Amnesiac

A man walks into a mechanic shop and says “my car won’t stop making these weird noises“ The mechanic looks at the car, opens the hood, starts the engine and looks back at the man and says “have you tried taking the Radiohead CD out?“ I LOVE Radiohead but this album is the reason that joke exists. There’s some good stuff but a lot of the throw aways from Kid A too. 5/10 rounded down

Yuck. Not interested.

1/3. Literally can’t understand a word that Thom Yorke is singing. The music is definitely interesting at times, but his vocals just take me out of it completely. Not sure why since I love Julian Casablancas and he’s hard to understand to, but this album just missed for me.

I can usually only take so much of Yorke's plaintive moaning. Case in point, this album.

Can't stand his annoyingly whiny voice but still made it to the end

This album was a little sad. I know lots of people talk about Radiohead, I was not impressed. Maybe this is just a strange album for them.

Schmeep

banging pots and pans

Jesus, even if anybody needed more than one Radiohead album, six is overkill and this is easily the first to go of them. Some songs have some wicked sounds, they always have at least one or two good songs per record, but overall filler.

Kind of boring, kind of noisy

I personally really dislike Radiohead and this album is no exception. It just feels as something too complicated for me to understand, and I don't feel like I want to understand it either. This album is not the worst out of the Radiohead albums and isn't completely horrible however. 2/5

That's not my taste in musik.

2nd radiohead album I got. I wanted to hate first one, but I didn't. I do hate this one. I do appreciate the effort, but not the music. I don't have the patience. Favorite song: dollars and cents.

Was I already depressed. Not quite sure

Radiohead - but Jazzy?

I still just can’t get Radiohead

ASSSS

I mean, yeah, fine. Radiohead has never been my bag.

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.

No thanks.

Day88 - i think radiohead is one of those bands that you love or hate. i don’t love them

Fine if I wanted to fall asleep

I hate his voice

This is theoretically interesting, but not great. I just don't get peoples' infatuation and fascination with Radiohead. They are over-estimated - the ultimate navel-gazers. Who listens to this? why? I am not a fan.

As if I didn't think Radiohead were bad enough before I heard this, Jesus Christ, what is this shit!?

2 A collection of songs recorded during the same sessions as the group’s previous album, Kid A, that they felt warranted a full, separate release. Well, I think this definitely feels like a collection of outtakes from a superior album, and anyone who calls this “Kid B” is right on the money. There’s no cohesion or connective tissue between anything here, and while there’s at least a unique sound to each song, it really just comes off feeling pretentious most of the time. At least we got a pretty good murder mystery movie out of the track Knives Out, which also happens to be probably the best song here as well - though likely because it’s the only one where it doesn’t sound like Thom Yorke’s head is fully up his own ass. One of the most overrated groups out there, and it frustrates me when their fans try to assert this kind of thing as a masterpiece. Yes, Radiohead has some great tunes, some innovative, some just bangers, but there’s so much pretentious, annoying bullshit in their catalog you have to sift through to find those. Will die on the hill that this band is not as great as music nerds made out to be.

Right ok so i know radiohead is meant to be the shit but I just couldn’t get into this album…

NOT a fan

Bit full of itself without the content to back itself up. Mopey. Keep waiting for it to improve and it just never does. Only decent track is Knives Out and even then I'm in no rush to revisit

ngl, always found them a little dull.

2/5 Not really my jam at all.

Nicht meins

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When to listen: to induce anxiety. This album stressed me out. It made me physically uncomfortable. Was that the point? I’m not sure. The singing was sickly, the music sputtering… it reminded me of the red room in Twin Peaks.

Just a garbage album, probably their worst

Don’t like

Not my favorite

Many people will probably hate me for this, but I think Radiohead is one of the most overrated bands ever. To me they’re nothing special — not even high quality. This album is simply shit. While listening I felt bored, annoyed, and numb the whole time. There’s not a single good song on the entire record. The sound is always the same repetitive, dreary atmosphere, the lyrics feel like random fragments that don’t go anywhere, and Thom Yorke’s dull, whiny vocals just grate on you. It’s like they’re saying slightly different but basically the same texts over the exact same gloomy instrumental every time. The whole thing is dull, pretentious, and completely forgettable. I couldn’t even use it to fall asleep because it kept annoying me instead of relaxing me. I get that some people love this experimental, artsy side of Radiohead, but for me Amnesiac is just another example of why I don’t get the hype. Overrated, boring, and a chore to sit through. Hard skip.

This started off okay but I can't stand Thom Yorke's voice after a while. There are some interesting ideas here, especially their incorporation of elements of electronica, but the overall effect was too dour for me and I was in need of of some light with all that shade by about halfway through.

NO MORE RADIOHEAD!!! I don’t care how much these listmakers fawn over this dreary nerd music, I don’t like it and I never will. I truly hope this is the last of this crap.

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.

This is a very dreary and bleak album. Not a fan.

Just don't get it

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.

Langweilig... Britpop mit experimentellem Ansatz

2/10. Not for me

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.

Hard to believe this is the same band who released Pablo Honey and The Bends. Terrible.

A lot of this album felt like an intro to a song that never happened

didnt like it much at all wasnt my style and honestly didnt think it was very good.

Well after listening to these guys, I'm beginning to think I was a little hard on Frank. Good gawd, I've heard of Radiohead and I've heard they have some good music. Apparently, I heard wrong or this album was some type of experiment on whining like a lil bitch. I listened once and have no desire to listen again. About song #3, Pulk or something like that, I had flashbacks to some of the worst albums I have heard off this list. Suicide (the band, not the act itself) popped into my head. Yea...this was not good at all. My 1 is for the worst of the worst. These guys were close. I'll give 1.5 and that's being kind. Scoreboard will show 1 1.5

Rumore. Prog sì, così tanto non so veramente quale possa essere l'appeal

I didn't think it was possible to make 44 minutes sound like 4 hours, but this managed it. What a crock of shit.

# 84 : I really don't like Radiohead. This album didn't change my mind. They're overrated and this is not a good album. Nearly fell asleep on more than one occasion. Fav Track: I Might Be Wrong Listened: 10/10/2023

How are they so popular WTF

I just don't like Radiohead

Absolute rubbish

i won't listen radiohead even if they paid me

I thought I liked Radiohead - this album proved otherwise.

shit hated the album. In part with KID A.

Oh nooo I did not like this album. I cannot say anything positive about this. His voice was bad the music was bad bad bad. I did not like this.

Boring.

5th Radiohead album served to me here, none of them my favourite Radiohead album. And here I was, thinking I already got the point. But it's not just Radiohead fatigue: this one feels completely redundant, and not only because of the annoying squeaky vocals.

Stop with the Radiohead albums. They are not good. I was bored and annoyed the entire time. The songs aren't memorable and are bad. I suffered through it. Radiohead is at least consistent in releasing bad albums. No need to revisit.

I really, really don't fucking understand what THE DEAL is with Radiohead. Can someone give me a call and explain it? Ny number is +61432976325. I'll go wait next to the phone. In the meantime, 1/5.

Wonder how Kurt Cobain say I Hate Myself And I Want To Die, while he didnt even had a chance to hear THIS

Utterly forgettable - slow, whiney, and boring

Holy shit this was boring. I wouldn't listen to this album again if I got paid to do so. Amnesiac, Noun 'a person experiencing a partial or total loss of memory' Sign me up for this to remove this album from my memory.

Pull/Pull Revolving Doors is the ugliest song I’ve ever heard. The rest of the album is tied for 2nd worst song.

I don't get it. This album thinks that it is hot sh!t in a champagne glass when it's actually a cold turd in a Dixie Cup

Actively dislike Radiohead. It’s a no from me.

Amnesiac is the very worst of Radiohead, it's desperately boring and mostly crap. Some of their stuff is okay to me, much of it isn't my thing, but this sucks. 1.

Probably a two, but I have to offset people pretending they enjoy this boringness. It’s fine as background music as long as you keep it down and forget you’re listening and fall asleep because you’re bored

I wish at I had amnesia listen to this - dreadful!

Radiohead haven't released anything worthwhile since 1997

Insufferable. Reached "Morning Bell" and had to kill it when the lead singer sounded like a whiny child in IKEA. If Radiohead appears on this list again, I may "Did not listen" for the first time.

Is this a house or industrial album? Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors is very odd. This feels pretty irritating. God I hate Thom Yorke. Dollars And Cents is self important, self indulgent, and fucking boring. Living In A Glass House is way out in nowhere in context of the rest of this album.

