radiohead this year, this was still one of the albums I hadn't spent much time with. It was pretty decent but I feel like Radiohead albums need to simmer and be listened to many times before you can really appreciate them. I didn't like this one nearly as much as I like Kid A, OK Computer, and In Rainbows but it was still pretty good. Pyramid Song is incredible and definitely the star of the album.
Brilliant. I love the mixing of sounds, instruments, effects, etc. the album kind of starts and ends the same with deeps electronic sounding reverb and deeper beats and then kind of breaks down to more simplistic songs in the middle, only to build back up again. But it never changes in mood or vibe. It’s melancholy and minor throughout, but never lacks in feeling or emotion. It also feels like a culmination of everyone that came before (Pink Floyd > The Velvet Underground > My Bloody Valentine) and then a blueprint for what came next (Sigur Ros > Arcade Fire > Muse). Kind of a pivot point for a lot of indie and modern post rock post punk music. I loved it! My only knock, is that I get a bit fatigued by the end. It’s a little sad, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Some of the best songs ever written are sad songs. One of my favorite lines from Almost Famous “great art is about conflict and pain and guilt and longing and love disguised as sex, and sex disguised as love.”
Good vibes, nice atmosphere. Revisit? Maybe
For me Radiohead started with "Ok Computer" and ended with "Kid A". It was Karma Police and Paranoid Android that acted as my gateway drug to Radiohead. Ok Computer is the only Radiohead-album I own. Later I discovered Creep (from Pablo Honey) and Fake Plastic Trees (from The Bend). I remember one of my best friends trying to push Kid A on me, but somehow the album did'nt connect with me. I haven't really followed Radiohead since. I really enjoyed listening to Amnesia. Among my top tracks is "Pyramid Song" and "You and Whose Army?" which have theese old radiohead-vibes, where the mourning tone of the tracks just keeps lingering. The track "I Might Be Wrong" is also kinda cool. I've been listening alot to the Danish band Kashmir. And while I was listening to Amnesia it hit me, how heavy influenced Kashmir is from Radiohead. Kashmirs album "Zitilites" has crazy radiohead-vibes.
Do I….like a Radiohead album???? Ew, I hate this for me. But also, I’m a sucker for a drum machine and a groove, and there’s a lot of that here. When it’s back to our regularly-scheduled boring moan sessions, though, I’m out, and yeah, half this record is still that, and I hate it. But I like half a Radiohead album! There’s hope for me still!!
This is such a great album, and probably my favorite from them. Pyramid Song takes the cake.
I was a big Radiohead fan in highschool. A couple of years ago, I tried to do a Radiohead discography run for nostalgia's sake and gave up during Kid A. It was summer and the vibe wasn't right. I haven't really listened to them since, except for having "Hail to the Thief" come up on the generator a few weeks ago. (outside of this project, I'm in a bit of a disco/Funk era). All that to say, I didn't know how I was going to feel about this album after having not listened to it in about 15 years. I put it on for my drive in to work and by the opening notes of "Pyramid Song" I was in love again. There's a lot of variety on this album, glitchy Electronica, piano ballads, guitar moments that are heavy and menacing and light and jangly, oh and some jazz trumpet. Somehow, it all flows together. It has a groggier version of the same heady psychological effect for me that "loveless" had. Here, the dense production and desultory tracklisting gives the feeling of just waking up and trying to remember a dream (nightmare) that is fading or coming up from anesthesia - a very heavy high.
Rating: 7.5/10 Very good album overall. It is far from Radiohead's best, not as catchy, focused, interesting nor creative as much of their discography. Even though this sounds like Kid A leftovers, it can be special at times. There are many great moments but the lows are some of the band's worst material. Favorite songs: Packt Like Sardines, You And Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Hunting Bears, Life In a Glasshouse. Worst song: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors.
Solid. Good to listen to kinda background as it's sometimes a drone. Nice sounds
When I first heard the piano syncopation of "Pyramid Song" it was a random mash of chords and atmosphere; when the drums kicked it, it all made beautiful sense. Thom Yorke's vocals are ethereal and haunting, as they are on "Like Spinning Plates" as well. Though there is the meandering industrial soundscape of "Pulk, Pull Revolving Doors", it is more likely that a structured song is hidden amongst the sparse instrumentation and beats of "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" and "I Might Be Wrong." Amnesiac successfully infuses electronica into what is essentially guitar rock with the guitar removed. "Morning Bell/Amnesiac" is another version of "Morning Bell" on Kid A, and what I imagine was probably closest to the original writing of the song. "Life In A Glasshouse" first turned me on to appreciate jazz clarinet; they never sounded like that when playing "Louie, Louie" in marching band! "You and Whose Army?" is especially good live, where Thom taunts the audience in an "audience vs. Radiohead" showdown before the epic climb. Bonus points for pushing the boundaries of their genre, again, again.
Perfect for wallowing in the impotent melancholy of the digital age.
I feel like this is one of Radiohead's more digestible albums. Pyramid Songs, Dollars and Cents and I Might Be Wrong are standouts for me.
Very versatile and cinematic
This is an era of Radiohead I think of as “shoulder” Radiohead.
Radiohead - but Jazzy?
Oh man, this album came out in my grade 11 year and I loved it!
What a weird album. Very experimental but there were a few songs I did really enjoy. I’ve always wanted to get into Radiohead but I’m not sure this was the album for me to start off with.
Weird yet accessible. 5.0/5.0: Iconic
Love this album!
Radiohead is also that band for me that has a bunch of cool songs then a bunch of gobbledygook. This is one of the better albums imo.
Still cannot understand why these guys are so famous
# Playlist track - You and Whose Army? # Notes - I have the strong impression that this is one of those albums that are *hard* to listen. You need to give it time and attention. Play through a few times. You'll *earn* the right to delight on it. - Not having the time or energy for that right now, it's just a disjointed, weird listening experience. With some excellent moments interwoven with a lot of senseless wailing and depression.
Liked it way more than I thought I would.
Meh. It’s ok. There is a pretentiousness to this whole era of Radiohead.
3/5. I do enjoy most of the songs on here, and it has a nice mix of the rock and experimental. Plus the experimental stuff is actually enjoyable to listen to. I think Yorke's voice sounds a little weak on the album, but only because it kind of stays in the same range of energy on each song. A little sassy and sad at the same time. It's not a bad album but it does make me want to listen to other albums more. It's definitely a B-Sides album. Best Song: Pyramid Song, I Might BE Wrong, Life In a Glasshouse
I don't care what everyone else says about this album, you can't replace the vocals with a trump and suddenly just change the game. The vocals and style are a critical part of the sound and it blends great. I would like to see some more trumpet overall but I must say that three times a day. This album was pretty good. I prefer some of their other work but liked the listen.
