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I think I expected more from this album. It was boring and I was disappointed. Maybe I’ll like their other albums better.
I don't get Radiohead. His voice is not good. And I think this might be my least favorite album so far of theirs.
Con todo el respeto al grupo y a su valentía y experimentación, este disco es un borracho a punto de desmayarse cantando sobre una radio AM con una emisora de jazz.
My first exposure to Radiohead of any kind is through this list. This is the fifth Radiohead album I've got so far, and it's crazy how this list generated the albums in a perfect downward arc so far. Started with OK Computer - great album overall, I see the hype. Followed by In Rainbows which was not as great but still really good. Then Kid A which was just kind of okay. Then most recently was Hail to the Thief which was just passable and not really worth the listen aside from maybe one or two tracks. Now we've got Amnesiac and yep, we're encroaching on "not good" with this one. Each album had at least one or two songs I'll come back to, but I just finished this album and don't think I could pick out a single musical moment. It all just blended together into this moody, mellow, tepid mush. First Radiohead album I got that I don't think a single song is worth coming back to. And if we are continuing my coincidental Best to Worst list of Radiohead albums, I'm scared of what comes next.
I only kinda get it…maybe my expectations were too high since Radiohead has this “GENIUS” “Masterpiece” aura attached to them. This was…whatever. But I do know this isn’t one of the two albums I know are considered their best.
Better than Creep but I still don’t get Radiohead
Meh. Boring.
This didn’t hold my attention and I found it to be the most boring Radiohead material I’ve heard
Expected to like this more than I did
Did not like this at all. 2/5
Didnt feel it
This is music I would expect to hear in a mediocre late 90s or early 2000s movie
I don’t get it
Ehhhhh
having amnesia trying to recall any songs or melodies from this album
Not my favorite of theirs
I was unfamiliar with this album. Favorite song: life in a glasshouse I like Radiohead but was not a big fan of this album
I just don't get it
I really enjoy The Bends and OK Computer, and I'm slowly starting to get the appeal of Kid A, but this one leaves me cold. I guess they're trying to show that they can still be a rock band, but unfortunately all the best songs they had must have already been used for Kid A, because nothing here is particularly memorable. Apparently I've still got 5 Radiohead albums ahead of me? Not looking forward to all that tbh.
Hadn’t heard any of these songs before. None of them stuck out as being memorable or catchy or anything I’d like to listen to again.
This album i would say was not for me, did have a few tracks that had a good rhythm or beat but all in all unfortunately not a great listen.
I Might Be Wrong is the first song that I actually really liked on the album, and it was the 5th song. Knives Out was the first song that I already knew on the album. While I would say I really enjoy Radiohead, did not really like this album, will not go outta my way to listen to it again, besides the two songs above.
Get this depressing ass music off my list. Still listenable though
po é completamente assustador que eu tava tentando escutar esse no exato segundo que eu abri o site pra ver qual era o álbum do dia dito isso, eu n sou nem um pouco fã dessa fase experimental maluca do radiohead
**An ok album
Not a big fan of the electric sound and pretty darn melancholy.
Better than Coldplay
Not for me dog
Interesting experimenting here, but not the Radiohead I enjoyed earlier on
It just trudges along. You know trudging? To trudge.
Amnesiac is really a bit like the ugly stepsister of Kid A, isnt't it? Look, I really like Radiohead, but sometime people are too fast to applaud everything they do. Maybe because its Art... But this doesn't quite live up to Radiohead's reputation. Recorded at the same time as Kid A, this album contains many tracks that were left on the cutting room floor of the former one. We might even directly compare these two by virtue of looking at the respective versions of Morning Bell. The Kid A version was sublime, the one on this album deserves to be forgotten (cue obvious pun on this album's title). There might be one or two good tracks on here - I myself am partial to Pyramid Song and You and Whose Army? But that is not enough, and after Kid A, this is quite a letdown. 2/5
"Oh brother. If Amnesiac made the list, prepare for like 4 more of these." And that is coming from a Radiohead fan friend of mine. I had never listened to this one in my attempts to figure out what it is people lose their sense of self over Radiohead over maybe because it really isn't one constantly talked about. Even as someone who is not a fan of Radiohead overall I can see why. There's even less here than the other albums had. The search continues.
people keep telling me Radiohead is one of the best to ever do it and this was not the place to start
Most of this album was a struggle to get through. Very depressing, slow, repetitive and minimalist. There are a few enjoyable tracks though. Knives Out was my favourite on first listen, but maybe just because it reminds of the much better Paranoid Android.
Don’t tell my daughter, but I just can’t get into Radiohead. Although we don’t have any of these songs liked on Spotify, so maybe this album is mid. It’s not bad, fine as background music, but honestly I get a little tired of the vocals.
Pretty OK. But, I have forgotten what most of it sounded like already.
Very samey, track 1 to the last track could have be the same song not my favourite radiohead album
Yes. This is Radiohead.
This is one of those groups I've always wanted to like more than I actually do. I love that they experiment with incorporating so many different elements into their music, , but the results often seem more incoherent than innovative to me.
I think if this was by any other band I’d slap a one star on this and move on but because it’s radiohead i’m gaslit into thinking I just don’t get it and it’s actually good somehow, so I’ll just give it a benefit of the doubt 2. i don’t enjoy kid a so i was not surprised to not be enthused with this.