Wholly unforgettable album with more droning 'soundtrack to my photo memories' songs that have no discernible difference. Not for me 😂

Incredible music. Beautiful, haunting, mesmerizing, intricate, moving. I could go on. I just love this record. All the elements that make Radiohead such a unique and special band are on full display.

Class

these guys are just the best, not even their strongest album and it smokes most bands output

"Amnesiac is bad!" and 50 other lies you can tell yourself.

Finally! An album from my favourite band of all time. As soon as I saw this pop up, the rating was already clear and etched into my mind. Brilliant album!

4.5. This one grew on me. I hated it on first listen. I still don’t think it’s on the same level as OK Computer or the Bends, but Its close.

5.0. Melhor album dos cabeça de radio

Phenomenal. Before being assigned this album, the only song on it that I knew was Pyramid Song. So I am at an early stage of getting to know the other songs here. Some of them have grabbed me quite quickly. I am comfortable to give the others more time. I can already say this is Incredibly Wonderful, 10/10.

As a late-converted Radiohead fan, I'm still surprised by the identity shifts between the albums. It's rare after the 1990s to have bands that dare to re-invent and explore as much as Radiohead. What's fascinating about Radiohead is that with every excursion, they sound to me more like spearheads in this direction rather than tourists. Their range and musicality is peak and a dignified successor of experimentalists like King Crimson, David Bowie, or Frank Zappa.

This is my favorite band. I will always give them 5s. This isn't their best imo but still a banger.

The longer that I listened to this album the more I liked it. I was drawn into the soundscape they were creating. The high point for me was Hunting Bears

classic Radiohead. I shouldn't like this but I do - dark, slightly trance like and strangely appealing. Unique is a word that really fits

Amnesiac > Kid A

Even a lesser Radiohead album is a 5. And thankfully, they know that it’s better to compose an album and put all the leftovers on to ANOTHER album. Kid A/ Amnesiac are so, so much stronger separately. I listened to the rerelease, which put them together, in a single go the day it came out. And… yeah. Even Radiohead gets tiring at over an hour. 5 Boolean: True

Not my fav Radiohead album but still it’s Radiohead

While Kid A was the first Radiohead album I obsessed over when it was new, Amnesiac was the first to leave me slightly disappointed. I think it suffered at the time for being seen as "Kid B" or a collection of leftovers. I picked out a couple of favorites, "Packt Like Sardines..." and "You And Whose Army?" and mostly moved on to other music. It wasn't until Radiohead truly grabbed my attention again with In Rainbows that I started to reevaluate their entire catalogue. Removed from narrative surrounding its release, Amnesiac starts to feel like a masterpiece in its own right. Pyramid Song might have gone up the most in my estimation -- its swelling strings and piano predating their should-have-been Bond theme, Spectre. This combined with "Pulk/Pull..." really drive home the band's common themes of isolation and paranoia... maybe better than anything else they've ever done. "You and Whose Army?" still lands hard for me 25 years later -- that slow burn into an explosion of sound is something Radiohead does better than anyone. This time through, I paid a little more attention to some of the songs on the latter half and gained a new appreciation for Dollars and Cents and Hunting Bears. They're always making interesting choices. Hunting Bears in particular feels like a piece of incidental music for a film and doesn't really have a parallel in their discography. The whole album feels arranged to create a feeling of uneasiness... keeping it always surprising and never boring. If I have any quibbles, I'm not sure a 2nd version of Morning Bell is necessary... I prefer Kid A's version. I also prefer the Kid A Mnesiac "Why Us?" version of Like Spinning Plates, though the album version works fine here. Finally, Life In a Glasshouse isn't my favorite closing track. Even though I have a few minor issues with it, Amnesiac still does more than enough to earn a 5/5. It might be the album of theirs that's grown on me the most since its initial release.

This album is more than just Kid A b-sides. Listening to it outside of that assumption and judging it on its own merits it's still a really great record. I love all the bluesy guitar lines alongside the electronic grooves. I love how they mess with meter in a lot of these songs, especially on Pyramid Song. I mean it's Radiohead, of course it's good. Not their best but still exceptional.

Great talent and tunes, thx

I think this is their best album from an "atmosphere" standpoint. It feels like 11 different rooms. I hardly recommend John Darnielle's writing on this album that I don't know where to find right now BUT I'm sure you could google it if you wanted to.

5 5 5 across the board

Love the sound

Very underrated Radiohead album 10/10 by all means no skips whatsoever it’s very connected yet separate at the same time I can see the kid A influence on this album especially with the songs that have very technological elements to it. Songs that stood out to me honestly every single one no complaints.

4.5⭐️/5 [05.25.2026] 06.07.2026

Very familiar. No notes. 10/10

vinyl day! i think this is Radiohead’s most influential album

I think i could be fed slop from Radioheads bum and id still think it was the best thing ever. Amnesiac is quite clearly not their best album, its probably not top half, but Im giving pyramid song, you and whose army and knives out a 5 and the rest, 4, and this is my list so you can do one

An absolute triumph of studio manipulation and experimental design. The way this record leans into claustrophobic electronic textures, distorted jazz horns, and fragmented rhythms is brilliant. Tracks like Pyramid Song handle rhythm in a completely unconventional, mesmerizing way. It feels like a beautiful, disjointed transmission from an entirely different reality, completely discarding typical rock structures for pure sonic exploration.

3 eme album après 'Kid A' (5/5 - originalité sans faille) et 'Hail to the Thief' (3/5 - beaucoup moins créatif que Kid A). Ce nouvel album, composé en même temps que 'Kid A', a les mêmes qualités : d'excellents morceaux (top 3 : "Pyramid Song", "Knives Out", "Morning Bell/Amnesiac"), et une originalité / capacité a surprendre toujours présente. Il mérite donc la même note ! =>5/5

I love this album. Stand out tracks include all of them, but I especially like Pakt Like Sardines, I Might Be Wrong, and Like Spinning Plates.

Would give it a 6 if I could

I don't know if I fully realized how much I like Radiohead going into this project. I knew I enjoyed their music, I've previously listened to their full discography and have gone through phases where they were essentially all I listened to, but I don't think I've listened to them in years. Other than Kid A, which is one of my all time favourite albums, I wasn't expecting to like any of these albums as much as I have and Amnesiac is no exception. I absolutely love this album, but I guess that's not surprising since it was recorded at the same time as Kid A.

Love love loveee

If I were to rank Radiohead’s albums, Amnesiac would probably be in the bottom half, however, Kid A is only marginally its superior and would probably occupy 3rd. Amnesiac is the 2nd instalment of Radiohead eschewing a conventional path, so whilst it is not the album that forged a new path for Radiohead, it was from the same sessions. I assumed I’d give this 4 stars but in truth, this is a round up.

used to listen to this album a lot, so underrated

Hmmmmm...I really liked this....like a lot. Do I have to go back and revisit those other four Radiohead albums I gave 3 and 4 stars to now?

Me encanto

The more I listen to later period Radiohead, the more I realize that I missed out after album 3. And it's funny to follow Oedipus Schmedipus because both of them seem to be soundtracks for movies that don't exist. The only difference: this is actually good. 4.5/5

lovely little album. underrated

I can see why some find the weirdness of this album off-putting, especially songs like Packt Like Sardines, Pulk/Pull, Hunting Bears, and Like Spinning Plates. But alongside these odd (but interesting) songs are some of Radiohead’s best (I Might Be Wrong, Pyramid Song, and You and Whose Army), as well as a couple of good jams in the form of Knives Out and Dollars and Cents. I think the only real weak link here is Morning Bell (of which there is a much better version on Kid A). I think what may be off-putting to some people is the lyrics - they often sound nonsensical, and are sometimes a bit mumbled, and that can come across as pretentious (if interpreted as “what I’m saying is important and if you don’t understand it that’s your problem”). But I think the lyrics are often meant to be surreal, like half-remembered details from a dream. If you don’t like that imagery, you’re probably not going to appreciate the lyrics. Also - if you think these songs are weird, listen to the B-sides for this album.

My SCORCHING hot take is that this is the better half of Kid A. From the jump, this record is foreboding and I love that. The opening track sounds like someone tightly wound and about to snap, "You And Whose Army?" sounds like it IS the snap, and by the end it sounds like the reflection of someone totally broken. It's all gloomy and dark and creepy and perfect. It's like The Wall, if The Wall were utterly abstracted and nonspecific (and also, musically, better). Or The Downward Spiral, if it were Radiohead instead. I dunno, whatever it is, it rules. I have no doubt this is an extremely acquired taste. For me, though, it's the ideal sad dad record. Can't get enough of this.