When I saw Radiohead come up today, I just wasn't looking forward to the listen. This might be my favorite Radiohead album so far, but I stand by what I said last time. I'd like to hear it with the vocals replaced by a trumpet.
Found it a bit of effort to get through Favourite: Life In a Glasshouse
Very Radiohead many wow
Raro. Bueno.
4+ Pyramid Song, Knives Out
No es mi favorito.
Angsty, pensive, paranoid,
Melancholic, pensive and dramatic. Driving music. Too sad boy for me.
kid b, es un grower xq al inicio no me gustaba tanto, hoy creo que es top5 de radiohead
TTPD para los alternatives traumados, ta bien I guess
Feels like Proto-King of the limbs. A lot of electronic elements, but very cool spacey sounds. Fav track: I might be Wrong
I enjoyed listening to it but it's a bit... Boring.
Someone in their review compared Radiohead's critical lauding to the Emperor's New Clothes and I think that sums up my feelings perfectly. Doesn't work for me. Also this is my fifth Radiohead album. Please make it stop.
I still just can’t get Radiohead
Today I learned that Amnesiac was essentially a Kid A leftovers album. It makes a lot of sense too, as it has very similar atmosphere and instrumentation, particularly compared with the pre-Kid A Radiohead sound. It also explains why this is a bit of a loose and inconsistent record. In places it soars and touches the highs of its predecessors but it doesn’t feel as coherent or rewarding a listen.
Pretty great, honestly. It’s like the brother to Kid A. It has all the positives of Kid A IMO. But is it better than Kid A? I don’t think so. While it has all the positives, it pails in comparison to it. Still pretty good listen though.
No es mi favorito.
Easily 4 stars, maybe even 5. Classic modernistic ambient rock, melancholy to the max, moody as all get go. Makes the room it's playing in sound like my inner dialogue humming to itself. Yeh man, play it on repeat.
ASSSS
3
Better than all hail the thief. More electronic. I get why people hate Thom's voice but like, c'mon, Radiohead is iconic.
Haunting and beautiful. Life In a Glass House is one of my favorite songs.
great album, liked the jazz elements. liked the chaos and the melancholic sadness... i mean its radiohead lmaooo i messed in rainbows rating up it should also be a 4 star album just for the record! at least
Moody mild music, a bit boring and whiny. Stand-out: Dollars and Cents
- noises. go noises. [same affect as sports go sport] - it is a very foggy wet day and i think this album melds well with that. very reflective. obviously, it's radiohead, but anyways (pyramid song) - crunchy. often i chew on music but i think this is chewing on me (pulk/pull) - just a superb album. don't think i'd ever listened to a whole radiohead album the instrumentation is just so great and the production is tres cool - maybe i'm just used to listening to way overproduced music, but it was so specific with it. - will listen to again. - 4/5
genius
Still, still, still not OK Computer. A weak Radiohead album.
Tied for my all time favorite band. 6/5
awesome sauce v close to 5 stars
Not as pop friendly, but the journey of the album is fantastic.
This is a very dreary and bleak album. Not a fan.
I couldnt nearly get through this. It’s so messy and uninspiring. 2/5 Not a fan
Three or four works of genius, but some knob twiddling too - not quite the peak of their output
Just don't get it
Album was pretty out there. I’ve enjoyed some of the Radiohead albums, but this one was just a little too eccentric for me. Didn’t think it was bad, just a little much. 3.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
They bore me. Some great songs but I've never got into them and at this stage that boat has sailed
I mean, yeah, fine. Radiohead has never been my bag.
Nine Inch Nails is the flipside of this coin i feel. Its funny that all the songs i knew were my least favorite ones on this listen. Still not a Radiohead fan but some of this is interesting.
Best b sides album
As a Radiohead fan, my relationship with their music is one of deep admiration, punctuated by moments of sheer awe at their brilliance. I love Thom Yorke's distinctive vocals, though I'll be the first to admit that delving into their music requires a certain frame of mind—a readiness to be immersed in their complex emotional and musical layers. "Amnesiac," while a notable entry in Radiohead's discography, doesn't quite ascend to the top of my list of favourite albums from the band. That's not to say "Amnesiac" is devoid of gems. "Pyramid Song" and "I Might Be Wrong" shine brightly. Those tracks serve as reminders of why Radiohead holds a special place in my heart, even if this particular album doesn't quite capture the entirety of my admiration like some of their other works. Interestingly, my affinity for Radiohead isn't anchored to the widely acclaimed "OK Computer"—an album many fans and critics regard as their magnum opus. To me, Radiohead's brilliance doesn't cluster around just one album; their most captivating tracks are scattered throughout all of their albums. Favourite Tracks: Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong
scary album am considering not listening through the entire thing as to not ruin my day this early. brb though
Very good album by a favorite band. Probably 4/5.
This is a bit of a mixed bag for me. There's some absolute gems in here like Pyramid Song, but then it has some absolute bullshit in there too. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors I can't figure out if it's them being pretentious or if they're actively taking the piss. It doesn't have the cohesiveness and grandeur of Kid A, and plenty of the album is just a bit miserable and flat. 2.5 rounded down.
Not a radiohead fan
Overall didn’t really enjoy the album. The style wasn’t for me and Thom’s voice felt particularly whiny. Liked some songs such as You And Whose Army and Life In A Glasshouse. Much prefer The Bends and OK Computer.
already listened to this one Kid a 2 Maybe 3 not my fav tho it has some bangers
Things I remembered upon listening: * the piano intro to "Pyramid Song" * the brief sigh of airy, drumless respite during "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" * pretty much all of "Morning Bell/Amnesiac" (which probably say something) * the guitar sound on "Hunting Bears" The rest was lost to the years, if I ever remembered it at all. I do really like the artwork, though. Bonus star for that.
I just don't get it. I know lots of people are just crazy about this stuff, but I just don't get it. I hate everything about it.
No thanks.
Again, it feels like I am supposed to like this more than I do. I'm starting to think I just don't like Radiohead, which surprises me based on the albeit few songs I had heard before starting this project. Still don't get the hype, still I don't hate it.
Mucho sonic experimentation, although something of a disappointment, the same way "Kid A" was in some quarters for those whose expectations had been raised sky-high by "OK Computer". When it works, it works ("I Might be Wrong", "Pyramid Song") but when it becomes self-indulgent, it's a little alienating. Overall: not uninteresting.
