Amnesiac

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.

Cover: 5 Can easily fall asleep to this. They're all ok. Nothing stands out to me, not on first listen.

Better than Coldplay

There's some Radiohead that hits for me and some that doesn't. This album is a mixture of both.

Pretty good Radiohead album, same ole depressing "we live in a society" sounds but with horns at points. 3 FYI I am a Radiohead fan, just more of a Ok Computer/ The Bends guy.

Oof, not something I'd want to listen to again. Very mellow and slow and harsh on the ears

This is a great album.

Actually not that bad at all and I quite enjoyed listening. I didn’t think I liked Radiohead, but there you go. Half decent.

Not for me dog

Interesting experimenting here, but not the Radiohead I enjoyed earlier on

Some songs are better then others, but overall a nice album!

Holy... why didn't I listen to this one sooner?

I was not feeling depressed before. Now I am.

scho ultra weird, aber sehr geil!

Radiohead is for me a difficult band. On the one side you have wonderful, great, magnificent songs like Creep and Karma Police. But on the other side albums like this one, which is ok but far away from the heights of the songs mentioned. I really like Knives Out and Life In a Glasshouse. But the rest did not impress me.

Too weird to listen to on its own but he perfect amount of weird to listen to while working on art projects. 🎨

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.

# Album Name: Amnesiac # Artist: Radiohead # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: This will be a love/hate album for many listeners. Personally, i always loved radioheads earlier stuff - Kid A and Amnesiac were the beginning of their transformation. Regardless, this is still a good listen. Better than a lot of albums on this list. # Top Tunes: Sardines / Pyr song / you and whose army / i might be wrong / knives out / MB # Would I listen to it again? Yes

people keep telling me Radiohead is one of the best to ever do it and this was not the place to start

A decent follow up to Kid A. Not as gopd though

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.

sat through another ~40 minutes of this band again, only confirming that this just ain't it for me. Don't care for the music, don't care for the digital bits, or electronic shit, or whatever you want to call it. It sounds incredibly whiney. Glad I listened to it just to confirm I have listened to plenty of radiohead and they just suck ass imo

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.

Fuck off Thom. Even the half way decent guitar riff on “I might be wrong” gets wasted with his mopey singing. How does a song like “Hunting bears” seem to last for hours when it’s only a two minute song? The whole album felt like it was taking an eternity to finish. The dirge like, lifeless ripoff New Orleans style jazz of “Life in a glass house” was a fitting ending to an absolute shite album. Won’t be back and that’s 2 Radiohead albums I’ll never hear again. How in gods name is this band so f’n popular?

Pretty OK. But, I have forgotten what most of it sounded like already.

Standout Songs: Pyramid Song Knives Out Life in a Glasshouse

Very samey, track 1 to the last track could have be the same song not my favourite radiohead album

I like the few Radiohead songs I've heard before, but never listened to their full albums really, besides Pablo Honey. But this album is really varied and interesting. A bit experimental, but sound is really unique and varied. Falls off in the second half.

Great band I struggle to follow them on all of the journeys this isn’t a favorite

Yes. This is Radiohead.

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 don’t know if I like Radiohead or I’m supposed to like Radiohead. I definitely like Radiohead’s earlier music but this album has some good songs.

Wow, way much better than expected!

Yawn. The way that some people feel about emo vocals is how I feel about Thom Yorke’s vocals. Nails on a chalkboard.

Some of Radiohead's best!

Not bad, not good.

I don't know if I can do a second day of Radiohead in a row. Ok so I made it to the next day without listening to it because I really didn't want to. I decided to just give it a little listen because the point is that i listen to it all, and I found it considerably better than the Kid A. This one has a lot more going on, and I somewhat enjoyed knives out. I still generally didn't enjoy whatever artistic intention he had with the dissonance/avant-garde style and god did I get annoyed with hearing his voice. 7/10

????? This is supposedly 1 of the GOATs. Radiohead; inventive, experimental, fearless and adventurous , richly textured modern face of rock. Well if this is it, I am well and truly underwhelmed. After years of hearing the above statements of greatest ever, but never actually listening to 1 of their albums ( I don’t enjoy his somewhat to my ears whinny vocals on the songs I had heard) I have always kind of held the hope that I was saving a great experience and when I actually sat and eventually listened would get to explore their great catalogue and buy physical copies, but as of today, I think that they are somewhat overrated. Supposedly the lesser of a trilogy, guessing going to hear those, so will get more opportunity to hear this supposed greatness. Not a lot of actual songs jumping out, seems more like the pretentious musings of the “we are great musicians and experimenters”. People say this would be a magnum opus of other bands, really? I will stick with others simpler, lesser works then, cough cough, Emperors new clothes. On second listen didn’t get anymore enjoyable, just noodling in the studio put to tape, and fuck it went from 2 to 1 Star, This is currently my most anticipated with least return album so far.