To me this is when Radiohead started to get interesting.

Fuck yeah, Radiohead

Ik heb een LP vier-dubbelaar van Radiohead, en het meeste wat ik van ze ken (naast de bekendste nummers), ken ik daarvan. Daar staan echter maar 2 tracks van dit album op (van de in totaal 29 tracks), dus dit album zet ik alsnog redelijk blanco aan. Ik ben gevoellig voor muziek met veel laagjes en een goede productie, dus track 1 is al meteen smullen. Aphex Twin invloeden. Track 2 is dus één van de twee nummers die ik al ken en die is prachtig. Daarna moet de experimenteerkriebel even wat ruwer gekrabt worden. Fuck it, ik hoef niet elke track hier te gaan noemen. Ik steven af op een dikke 5. Dit is toch vet.

I’ve always loved this album. While it often gets compared to its counterpart, Kid A, I consider Amnesiac a more cohesive album. Kid A comes across more like a collection of songs than an album. Regardless, I’m a Radiohead fanatic and consider both five star albums!

already listened to it

avid radiohead enjoyer

Probably my lowest scoring Radiohead album on this list.

All time impeccable album

Great album, love The Faces

Easily one of the best albums of all time.

Legendary

Great album from a particularly inspired period of their career. I’m a huge fan of course, but Kid A and Amnesiac were very influential to me.

Un band qui fait juste suivre son instinct plutôt que de tenter de maintenir son succès. J'en connais pas mille. 4.75 étoiles

a beautiful album, perhaps inferior to the previous ones but more experimental in its experimentation with other genres, allowing Redohead's music to not only be thought of, let alone made.

absolute banger of a time. a wonderful day was had listening to this. i then listened to almost every other radiohead album. i think i have only one left to hear for the first time. this band fucks

One of the lesser known Radiohead albums, and one of the more unusual ones. One of the first albums here that I listened to twice in a row. Clearly Life in a Glasshouse is super cool, but i found You and Whose Army to have such a nice build-up that it might take the favourite spot.

Pure “radiohead-hate” in reviews is crazy. This coulb be not your preference, but denying immaculate craft of this album is childish. Plus, I never understood “it’s not kid a” argument (like, it makes Amnesiac worse somehow). Knives Out, Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, I Might Be Wrong, Dollars and Cents and Life in a Glasshouse. In one album. That Radiohead LITERALLY made from bunch of scraps. In a cave. Joking aside — it’s a beatles-level of variety AND genuinity at the same time. Nowadays there’s a lot “i used samples that have bongos or «arabic» vibe, so my album’s genre is world music”. But here I see earnest exploration of musical vocabulary of different origins. It’s not perfect, but daaamn it’s good when it’s good. And when it’s not — it is AT LEAST at top notch high-level professional level. Plus, after “Kid A Mnesia” release it becomes in my mind as a Radiohead’s “White Album”. Double LP written in pure experimentation phase that, in retrospective, was mycelium for several decades of alternative music. From Gorillaz to Tame Impala. So, yeah, everyone who plastered this with 3 stars and less — you are all wrong. You can dislike it, and it’s not 10/10, but it’s a great record.

Kid Aのアウトテイクという評判を見聞きしていたのでなんとなくそんなに聞いてこなかったけど、Kid Aと同時期の録音ということもあってかなり好きな音が鳴っている。

Thanks to the 1001, I'm gaining a real appreciation for Radiohead. The albums seem to be very different from one another, but at the core, each of them is absolutely Radiohead. Super cool.

Radiohead is one of my favorite bands of all-time so this is an easy 5 for me. I love every song on here except Pulk / Pull Revolving Doors.

Probably the greatest alt. rock / electronica band in the world. Not my favorite album of theirs, but excellent nonetheless. Evergreen classic.

This was a sleeper for me. It came out only a few months after its predecessor. And *that* one cast a huuuge shadow. And then came the next, and the one after that, and so it was years before I came back around to appreciate the brilliance of this one. I love every bit of this album. I love every bit of the ones before it and every bit of the ones after it. It's hard for me to think of what I can say about this one that doesn't also describe my feelings for nearly every other one. It's got the most lovely and welcome earworms. I can set it on repeat for days on end. Each track has been my favorite at one time or another. I can put it down for months or years and come back to fall in love all over again. We're gonna have to break out the specialty qualified scale again because this is a tier above. I think I'm gonna give it a 4.9, but that's only in relation to its direct siblings. In the context of the 1001 I'm scoring a bold 5 with multiple exclamation points

Amazing. For an album that gets treated as a lesser Kid A this is filled with perfect songs. Pyramid Song and Life in a Glass House are songs that consistently give me goose bumps.

I think at this point I just have to say that i'm a Radiohead fan. I've only listened to Kid A and In Rainbows so far (still no OK Computer), but they have consistently caught me by surprise with their "experimental" rock which is like a blend of rock, ambient and psychedelic rock. This album feels so dark and melancholy. In Life in a Glasshouse, the trumpet of Humphrey Lyttelton adds so much to the track and it's such an interesting choice. Almost adds to the spiraling paranoia of the song. The glass house metaphor and the paranoia that someone is just waiting for you to say something wrong so they can throw stones at your house. Maybe true to an extent....but I don't think it's that serious. Artists have been critical of things for decades. Anyway, I really enjoyed the album, but it makes me want to go back to Kid A and see what the fuss was about. It seems this album and Kid A were two "controversial" albums in the direction of Radiohead.

Radiohead is the best

There was a time I only knew about The Bends. The first thing from Radiohead outside that album that just popped up on my Spotify was Knives Out. It felt like a one way trip to the isolation of my own mind. I loved it. I love this album as a whole more than Kid A actually, because it has kind of a jazzy feel to it. It just makes me introspect. I am one of those very very few people that love HTTT and Amnesiac more than Kid A and In Rainbows. Sue me! This is a 5 star record.

This is my first Radiohead album that I've listened front to back. Never thought RH was bad just hadn't gotten around to it. I definitely get it now. V experimental in all the right ways. Creepy but funny. Introspective. But never goes too far out that you don't know what's going on. Well fucking done. Highlights: Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong, Life In A Glasshouse

I like how you can hear their jazz influence through their rock and electronic elements; Radiohead is one of my all time favorite bands, but this still isnt my favorite on the list.

One of my favourites, jagged back end with some experimental stuff but still my favourite band that rewards on re listens

The B sides of the most influential rock album of the 21st century might actually be the more impactful album. While I remember wondering if they would pick up guitars again, answer not really, it did portend a softer landing than the left turn of Kid A. The music itself is varied and interesting. Knives Out doesn’t fit yet would be an all timer for any other band. Pyramid Song, Packt, Life in a Glass House…it’s Radiohead at their height.

For anyone who rated this lower than 3 stars.... You just haven't invested enough time in it. A truly great album

Damn Radiohead! What a mood. Saving as a favorite

It sounds like an even sadder version of Kid A

The Good: This is the first Radiohead album out of 6 I have rolled for this project. Radiohead kicks ass. The Bad: This is the lowest rated Radiohead album on the site, and may not be the best starting point for the band. The Other: It’s still a 5 star album. I loved it anyway. Ok, so here’s the thing. I’m not the most familiar with this band. My younger brother is a huge fan, and I love what little I’ve heard, but I’ve never actually seeked out Radiohead before. Rolling this one first is a bit odd, because apparently it’s just outtakes from Kid A, an album I haven’t heard yet. Saw some people calling it Kid B for that reason. It’s also weird, because, and I can’t stress this enough, I fucking L O V E this. Radiohead is one of those bands with a near cult like following. Every album they put out people treat like the second coming of Jesus. I’ve rolled some other artists with the same kind of cult like following as Radiohead, but none quite to this extent. And you know what?? I immediately get it. I might join that cult. Thom Yorke is a brilliant singer, a brilliant guitarist, and the rest of the band is great too. I don’t know if the other albums have the same somber vibe as this one, but I love this. It’s got a very Gorillaz feel to it, one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. I picked the Gorillaz path as a kid, not the Radiohead path, lol. They’re immensely similar, but I would say this is more symphonic and almost astral, focusing on vibes and the art itself more than the vocals and beats. Wouldn’t you know it, this came out the same year as the self titled Gorillaz album. What a killer year for music 2001 was, holy hell. Shit, I’m still coming to grips with this being the lowest rated Radiohead album on the site. Not only would I return to this any day of the week, but picking a favorite song is also borderline impossible. Any album where your favorite song is going to change by the minute is really really good. I don’t know man, it’s a double edged sword giving this one a 5, should I rate it as a high 4 and wait to listen to the other 5 albums to see if this is truly the worst of them, or do I let it ride and potentially have 6 Radiohead albums rated 5 stars. Decisions, decisions. I don’t know man. I loved this from the very first listen, so either it’s an outlier that I’ll end up liking more than the other 5, or I genuinely may have 6 5 star albums lined up whenever I roll Radiohead. Either way, I’m fucking pumped for more of this. I’m jonesing for it. I’m not going to give this one a 4. I get the hype. This is one of the better albums I’ve rolled for this project. While most albums have been enjoyable, this was true art. Peak.