So I'm familiar with OK Computer. I was never overly impressed and never understood the comparisons to Pink Floyd. Pyramid Song could have been Neil Young. The album is a little trippy. Much of it feels like atmospheric filler with mumbled lyrics. It wasn't a very good trip. Were they trying to fill out a record label contract? The opening riff from Knives out sounds like one of their hits. Amnesiac indeed , utterly forgettable. Glasshouse is brutal. 2*
Day88 - i think radiohead is one of those bands that you love or hate. i don’t love them
3.5 stars. Has a dark and downer theme but melodic and could land well if I'm in the right mood for it. Standouts for me are "You and Whose Army?" and "I Might Be Wrong".
I'd never heard this Radiohead album before but it was great in that it sounded very Radiohead-y. In particular I liked "I Might Be Wrong" and "Knives Out."
Quite dark and atmospheric, as can be expected from Radiohead. I hadn't spun this album before, as far as I recall I've only previously heard Pyramid Song. Pulk/Pull Revolving doors was .... weird? Not my favourite Radiohead album so far of the project - The Bends moved me in a way the Amnesiac hasn't - but it's still worth a listen.
Enjoyable but few songs really stood out. It feels like the B-side of KidA which is apparently is what this album is.
Not my favorite Radiohead album, definitely interesting that’s for sure Top tracks: Life In A Glasshouse
Este sí, pero cuántos llevamos de Radiohead? No será mucho?
Superb album, so many classics in my opinion. Not there best album but all are so swell
I'm sure I'll finally get (like REALLY get) Radiohead one day, and I'm sure it'll be with the help of this list, but it's definitely not with the help of this album. Maybe better headphones? A dark room? The right assistant?
I am finding that Radiohead albums take multiple listens for me and this was my first for this record. I need to come back and listen again
This is a perfectly Radiohead album. Which is to say it has some really nice instrumental work with Thom Yorke whining and wailing. That said I’m starting to understand this band even if I don’t pray at the altar like their fans do.
Kinda weird
Kinda boring
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Way better than I anticipated
Love Radiohead, and this album is great, but this I don't think this is their best work. The album feels super melancholic (as expected) but was not feeling any individual song that much aside from 'You And Whose Army'. This comment makes me feel like I'm bashing it, but this album is still great, just not their best work in my opinion. Solid 4 maybe 5/5
instrumental?
B+ Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box 3 Pyramid Song 5 Pull / Pulk Revolving Doors 2 You And Whose Army? 5 I Might Be Wrong 4 Knives Out 4 Morning Bell / Amnesiac 5 Dollars And Cents 4 Hunting Bears 3 Like Spinning Plates 3 Life In A Glasshouse 5 This was my favorite Radiohead album for a while, but it's not as good as a few others. Still great. You And Whose Army? and Life In A Glasshouse are two of my favorite Radiohead tracks.
Space out
I don't have very much to say about this Radiohead album at all. A lot of the material here was recorded alongside their previous, more renowned, and acclaimed album "Kid A", and yeah it sounds like it. I'll be the first to say I don't find Thom Yorke's vocals on this thing enjoyable. His crooning style I think does better to tie the entire album together than it does to make specific songs stand out. I think this album is a holistic experience and probably Radiohead's most isolated, and almost unsettling album (as far as I remember). The electronic instrumentals return here and work quite well to build atmospheric, bleak, and very damp atmospheres. Sometimes, the experimentation is at the forefront like in the song "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors". On many other songs though, the instrumentation, and music in general, feels stagnant, almost like you're floating aimlessly in a void. It's quite a soothing effect, and this album as a whole is very soothing and comforting. I think some great examples of this are the songs "Pyramid Song" and "You and Whose Army?". When it comes to the guitars, they're hypnotic like on the more direct "Knives Out", one of my personal favorites here. The string synths that appear on the song "Dollars and Cents" also nicely help paint a void-like image. The jazz-inspired closer is probably the most interesting thing here, with highly melodramatic lyrics. It's a grand closer. So yeah I mean that's all I can say about this. Maybe I'm just not in the mood to enter this album's embrace. While I do enjoy its more daring and electronic-driven moments, I think this is one of their more milder and uninteresting albums, and I just can't jive with Thom's singing here. With that said though, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Radiohead album more pillowy, soft, and spacious.
Finally some Radiohead, I've been waiting awhile. I actually wasn't really familiar with this album at all, so this is new for me. I think this is generally really good but is also somewhat hit-and-miss. The album comes off a bit disjointed to me. The first song is pretty electronic-heavy, then "Pyramid Song" comes second and it's awesome, then "Pulk/Pull" is a bit on the experimental side. Then there's a really great three song stretch with "You And Whose Army", "I Might Be Wrong", and "Knives Out". I also loved the last song "Life In a Glasshouse", it pulls it all together super well and the trumpet is a nice touch. This is their fifth album and it's after The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A, so they were a huge deal at this point already. I guess this came out the year after Kid A and mostly was recorded at the same time. It seems like a lot of the people who don't like this seem to knock it as the "b-sides from Kid A". That seems a bit overly harsh, but I also haven't listened to the full Kid A yet. I really enjoyed this overall and there were a number of awesome songs on here, but it also felt a bit all over the board and left me wanting a bit. I do think this is one that's a bit hard to fully get on one listen, so my feelings might change a bit. Overall a really strong album though, and I'm excited for more Radiohead. Favorite song: Pyramid Song Other: Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box, You And Whose Army, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Dollars and Cents, Life In a Glasshouse 3/22/24
Langweilig... Britpop mit experimentellem Ansatz
2/10. Not for me
I'll probably get in trouble for this one, but I've just never been able to get in to Radiohead. This is a very chill album, great to have on in the background. But if Benadryl made a sound, this would be it.
A fun thing that Radiohead can do: record two nearly perfect albums at the same time and then, like, just hold off on releasing one of them for a year because why not.
I could see why people would like it but I didn’t really care for it.
I don’t understand why there is more than 1 Radiohead album on this list. I feel like if you have heard one you’ve pretty much heard them all. You either like them or you don’t why I would need to hear more than one of their albums before I die I do not understand.
Radiohead is radiohead
basically a continuation of Kid A, so much so that they recently released both of them together. Pyramid Song and Knives Out are excellent standouts. A logical next step from OK Computer although some wanted more rock like Pablo Honey.
This isn't my favorite Radiohead. While I appreciate the musicianship, it's just a little bit too much moaning for my tastes.
I don't understand the obsession with radiohead. They have a few good songs, sure, but I don't think any of them are on this album.
I was borderline going to go with a 4 here just because my standards for Radiohead are astronomically high. But that's bullshit because it's all relative. I gave Ice-T a 4 yesterday which by definition means Radiohead is a 5. Here's the thing. You may be a "musician" - some of us are. But you can't play Pyramid Song. Yet I've seen these guys do it live and they are brilliant. Thom is up there with Prince as a multi instrumentalist. Radiohead's talent is epic.