I liked some of the more high energy instrumentals. But overall this isn't for me.
I’m not a fan of Radiohead but this was fine. I liked the closer and a couple songs but I mostly didn’t feel very strongly positively or negatively, just kinda meh.
weirdo
Has some moments, but only moments.
It started really strong, but became sort of generic over the course of the album. The high pitched vocals weren't my favorite
Radiohead in their depressing phase! Need to be in the right mood.
Not much on this one
I’m interested in why it is I don’t like Radiohead as much as I think I should. I suppose you either celebrate Radiohead’s jukebox albums of jealously guarded influences or you don’t. You either do or don’t think they went from being a shit Nirvana rip-off to a shit amalgam of Aphex Twin, Portishead and whoever else Chris Cunningham was making music videos for at the time. You either do hear Coldplay with more self-consciously avant garde production choices or you don’t. Hyperbole aside, though, the cavernous spaces opened up on this album offer me good perspective from which to clarify my thoughts. I think my problem is rooted in a general premise – that while some albums give, others subtract. And while I’ve plenty of time for music that takes more from you than it gives – albums that involve you, moving you beyond where you were before in a totally altering, necessarily engrossing way – there’s something about Radiohead I’ve always found unjustifiably draining. In short, the juice hasn’t ever felt worth the squeeze. And so we are again. Blippy glitch that’s then so fashionable in Berlin rubs shoulders with warm and cosy Sunday roast Indie; boiled up pastiches of various global music curios condense on the cold, cold windowpane of Thom Yorke’s flawless but really a bit too often deployed falsetto. The moments come and go – the drums in “Dollars and Cents”, so reminiscent of Mogwai – but it never, for me, amounts to more than a treadmill of effects; precisely good enough to have me tying myself in knots trying to like it. And that’s my overwhelming feeling, really. Radiohead, arch postmodernists, take more than they give. You’re either into that, or you’re not.
A bit boring and depressive but with a few nice moments
Never been much of a fan and this album isn’t helping
No nie podoba mi się, może tylko jedna piosenka
Radiohead is kindsa mid
I’m admittedly stuck in the pre-2000 musical era. I don’t like the “evolution” of Alt Rock. Radiohead are some of the early pioneers of this evolution and they seem heavily over-represented on this list. I accepted Kid A and it was decent, however, everything from this album forward is simply not what I like. I’m giving this a 2⭐️. Kid A a 3⭐️ and all previous Radiohead albums are 4⭐️. While I admire their accolades, influence, creativity and ability to evolve and take music in a new direction - I simply don’t like the destination.
don’t know what the hell theyre saying but this shit is ass
not my cup of tea tbh 5/10
Ok, ok. I get it. Everything Radiohead ever did is great. Thom Yorke's shit smells like rainbows. Johnny Greenwood plays guitar better than Jesus. Whatever. If it weren't for "I Might Be Wrong" and "Knives Out" I would have hated this. How is any of this incomprehensible mess worthy of a greatest list? I had to listen to The Bends just to rinse the taste out of my ears. The other Radiohead albums the list has sent me so far (Hail to the Thief, Kid A, and In Rainbows) I thought were good, solid albums, even if I did question their necessity. But I'm afraid Amnesiac is a bridge too far. 2
I put off listening to this one for over a week, and I'm rating it because I'm sick of this generator site telling me I haven't rated it yet. Let's move on. Radiohead is such a specific vibe and sound, that I feel like I've really got to be in the mood to digest it. I'm also aware I'm not the biggest Radiohead fan, but the thing that excites me about this project is making myself listen to full albums of artists I respect, but never really got in to. I dig their sound. It's different, uniquely them. It's the hypnotic, whining vocals that I get hung up on. That along with the sleepy, ominous music that feels too cinematic to put on for some casual listening. Tracks like "Pulk/Pull" are hardly a song. I'm just trying to have a nice time here with my listening. Maybe I'm not experimental enough for this band.
This album was monotonous. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t listened to it on my commute to work but instead at home on a rainy day with a pair of really good headphones.
I liked Radiohead up through this albums predecessor Kid A. I found that album to be useful to put on and fall asleep to as it was mostly noise and softer tones. This continues the tradition. This album had 2 singles released which I for the life of me can't figure out why. All the songs sound like noise jazz rock. Maybe I'll put this on to help me sleep but that's about it.
I don’t really care about Radiohead. This album didn’t change anything
Mostly didn't like the vocals.
Amnesiac by Radio Head Thoughts: Difficult listen if I’m being honest. Listened to this while cleaning my room. Definitely not room cleaning music. Only added 1 song to one of my playlists. Honestly disappointed because Radiohead has great songs but fuck I truly considered turning this off to be honest. A lot of random noises it was almost like they were just fuckin around in the studio litterly putting inanimate objects up to the mic and recording what it sounds like. Favorite song on the album was you and who’s army least favorite was pulk/pull revolving doors. That’s what I’m talking about with the inanimate objects if you heard it you’d get what I’m sayin. I’ll rate it a 3.5/10 didnt fw it hopefully I get a better Radiohead album cuz I do fw them.
Not my favourite one of theirs by any stretch 5/10
Not really my thing, a little bit too Radiohead for me, wouldn’t revisit.