I've loved this one for a long time. it's disorienting in the exact right way.

I really like it. They're zionist wankers, and it's such a shame.

This was my first deep dive into a full Radiohead album. I liked the various singles I've heard, and I liked this album a good bit as well. It's full of dark undertones, experimentation, some electronic moments ("Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors"), and the beautiful "Pyramid Song". There's even a short instrumental piece, "Hunting Bears". The ethereal and unusual (not super mainstream) nature of Radiohead's music makes for a captivating listen.

I get a lot of shit for this from people I know, but this is absolutely top 3 Radiohead. There's no way people only think about this as leftovers from the Kid A era, this clears that and its not even close. I would go to bat for it any day of week, it's so powerful and it's just a feat for sure. Favorites: Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, I Might Be Wrong

An old friend. I'm lucky enough to own the library book CD from it's initial release. I know that Kid A is probably the better album, but I listen to Amnesiac more. I love it's weirdness. Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors, Spinning Plates, Dollars and Cents - all brilliantly weird.

Radiohead can do no wrong in my eyes.

Sounds like the Minecraft OST. Very electronic and not as heavy or rock oriented as their previous albums. Very good album, though!

Just an absolute masterpiece of an album. I've listened to it dozens of times and it never gets old. Every song is fantastic, but Pyramid Song and Life in a Glasshouse never fail to give me goosebumps.

unpopular opinion, amnesiac better than kid a, top3 radiohead album for me

Apparently, there are people who don't like Radiohead. People also like nuts and lager. People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

Maybe the greatest “B-side” record, ever; it stands alone as its own record with its own pervasive musical themes. Wish they tapped into Jazz elements more. Not my favorite Radiohead record (or second, third…) but damn there isn’t a weak song here. Stuck between a 4 and 5… but fuck it.

I already know I'm gonna cry and implode. (I did) Prob not my fav album from them but whooohooo

Following on from the experimentation of Kid A, and taking things significantly further. Amnesiac has always seemed like more of a stepping stone to what came afterwards, rather than one of their best albums on its own. That said, there are many wonderful moments, and standout tracks. You and Whose Army is one, as is Like Spinning Plates and Life in a Glasshouse, among others. Understated at times, and introspective, yet undeniably bold.

Knives in

My baby

Mmmmm....wierd music (Already a fan of this band)

This and the two albums prior are kind of perfect. Amnesiac gets unfairly pegged as Kid A offcuts, and the release strategy lent itself to that, but Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out are among my favourite Radiohead songs, and the album as a whole meshes together just as beautifully as Kid A.

9/10 Controversial opinion, but I like this much, much more than Kid A. It's somehow both more adventurous and varied, and yet more accessible. Not as abstract maybe, but considerably more pleasant to listen to, while still being unique and interesting. Like every Radiohead album there's plenty of melancholy here, but it isn't quite as bleak and cold as Kid A. It's almost even kind of fun at some points. Highlights: Life in a Glasshouse Pyramid Song Knives Out You and Whose Army? Like Spinning Plates Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box Dollars and Cents

Not even my fave Radiohead but it’s a banger. Shame they’re weirdo Israel guys

I liked the overall vibe of the album a lot. The first song is perfect to introduce the album to the listener and the listening experience is constantly great. I love the lyrics on the songs and the meaning behind them. Every song opens a door to a new world, it's something new with every line of words and every new tact. The instrumentals were great and they represented the vibe of each and every song perfectly. I would totally recommend this album to others. 5/5

Never a bad record from these chaps

Fucking älskar denna. Minns när den kom, då var jag 19 år gammal och gick gymnasiet och vi var helt tagna 😍

Let's be clear: I am a big fan of Radiohead and, unlike many others, I started to listen them from Kid A on, so I am quite biased... Kid A was a breakthrough album of a band that was already great, something like Sgt. Pepper, and Amnesiac was concieved and recorded during the same sessions, so it's basically Kid A - Part B... Together they make the best music of the '00s and probably still the best produced in this century.

Prefer OK Computer & the Bends, but this is fine Radiohead, too

Decent radiohead album

Probably the most underrated Radiohead album

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

These guys are just better than everyone else. This album in particular is better than its reputation - I prefer it to In Rainbows.

This is an album that rewards patience. On first listen, it can feel fragmented and elusive, but after a couple of spins, its strange beauty starts to surface. Amnesiac isn’t designed for mass appeal—Radiohead deliberately sidestep the mainstream here, leaning into abstraction and mood over hooks. It’s unsettling, experimental, and at times disorienting, yet that’s exactly what makes it compelling. If Kid A was the revolution, Amnesiac is the echo—haunting, cerebral, and defiantly uncommercial.

Oh god my heart its so good, felt like I was levitating

Another perfect album

Very interesting and dark and jazzy

This album is inseperable from my identity and personality. It came at a formative time and had a large impact on me. A less biased listener would probably have a caricature of the typical Amnesiac fan and it would probably be a 100% match.

i love it

i recently just got into this album and Kid A. never have been a huge Radiohead guy, but these albums are perfect. and they are good albums to fall asleep to!

RAAAAHHHHHHH ITS RADIOHEAD🦅🇺🇲 My #2 favorite past time was being serenaded to. I might have to bump it up to #1 after this. Yeah this album got it, nothing else needs to be said. Im even finding it hard to choose a favorite song. Saved: Pyramid Song, You And Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Dollars and Cents, Hunting Bears, Like Spinning Plates, Life In a Glasshouse 10/10

Amnesiac suffers from one big problem: it lives in the shadow of a masterpiece. After Kid A, the anticipation was massive. I remember living on Radiohead forums, downloading bootlegs from gigs, dissecting rumours about "Big Boots", "Nude", "Follow Me Around". Then a leaked version of "I Might Be Wrong" surfaced and suddenly there it was: guitar. Not that the move into electronica was ever a bad one for Radiohead, but the thought of Jonny Greenwood, quite possibly the most innovative guitarist of all time, plugging back in again was a moment of serious excitement. The physical release of this was particularly special. That "lost book" edition, with the CD acting as the library book card, was such a perfect artefact for the music inside. Paired with Stanley Donwood's artwork, the crying minotaur, the labyrinth, the constellations - it alone dispelled any thoughts that this was going to be a collection of Kid A b-sides or leftovers. This was a proper album. What still blows my mind is this: imagine your biggest creative block producing so much extraordinary material that you not only make Kid A, but still have enough left over to build Amnesiac. Having songs like "Pyramid Song" or "You And Whose Army?" in your back pocket, and thinking "nah, these aren't good enough for the album" is absolutely nuts. And yet, somehow, it's still criminally underrated. Let's go down into the labrynth. "Pyramid Song" is one of Radiohead's absolute best. That impossible-feeling time signature, the drifting gorgeous piano with all the textured sounds around it. It's a top-tier Radiohead classic. Ditto for "You And Whose Army?": that sharp intake of breath at the start, the muted, muffled descending jazz chord progression. The fragile, calm tone in Thom's voice juxtaposed with the defiant taunting of the lyrics. It's absolutely cinematic. You can visualise a hero who appears to be knocked down, knowing something his enemy doesn't, quietly confident. And then that epic refrain of "We ride tonight / Ghost horses." Seriously. Synth pulses signal something incoming, Jonny's drop-D riff locks in with Colin's roaming bass, and "I Might Be Wrong" kicks off. And remains kicking, the rawness of the distorted guitar mixing with the metallic electronic beat - a real trademark of this "new" Radiohead. Until everything fractures in that stunning middle section, one of the most gorgeous moments they've ever recorded, the familiar descending hiss of a Memory Man feeding back to infinity, building atmospheric dread. I'm going to say it: the better of the "Morning Bells" is on here too. The single for "Pyramid Song" had two versions, with different b-sides on each, so of course I got both. "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy" is one of the most unique songs that Radiohead have come out with. It didn't sound like anything else they'd ever made, and it remains criminally hidden and largely unknown in their backlog of b-sides. Similar could be said for the fantastic "Trans-Atlantic Drawl", "Fast Track" or "Kinetic". "Dollars and Cents" is born of those same recordings, when Radiohead started to come out with some really atmospheric songs centered around bass. These songs are a side of Radiohead that verges almost on shoegaze - live instrumentation making music that behaved like electronica. "Hunting Bears" is another unique moment. The "Fitter, Happier" of this album: nothing but guitar string squeaks, a simple repeated riff, a keyboard drone, and yet somehow emotionally devastating. "Like Spinning Plates" might be Radiohead at their most experimental. Reversed, re-reversed, alien, unsettling. Thom's voice sounds like it's being transmitted from another dimension. Hearing the piano version live in Copenhagen recently only reinforced how beautiful the song is beneath all that abstraction. And then there's "Life in a Glasshouse". A genuine masterpiece. The jazz-inflected verses swelling until the chorus slaps you on the face with a trumpet. The brass is everything here, and Thom's final screams, “only, only, only” are the sound of the album peaking. I've seen so many forum lists ranking Radiohead albums into S-tier piles, and it genuinely baffles me that Amnesiac so often sits near the bottom, barely ahead of Pablo Honey. I honestly don't understand how this record isn't universally recognised as top-tier Radiohead. Listening to it waiting around in a hospital today, covered in wires and sensors, felt oddly appropriate for an album like Amnesiac. Despite the setting, the album creates a sense of familiarity that completely displaces where you are. It makes me feel at home. Underrated doesn't even begin to cover it.