Everything sounds dark, eerie and creepy. Vocals sound like a cat in heat. Not many bands, if any, can pull this shit off. Summary — luv it!
From Pablo Honey to this in 4 moves. Bold move Cotton!
Just the right amount of experimentation. Love the jazziness!
I'm not very familiar with Radiohead's electronic era (I haven't listened to Kid A either outside of two songs), and I don’t normally like electronica. That being said, something about Radiohead just resonates with me. Every album that I've heard is a transcendent, almost out-of-body experience. It just takes me to a place, a mood, a headspace that not a lot of other music can.
A few great songs and great moments throughout but not a great album
Very avant garde and artsy. Of course this is what I expected. The guitars are good, the singer is a great writer but definitely different.
2001 Experimental rock, electronica, alternative rock Standouts: Pyramid Song, Knives Out 3.5
heard this album a few times before and gave it a 7/10. on relisten its honestly a really interesting album. maybe not as cohesive as kid a but better than i remembered. 8/10
The least commercial thing you could imagine, ironically helping propel them to become one of the biggest bands in the world. This is pure we-don't-care-about-success, capital-A Art, and it is brilliant.
Before listening: I don't want to do this at all. I'm tired of Radiohead and yes, I am one of those classless people who enjoyed The Bends and OK Computer. In fact, those two albums are some of my favourites all time. After that, well I don't know what the fuck happened. I'm almost certain I won't enjoy this album. There won't be a hook or a chorus anywhere and yet, I'm the asshole for not "getting it". I'm sick of Radiohead and I don't feel bad saying that. After listening: I was right. This was boring and I didn't get it at all. There was zero enjoyment for me and I'd rather listen to Yoko Ono wail into a hat than listen to this again. I hope I get a good album tomorrow and not this experimental trash.
First time with this album and I can see it growing on me even more. It's got a more chill vibe and the jazz influence on a few track adds a nice little extra.
so this is my first real experience listening to radiohead after hearing people rave about them for years. i can't say i really knew what to expect, but i knew that this is not one of the albums i hear people rave about. and... i liked it. it's nice. i like the production on it especially. it can be a bit sparce at points and that's cool. i was not totally blown away, but i got an inkling of why people like radiohead so much.
In 2021, Radiohead did what I had (and many others had--I created an MP3 disc that had all the things, so I could listen front to back) and released Kid A Mnesia, which encompassed both albums and assorted extras. This is relevant only insofar that, for me, it is damn near impossible to think of either as individual albums, but rather part of a larger artistic statement. But here I am. And feeling a bit wistful. I remember thinking that both of these albums were capital "A" "Alternative", in A&R parlance, a synthesis of all that was cool and cutting edge in the 90s thrown in a blender with Berlin-Era Bowie. And I also remember wondering if this was as much weirdness as the mainstream would allow. Shortly after, "Garage Rock" happened, with its raw stylings, consciously primal blues stomp-pastiche and notably, beats that should've generated tons of scratch for Hunt Sales if sampling rules applied to live performance. Concurrently, Radiohead-esque groups, diluting the above weirdness into Air Supply quality schmaltz for suburban moms who used to be edgy, continued apace, coat-tail riding it all the way to the Super Bowl. This is not artifact of place and time; it remains compelling, beautiful, terrifying, dystopic, more of a warning or prophecy. It promises nothing, and delivers everything. We find ourselves its world, confused, disheartened, the binary of simulacra and simulation smashed, the sign and the signifier, scrambled. The truth of no truth, and the human resignation that we must move forward.
For some reason I thought I’d gotten all of the Radiohead albums that’d be on this list so this was a very pleasant surprise today. Of all of the “good” Radiohead albums this one is probably the one I overlook the most for some reason. I don’t know why because it’s fucking great. It not only proves that kid a wasn’t a fluke but that they knew how to do even more with their new electronic sound by making it more aggressive, more futuristic, and even more orchestral in some places. I’ve always liked knives out and you and whose army while being generally positive about pyramid song but this listen I really gained a new appreciation for the first track and I might be wrong.
Never listened to a Radiohead album all the way through. Some songs were alright, others sounded like generic experimental rock.
I know people my age are supposed to be obsessed with Radiohead, but I found this to be incredibly mediocre. There were a few bright spots (knives out, dollars and cents, life in a glasshouse), but the rest of this just felt like a mish mash of shit. It wasn’t terrible, so I’ll go 3.
This is basically Kid A - Part II, so other than the band being Radiohead I am a bit perplexed why this is in the book. If you hear Kid A, then you probably have heard this album as well. Anything Radiohead touches is gold, which I can understand, but among all of their great albums this one isn't the most revolutionary or notable. There are good songs on here, but it's the sound of studio tinkering and I miss some of the brilliance.
Sounds technically good Made me feel moody, a little anxious, blissful
amazing album, no bad songs
Kid B! I'm a reasonable man, get off my case. A staggeringly complex and important record from a band in one of its golden periods. Absolutely love this record!
Proof that not every album a band puts out is gold
Goated with the sauce
honestly, just what i needed today. 5/5
I like radiohead
I'm not a Radiohead stan (as the kids say these days), but I found more than a bit to like about Amnesiac. The album is chock full of brooding, jazzy, unsettling melodies, as well as soaring harmonies and strings. While some songs stood out as very strong (especially on the first half of the album), others--like "Morning Bell/Amnesiac" and "Like Spinning Plates"--do seem a bit like b-sides. One in particular sounds like it was written to be included on the end credits of a 2000s-era horror film ("Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors"). I have to be in the right mood to enjoy Thom Yorke's voice but I did so more often than not on Amnesiac (when it's not being run through a variety of weird filters). There are some legit great hooks on some of these songs, particularly I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out. The instrumental Hunting Bears has a beautiful simplicity to it, with its melodic, lonely guitar and short 2 minute run time. I enjoyed Amnesiac more than I thought I would, so I'm giving it 4 stars. Interesting Factoids from Wikipedia: *[Amnesiac] was recorded with producer Nigel Godrich in the same sessions as Radiohead's previous album Kid A (2000). Radiohead split the work in two as they felt it was too dense for a double album. *The strings, arranged by the guitarist Jonny Greenwood, were performed by the Orchestra of St John's and recorded in Dorchester Abbey, a 12th-century church close to Radiohead's studio. *The cover depicts a book cover with a weeping minotaur. The minotaur, a motif of the Amnesiac artwork, represents the "maze" Yorke felt he had become lost in during his depression after OK Computer; Donwood described it as a "tragic figure." Standout Tracks: Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Hunting Bears, Life in a Glasshouse
Dark and dramatically artsy-fartsy
No one else writes music like Radiohead. So affecting, such wild chord progressions, such sonic landscapes.