Much less varied in tone and musical style than "Bends". It fell flat.

Some bands have no albums on this list. Radiohead on the other hand can record Thom Yorke sing a line over the sound of a flushing toilet and it will be included on the next version of the list with no thought given. This album is objectively bad, maybe not as bad as In Rainbows but I can't take his voice and the music on this album is not very interesting. I know that it is crazy to say I can't take his voice when I just gave 2112 5 stars yesterday but at least that music is entertaining.

I have this

Love this. Love them

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.

Was aight, some real good moments but overall just aight

One of my favorites. Hauntingly beautiful.

It’s tough to follow up the two most revolutionary albums in popular music in a (my) lifetime but Amnesiac holds its own with a bunch of amazing compositions that feel humbler than those of Kid A but are no less dynamic and inventive.

“Amnesiac” has a reputation for featuring some of Radiohead’s most experimental electronica, which is true. There are plenty of glitchy, programmed drum beats and ghostly samples. The opening track “Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box” sets the tone right away for some sort of dystopian dance party. And “Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors” is all distorted drums and ambient chaos. But paradoxically, this album also features some of the only songs in the band’s catalog where they actually swing. “Pyramid Song” has a hypnotic, jazzy beat. The drums on “Knives Out” are light and loose. And the closer “Life in a Glasshouse” is a stunning, drunken lounge number. It’s a fusion of rock, jazz and electronica that only Radiohead could make. It’s got a vibe all its own. One of those albums that gets better every time I hear it.

I probably know this Radiohead album the least out of all of theirs, so it's been nice to go through it and feel like I'm getting a new release by the band. I always think of Radiohead as being pretty adventurous while still maintaining a sound that is very uniquely theirs, and this album continues that. The first track I'm given a great drum sound to start, and then as soon as you get comfortable the beat switches. The same happens for the second song, where a beautiful piano part comes in, with some mixed modalities in there, some moments where it sounds like mistakes on the instrument, and then some really thick rubato- where the performer takes some moments to stretch out the tempo. It's certainly adventurous, and really a delight to hear. When that rock and roll riff comes in on "I Might Be Wrong", I said "wow.". It's kind of out of character for them, but it's such a stupidly simple and great riff and it adds so much to the vibe of the record. It's like a Queens of the Stone Age part in the middle of a Radiohead album- so cool! This album doesn't have the big standout "radio" tracks that Radiohead are known for; there's no "Creep", "Karma Police", or "No Surprises" here. In fact, this album doesn't even contain a single song from their top 10 most listened to (as per Spotify). And I actually really like that, I was able to listen to the album in a singular context and get immersed in it without sitting back and enjoying while not knowing the direction I was headed in before getting hit with a song that I've heard thousands of times and am intimately familiar with. It made this album feel like more of an experience.

Not my favourit Radiohead album. But still a great atmospheric recording. Top: "I Might Be Wrong", "Knives Out"

Pretty good album.

Like usual, Radiohead parts are at odds with themselves and songs are layered with a plunky piano and vocals that sound like a cat caught by the testicles.

Some standouts but not something I'd regularly listen to. Very slow and angsty.

Went through a very long phase where Amnesiac was my favorite Radiohead album. Though the more time went on I grew to prefer Kid A and OK Computer, but I still believe Amnesiac has some of their strongest material and my favorite song of theirs, Pyramid Song.

*Amnesiac* is the sound of Radiohead trying hard to not repeat itself in the wake of *OK Computer*. This album turns the band's sound inside-out, empasizing what used to lurk in the background and eschewing many of the elements that made up their mid-to-late 90's sound. The aim of this album seems to be to use the most minimal amount of instrumention as possible and yet be able to convey some sort of emotion or feeling. The vocal melodies are less conventional also, almost as though singer Thom Yorke is using his voice for texture rather than serving as the focal point of the songs. The results, however, are often more admirable than enjoyable. The album as a whole conjures up an atmosphere of mental dislocation, but because the individual *songs* are so skeletal, not many of them have a strong emotional impact when taken on their own. Only the more fleshed-out songs (such as "Pyramid Song", "You And Whose Army?" and "Knives Out") come close to having some distinct emotional punch.