Long time favorite of mine

Superb. Amazingly never listened to this album before although new the singles.

'Pakt Like Sardines' is a mini-masterpiece that very few could devise. There is some Björk here perhaps, and certainly Aphex Twin in the toneless, clipped beats. The way it layers up, but at its heart remains robotic, is a delicious dichotomy. It's counterpart feels like the mixed-up 'Like Spinning Plates' which you never really know if it's going backwards or forwards. The hauntingly cinematic 'Pyramid Song' is unapologetically languorous, and one of their most beautiful melodies, building to a truly astral denouement. 'Dollars and Cents' is equally cinematic using sweeping Morricone strings. And so on. I needn't mention the off-kilter basslines, the leftfield guitar parts, the inventive drum parts, and the soaring falsetto, all of which will take a back seat when so required. Their excellence as a band is well-understood. Oft the forgotten cousin of Kid A, this is a masterpiece in its own right. An album I revisit rarely and that is not acceptable and I apologise.

radiohead is my favorite band so ill never get tired of listening to any of their albums

Hell yeah

THIS ALBUM IS AWESOME

If I could give this 4.5 stars, I would. It's an amazing album though, so I have no problem rounding up in this case!

I really enjoyed this! I saved “Packt Line Sardines in a Crushed Tin,” “Pyramid Song,” “Knives Out,” “Hunting Bears,” and “Life in a Glass House.”

I saw Radiohead for the first and only time after the release of this album and after revisiting it today it's been rappelling through my brain. It's such an important shift for them and for music at the time. The 2000s separating from the 90s

The sister album to Kid A, and just as good. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 5 – not a 10 like Kid A (retroactively) was, since it didn’t leave me as mesmerized, but this is still a really good album regardless. Yes, a lot of these tracks are leftovers from the Kid A sessions – I found Kid A to be profound in its own way, one that I couldn’t describe at the time & one that I’m still not sure I can describe now. The best words I have are “aural dream therapy”, but even that’s too broad to truly capture the essence of Kid A. Here, that sense of “aural dream therapy” feels a bit more twisted, leaning into something more chaotic & slightly maddening, as if the therapy didn’t work. I have no idea where these tracks could’ve fit into Kid A, nor do I know if this album would really work as the second half of a double album, but on their own, as a package, I’d say they fit despite the lack of polished coherence. Since it feels more chaotic / maddening, this album is allowed to expand the boundaries that Kid A set for itself, one that’s occasionally more reminiscent of OK Computer & what would be to come down the line with In Rainbows. I think that’s still sort of profound in its own right, but since it’s not as tight & not as musically cohesive, this album never fully shakes off the “Kid A leftovers” label, at least to my ears. It’s still very good, though. This album isn’t as overwhelming, nor is it as grand, nor does it use minimalism to the same general effect as Kid A does, but the things it does do, in terms of creating an atmosphere for Thom Yorke to wail over, in really lovely & musically complex ways, it does VERY well. It’s not fully shaking the “Kid A leftovers” label to my ears, but it creates a label all its own, since most of these tracks feel musically distinct. The way this album jumps from style to style creates a feeling of distance between each track, one that adds to the slightly maddening feel. A lot of these tracks are still incredibly cool to just sit in & soak up the soundscapes for, like the weird crushed techno beat on “Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors”, the relaxed intro & subsequent open doors of “You and Whose Army?”, the weirdly hypnotic loop of “I Might Be Wrong”, & the stressful zen of “Dollars and Cents”. Lyrically, I do think this leans somewhere slightly political, but I don’t think the lyrics really matter here, with broad David Byrne-esque strokes being painted to supplement a theme as opposed to a tighter song structure. I certainly didn’t factor them in as much as I normally would. Ultimately, it’s hard *not* to compare this to Kid A, but I think it really works as a collection of tracks all its own. It’s not trying to do the same thing, even though it’s from the same sessions, and while it’s not as tight, it doesn’t need to be. If you can indulge in these soundscapes and take them as they are, with Thom Yorke’s broader strokes filling in some light detail to the audio’s more stressful scenery, then you’ll probably enjoy this a lot. If you can’t get into it (and weirdly, I can understand not getting into this one more than Kid A), then it’s probably going to sit at a disconnected, weird, yet competent 3. To my ears, the uniquely ethereal tones that made Kid A work are there, though not as potent, and I think the way this blends elements of OK Computer back into the mix worked really well for me. I’m at a 5 – it’s not as good as Kid A was, but I think it’s highly enjoyable all the same.

One of the greatest pieces of art ever created

Fantastic album by radiohead. I was expecting Kid A or OK Computer so this was a pleasant surprise.

Perfect.

Excellent record wow. Tbh a sad reality is that in the last two years Radiohead has just not been hitting but wow oh wow this hit. Some of my all time favorites on here

Pointless noise

My favourite Radiohead album. Don’t need to listen to know this is a 5/5 I’m not a person who slavishly follows and enjoys Radiohead. Fell off around In Rainbows, but Kid A and Amnesiac are up there on my personal favourite album list. We ride tonight!

Не Creep конечно, но в целом не плохо для 2001

My hottest Radiohead take: I'd take this album over The Bends any day of the week, no hesitation. As a band I think these guys just work best for me when it sounds like Thom Yorke is wailing out from some cyberspace torment nexus they've trapped him inside. It's about the atmosphere...

I got this album before taking a week off for Thanksgiving. When I opened this website on Monday morning, I forgot whether I had listened to it or not. I popped it on to check and enjoyed it so much that I listened to the whole thing again. I feel like that is the perfect summary of my relationship with Radiohead.

Superb.

No idea what all those 1star reviews are talking about…

All time great

An excellent continuation from Kid A, fully layered sounds and syncopation.

Love this album!

I love the more experimental side of Radiohead. This album evokes so many emotions. I feel sorry for people in their reviews thinking sadness is not an appropriate emotion when listening to music

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Yeah, maybe this was the leftovers from "Kid A" instead of a perfect split, but I still love "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box," "You and Whose Army?" and "I Might Be Wrong."

I’m not a Radiohead fan but this album is very very good

This album is so delightfully weird, I can’t explain it. I honestly think that is my favorite of theirs, along with the moon shaped pool, I can’t explain it, but I love it. Five stars.

I sometimes love Radiohead and sometimes don't vibe with it. This album ruled. I thought it was fascinating to listen to - a challenging listen in a great way. Going to listen to this a hundred times and see what shakes out. Great find.

Radiohead has been pretty stable in my top bands since high school - solidified by the luck of seeing them on the In Rainbows tour in 2008 (and then never getting the chance to see them again). I listen to alot less of them now, but will dip back in in spurts. Of the early albums, Amnesiac is probably the one I've listened to the least, but man is it great. I love how stripped down everything is - usually just a couple of instruments and vocals at the forefront. Unexpected chord progressions, lyrically dense, but still catchy. Pyramid Song is gorgeous, and Life in a Glasshouse is one of the best from their catalog. That trumpet. I do find it hard to argue with the general criticism that Radiohead is too self-serious and joyless as a band, part of the reason I don't find myself returning to listen as often now. But I'm still drawn to how they've been able to innovate while still sounding like an approachable rock band, especially in these earlier years.