This album is a collection of songs recorded during the Kid A sessions, which is fairly obvious immediately from the production style. As a result it naturally draws comparisons to that masterpiece, and I feel it differs in two significant ways: First, the overall quality of songs. This is an album that suffers from a phenomenon we’ve seen quite a few times in this project where the first half is almost perfect and the second half is almost totally forgettable. Some of my favorite Radiohead songs are on this album, and as I was getting through I Might Be Wrong I was seriously mad at myself for the preconceived notions I had about this record — I thought *I* might be wrong having written it off all these years! Then Knives Out is just ok (in my opinion) and the rest of the record I didn’t care about until the closing track. Feels like this could’ve been an EP instead of putting out a full length release to capitalize on the success of Kid A. The second difference is that this doesn’t have the same care put into sequencing that other Radiohead records have. It doesn’t feel like an album so much as a collection of songs. It is painfully obvious that these are just the “best of the rest” as opposed to songs that were chosen specifically to ebb and flow with the others on the record. It is a largely disjointed and unfocused outing, normally something I don’t care a ton about but it does stand out as irregular in Radiohead’s discography. I have high standards for them because I love them so much! So overall? Pretty good. I’m going to spin that first half like crazy. Top tracks: Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, You And Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Life In A Glasshouse
Couple bops on here. Sounds like it was made while making Kid A but not as good because it was. I’m glad they didn’t stick all of this on that album. Also why another Morning Bell?! That song is so good. Didn’t like this version though.
It’s interesting, but not their best work at all. I do think it’s more interesting than their earlier work
Oh man... Radiohead again
Wow I had Kid A last week and now it's companion Amnesiac! I think I like this one slightly better but both are awesome and as I mentioned in previous review if these were a double album that would be up there with best double albums ever!
Fine if I wanted to fall asleep
Love this album but it shouldn't be on this list. Especially not at the expense of Kid A/In Rainbows/the Bends
Previously rated: The Bends (2/5) In Rainbows (1/5) Hail To the Thief (1/5) Kid A (1/5) ************************* This has to be trolling, right? Either by the band selling this crap as music, or by this list including it as a joke. Monotonous droning over some repetitive beat. That's all this is. How many more albums do we have to listen to from this awful, awful band?
I hate to say it, but pretty much all of it is a little disappointing. The sounds feel far too distorted for my taste and there’s a lot of constant rumbling that makes my head hurt. The rest just feels depressing. Not their best. You and Whose Army? is a bit better (no longer feels like my brain wants to jump out of my head) but a bit meh.
8.2/10
Sounded like a lot like the other stuff I've heard before by Radiohead. I like their music and think it's objectively well made but to me it always feels a little forced. Definitely need to listen again to give a more thorough statement though
Easy listening but not much jumped out at me. Seemed jazzy, good background music and instrumentals but wasnt a fan of the singers voice as it seems monotone.
Reminder of why I never listen to them
- more electronic Radiohead but with a little more guitar - brings an uncomfortable vibe but that’s what they were going for - I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out - 3.5 but I’ll round up cuz it’s Radiohead
- they just got too artsy after Ok Computer - the musicianship is still top notch but it feels wasted
i really really like radiohead but this one… i just dont get it
I need to listen to this a bit more to fully appreciate it I think.
They can create some amazing ethereal tracks and I love that about them. I Might Be Wrong is killer. If I was a rapper I would loop that shit and gladly accept all of the awards. Every track isn't a classic, but at least they give you something to feel, something to listen actively to. A really, really good album. 4/5
The weather outside is frightful. Apocalyptic, dark and windy, at 10:00 am. The music is delightful. This album is just what I needed this morning. Thanks, Tom Yorke and Radiohead.
Really easy listening. Chill vibes music. Definitely great smoking music.
Cutting edge
I hated this when it came out because it didn't have enough guitars on it. Now I love it because it doesn't have enough guitars on it. I think Radiohead's best album exists in the gray space between this and Kid A; they're both a little patchy but some really good songs do the heavy lifting. Here, it's "Pyramid Song," which breaks my heart a little more every time I hear it.
That is was pretty fantastic, I hadn’t heard Radiohead’s earlier music outside of ‘Creep’ on the radio but it is easy to see how OK Computer and Kid A came from the same band that made this album.
Decent
This one was interesting. I listened to it with earbuds, and I’m glad I did, I think I caught a lot of sonic details I otherwise would have missed. Again, this album suffers from Thom Yorks singing. I think the lyric writing was a bit better than the previous Radiohead albums, but it’s not amazing. Just decent. Despite this, there were some really enjoyable riffs (I Might Be Wrong). The whole album felt very experimental, and less like music and more of an experience. Like it was trying to convey specific emotion and a sense of going through something (Hunting Bears, Like Spinning Plates). I think the album name is spot on. Probably my favorite Radiohead album so far actually. 3.5
Not for me. PULK was awful.
Amnesiac is the first album (of only three!) that I was excited to listen to. Musically interesting, generally my jam, but pretty low key and gloomy. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'll listen again some time but rating it 3 out of 5.
Fantastic album! Easy listening (except for the highly unsettling ‘Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors’). My favourite songs are ‘Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box’, ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Morning Bell/Amnesiac’ (I much prefer this version to the one on Kid A). One to listen to many more times!
I don't have a lot to say about this one. It's a good enough Radiohead album, if not a particularly groundbreaking or moving one. Don't get me wrong, there are some nicely layered arrangements and solid musicianship, if delivered by way of a mostly dragging, funereal vibe. Fave Songs: I Might Be Wrong, Pyramid Song, Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box, Life in a Glasshouse, Hunting Bears, Knives Out
enjoyed it the most of the 6000 radiohead albums on this list
Niet bepaald Radioheads beste album als je het mij vraagt.
Very Radioheady, not my favorite but a fun listen.
Gute Instrumentalisierung, schöne production. Texted deep aber diese langgezogene art zu singen nervt etwas. Lieblingssongs Pulk pull revolving doors Knives out
I’ll give it 4. Not my usual taste but you can tell it was well made. Seems great for background trippy music. Not pleasant, not jarring, just sort of emotionally drawn. I imagine a black and white movie about a smoker living in a city
All timer
I liked this, but was still a huge disappointment
Disappointed by this one. Least favorite Radiohead project by far. Usually these guys hit but not this one. Sounded like songs rejected from kid a
Kid B-sides Just okay from them this time around.
Hadn't listened to that enough...