Troppo sperimentale, noioso e monotono
Long spells of this had me pondering whether the computer noises fit the definition of music. Some tracks had me wondering if the singer had any intention of singing in tune. Knives Outis the one track that I mildly enjoy. Is one song enough to go from one star to two? Kills me that there are four Radiohead albums in the list. And none of them are Pablo Honey! 1.5
Yo this album sucked dick
Not a good album in my opinion. There's too much electronic chaos happening and not enough music. Maybe two tracks worth listening to with "You and Whose Army" and "Life in a Glasshouse." Other than that, not really worth the time of listening.
Every time I listen to an album from Radiohead like Amnesiac I get angry at what they were and what they turned into. This self-indulgent experimental rock/electronic with falsetto meanderings that doesn't have any melody. Yorke just twittering across a "soundscape". This band made OK Computer then thought that gave them the licence to loop white noise for 4 albums. Get a grip lads. You used to be able to knock out world class songs.
This is the first Radiohead album I've listened to in its entirety. The music is fine, but I do not like the vocals. Very whiny and annoying at times. I wouldn't rush to relisten to this again.
This just didn't do anything for me. I didn't hate it but definitely did not find it particularly engaging.
Oh, Radiohead, whatever will I do with you I can't deny their importance in just really getting me into indie rock and getting familiar with electronic music and other weirder sounds whenever they toyed with them during their post-Kid A stuff which probably did have an effect on how today I like all that stuff and listen to weirdo music all the time, on the other hand I just... don't listen to Radiohead anymore, partly because of being a contrarian at age 19 but also partly because I started to grow out of some of the bands that hit me the hardest in High School, that's not to say I dislike them of course but once you get into more music some stuff doesn't have the same novelty it once did, which is only natural. Radiohead's music was important in all these ways but when I listen to it I can't help but feel sometimes like... I can't help myself from comparing it to other music I've heard since and I think that is kind of unique to them in my experience (closest is Nine Inch Nails but they have a slightly different situation), I don't feel the need to compare X artist to Y artist generally because it feels silly but Radiohead feels like one of those where their position as the best known indie/alt rock band always feels like something to challenge in my head because I know their influences and enjoy them better or know artists who are similar and enjoy them way better. It's the same story back when I listened to In Rainbows a week ago and now Amnesiac where I don't really feel much for the songs because that feeling of "well why Radiohead when x exists" persists, even taking for what they are isn't doing much when I just won't return to them. I'm sitting here listening to Amnesiac and slowly realizing why people don't find this one that exciting, it feels like its little experiments with distorting synths, reworking songs with a new sound, and generally more subtle and quiet songs sound like they are barely doing anything beyond one gimmick and then the song ends, I felt wanting more or that the songs could become more interesting than simply "let's write a piano song with a pretty choral climax" or "let's make a jazzy song", it's particularly frustrating to listen to "Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors" and think to myself how I used to find this song so hard and weird with how distorted and rhythmic the synth thing they got going on plus the pitchshifted vocals but listening to it now I felt... so underwhelmed because it wastes an otherwise very cool sounding idea on something very repetitive and aimless, and I'm not gonna sit here and say they had to mix this sound into one of their usual rock things or go crazy and write Autechre songs but the feeling that they could do way more and make it sound good but didn't is disappointing. Same goes for "You and Whose Army?", the idea of a quiet song exploding at the end with some big climax is nothing new but it works because many songs know how to pull it off, this song could theoretically work with how it starts with a small piano thing playing along Thom's vocals and then exploding once the rest of the instruments come in, but the song does so little in half of it's runtime, the simplicity just doesn't click when I'm not interested in how Thom sings in this song and the piano that goes along with it which just makes the ending feel kind of cheap and saves an otherwise uninteresting song. I could go on because every other song feels like it has this same problem, decent ideas that feel unfinished or lacking something, I imagine the Radiohead guys feel differently since these songs WERE outtakes of Kid A before they got reworked into Amnesiac, I'm not gonna say that it shows that they're outtakes but I guess I wonder why not refine them more or go further with their experiments? Conversely, I think the songs that work the best are the three that just do their usual alt rock thing with added instrumentals for texture and general interest, I mean "Packt like Sardines" is a prime example of how the added electronic things made the song more interesting and enjoyable, "Knives Out" is maybe the best song on here, the most organic song that actually makes the most out of a moody atmosphere and doesn't meander with it, and "Dollars and Cents" which maybe has the most interesting use of Thom's wailing high notes in the choruses. I don't want to seem like Amnesiac has NOTHING going for it but for an album that people describe as their more "abstract" it honestly just feels more confused on what it wants to be and where it wants to go with what it's doing, it's not all in on experimenting or being weird like Kid A and it's not just doing what they do best like Hail to the Thief or In Rainbows, all these have their own problems I have with them but at least they got more going for them than Amnesiac in my mind. This was just there, I wish it was more.
Boring
I like OK Computer a lot but this is completely different. I am not even sure how to classify it, it sounds ambient or spacy, almost like a movie score. Lots of dissonance. I really don't care for it much, and I doubt I would listen to it again.
A few good passages. Not their best, but not at all bad.
not my cup of tea
Kinda gay
A bit too much for me, need a little more structure Favourite: you and whose army?
I think these guys reached peak at Creep. After that just whinging.