Huh, who thought Radiohead could be decent. ⭐⭐⭐

I understand the criticism of this one. If you don’t like Thom’s voice you will hate it. The songs are strange. For me there is a hook in every song. Pyramid song might be their best song ever. Thom has an incredible range and the album has a unique sound.

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.

Better than some of their stuff as I found a couple of tracks listenable, but overall the usual dirge.

Probably the best Radiohead. I can't fathom how this could be seen as a step down from Kid A.

The weakest of the 5-star Radiohead records, but still an easy corker. It's such an odd album. I'd describe it as "quietly apocalyptic", beginning with the unassuming synth mumble Packt Like Sardines In a Crusht Tin Box and moving in haphazard leaps and bounds until it arrives at the brash, depressed, paranoid semi-jazz number Life In a Glasshouse. And between those two tracks are a strange array of different styles and sound experimentation. It really is the perfect example of a band trying out new sounds and those sounds being weird but surprisingly (maybe accidentally?) good. Pyramid Song is a juggernaut track. It incorporates a 4/4 rhythm that sounds like 5/4 with intermittent pauses between bars. (So already you have a classic to share with your non-musical friends to confuse them.) Add to that the excellent keyboard chord progression and you have one of the most fun songs to play on piano – not just of Radiohead, but ever. It's an exotic, eerie piece of art, in the key of F# but using a ton of non-F# chords to create a Phrygian-mode sound. Fitting for Egypt, I guess. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors is justifiably memed about on the Radiohead subreddit. You And Whose Army? is another chord- and melody-heavy track with two separate parts. The second section explodes out of nowhere from the muted, underwatery first section. There are so many oddity tracks after this point. The murmured vocal over a heavily charged guitar riff in I Might Be Wrong. The biting lyrics of Knives Out. The dreary, dreamy Morning Bell/Amnesiac, which is essentially an alternative take of the namesake track on Kid A. The fighting major/minors and Thom Yorke's obvious dislike of his own vocal in all tracks, but very noticeably in Dollars and Cents. The slightly ominous guitar instrumental Hunting Bears. The incomprehensible post-psychedelia dub Like Spinning Plates. They're all such weird numbers, and separately they'd be lower than 5 stars. But these songs, as a collective, hold a special place in my heart. 5/5 Key tracks: Packt Like Sardines In a Crusht Tin Box, Pyramid Song, You And Whose Army?, Life In a Glasshouse

I liked some of the more high energy instrumentals. But overall this isn't for me.

increible

Did you live through the time in the early 2000s when, if you set your cell phone close to a computer speaker, it'd create a buzzing through the speaker? Imagine if someone took that annoying-ass sound and turned it into a concept album, but then, on the last track, all of a sudden there were wind instruments.

Not as awful as Kid A That shit was so pompous in the most masterbatory way. Right off the bat, this is better, almost tolerable (well, in the front half at least). That said, it's still over-the-top whiney pretension, and I'd never want to hear it again if given the choice.

Radiohead makes me want to grab a length of rope and find a sturdy beam.

It was good but just not the mood I was in.

I can tell this is a great album that I should sit with and break down but it doesn't sound good enough to do that

I still couldn’t name a single Radiohead song, but I like their sound.

Good. Radiohead good, which is to say, they do it all very well, but it doesn’t move 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.

Melancholia done well. I would rate it 5 stars if it didn't take me to places I don't want to go. A fitting album for those numb, depressed moments.

weirdo

Obsessed with the first song's title alone, but really cool song too. Pyramid Song is great. Didn't like Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. You And Whose Army? is alright. I Might Be Wrong - cool riff to this one. Cool unexpected chord progressions in Knives Out. Morning Bell/Amnesia - love the unexpected major chords breaking up the minor ones. Dollars and Cents - reminded me a bit of Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant, but in general I found it more unsettling than enjoyable - instead of being both. Hunting Bears - nondescript enough. Like Spinning Plates - same. Life In a Glasshouse - love the old-timey drum and brass in it - reminded me of the unexpected old-fashioned sweetness of 'Good Night' from the White Album. No a fan of the song itself though.