Meh
This used to be my favorite Radiohead album and I still think it's their most underrated. It's less focused than their best works, but that's kinda fun and it's almost nice to have the musical themes be somewhat looser. Hot take: Pyramid Song is a top 5 Radiohead track. I think objectively this is a weaker album than other Radiohead albums that might be on this list, but that doesn't mean it's still not one of the best albums of the 21st century.
listened, but nope
These here drowsy fellas with their droopy caterwaulin make some pretty impressive music that, incidentally, I never choose to hear on my own volition. It's not that I don't enjoy sad music, I certainly do enjoy sad songs, it's just that their brand is like drowning in a vat full of NyQuil. I mean, is that literally a drawing of a character crying on the album cover? Good God man cheer up! But that all said, I do enjoy them at times and they have some very brilliant, soulful moments. And they are nothing if not one of a kind.
Was never a huge Radiohead fan, but I appreciate them. This is a solid creative effort.
Krass, wie unterschiedlich die Titel sind, Genre und Instrumente. Stimmung ist eher leicht düster aber ok. Sind paar verrückte Stücke dabei und paar sehr solide.
Overrated
Standout: I Might Be Wrong. not my thing
Listen at: 16/02/2023
Like it 4/5
Not a fan at all. I have tried a few times with Radiohead, and Amnesiac does nothing to change my mind. The songs feel cold and distant, and vocally it leans into that fragile, almost whiny style that I struggle to connect with. After a few tracks it all starts to blur together. I understand that this period was about experimentation and pushing boundaries, but for me it feels more abstract than engaging. There is atmosphere, but very little warmth. It just does not move me in the way great albums should. Favourite track: None that truly grabbed me Least favourite: The overall tone feels repetitive and detached Album artwork: Dark, distinctive and memorable, even if the music does not land for me
This is just the sound of accepting lifelong disappointment. I was hoping, after the left turn of 'Kid A' that they had got that out of their system and would get back to making, you know, good, cohesive albums full of strong poignant original songs and only a bit of atmospheric and unsettling filler. It's time to let this hope go for me. Need to stop thinking if I put 'Hail to the Thief' or 'In Rainbows' on that I will finally click with them. I like all Radiohead's stuff, but I like it, respect it, don't love it. 'The Bends' and 'OK Computer' are just classics for me. Oh well it's not all wide of the mark, 'Pyramid Song' is indelibly linked in my mind with the events and outfall of the attacks of 2001, and looms with indecent gravity in my mind. I like 'Knives out' too. It's a serious and inventive album, and to be fair Radiohead have totally trodden their own path since, but they's never quite lived up to their promise. Possibly on purpose. I need to let them go, the next Radiohead album is never going to be the one.
I don’t know any of the songs on this one. Nevemrind, I recognize and enjoy Knives out. The rest is a little too experimental for me to enjoy. 2*. Sax on the last song was interesting.
obnoxious af
Way better than I thought this would be. Weird of me to describe but it just sounded like how Radiohead should sound. Rock/electronic/experimental. Everything about it sounded solid a really well produced.
Pyramid Song and Knives Out are alright but overall the vocals got the better of me in this one.
Alternative, 2001 -> 2
I fell in love with this one. I never listened much to them other than whats on the radio, now I have to go through their catalogue
Radiohead does sad music pretty well, maybe its closer to despair. Once in awhile is fine but a whole album? Nah, cant fault them for their musical contributions though!
Spooky depressing music. I loved it!
Buen album, demasiado experimental. Los temas mas mainstream son temones
My favorite Radiohead album as if you care
My second-to-least favorite Radiohead album, but still a decently high 3.5 stars off the strength of "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", "Knives Out", and "Morning Bell/Amnesiac", among a few others. 3.5/5
Gear: Aür Audio Aurora Mix (KID A MNESIA 2021): 🎧😘🤌 Musik: Das Album in diesem Moment gerade mal wieder zufrieden wippend zum dritten Kaffee auf/in den Ohren gehabt...Zufall!? - Ich glaube NICHT! Wertung: 🐳/5
Brilliant
Definitely not my favorite Radiohead album. This one really starts to drone on and all sounds the same for the most part. Very atmospheric overall.
So forgettable, just like every Radiohead record. Never worth the hype. It's all background music with a few moments of actual songs.
One of my all time favorite bands. There are some really strong tracks on here, but overall, this is not their strongest album - many tracks feel like b-sides or ideas. Radiohead's b-sides are better than most band's singles though.
Deze snap ik niet
Fantastic album! I could listen to Radiohead all day and night. True classic.
Radiohead was deeply overrated at their best. This collection of B sides that even they didn’t like was torturous to slug through. The only listenable track was the instrumental one.
Trash
I love Radiohead but this album is a little too electronic influenced for my tastes in general. There are some fantastic songs on it like Pyramid Song and Knives Out, but if I want to listen to Radiohead I’m probably not going to put this album on
Whilst I "appreciate" this band, I didn't enjoy listening to a whole album. Made me very gloomy. I liked the two singles, and a couple of others.
No longer a Radiohead virgin. It feels good.
Unlike anything else out there. Except for Kid A. Which is also a 5
Another excellent album from Radiohead. Love Knives Out, Pyramid Song. Didn't realize till today that it's Humphrey Lyttelton's band on Life In a Glasshouse.
4.1/10. It had some elements that I enjoyed but it was too slow and droned on too much for me
This is Radiohead's fifth studio album, containing a few of well known tracks like "Knives Out" and "Pyramid Song." The songs were recorded in the same sessions as their previous album, Kid A. As such, some have critiqued this album as a collection of "B Sides." The band members felt differently; they felt that the Kid A songs were a complete set, and these songs were from a different place than the Kid A material. Radiohead continued with their exploration of experimental alternative rock and electronic music. They explore different textures and arraignments to create mesmerizing soundscapes in their work. With Amnesiac, they continue to define modern music.
The problem of Amnesiac is the curve on which it is graded. There are plenty of good music on here, but within Radiohead’s catalogue, most of the tracks struggle to really stand out. That being said, I enjoy it very much. 4.3
Hauntingly chaotic and beautiful. I have hear Radiohead slaps, but honestly have never have any of their full albums a listen, and I am realizing that I have no clue why I haven’t when I love the songs that they are most famous for. I want to dive more into this album and learn more about it. What was their inspiration, what are the themes they are portraying, who was the producer? Also, holy smokes great production and theory was applied to this! I am giving it a 4/5, but it might honestly deserve a full 5 stars.
Musically, much better than In Rainbows. Thom Yorker’s voice ruins it for me. Maybe 1.5 stars. Favorite track is probably Hunting Bears, which, unironically, is instrumental. Life in a Glass House had so much promise.