Pretentious and boring
God, it's interesting...but is it good? So far, for me, it's a no. This has to be one of those albums that really grabs a person the more they listen to it.....right?! The millions and millions of Radiohead fans out there (that never shut up about how amazing Radiohead is) can't all be wrong. I've always loved their 1st three albums but after that they took a muh more ambient, electronic turn in their sound that I've never really got. This is one that I'll keep trying but I don't think it'll take
I do not get Radiohead.
The sound of a band with too much money and/or time amusing themselves instead of doing something worthwhile.
I did not have high hopes going into it, but I tried to have an open mind about each song. This era of Radiohead just doesn't do it for me. I like some stuff on "The Bends" and I like some stuff on "In Rainbows," but everything they did in between those albums is mediocre to me...but that seems to be the Radiohead era that their fans like the most. Whatever. Different strokes for different folks. I wouldn't say I hated this album, but I was still glad when it was over so I could move on to something else. 2.4
This band is still not as good as people make them out to be.
Too much RH in one week.
Another "who gives a shit" album by Radiohead. I can't believe they get this much attention on this list.
There’s no law that says I have to like Radiohead.
2.5
Slightly less experimental than Kid A but maybe an increase in the dullness stakes. Couldn’t get on board with this one.
Not very good
heard
Yeah, I think maybe I need to take some drugs and listen again, but Radiohead has just....never done it for me. They sound amazing, but the songs just don't fit together. Maybe I should track down a concert, but has just as much chance to be terrible, they're so produced. What I will say is Hunting Bears has the slickest sound, easily the best song on the album at first glance. Will come back when in different mindset sometime to see if it helps.
Was an okay listen. No song stood out to me and no songs were saved to the playlist.
Meh Weird
Ei hirveen mieleenpainuvia kappaleita
whining set to noise
This sucks lol not my thing. It’s still listenable though
Radiohead is just one of those bands that I don’t understand or get. I’m not a big fan of the vocal style. Overall the music is ok. I do get why people like them, it’s just not for me.
A couple of good songs, but mostly garbage.
Thom is a whiner
This is my first Radiohead album so far. Are they, in fact, the most overrated band?
Why are there so many Radiohead albums on this list? This is my fourth so far. You can't tell me that there aren't other acts that are worthy of being here. As for this album, I only got halfway through before giving up. Pretentious garbage.
Sad experimental "rock".....this is the Radiohead I do not care for.
Beetje zeurderige muziek
I used to like this album, but I could not finish listening to it today.
Except for "I Might Be Wrong" and "Hunting Bears" this is some very annoying music. I especially hate the Thom Yorke vocals. I probably don't get it. In general I don't get Radiohead though.
We know now that there are at least two Radiohead albums on this list: OK Computer and this one. Despite having been told many times I'd be into Radiohead, I've never been a fan. This album didn't really make it for me.
funnyyy titel jaa das isch definitiv es lied gsi ahhh ich weiss nöd, es git mier eifach soo wenig pulk/pull isch kinda fun (bzw. v.a. de beat) und s qutotune isch mega arsch aber ich chans respektiere hahahah lyrics sind iwie na cool? knives out isch na herzig gsi aber iwie hets für mich eifach kei dynamik? weiss nöd hans gfühl jedes lied isch sochli e idee aber s blibt denn bi dere idee, es git kei höchene oder tüfe sondern spielt eifach die art/das gfühl vo musig wiiter bis es iwenn fertig isch. macht das sinn? mein demit nöd jedes lied muss 7 versch. teil haa aber iwie weiss nöd ich finds eifach ermüedend 4 min lang s gfühlt s gliche ghöre bis s nächste lied ahfangt morning bell und dollars and cents sind jz genau lieder gsi woni chli meh han chönne ahfange? vlt bini vorher zu harsh gsi I'm living in cloud cuckoo land life in a glasshouse isch iwie na cool, glichzitig tönts für mini ohre eifach schräg und nöd würkli schön he weiss echt nöd wohii demit, ich glaub ich verstahs jz schochli besser, aber iwie würkts uf mich auchli pretentious und macht würkli eifach wenig mit mier. wenigstens sinds echli andersch?
Ok I've had three Radiohead albums at this point, including the one most consider their best - "OK Computer." If I didn't like that one much (which I didn't), I didn't think I'd like much else of theirs. And I was right. Thom Yorke's voice is grating and unintelligible. I cannot understand 99% of what this man sings. The music itself is obtuse, which I can handle, but this one was so obtuse that I just can't even begin to get where they were going with this one. I assume a lot of the themes that emerge here are presented lyrically, but, again, I can't understand them and am not motivated enough (nor do I have enough free time) to sit down and read the lyrics along with the album. Somebody please enlighten me as to the amazingness, the power, the appeal of Radiohead. Because outside of a few songs, I haven't found it over three albums. I want to. I'm not a hater. I’m a listener desperate to understand them because I can see that they're genuine artists. Two stars. Standout Tracks: I Might be Wrong, Dollars and Cents, Hunting Bears, Life in a Glasshouse
I only know 2 Radiohead songs, so this album was completely new to me. I was expecting it to sound more rock/guitar What the hell was this?! Nearly 45 minutes of whining and weird noises. Not what I was expecting at all This is what people are always raving about... really? I try to be open minded but this guys voice ruined the few nice songs there were 2 ⭐️
Can't find the write up in either book :(
Pre-listening thoughts: oh boy more Radiohead! We’ve already gotten their two best albums so whatever comes after is just automatically going to be worse sorry Post/during listening thoughts: hmmm. This is what I expected from Radiohead when I listened to The Bends. It’s okay. There are some songs that kind of grate on me and some that are genuinely beautiful (pyramid song!!). This is far from their best work though. I think it lacks the cohesiveness in sound that In Rainbows has and it lacks the song composition skills that The Bends has. And you’re kind of left with songs that drone and noises that pierce your ears in unpleasant ways as a type of experimentation. It doesn’t really work for me. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Pyramid Song, Knives Out Least fav tracks: Packt Like Sardines…, Pulk/Pull…, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Like Spinning Plates
Not their best effort
Listening to the opening track I thought maybe this wouldn't be too bad. That bubble burst with the second track. I really don't see why people like Radiohead so much. Well, I did like Like Spinning Plates a little bit, to be fair, and would have liked Life In a Glasshouse if someone else was singing.