Some amazing songs like Pyramid song and discovered Hunting Bears, which I seem to have missed before. But not my favourite Radiohead album overall.

this is the jazziest radiohead album! the opener (“packt like sardines in a crushed tin box”) is one of the worse tracks on this album. it only goes uphill from there because the next song is “pyramid song” ❤️ i been on the hype train for this song before i even liked radiohead. if you like slow, kinda sad songs in the minor key please listen to this one. “pulk/pull revolving doors” SUCKS because of the weird voice changer stint they have going on. however. it is saved by “you and whose army?” which has genuinely one of the best buildups in all of music history. this might even beat “pyramid song” in my book. “i might be wrong” is next up…. and let me tell you that thom yorke is DEFINITELY not wrong. this song has a really great driving bass line, reminiscent of the home depot theme song. listen to this if you love home depot. also it has a really cute guitar and vocal outro. “knives out” is great. couldn’t really say why. just a masterpiece of a song, though that’s probably more my music taste speaking than an objective appraisal of its musicality. HERE WE GO…. because “morning bell/amnesiac” is next. this is the better “morning bell” (the other is on kid a). the backing vocals are so haunting and really support the dark lyrics. it’s creepy in the best way. it’s also slow and takes its time. i HIGHLY recommend this if you like your music on the more unsettling side. then, of course, we have “dollars and cents”. i recently put myself onto this song when i finally did my full listen of amnesiac a few months ago. underrated for sure. it also has those really satisfying driving instrumentals. one of the jazzier pieces in my opinion. i like when everything goes slightly flat in the middle, a nice intentional choice from radiohead that makes you feel like something is off. the harmonies in this one also really make me happy. “hunting bears” is a good instrumental. doesn’t particularly float my boat but it’s definitely respectable. “like spinning plates” also was not my favorite previously but listening again has changed my mind. it’s really pretty! “life in a glasshouse” is a peak closer. THIS is what jazz is about. there is in fact a clarinet in this song. also a plus. another fav. all in all this album is a masterpiece. not peak radiohead but still super solid. 5/5.

Free Palestine

Haunting, chaotic and flips from intentionally sparse to dense soundscapes very effectively. As a massive Radiohead fan I’ve always been it two minds about this album. On one hand you have some of the bands finest songs. Pyramid Song, Life In a Glass House, You And Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out are all incredible pieces of music, that make it hard to believe they were supposedly left overs. But on the other hand you have in my opinion some of the bands less successful forays into more experimental music. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors sticks out as the worst song on the album and feels entirely unnecessary. The drum loops are neat but the track ambles aimlessly for over 4 minutes when it feels like it should be an interlude. The album also has the weaker version of Morning Bell on it which doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than make you want to listen to the Kid A version. That being said when this album is good it’s really good and I still regularly revisit it with the occasional skip. Overall I wouldn’t say it’s the bands best but it’s still a well made enjoyable Radiohead album. 4/5

too slow.

What a bad day to have ears. Pretentious gibberish and the most overrated band on this list. The electronica is no different than the decades of electronic bullshit I've had to listen over the last 983 albums. And don't get me started on the droning of this voice. 2/10.

Has some moments, but only moments.

Et av de svakeste albumene til Radiohead

Haven't ever properly gotten into Radiohead to understand their hype. Wasn't blown away by this but would like to listen to more

Not my favourite radiohead, but it's still radiohead

Not their best but still enjoyed it.

It's not my favourite Radiohead album, but still has many moments of transcendent beautify.

ale gówno

Love Radiohead, probably too abstract for many people but heard this many times personally

Crazy pull

WOW! Masterpiece! Pulk/Pull revolving doors? Pyramid song? you and whose army? Thom really Yorked one out on this. it gets 4 of 5 radio heads from me. + Cover is a 7/10 for me

I liked this album but not as much as a lot of other Radiohead albums

I like radiohead, but this felt like the dregs of Kid A - fine for background listening :)

Ambivalent about this album. Can’t appreciate it but not sure it’ll be on my fav Radiohead lineup. Does remind me a bit of James Blake.

It started really strong, but became sort of generic over the course of the album. The high pitched vocals weren't my favorite

I liked 2 songs (Knives out, Life in a glasshouse), the rest is experimetal soundscapes that for some might work but not for me much. Still better effort than some other bands. 2 and 1/2 stars (rounded up)

Even my 8th favorite Radiohead album is good....