Another Radiohead album down, yet I still feel like I haven’t heard a song. Still baffling that people go gaga over this shit.
A solid 3! Enjoyable but not a mind-bender.
Not my favorite
I know they have a huge fanbase, but I just found this depressing. Maybe a few more listens, but no.
Experimental and fun, my first dive into radiohead. can see how many modern day bands they inspired.
Boring.
Like spinning plates, knives out
Von Scheibe gefällt mir nichts.
I have been eagerly awaiting the day I would be able to talk about another Radiohead album. I can’t deny the genuine love I have for this band. Was I slightly hoping that it would follow in chronological order after The Bends? Yes, but I’m okay with it jumping this far. Though I will admit, this is probably the album from the group I am least familiar with. This album has this strange reputation, where it often gets chalked up to “just a selection of Kid A b-sides”. And I really wish it wasn’t that way. This album shouldn’t have to live in the shadow of its predecessor. But at the same time, I understand why people think that. This was recorded in the same sessions, and was originally intended to be apart of Kid A. And the sound is closer to Kid A than anything else they’ve made. But it also definitely has its own unique sound. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box comes off as one of their most overtly electronic songs. It feels metallic and empty, and Thom’s vocal performance is probably as monotone as he’s ever gotten. They have a serious knack for making tracks like Pyramid Song, and they nail it every time. This is just as good as anything on Kid A, and a fantastic song. Also they have always stuck out to me as masters of pacing. I can’t think of one song in their large discography that I believe is too long. I’m not sure how they do it, but they manage to shove so many ideas into such short songs. Pulk / Pull Revolving Doors might be their most electronic song, and kind of gets a bad wrap. But I actually kind of like it. It sounds cool. But it’s also weird for sure. You and Whose Army? feels a little anticlimactic, but I love how intense and powerful the piano is when it comes in. If we are directly comparing this to Kid A, I Might Be Wrong is basically the equivalent of The National Anthem. Knives Out feels like the antithesis of the problems with this album. Other Radiohead songs that sound like that would have some big explosive moment that makes the build up worth it, but that never comes. But Dollars and Cents feels like the polar opposite of Knives Out, where the build up does actually pay off. Morning Bell / Amnesiac is by all means a rehash of a previous song, but if there was any way that a band should remix their own song, it should be like this. The ornamental and orchestral sound is a breath of fresh air for this album. And Life in a Glasshouse sounds like what the band in a fucked up and decrepit jazz club in an espionage movie would play. This is not “Kid A Junior”. I find this to be more adjacent with the band’s darker art rock sound. Where Kid A confronts depression and anxiety, and is almost always melancholic, this is gloomy to the fullest extent. It is not their best work, and not one I come back to all that often, but it stands on its own perfectly fine, and definitely has some highlights. Rating: 7/10
Yippee, it's Radiohead! ... Oh, it's Amnesiac.
Radiohead is certainly a great, innovative band and this album is more accessible than Kid A as their other great 'different' work. I still miss something with them. Maybe it is just Thom Yorke's singing or that certain special instrument. A great album you don't go wrong with.
I remember OK Computer and The Bends being pretty good albums that I enjoyed. At some point I became a bit dis-enchanted with this band. Albums like this are probably part of the reason. Karma police, arrest this band.
Amnesiac is a fractured, jarring, glorious mess. It contains some of Radiohead’s very best moments (PYRAMID SONG, You And Whose Army?, Knives Out, Life In A Glass House) next to songs that, even 23 years later, never sound like anything more than strange little experimental demos (Hunting Bears, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, Amnesiac Morning Bell). This is why it has always been tagged as leftovers from Kid A, which in reality, it is. As an album, it comes nowhere near the mind bogglingly consistent heights of OK Computer, Kid A or The Bends for me, but it is still Radiohead, and no other band I know can make leftovers sound like compelling modern abstract art the way they do.
There are far better Radiohead albums than this in my opinion. Surprised this made the list. I like the jazz loungy vibe of the last track, and I Might Be Wrong has some fun grooves. Overall, the album is a little too experimental/slow/melancholy for me. Radiohead tends to depress me the older I get, and this album in particular leans into that vibe. But there is beauty in sadness too, especially when the music is well composed. Anyway, it’s Radiohead, so even though it’s not my favorite, it gets a 3 because they are iconic and they make beautiful music.
I think this album is a window of time where radiohead pushed there limits and advanced the idea of what a rock band could sound like. I'm familiar with Pyramid Song but when taking it in with the rest of the album, you get the sense of how much work and thoughtfulness it took to nail this album.
Not bad, but this definitely feels like an album of Kid A B-sides. These songs just aren't as interesting musically. Highlights: Pulk / Pull Revolving Doors, I Might Be Wrong
Decent album. Wish you could do half stars.
Good, not best Radiohead, but still good Radiohead.
In Rainbows still clears but it was a good listen
This is particularly whiny and annoying, even for Radiohead. Albarn is barely tolerable through most of this. I'm not surprised I wasn't familiar with this album as I was happy to pass on it.
Gorgeous.
This is the closest to my taste in music and I do like Radiohead, but I don’t think these lyrics really caught my ear, so I’d have to listen again with a look at the lyrics to really judge how I relate
The album was okay. It felt so sad and whiny. Maybe I need to listen to it when I’m reallyyy going through it lol
Noisy
Not everyone’s idea of a five star album but it does it for me. Not for parties - for headphones, quiet mornings or late at night. Challenging and thoughtful.
I’m not really sure what type of mood you’d have to be in to be craving this album but I didn’t really enjoy it.
I only knew the name Radiohead, was totally ignorant on the music. Overall, pretty decent. Well done, good sound. Don’t love the singer but not too bad. I can see why lots of people like this. But it didn’t really “wow” me either. May grow on me if I listen again. 3.5, round down to 3
This album was just okay. Nothing really blew me away. There were a few good songs on there but this feels like a weaker Radiohead album
Best word to describe these songs is captivating. There is always something interesting going on in each song from the bass in I Might Be Wrong to the collage of sounds in Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, to the bells in Morning Bell/Amnesiac. It’s like having more Kid A, what’s not to love. Life In A Glasshouse and Pyramid Song are my favorites.
Well. It was Radiohead.
It’s mesmerizing. I can give it my attention and I can leave it the background. It works for me.
Lately, I’ve been going down the rabbit hole with Radiohead and related projects. And this is a great album, albeit far from their best. Standout tracks: Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, You And Whose Army, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Dollars & Cents, 8 out of 10
Was in a bad mood, this made it worse.
Great!