This record bored me to tears. It's frustrating to me because I adored "OK Computer", so I know Radiohead has the capacity to make an engaging album to me, but this was certainly not it. More droning, ominous tones with poetry behind them then actual songs. There were a couple tracks with actual rhythms and instrumentation that made them catchy, but beyond that it was a chore. Still waiting for something beside the one album for me to latch onto for this band. Notable Tracks: - I Might Be Wrong - Knives Out 3/10
What?
I've only sporadically liked Radiohead songs. I appreciate their abnormal sound and this album got me in an interesting headspace, but nothing lingers in my head after it's done. For better or worse, everything blurs together for me.
Radiohead at peak miserable. Unlike The Bends or OK Computer the quality of song writing doesn't compensate for the depressing lyrics. This just sounds like a miserable man singing to minimalist accompaniments. So it's a no from me 2/5
Radiohead is one of those bands that I feel bad for not understanding better what they’re doing. I like some of their other albums, but this one was over my head.
More sleepy pop from Radiohead. Innocuous, but dull; and I think their title proves they knew it.
I did not like this.
Not for me. I preferred their older albums.
Not a terrible listen but man the songs just DRAAAAAAAAAAG on and on. 2/5
Thought provoking. Not what I needed today
I thought I was a Radiohead fan. But idk if I can consider myself a big fan anymore. There were a few songs I did kind of like. Knives out is definitely the best one, but even then it wasn’t great. There were a lot of “songs” that can be described as noise lol. The songs I enjoyed don’t outweigh the songs I couldn’t get through…. Bummed I’m giving this a 2, but it’s only fair.
I don't get the whole radiohead thing. They are ok. This was just ok for me. Didn't even finish it.
got boring very fast
“DiD yOu KnOw AmNeSiAc WaS mAdE aT tHe SaMe TiMe As KiD a?” Yeah and idc.
Yuge dump
Less sad and more whiny.
Meh
Hgggn. Pyramid song on tosi hieno, mutta muu levy kuulostaa lämmittelyltä.
Pretty boring especially considering its only a few years after the bends and OK computer, this is the region of radiohead i don't really enjoy.
Maybe I'm just not sophisticated enough for this. But this just wasn't a fun listen. Definitely the worst Radiohead album I've had so far. I'd love for it to be the last.
felt way too mellow even for radiohead, they have better albums
Kinda boring and mopey.
Kinda whiny and drifty. Not a favorite.
Very boring and non interesting pretentious artsy pop-rock.
Thank god that’s over - relentlessly depressing but not really offensive! Just not my thing at all! Noel Gallagher said it right….’I reckon if Thom Yorke f***ing s**t into a light bulb and started blowing it like an empty beer bottle it'd probably get 9 out of 10 in f***ing Mojo. 2.4
It is, at least, an interesting album to compared to the many boring entries I've heard on this list. It has personality and creativity to it, so I can see how this may have influenced/paved the way for other artists down the line, but this album is not for me.
Radiohead have such a legendary status that I feel like I have to like them. People who are really into music will look at me funny if I say I don't like Radiohead. This is our second or third album by them, and I have to say that I'm still really not getting it. It's all very slow and boring, and when it does pick up I still don't love the sound. There's a lot of noise, which perhaps is 'experimental'. The best song was "I Might Be Wrong", which I liked a lot. That one lifted me out of the malaise of the first few songs. "Knives Out" kept the injury up a little but then it went right back down. "Life In a Glasshouse" had some fun elements. I'm going to be even more heavy handed than last time here, and say that I actively didn't enjoy it. But only a little. 4/10
Would love to be a hater as I am with the other Radiohead I’ve listened to, but actually had a pretty good time here
Very bleak
Of the 4 radiohead albums I've had to listen to for this, I can at least get some of the appeal of this one. I still didn't like listening to it though.
could i write poetry to this? n
The Bends and OK Computer are 2 of my favorite albums ever.
Not their best
Some Radiohead I absolutely love. Some I do not. This is the latter.
Meh.
Far too many minor notes, made me feel anxious and jangly.
not a fan
Could never get into this one
if i'd had listened to this back when i actually liked radiohead, i'm sure i would've enjoyed this substantially more. this just feels like a lazy throwaway album to me best tracks: you and whose army?, knives out
Eh. I like a lot of Radiohead, but nothing on here connects with me.