It’s just too ethereal and too much electronica for me. Some good songs, but tough to sit through at times.

Fine, I guess.

Radiohead in their depressing phase! Need to be in the right mood.

Electronic Radiohead

Ugh. So f-ing slow. This was a waste of my listening time

Always forget how much I love the actual songs on this by how weird it's sequenced (loses a lot of steam on Side B).

If you appreciated "Kid A", you are likely to enjoy "Amnesiac". Similar to my review of "Kid A", "Amnesiac" features subtle and complex instrumentation, with numerous tracks lacking traditional hooks or ABABCB structure, focusing instead on the exploration of sound and musical composition. While both albums can be viewed as related, "Amnesiac" distinguishes itself with more mainstream-friendly melodies, reduced electronic elements, and a lesser degree of dissonance. "Amnesiac" is also not as demanding to listen to, although I question whether my perspective would be the same had I not spent time listening to "Kid A" first. While both albums are strong, "Amnesiac" surpasses "Kid A" in terms of quality and accessibility, though they both may not appeal to everyone. A better introduction to Radiohead would be "The Bends", which is arguably their finest work.

Pyramid Song is a personal favourite from Radiohead, it has Everything In Its Right Place vibes. You and Whose Army? is another track that sticks with me. As an album, I would happily put it on, but those two tracks are what I would go back to most.

Not much on this one

Bit too pretentious for me

Is gewd

I have tried Radiohead many times over the years and every time it just doesn't work for me. This time was still a no.

I really liked it. It has some music that would fit a James Bond film. Never really listened to them before, now that ove heard this album I'll listen another one from them.

Ok

This is not my favourite Radiohead album, but even Pablo Honey would get at least 4 stars. Pyramid Song and Morning Bell/Amnesiac are absolutely sublime, and the rest is really good.

I liked it, and it made me seek out more, so I listened to the album Kid A, which was from the same session as this. Very creative musicians, great listening.

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 very cool bridge between their earlier rock/alt sound and what evolved into the masterpiece of Kid A

Very good. Not my favorite RadioHead album but very good.

I listened to this a while ago, but I remember really liking it. It definitely felt obscure and like abstract if I remember correctly. Would, and will, listen again.

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I wasn’t expecting one of the lesser talked about Radiohead albums to be all too good but if this is any indicator for how good the greats are then I’m very excited for those. I really enjoyed a lot of the jazz style and influence on this record especially but also just the wide variety of style experimented with here. It was all enjoyable and quality stuff.

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

Largely forgettable, with a few standout tracks. Feels like a collection of throwaways from Kid A that didn't make it. On the whole, it's just decent.

There were some bits where I appreciated the core instruments but then it gets tainted with a distorted torture of sound which leaves a sour taste.

Ooft

A bit of an arcabe vibe but chill

I know this one well

good

Listening to this is like wading through a wistfully melancholy dreamscape. A bit disorienting, unreal, and deeply textured. Struggling to describe this in a non abstract way but I found myself thinking that all the songs shared a similar frequency/hum. A lot blends together but in a way I find pleasant to get lost in rather than boring. Really enjoyed this album.

Radiohead is kindsa mid

Definitely Radiohead's most inconsistent album, but the best moments still make it worth your time overall. This has some of their weirdest and most out there moments, and I think that's what overall makes it one of their lesser albums, with those moments not really fitting in all that well, and some even being a bit too experimental and sounding weird alongside the much more tame songs. But at the end of the day it's still a Radiohead album, it still has Thom Yorke's amazing voice, and it still has Pyramid Song which is easily an all time favourite Radiohead song for me.

Obv not their best but still got some tunes

Lite väl mycket gnäll för mig, men några låtar som håller

Holds up.

Done

Honestly - not sure. Radiohead are great and all, but a lot of the songs in this felt a bit too experimental at times. I can feel some of the tones that come out of this, especially a twist of Jazz: Life in a Greenhouse in particular. I’m sure Kid A overshadowed this album, released a year earlier. Down the middle(ish), 5.8/10.

Trying to be unbiased here because I love Radiohead, but it's safe to say, this is not their strongest release. It has a strong middle segment with You And Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, and Knives Out, but the rest is just a bit... wailing and nothingy.

OOOOOOOOOO

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.