Already had "I Might Be Wrong" and "Hunting Bears" on a couple playlists, but didn't know the rest of this album very well. Is it my favorite Radiohead album? No, but it's still very good. "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" "Pyramid Song" and "You and Whose Army?" were other faves.

Classic album in a great 3 album cycle .

Один з улюблених альбомів рх, а pyramid song - одна з улюблених пісень.

об'єктивно це 4 (3.8 за моєю ж оцінкою), а не 5. але з цим альбомом я не хочу бути до кінця об'єктивною, бо з нього і почалась моя любов до радіохед. сумний, темний альбом, який ніби спиває про боротьбу та надію, але атмосферу створює абсолютно безнадійну, і десь так воно в реальності і відчувається.

I'm excited to listen to this album but also slightly fearful of the mood it might put me in today. Pyramid Song!!! (I keep reading it as Pyramid Head but that is because I have spooky season brain rot currently) Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors is weird as hell. Super experimental sounding. Morning Bell/Amnesiac is good. Hunting Bears has a western vibe to it that I really love. Overall dug it a lot. Not my favorite radiohead album i dont think though

"Hoping my friends also see the peak in this." I have been slowly introducing subliminal statements in favor of one day going out to see Radiohead with my friends. A band as afraid of stagnancy as many hundreds more are afraid of change, this album is part of that artistic obsession and boy is it a trip. Jazz, electro, rock, wonky time signatures are all in some way present in this melancholic album that speaks about death, depression, and the cycle of suffering. (This album also got sampled by one of my favorite 2023 albums `Let's start here` by Lil Yachty) I think Radiohead sometimes catches some flak for their tendency to occasionally push out music that could be seen as pretentious. However, they approach it with a level of honesty that someone high off their own ass fumes could simply not emulate. I love this band and I am glad that one of their more underrated albums got chosen. They ran so that bands like Coldplay could walk (Love them both). Certified heat.

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!! so excited that 1001 gen made me come back to this. a record full of uniquely cinematic, thrilling, and haunting soundscapes. yet, it’s one of radiohead’s most accessible works. listening to it will make you feel like you’re that one brilliant misunderstood investigator from your mum’s favourite tv series shakily digging through case files in the middle of the night on your 17th cigarette in doom-bound attempts to escape childhood trauma and the sheer mess of your private life. simply sensational.

Highlight Song/s: You And Whose Army, Knives Out, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Life in a Glasshouse I name-dropped Life in a Glasshouse in reference to good closers when I got Heroes by Bowie yesterday. It's as if I summoned this album, I'm not superstitious but that's really weird. Out of all albums! Amnesiac, Amnesiac. I love how strange these songs are on the album. Beep-boop electronic noises, jazz, and a return of the guitar-based rock music. Most of those are used in conjunction with each other. Has a nice haunting quality as well on most of the songs, though that is the case with most Radiohead songs. Amnesiac is so much more than Kid B, sometimes people can get so blinded because it did the crime of being recorded roughly at the same time as Kid A but being released less than a year later. So people saw (and still see,) the album as a leftovers/b-sides album. If that happens to be true, Pyramid Song, You And Whose Army and Life in a Glasshouse are some bloody good leftover tracks, you can't deny that IF that is the case. The Amnesiac Award Show: Winner track: Life in a Glasshouse Most beep-boop sounds: Packt Like Sardines Favourite to win: Pyramid Song Most underrated song: Pulk/Pull Best singing: You And Whose Army

MY FAV RADIOHEAD ALBUM YAY.... I adore the odd, anxious and cold feeling from this album dearly. My favorite song would either be packt like sardines or Life in a glasshouse.

Lol already love it, have it on CD

I think it is very easy to argue that this is not Radiohead's best work, and I personally would say that Amnesiac isn't even within their best 5 albums. However, I also think that if any other band(such as the flagships of the dying britpop craze) had produced this, it would've been remembered as their magnum opus. I am extremely biased with Radiohead, but they are undeniably masters of their craft, and this album is no exception. Pyramid Song is undeniably beautiful. You And Whose Army? / I Might Be Wrong / Knives Out is an absolutely outstanding 3 track run perhaps only rivalled by some on Ok Computer. Understated tracks like Dollars and Cents are still outstanding. I can't say much to Hunting Bears as it is a transitional piece, however it certainly works well as part of the album as a whole. And of course Life In a Glasshouse is just amazing - Yorke's whine with the horns cannot be rivaled. For an album which is essentially just the leftovers from Kid A(an absolute masterpiece), this is utterly brilliant.

Great album!

Кровяка в глаза

great music

Scanning over all the negative reviews is quite funny. Hate someone cuz they suck not cuz they’re popular or critics really like them. I don’t know if any Radiohead album is less than 5 stars. Prior to today’s listen I thought that this one is their weakest album but after another re-listen damn this is good. If this is indeed their weakest album then damn they are the greatest band ever.

Not quite as good as Kid A but still amazing

A masterpiece with electronic and rock themes, which is amazingly made up of what almost counts as the B-sides from Kid-A. Recorded during the same sessions, these songs didn't have the same radio play as prior albums, which hurt the album's popularity. But the creativity and musicianship is top-notch. Radiohead choosing to branch out from 90's alt-rock and experimenting like there do here is why they rank as a top band of all time.

I remember being so excited for this album, coming off the heels of the greatest album of all time, Ok Computer. I bought this CD and what I thought was a companion book, the book was $80 I believe. I got in my car, popped in the CD and unwrapped the book only to find out that it was just a limited edition CD. Frig me. Then I get hit with music completely different than Ok computer. Double frig me. In the end, even though Radiohead albums get weirder from here, this is still a top notch album, from start to finish. It was a bold move to get experimental at the height of their career but it worked. Choice cut: Hunting Bears

its radiohead...

I’ve got a complicated relationship with Radiohead currently based on their politics, but a stone cold classic is a stone cold classic.

Not my favorite Radiohead album, but one of the easiest 5 stars so far.

A rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouching towards the digital hellscape to be born. Where once its fractured, pixelated humanity felt prescient, now it just feels trenchant. "Life in a Glasshouse" feels like a jazz funeral for the future we were promised.

Awesome

I started this album thinking I’m not going to just give it 5 stars because it’s Radiohead. But by the time pyramid doing had finished that was out the window. Would probably be a 4/5 on the Radiohead album scale

A few of my favorites on this album.

I refer to my previous comments about Kid A. This album came out of the same recording sessions so shares the same DNA. Namely more electronic than guitars. This could easily have become a double Kid A album. Weirdness and beauty coexist on the album. Like Kid A I was not sure originally about the album but has become a grower. Is purely for Radiohead aficionados. 5/5 7/9/25

Ohhh they are geniuses I get it now. More a casual fan, I love fpt and emff, but this album rules

My hot take, which surely no one agrees with, is this album is better than *The Bends*. I think this album represents Radiohead at the peak of their powers, when they were just wildly experimenting with their sound and still managing to craft some of the best music ever. I don't love everything here, but there's a ton of great highlights including "Pyramid Song", "You and Whose Army", "I Might Be Wrong", "Knives Out", the alternate version of *Kid A*'s "Morning Bell", and one of my absolute favorite Radiohead songs, "Life in a Glasshouse". 5 stars.

Yet more prime experimental Radiohead. As long as you’re not Pablo Honey or King Of Limbs you can belong in this list. This one easily smashes In Rainbows and might even be a teeny bit above Kid A even though this is supposed to be the scrappy B side leftovers from the same sessions. The tracks aren’t as showy but in some ways are even more deliciously sinister and it’s sequenced far more succulently than on Kid A. Pyramid Song is the most striking gem here with its stark piano and strings and ridiculous scorching beauty. Knives Out is so nice and lilting and the best chart hit about cannibalism. Like Spinning Plates with its backmasked whirring, jarring and throbbing is one of the most evil sounds ever. And sticky swamp jazz closer Life In A Glass House is graced with the presence of Sorry I Haven’t A Clue presenter Humphrey Lyttleton which makes it far superior to something like Motion Picture Soundtrack which frankly just doesn’t have a clue. If this album is Kid B then the B surely stands for Better.

A literal masterpiece in every sense of the word.