This was ! Fine ! I did not like the beginning at all, and the second half was better. He's very whiny isn't he
I saw a few Radiohead gigs around this period. Bought ok computer and the bends, then kid a came a along and I realised Thom was getting a sort of cult following. Wasn't my cup of tea and the persistent wailing and off key tangents I grew tired of. This album makes me realise I did the right thing. Still not my cup of tea. Different for being different' sake.
Please no more Radiohead. It’s been like 3 of them already and it’s only getting worse.
Een paar keer gedraaid, niks blijft ervan hangen. Of zou ik aan geheugenverlies lijden (onk onk)? Experimentje hier en daar, wat vertrouwde Radiohead-gitaarnummers, en door met het volgende album.
An album for a very specific audience--im getting a "people whom only refrain from killing themselves because they wouldnt be able to bother the rest of us" vibe
Meh. Still just not a fan of Radiohead.
Underwhelming. I'm not feeling the overall tone and vibe of this album. There are some moments but nothing that would make me want to listen again.
I can't. Not for me in the least.
I don't hate it, probably wouldn't listen to it again either. I thought I liked Radiohead.
not my fav Radiohead album
I just don’t get it. We already had one Radiohead album and I didn’t love it thought it was just mid. This one I actively disliked. Everyone raves over how good they are, how forward thinking they are, how monumental and epic of a band they are. I just don’t get it. The dude cannot sing. He sounds terrible and so freaking whiny. The lyrics are just meaningless drivel. He just drags each word out waaaaaaaaaaaay too long. You can’t understand what he's saying at all and even when you do it makes zero sense. I just don’t understand why they are so revered when this is what they put out. They are one of the most overrated bands in history. The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because if you took out whiny boy the tracks would have sounded at least decent if not pretty good. So wildly overrated.
I'd rather be listening to something else
Ich dachte radiohead sei so toll aber ich find die Songs alle irgendwie cringe, Dollars and Cents gefällt mir ig. Aber not for me, vielleicht sind die noch späteren Alben ja mehr meins
pyramid song is amazing, the rest of the album (until i was wrong) is very boring, annoying electronics that are too repetitive, lyrics aren't great either (from first listen). bit of a miss
Somehow people believe experimentation is all good and bands should be rewarded for trying new techniques. No problem with experiments but let them die in the studio when they don't work. Radiohead's catalogue is filled with experiments that should have not bloated their releases. Please, if it doesn't work, let it go.
Album made me just sad not very good vocals
Snoozer. 2.4.
Songs at the beginning are better than the ones coming later. It gets more and more Jazzy and whiny. Annoying at the end
There's 1001 albums here, right? So there's a limited amount of space. Did we really need to carve out a place for the Kid A outtakes?
I've never heard - or even heard of - this album. I think I was the only person who didn't LOVE OK Computer as soon as it came out. But I seem to appreciate it more and more as time goes on. I like this about as much as I like other Radiohead. I can listen to it. It makes good background music. Every once in a while I even perk up at something I hear. But, basically, it's not for me.
Please, never again.
Álbum numa vibe mais conceitual e com a introspecção costumeira de Yorke. Peca no excesso de recursos sonoros robotizados. Nota 5.5/10.
I know I'm supposed to like everything that Radiohead puts out, but this one doesn't do it for me. It's okay in spots.
Mostly pretentious bullshit, although there were a handful of decent moments.
You could say that I'm not a Radiohead head
I want to like this. I love The Bends, it's one of my favorites. But this just feels like a pretentious collection of Soundscapes.
Inidie - a liitle bit too much. Im searching the "Rock"
I liked OK Computer, but all other Radiohead albums are too slow and whiny for me.
Not my favorite Radiohead album. Has some stand out moments, but when it misses it really misses. Think I’ll just stick to the stand out tracks on this album.
This wasn't bad, just a bit bland to me. 2/5
Weird - big fan of their early stuff, but this is a bit different.
# 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.
Found it a bit of effort to get through Favourite: Life In a Glasshouse
Still, still, still not OK Computer. A weak Radiohead album.
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.
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.
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*
Not my favorite Radiohead album, definitely interesting that’s for sure Top tracks: Life In A Glasshouse
Kinda weird
instrumental?
Radiohead is radiohead
Dark and dramatically artsy-fartsy
i really really like radiohead but this one… i just dont get it
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
Meh
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.
Pyramid Song and Knives Out are alright but overall the vocals got the better of me in this one.
Alternative, 2001 -> 2
So forgettable, just like every Radiohead record. Never worth the hype. It's all background music with a few moments of actual songs.
4.1/10. It had some elements that I enjoyed but it was too slow and droned on too much for me
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.
Not my favorite
I know they have a huge fanbase, but I just found this depressing. Maybe a few more listens, but no.
Boring.
Yippee, it's Radiohead! ... Oh, it's Amnesiac.
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.
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.
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
Well. It was Radiohead.
I might be wrong - sonst NÖ
I’d rather listen to the bends
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.
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
Not my favourite and not the best Radiohead effort. Good in parts.
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.
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".
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
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.
Begin van het album is mij te abstract. Word halverwege wel beter, sommige nummers ook wel nice maar als album zou ik er niet snel naar luisteren Would not buy
Never been too sure about Radiohead. I think of it as kind of background music rather than something I would sit and really concentrate on. Pretty sure I've heard Knives Out before. Not a favourite. I won't listen to it again.