I really adore Kid A, this feels like the leftover tracks from that record that really didn't need to be released on an album, maybe just release each Kid A track with a B-side? Still better than most albums on this list but not Radiohead's best work.

Quirky and captivating.

Quirky and memorable. Well executed.

Really cool sound, pretty unique

came into this with the thought of my radiohead fans that this isn't a good album, and whilst yeah, pulk / pull revolving doors is on there... there are a bunch of cool tracks on there. interesting album inbetween some greats.

Honestly, the way that Yorke sings and the music that is played behind it fit well. Just a bit of an atmospheric sound that floats around in your mind. Not a bad album, but some of Radiohead's other, more grounded albums are better than this.

Liked it, grungy, dark, not a lot of singing lol, late night or focus music maybe

First two tracks were chill vibes, third track is crunchy. Second to last was backwards. Ended with some good horns and vocals. Overall very flowy album, probably wouldn't listen to it again.

don’t know what the hell theyre saying but this shit is ass

class album, lovely vocals, soft and harder instrumentals, overall very good

It’s a solid album but nothing stood out to me More background music than anything else, I was listening to it while installing a sink

Extremely atmospheric, in a nice way. Just something nice to vibe to. Pyramid song is an absolutely beautiful piece. Nice lyrics. Definitely for people who are sad. So I understand why people love this band You in what army is strong. Some of these songs are kinda bad like spinning plates. Bear hubting just an instrumental, though it is a good one. Overall a pretty good album with high highs and low lows (Pulk is pretty god awful though)

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

Not my fav Radoohead album but better than others I've heard on this list..

Amazing, maybe Kid A best, but this is 4.5 stars. I may be biased becayse I listen to this on my 20s (not two decades later). Still holds.

This is a good follow up to Kid A, but lacks the same tight direction of previous and subsequent albums. It feels a bit cobbled together with some bright spots. Solid Radiohead album, but not up to their usual standards.

Meh

За ранее говорю что я не фанат Радиохед и альт рока в целом, мне нравиться другая музыка, так что если что-то оценил "не так" то скорее всего я не выкупил эту песню, но постараюсь быть объективен Первая песня (Packt Like...) вроде бы интересная но не моё (6/10) Вторая песня (Pyramid Song) более цепляющая (7/10) Третья песня (Pulk/Pull Revoling Doors) вообще что-то странное (2/10) Четр Четвертая песня (You And Whose Army?) вроде интереснее чем предыдущая но не моё (7/10) Пятая песня (I Might Be Wrong) пока что моя лучшая песня из этого альбома (Концовка мне чем то напомнили Серегу Пирата лол) (7/10) Шестая песня (Knives Out) шикарная, очень приятная акустика и вокал, это песня переплюнула предыдущую, мне кажется что это будет лучшая песня этого альбома (8/10) Седьмая песня (Morning Bell/Amnesiac) по идее должна быть худшей песней этого альбома, но она мне даже немного понравилась (6/10) Восьмая песня (Dollard and Cents) лучше чем третья и на этом можно закончить, в моменте мне даже хотелось скипнуть эту песню (3/10) Девятая песня (Hunting Bears) по идее должна быть интерлюдией? если да то пойдёт (5/10) Десятая песня (Like a Spinning Plates) это не музыка, это набор звуков, но с появлением вокала стало лучше (2/10) И последняя песня (Life in a Glass House) после трёх предыдущих песен это как глоток чистого воздуха, хотя этот свист немного подбешивает (6/10) В целом альбом нормальный но повторюсь, я не фанат такой музыки, мне понравилось всего 3 песни, общая оценка альбома (6/10)

Whinge

Amnesiac often gets treated like the shadowy B-side to Kid A, and in some ways it is—but it’s a fascinating, ghostly companion piece that stands up surprisingly well on its own. It shares the same experimental, electronic spirit, but feels murkier, colder, more fragmented, like you're tuning into strange radio frequencies from some parallel world. Tracks like Pyramid Song and Knives Out are standouts, full of eerie beauty and understated intensity, while I Might Be Wrong gives the album a much-needed groove and swagger. It’s not as cohesive or groundbreaking as Kid A, and a few tracks feel more like art installations than songs you’d revisit often, but there's something compelling in its disjointedness. It leans more heavily into mood and texture than structure, which can make it feel emotionally distant at times—but also weirdly hypnotic. A slightly less essential listen, but still a rich, rewarding one.