Back on track! En vacances dans des zones sans réseau, c’était pas évident!!! Ça recommence fort! Mon adolescence fut bercé par Radiohead! Même si c’est pas celui qui me fait le plus vibrer, je ne peux pas mettre moins que 5 ⭐️!!!

On dirait qu'on s'entend tous pour dire que Radiohead fait parti des grands groupes de rock ever (je suis certain que Guillaume ne s'opposera pas au fait que je l'inclus là-dedans). Chaque album est magistral.

After yeaaars of waiiiting... nothing came. J'ai vraiment plus écouté Kid A, mais ça vaut vraiment la peine, les beats et les grooves sont incroyables. Ça m'a permis de m'amuser à découvrir la seconde partie plus en profondeur. Comme jeanjean je ne peux absolument pas être objectif ici, ça fait trop partie de mon core. Peut-être juste King of Limbs qui mériterait moins que 5.

Radiohead are my fav band, love it.

Amazing

This album of leftover Radiohead songs is better than most albums. Weird, interesting and vibes throughout

I’m giving this 5 stars in hopes the little guy on the cover will stop crying

Incredibly deep, powerful and inspiring. Loved it. Especially Pyramid Song and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors

Geweldig album, onterecht ondergesneeuwd door Kid A. Deze is minstens net zo goed.

Excellent, many bangers, but some songs are too experimental

LOVE it was a rainy day so the perfect soundtrack

Kid A, Side 2. It’s not as good as its predecessor, but it’s more Kid A era Radiohead. I prefer to listen to the Kid Amnesiac that has both together.

Hard to be objective on this. Vivid memories of the first listen of Packt Like Sardines, and pretty much everything on this album was a hook for me from then on.

‘Pyramid song’ might be my favorite Radiohead song. ‘I might be wrong’ might be my favorite Radiohead song. ‘Knives out’ might be my favorite Radiohead song. ‘Morning bell/Amnesiac’ might be my favorite Radiohead song. ‘Dollars and Cents’ might be my favorite Radiohead song. Anyways I really like radiohead and this album is quite good. easy 5/5

One of my least favourite Radiohead albums but obviously still majestic so an easy 5 stars.

Sinceramente, esta é a escolha patrícia quando o assunto é Radiohead. Quanto mais frequento discussões por aí a respeito dessa banda, mais eu percebo o quão desentendido esse disco realmente é. Não, esse álbum não é uma coletânea de descartes do Kid A. Não é a irmã mais nova e descuidada do Kid A. Ouça este álbum sem ter o Kid A em mente. As vezes me pergunto como seria o mundo se Amnesiac tivesse sido lançado antes de Kid A. Acho a progressão das faixas aqui perfeita. O disco se inicia perfeitamente e se encerra perfeitamente, e o recheio no centro é fantástico. A sequência You And Whose Army -> I Might Be Wrong (minha canção favorita de toda a discografia da banda) -> Knives Out é uma das melhores sequências que eles já gravaram. Verdadeiramente hipnotizante e envolvente. Sem filler, sem perder tempo, sem faixas inconsequentes. O álbum apresenta um tema e o desenvolve até seu último segundo, até a última gota. E que tema é esse? Sonoramente, este álbum casa as mistificações eletro-ecléticas da banda de maneira que eles nunca mais reproduziram. Chegaram perto no In Rainbows, mas não superaram o que fizeram aqui. Ouça as canções aqui com a devida atenção que elas merecem. Cada fragmento miscelâneo cria vida. Eu recomendo muito que você baixe e experimente o Kid Amnesiac Exhibition, que está disponível no PS5 e na Epic Games. Vai mudar bastante sua percepção a respeito da produção esporádica deste disco, pois no “jogo” você explora este álbum e sua irmã como se fossem espaços físicos. Curioso que antes de eu jogar o game, eu já tinha esse tato físico com as canções daqui… Recomendo muito. Canções como Pyramid Song e Morning Bell são verdadeiros santuários prontos para serem desbravados a fundo. Também recomendo, para quem é muito fã do disco, que busque e adquira a edição especial do álbum lançado junto do livro de sua capa. É um item maravilhoso para todos colecionadores. Produção minimalista, areosa, espaçosa. I’m a reasonable man, get off my case. After years of waiting, nothing came… and you realize you were looking in the wrong place. Estruturas musicais não-ortodoxas, vocalizações lindas com os gemidos e grunhidos de Thom, líricas esotéricas como em Pyramid Song. Processamento digital brutal como em Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. E a construção climática de You And Whose Army? You forget so easy… E aquela orquestra inesperada em Dollars and Cents? We are the dollars and cents and pounds and pents, and we’re gonna crack your little skull… E a cinematografia de Hunting Bears? E a não-ortodoxia de Like Spinning Plates? E a pluralidade de gêneros de Life In A Glasshouse? Trilha fúnebre nova-orleanina para fechar o disco?! Pelo amor de Deus. Well of course I’d like to sit around and chat 🎺🎺🎺 Well of course I’d like to stay and chew the fat 🥁🥁🥁 …But someone’s listening in… 🎺🎺🎺🥁🥁🥁🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷 Enfim, meu álbum favorito do Radiohead, surpreendentemente. Até eu me impressiono quando penso nisso, mas não podemos escolher quem o coração ama. Muita gente fala mal desse álbum, mas tudo bem, eu entendo que não é pra todo mundo. É uma pira bem diferente do resto do trabalho da banda, e às vezes ele realmente passa um ar pretensioso. Mas quando ele te pega, ele te pega bem. 5/5

I was going to give it 4 stars but I was comparing it to other radio head albums. As a stand-alone it’s definitely a 5 star.

4.7 3x old classic

Amazing album from Radiohead, as always. I don't think the guys in Radiohead are 100% human because the stuff they put out just doesn't sound like something that came out of a human imagination. It's so odd and wonderful and just makes me happy to listen to in a way that almost no other music does. Five stars.

wow. i think these guys will be really big if they keep this up.

Strikes a great balance between electronics, rock, and just enough weird to keep everything interesting. Not going to be for everyone and will definitely take a few listens to fully click, but is a very unique offering that pushes rock boundaries in a great way. Top tracks: Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Life In a Glass House

Super jazzy, super introspective and super unsettling/uneasy at times... One of the most unique Radiohead albums, and one that intrigues me quite a lot. From the weird album cover to the strange chopped up beats and sounds incorporated throughout the album, to even the strangely cryptic lyric. In my opinion, Amnesiac is Radiohead's most underrated album and it isn't close! (maybe it's close between Amnesiac and AMSP, but then again moon shaped pool gets quite a lot of praise) I think this album in terms of weirdness matches OK Computer and Kid A and in terms of elements is quite similar to In Rainbows. All in all, while I've heard it a lot already, as always it was an enjoyable listen, and I love this album !!

Gonna be difficult to find a Radiohead album without a 5

This album would be five stars even if it it just the first two and last two songs. Very good

Only reason it was a shakier 5 is because I listened to Kid A first

solid kid a follow up. but not epic

I’ve really enjoyed this album over the years. I wonder how I would have rated it if I was unfamiliar with the band, and was listening for the first time. Probably wouldn’t be a 5 star because it’s kind of an acquired taste. I first listened to it with the benefit of having my ears accustomed to the unique song structure and overall feel of Kid A. So nice to revisit this one!

magnetic, very very unique and legendary small brother of kid A. good experiment by Radiohead, especially pyramid song, knives out and you and whose army. not the "everyday album". taste it slowly and situationally good memories...

oh, radiohead... people may really idolize their roots and their more traditional grunge sound, but the sort of weird post-rock music that challenges the conventions of the genre. if you can't handle these guys from the start, you might want to protect your virgin ears from this music. apathetic and cold, a lot of other albums by these guys feel like sparkling comets while this radiohead album sounds like a big black hole.

Probably marking up for Radiohead, but this is a luscious and richly-textured sonic experience

está muy bien👍

radiohead does electronic music?! liked & added

Not the first or last 5 star Radiohead record. This one grew on me later in my adult life, I didn’t love it when it came out but I’ve grown to appreciate it so much more now.

I haven't listened to this album much if at all even though I enjoy Radiohead's other music quite a bit. Amnesiac is just as fresh, inventive, and well-crafted as their other work. I'm sure it's not to everyone's taste, but I loved it. Faves: pyramid song, you and whose army?, I might be wrong, Life in a Glasshouse

I'm a reasonable man, I see radiohead, I rate 5stars. Hard for me to separate this album from what it meant to me when I discovered it as a teenager. I'd never heard anything like it. It was cinematic, rock, noise, electronic, ambient, non-chalant, and yet so fucking cool. It pulled feelings out of my depths I wasn't aware were there. So yeah, I'd say that it was a pretty great album.