Radiohead is a band that I just can’t get into. I can buy the praise and accolades, but nothing in any of the songs on this album grabbed my attention. Overall, they’re just not a band that I “get” or love any of their songs. I know a lot of it is experimental, but I suppose some things just aren’t for everyone.
Meh
A lot of experimental tracks, doesn't seem to have any noticeably consistent theme or flow. As much as I like being pretentious and enjoying pretentious music, I can't back this album as a "oh you should totally listen to this, but you might not get it" to friends. Maybe I can be pretentious by being too good for this album. I do not understand how 'Pyramid Song' is the most popular on this album, was it used in a movie or something? 'You And Whose Army' and ' Life in a Glasshouse' were good, slower songs that I could see throwing into my mega-playlist and enjoying when they show up, if only to be able to keep saying "Yeah, I listen to Radiohead". 2/5 or 55/100
On the whole, not for me. Knives Out okay and album gets slightly better as you go along.
This is an awkward listen, it feels almost like a film score. It's as if I'm watching a live performance through my fingers, searching for something to connect with. There are odd glimpses of familiarity, but overall, the album pushes me away instead of pulling me in. STAND OUT TRACK - Knives Out NUMBER OF BANGERS - 1
Not really my kind of music. Wierd!
2/5. Boring. Depressing. Radiohead.
Not bad but not really my style. I like other Radiohead stuff but this one just didn’t work for me.
Good album. The only stand-outs for me were “You and Whose Army?” and “I Might Be Wrong.” I knew of only “Creep” before so the lyrics not being on that level of flow was a little off-putting, but interested in more. 2.5
Not really into Radiohead.
To experimental. No guitars
It had some innovative noises but was overall bland
With the exception of I Might Be Wrong, this album from Radiohead doesn't really do it for me.
Can't say I've ever been in love with Radiohead. They definitely have some good stuff but this one was pretty melancholy. Likely would not put this in heavy rotation in my house.
Meh... Radiohead is very hit or miss with me. I believe I'm more of a mainstream Radiohead fan & this album doesn't have any of their mainstream hits on it. I'm sure die hard RadioHeadies love this sort of album, but for me, it's a Meh.
Packt - 3 Pyramid - 3 Revolving Door - 1 You and Whose - 3 I Might be Wrong - 3 Knives Out - 3 Morning Bell - 3 Dollars and Cents - 2 Hunting Bears - 3 Like Spinning Plates - 2.5 Life in a Glass House - 1.5 2.5? Overall Like a school kid singing in a school bathroom
05/02/24 S Tier—————————5 A Tier—————————4 I Might Be Wrong B Tier—————————3 Pyramid Song You and Whose Army Knives Out Life in a Glasshouse C Tier—————————2 Hunting Bears Packet Like Sardines In a Crushed Tin Box Like Spinning Plates Dollars and Cents D Tier—————————1 Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors Morning Bell/Amnesiac
I think there’s definitely some interesting tracks here that are worth revisiting but as a whole, I wasn’t too interesting in this project
Before we started this project, if you had asked me, if I liked Radiohead, I would have said, no, with the exception of a few songs. And this album is the reason why. This one seemed a little off the rails, kind of sonic landscape-y. Same sort of thing (but executed differently) I didn’t like when Wilco did after YHF. I very much liked the other three (?) Radiohead albums that we have already heard on this journey.
Each song is pretty good, with a few being very good. but goddamn, i can't take a whole album of this.
Meh
There are better Radiohead albums.
Tråkigt
Self-absorbed, tedious anti-music. Would rather listen to my washing machine, which squeaks. Loved Pyramid Song
There’s a few moments where I start to dig the sound and then it just goes flat again. It’s just…..mostly…..boring. The vocals are too drawled out and whiney, too. I just don’t get Radiohead.
Mixed bag. 4/10
It sort of floats about but doesn’t go anywhere. Possibly my least favourite Radiohead album.
Just really not my bag. I do not enjoy listening to Radiohead
Thought I would like Radiohead more but so far super dissappointing 2.5
This record is very forgettable. It's not a kind of sexy legend like myself, Nigel Spackman. A load of boring nonsense that makes you long for a wank in the shower. I winder what spazjazz will make of it.