I just dont get it
Very interesting album. Very cosmic if that’s a thing. Enjoyable but only in doses of 3-4 songs at a time.
Radiohead being Radiohead
This is actually the first time I listened to Amnesiac this closely. Usually I’m a fan of Kid A. Even though these were said to be recorded around the same sessions these songs seem be more traditionally structured. So on balance feels like Radiohead synthesising their different styles. I like it.
WOOOHOOO! Every album, from Ok Computer through In Rainbows, is absolutely brilliant.
Really gotta be in the mood for Radiohead, but otherwise it's solid.
Album #6 Radiohead’s Amnesiac Hehe the album cover is giving Rothko Once again not putting a lot into these notes :( Very unexpected bc apparently Radiohead is not a heavy metal band like I thought lol. I did really enjoy it the music is kind of haunting/entrancing and would put on again if in the mood for that. Seems very of its own kind, very singular. I enjoyed it. Based on my taste in music: 3.5 Pretending to be a music critic: 4.5
Atmospheric and theatrical. Like most Radiohead albums, I didn't fully appreciate this one when it was released. It has grown on me immensely.
This album was way chiller than I expected. I hadn't listened to much radio head before, so I was surprised at the said back tones of the music. Not bad.
Radio. Head.
I might be wrong - sonst NÖ
I’d rather listen to the bends
I was expecting them to be more upbeat and metal for some reason, it felt very depressive and ethereal. Better than expected.
Kid A or Ok computer (ok maybe both) for must listens. Radiohead is great but not every album is a must listen. I’m starting to think this should be 1000 popular acts of the 20th and 21st century (or maybe the last 100 years) you should listen to. That might be more representative and the selections must frustrate me a bit less.
duty calls. I'm not a radiohead fan, I tried . no this is the same teen boy bedroom music I never got into - feels bleak, so bleak, plaintive and in no way relaxing. I tried. I even listen to Pyramid song (26M plays on YT music). Not sure why its so uncomfortable for me and so revered by others. No doubt Highly polished and well produced. cant fault that. Is their music polarizing? had to stop.
Like I said before, I just don’t get post-Creep Radiohead. And you just can’t play music backwards (Like Spinning Plates) to be the next Beatles. I did enjoy hearing an 80-year-old Humphrey Lyttelton & band on the final track - a dirge embellished with some real New Orleans trad jazz. But, apart from that, nothing thrilled me on this.
In the film Clueless, Cher teases her step-brother , Josh, for liking the “maudlin music of the university station. ... What is it about college and cry-baby music?” The complaint rock she so neatly skewers is, of course, Radiohead. And, boy, they really do lean into the maudlin complaint rock thing here. I've listened to this a bunch of times in the past couple of days while preparing this review, and I have found it effective music to play while I work. It is pleasant background music, excerpt for that annoying backwards backing track on Like Spinning Plates, which is like fingernails on a blackboard). The songs are often barely there; just atmospheric noise (Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, for example). But, except for Knives Out and the Pyramid Song, none of these songs are memorable. You certainly couldn't hum them or play them on acoustic guitar around a campfire. Overall, this is the sound of enervation. It's hard to imagine myself ever getting wildly enthused or passionate about this album. But, I must confess, I found a good deal on a second-hand vinyl copy recently, and I bought it. So, I guess I hear something worthwhile here? I just wish they'd start playing guitar rock again, you know?
The instrumentals were good, but I couldn’t stand the singers voice or understand what he was saying. Kind of a downer of an album
Mid. Some good easy listening. Don't get the hype
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There's something about this album that I like. I think it makes me understand why some people really latched onto Radiohead. It's got complex things going on, including punky/grungy/whiny stuff, but has a dreamy lofi sonic atmosphere that downplays, masks, or even belies that complexity. Highlights: "Knives Out"; the famous "Pyramid Song";
Not my favourite and not the best Radiohead effort. Good in parts.
Classic. Delighted that the 1000s of people on this 1001 journey will get to listen to this.
Love Radiohead, love tis album.
Meh
Me gusta Radio Head
This is not my first listen to this album and I feel like if it was it would be a very different review, but the album really grows on you over time. This album is often called as Kid A b-sides and I am not denying that that is true, but these songs still hold their own and have a whole different sound than Kid A and I just love this band so much. They’re on a whole different level.
First album of this project, and it's one of my favourite albums from my favourite group. Not much to say except simply amazing music. Personally, not really a fan of pulk/pull and Hunting Bears, but I can't get enough of bangers like I Might Be Wrong, Pyramid Song, Knives Out, and my personal favourite: Life in a Glasshouse.
I like Radiohead but this album blows hit and cold with me. Requires a committed listener and unfortunately I get distracted.
A lesser-tier classic from one of the GOAT bands.
Headphones on. This soundscape opens beautifully and builds layer on layer and then strips it back again. Thom Yorke's voice captures the human in among all the electronics even as it is itself manipulated. It is a journey into the head of someone who not only wants you to feel what they are feeling, but to be there with them. The opening bass line on Dollar and Cents is a quietly understated foundation. Strongly electronic, the music does not simply fall into tape loop of infinite repeats but overlays and underlays like a fabric of sound that shows a pattern. What is amazing is how seemlessly the various pieces are joined and interwoven. Listen once. Listen again. And then again. Different pieces ascend each time.
I've never liked Radiohead before and this isn't the album to convince me. A couple of catchy hooks here and there but then the vocals spoilt it for me. Is this even in the top 3 Radiohead albums? I'm pretty sure it's not.
My body's floating down the muddy river...
radiohead go full jazz odyssey and the world is better for it!
Aburrido, y un punto agotador escuchar a un Thom Yorke tan lastimero. Ni aunque cuente con Humphrey Lyttelton en la disfrutable "Life in a Glasshouse".
Not my favorite Radiohead album. Not bad, very ambient. I like OK Computer and Moon Shaped Pool more.
I never really listened to Radiohead before. I reviewed Kid A on this site previously and was surprised how much I enjoyed it. This is another 'easy to listen to' album. I don't think it's as strong as Kid A.
According to the Wikipedia page on 1001 Albums, there are four Radiohead albums on this list. I've managed to listen to all four unscathed.
Too weird
I liked it. It was easily to listen to with some good songs on it.
Not a fan. Jazz incorporations don't make sense to me. Too experimental. Too electronica. Not structured enough. Just ... don't want to hear it again.
The positives - really nice harmonies, use of different instruments, interesting rhythms - the music was quite good and engaging. The cons - the vocals are awful, like really, really dreadful. I know there’s words, but all I heard was dreadful wails - what an emotionally draining experience. If this had been an instrumental album, easily a 4. The “singing” just ruined it for me, more than cancelled out what was good.