Love it. Fantastic album. Love the jazzy vibe.

i need your amnesiac

Rating: 4.5/5 Short Review: Amnesiac sounds like someone recorded your nightmares and played them back through a haunted library’s PA system. It’s cryptic, beautiful, and just a little bit malfunctioning — like a Radiohead-shaped echo trying to remember its own name. 🎧 Favorite Track: “Pyramid Song” Time doesn’t move in this track; it drifts. This is the soundtrack to floating upside down in space, thinking about every mistake you made in 2003. ⚙️ Consistency With Me: 8/10 This album is emotionally scrambled and technically brilliant — two traits I relate to deeply. If I ever had to explain what it feels like to glitch out emotionally while sipping black tea and staring into the abyss, I’d just hand over Amnesiac and disappear in a puff of static.

I do love some Radiohead

ok gmg radio h ead i really liked this 5/5

I love Radiohead. Don't care at all for the people in the band, but I am not one of those people at all that find them boring, annoying or overrated. This is my personal favorite Radiohead album, tied with In Rainbows. I don't get why this record gets written off as "Kid A b-sides" when it doesn't sound like Kid A at all. Seems like a thing that people say just to justify the fact that this record is a little more moody and introspective than Kid A, and therefore more of a cult favorite. Anyway. Really love Radiohead. Great record.

Packt like Sardines is a chill opener, though I'm not sure what song would be appropriate to lead into Pyramid Song. Pyramid Song is Amnesiac's How to Disappear Completely. One of my favorite songs. I love everything about this song - that such a monster song is built on the piano chords that carry on throughout the track (I think I've read the time signature is interesting but I am not sufficiently educated to speak to that - update: GPT 4o tells me it is actually 4/4 but with unusual phrasing). I love the sparse, stuttering drums that come in with swelling strings and vocals. The build up and release. The pacing of the song. That we are treated to another build up and release before the song finishes. It must have been challenging to choose a song for the other side of Pyramid Song. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors is a deeply satisfying choice. The gateway drug to bring your hip hop head friend over to Radiohead. I feel that this song and Life in a Glass House could have gone devastatingly poorly. Maybe in a different universe. In this one Pulk/Pull slams. glitchy beats, overwhelming pounding base complimented by slower electronic sounds of some sort? The vocal - somewhat in the vain of Fitter Happier? but younger/more human sounding - flows well with the track, especially the mysterious sounding lyrics ("and there are trapdoors, that you can't come back from"). Re the younger sounding vocal, seems fitting given that a children's encyclopedia was responsible for much of the lyrical content (hat tip to SK: https://citizeninsane.eu/music/amnesiac/pulkpull.html). You and Whose Army comes up next and is another of my favorite Radiohead songs. It feels like it has a sense of humor. First opening with a yawn after Pulk/Pull. Then asking in the most subdued voice "you and whose army?". The song is subtle and powerful. Another builder. I believe it's recorded on guitar but I've played it on piano and like how it sounds. In particular when Thom belts out "Holy Roman Empire." (The Pyramid Song piano chords are fun to play with strings layered on top). Good music moves. I know because when I write music it often does not move. I like the transition mid-song from "you and whose army" to "you forget so easy". The drums come in and they start playing big piano chords (or so I imagine). The "we ride tonight, ghost horses" is the perfect climax to this song. I Might Be Wrong follows. Super rhythmic, a gritty guitar riff and beats. This song sounds...how can we say...intimate? Sensual. There is at least one double entendre or two that to me supports this. I'm trying to think of another Radiohead song like this. This song is also really live (as seen on I might be wrong Live recordings and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rulyu_FhRU). This live version is acoustic - I love the moment around 3:08 where the breakdown starts and they start plucking slower and Thom does the ouu ahhhh thing. He looks at Jonny and smiles like "man, this is a really great song and I really enjoy playing with you." It's the kind of thing that makes you want to make music. Nice to see them happy. God knows they aren't known for it. Knives Out is a pretty song. I could see some arguing for more variety than what the vocal part and arpeggio (?) provide. I like to groove with it. It's interesting to me that of all songs to redo they did Morning bell. I don't know the story behind it. I always thought this version starts kind of rough, but there is a pretty release in tension that I appreciate. Dollars and Cents creates a a cool vibe with a deep repeating baseline and strings that accompany Thom vocals. Nice moments are created when Thom's singing becomes more intense, the drums build (good job Phil), strings and then you are left with the baseline to carry you on. Would it be tacky to call Hunting Bears a palette cleanser? It brings us back to a clean slate for the haunting Like Spinning Plates. This one also has a well known live recording (I might be wrong live recordings). I really enjoy it as a piano piece. I had a girlfriend in school who could read music and I asked her to show me which "buttons" to press to play it. I've always treasured being able to play it, though, as I write this I realize I may have forgot. Not too hard to pick up though I think. Enjoying the piano version had me doubting the recorded version but as I come back to it, I find it as chilling and haunted as I need. Plus Thom's voice doesn't crack on Cloud Cuckoo like in the live version (though it's also fun when his voice cracks). I love the "our bodies floating down the muddy river" closing lyric. They probably could have ended the album with Like Spinning Plates. As noted, Life in a Glass House could have gone terribly wrong. Since I am ignorant of music, I will borrow from Wiki: ""Life in a Glasshouse" features the Humphrey Lyttelton Band playing in the style of a New Orleans jazz funeral". It's like, hey master trumpet guy, we are a super edgy band. will you and your friends go nuts on horns and stuff...like national anthem or whatever, but also it's gotta be jazz funeraley." Yet it is a beautiful song. The trumpet shredding isn't too much for me. The Lyttelton band arrangement sounds lovely and sings together with Thom. Another perfect climax "well of course I'd like to chew the fat only only onlyx100 there's someone listening in). I remember waiting 30 minutes to get Pyramid Song's bytes on a desktop computer back in the day. I think this review proves to me it was worth it. Twenty something years later and I've been listening to the album all week. An old flame rekindled.

beautiful, haunting.

I like to think of Nirvana as the musical equivalent of a body horror movie. One of those exploitation films with too much blood to the point where it’s gone past realism and to the point of ridiculous. A chainsaw in plunged into a woman’s torso and 75 gallons of blood comes shooting out drenching the walls and leaving a puddle an inch deep around a school gymnasium. Doll steak. Test meat. I travel through a tube and end up in your infection. Extend the metaphor: Radiohead’s a whole different kind of terror. A Kubrickian nightmare. Paranoid androids. A Clockwork Orange kicking your ribs in. Who’s gonna stop them, you and your cronies? A Space Odyssey, taking home movies for the folks back home of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirit, drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets. And therein we have the connection. Like Kubrick, Radiohead’s music isn’t actually about homesick aliens or dystopian ice ages, or wealthy New York sex cults, or black-eyed angels. It’s about how humanity fails us, and the human capacity to overcome those failures and persist. Think of Radiohead that way and you start to see it everywhere “we” (the faceless, the anonymous crowd) “are hungry for a lynching.” “Stay in the shadows, cheer at the gallows”. “I” (the individual) “used to think there was no future left at all,” Thom mumbles over the hypnotic riff of “I Might Be Wrong.” Every few songs we stop and remind ourselves, “Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself.” Amnesiac is the pinnacle of this. The end of the second act of the movie. HAL has decided to kill us. Living in times we can’t stand it. Take the money and run. Women and children first. We’re singing in the rain, my droogies. The wolf’s at the door and, of course I’d like to stay and chew the fat, but we ride tonight. Ghost horses.

I love Radiohead, and this is one of my favourite albums ever. It’s a shame that Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood continue to destroy their own legacies.

I can't really be unbiased here. I love radiohead and think pretty much every album is a five. That said, it had been a few years since I listened, and my memory was of several great tracks but an album that was perhaps a little disjointed. Listening back now, it's better than I remembered. The great tracks - Pyramid Song, I might be wrong, you and whose army - are incredible, but even the weird electronic tracks stand up. Pull/pulk needs to be played on a good system - the bass is all enveloping and the beat properly kicks. Every track is worth a listen. I can totally see that this will not be to most people's tastes, but I love everything here. One note - if you can't get your head around "Like Spinning Plates", listen to the live piano version on "I might be wrong". Hearing an acoustic version unlocks the beauty of the original.

Beautiful album very deep and experimental. As a kid I did not like it but cause it was too instrumental and slow but revisiting it was great. Its a profound deep meditetion voyage.

I have this

Love this. Love them