Im one of the heathens that doesnt get the fuss around this
Please stop this
Not something I would usually listen to, 4/10
track 1. wtf steel drums. now theres electro drums ok. riffs pretty nice oh its getting good now cant tell what he's saying though, better get lyrics up. Its okay so far, probably would skip it if it popped up on my spoti. Its dragging on abit at 2:50. Lyrics are dragging on a abit. 3/10 track 2. oh ive heard this one before. the delay on the piano comin in on the off beat thingys are nice, proper stuttery. Swappin from the major to minor key nice. Here we go drums, oh shit that was nice. Gettin jazzy as fuuuuck. wtf is this timing. That was cool, need to relisten to find out what was goin on with the timing. 8/10 track 3. sounds like bring me the horizon, 0/10 nah what the fuck is this the world isnt ready and i never will be. This is shite 0/10 fucks sake i thought it was ending please end 0/10 again. track 4. like this intro so far really fuckin gooochi. shit we goin heavy lovin this. Decent 6/10 track 5. desert sounds. electric drums again ffs. this album sounds a lot like the stone roses in places. this songs not the bad actually so far but something different has to happen soon. Still dont know wtf hes saying. Readin the lyrics because nothing much more is happening with the music. Lyrics repeat a lot and dont mean much but probably pretend they mean a lot. Half way through the song and theres no more lyrics so might skip through it. but wait no its gone silent and we got some shit happening. This shit is way more interesting than the rest of the song, wasted half my life with the first half and finish like that, fuck off. 5/10 track 6. chords are going mental on this bad boy love it. why is he drowning dogs. now hes squashin heads and cooking them up. drums have been solid throughout this when they've not been midi. This is so repetative its dragggiiiiing on so long, the chords are nice and that but change it up for fucks sake and stop drowning dogs 5/10 track 7. We got mad chords drifting out of the key again. It sounds like travis or whatever he's called, that you've got a secret smile song. The harpsicord is creepy as fuck. Its okay this one fair creepy. whats he saying here? cut the kids in half? just checked ye he is. 6/10 RELEASE MEEEEH track 8. nice panning between the chords whatever the word is. not got a lot to say about this sorry. gettin chaotic here overlappin vocals now we chillin with juicy bass lines. drums have been so good on this i say again. IM GONNA STOP LISTENING HALF WAY THROUGH THIS SONG SORRY ITS GETTING LATE. MY END RATING WONT BE ACCURATE XOXOXO
Wasn’t down my lane, apparently it’s better to start with their other albums. I can maybe potentially see their appeal though
Couple of good tracks but just couldn’t get into it.
i was excited because ive heard of these guys before but i actually didnt like it
I just don't get Radiohead. They are super-popular so it's a "me" thing, but I really don't understand their music.
I’m not a Radiohead fan but this album is just mediocre. It’s completely forgettable, definitely not Radiohead’s best.
Ah Radiohead. I have to be in the right space to enjoy it and that space doesn't show up much. I could live a fine life without feeling like I missed out had I never heard it. Not a bad album, and it definitely had a space in my life when I was a younger human - but now it's too moody & whiney for me to want to hear it again.
Couldn’t get through it in one listening… played it at the end of my work day and was kinda burnt out anyway. I know some talk about Radiohead as an acquired taste so hopefully I can get into them in the future. Hoping Kid A will show up soon so I can try that one out. They give me Pink Floyd vibes and I adore Pink Floyd so I’m sure they’ll turn around for me!
I think radiohead is just not for me. This is so mid.
i found it to be pretty boring. No Tracks stood out either.
2/5. I don’t usually mind Radiohead albums, but they begin to become repetitive to me. Amnesiac really didn’t differ itself too much from their other albums, but I did particularly like the song “Hunting Bears.”
A bit long and droning, experimental millennium rock. Complex, but not my go to sit down kinda music. I enjoyed Kid A more than this one. Listened twice, good but doesnt grab me.
No way this is Radiohead. Sounds like some poorly created electronic music on Garage Band
Turn of the century electronica/exotica/cabaret combined with turn of the century singer-songwriter. I didn't find it very interesting. I do like that they did a track with Humphrey Lyttelton though, it’s the best on the album.
Pretty boring album even for ambient electronic
This was an extremely uneven album. Almost half of the songs are nonsense and feels like they're there to tie the good songs together or set the mood of the album, one quarter is quite good - like 'Knives Out', 'I Might Be Wrong', 'Dollars and Cents', and the other quarter is ok. How do you rate that? I think I'll actually give it a strong 2 for once instead of weak 3. I just feel like the weak songs drag down the overall impression way too much to ignore.
another Radiohead album and again I didn't like it... some songs were way worse than In Rainbows but a couple of them are quite passable
I think they're geniuses but this totally misses the mark for me.
Forgot to write any tunes lol
The worst era of Radiohead.
Sounded all the same, anxious and noisy
Radiohead is not a band for me it seems. I'm beginning to wonder if they're a "you had to be there" band.
Who needs Radiohead on a Monday morning, especially when returning to work after some lovely annual leave?! Not me, that’s for sure. I just don’t understand them or their music.
I'm probably supposed to like this, but no.
I’m just not into the whole Radiohead vibe. I want to like them, I just don’t.
Bit depressing for the summertime vibes
ive not heard kid a, so this is kinda contextless - doesnt have most of the stuff that i like in radiohead fave track: knives out?
This was fine, definitely not their best or my favorite by them.
I knew within 20 seconds of this starting that I was going to hate it. And so it came to pass.
I know it's meant to be a big album but it was relaxing and a bit boring to me, sorry 2 stars.
I wanted to like this when it came out, but I don’t really enjoy the art noise of Radiohead. Kid A was probably a bit better.
I'm seemingly immune to the charms of this band. I scored Limp Bizkit one star higher than this album the other day. You know what? I'm not wrong.
Listened Before? N I've never heard any part of this album before. I believe this is the 4th or 5th Radiohead album I've gotten off this list now, and it's my least favorite. Not bad, just not anything that stands out. It's slow and weird and I'm not high enough for it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Knives Out
A little out there for me to just have on and listen to. 2.5
Kind of melancholy, atmospheric
Genesis for Pixies fans. Now, reconciling the tension between alt rock and prog rock is no mean feat. But I'm real tired of hearing how everything before Radiohead was banging on rocks, while everything after is a cheap knockoff. I Might Be Wrong can stay.
Sleepy stuff. However, I will say that the album is appropriately titled. Five minutes after it was done playing, I couldn't remember why I'd listened to it in the first place.
Pretty good