Solid outing but not my favorite radiohead album. Listenable though and better than initially gave it credit for upon this revisit

This was my favourite Radiohead album for a while, and it still has some of my favourite Radiohead songs - Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, Dollars & Cents, Life in a Glasshouse. Some of the experiments are really interesting as well. It dragges a bit in the middle though; I've grown tired of I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out over the years. Still a great album, but not quite on the level of Kid A, Ok Computer, or In Rainbows for me.

Pulk is like a brain error XD I didn’t know this album well, Pyramid was pretty nice. But the journey was missing. Ok computer is still my favorite album

Mñeh.

I really enjoyed this, my first exposure to Radiohead! I am told that their earlier tracks are overwhelmingly emo & self-loathing, an approach to music I do not like at all. But i don’t see much self-loathing here. The album has some very interesting songs, beyond the traditional molds for pop songs. It features polyrhythms & complex layering of samples and soundscapes. Very creative, engaging, and musical. It’s a four, for sure — but with more exposure, I might move it to a five.

I don't love the shift to electronica. This does not hold up to The Bends. You And Whose Army? is the most melancholy song calling someone out I've ever heard. I also like it the best of the songs so far. Radiohead is like what Coldplay would sound like if they were sad and experimental. I love the line in Lego Movie 2 when 1980-Something Space Guy Benny says he finally gets Radiohead in Everything's Not Awesome. I Might Be Wrong has a Link Wray feel about the guitar riff. I wonder if these guys watched Lost Highway and this song came out of it. Knives Out feels more like "classic" Radiohead. So far, every song from You And What Army forward is more like the Radiohead I love. They're losing me again, rewins noise or moth flapping near a microphone noise in Like Spinning Plates is annoying. Ok, Like Spinning Plates is a jam. Too many space noises on this album. Life in a Glasshouse works somehow, it's like Radiohead's take on a jazz funeral.

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.

Not my favorite RH album, but still RH 4/5

Came on a day when I was viciously defending Radiohead to a person that slighted their fanbase. That being said, some of their stuff is wildly out there and very dissonant. Good album, but not In Rainbows. 5/10

*5*

Calm, different. Probably not something I’d listen to a lot

Radiohead feels like a prank band to me, I do not understand them.

Some of the songs were great, some of them were just okay but overall this album is a very good experience. It was the first Radiohead album I've heard in my life in full - thanks to the generator, since I've never gotten into them in the past. And I think it was worth it and I'll be coming back to this album once in a while. Amnesiac also reminded me of Insurgentes by Steven Wilson a little bit.

Today I am so happy because this is the last Radiohead album I ever have to listen to for the rest of my life. There are 6 albums on the generator (two of them have been removed from the book). While I clearly don't like Radiohead I can agree that they should have one or two albums on here but six feels over-represented. Whiny and pretentious. 1.27

Radiohead is a great band and this is a great sound to hear

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.

Schon wieder Radiohead. Sorry, aber die Auswahl ist dermaßen einseitig. Langeweile in Reinkultur!

That was so tuff bro

Big fan of Radiohead so this is a great start on my 1001 journey. I have somehow never listened to this album. Great opening track. The vibe starts out great. Very machine-y and robotic with great beats and electronic parts over the traditional rock vibe. Tracks tend to swell with intensity: highs then dips in tempo and mood. That falls of quickly though with the back half of the album seeming more "human." "You and whose army?" had notable piano piece and cowboy-esq vibe going into "I Might be Wrong"s guitar riff - pretty cool. "Dollars and Cents" has such an interesting style, lyrically very relevant to the world 24 years after this album came out. "We're gonna crack your little souls" might be one of my new favorite lines from a song ever. Overall fantastic album. I think it drops a bit during the end, which may keep it from top ratings in my book, but that's a minor nitpick. The end of the album is such a different mood/vibe from the beginning (the style of which I absolutely love), which I'm sure is intentional. Going from a tech heavy imperfect world to "Life in the Glasshouse," poor and destitute and old-timey sounding musically after politics, money, and war get their way. That's my initial read on the album, which is pretty cool conceptually. The album is cool, that is, not my take on it. As a last note: I dont know how much I'll pay attention to analyzing lyrics while doing these 1001 albums, but this album has some interesting, classically radiohead, lyrics that will probably warrant a re-listen to dive deeper into at some point. What a great start!

Not the best Radiohead album, but I still like it.

I considered giving this a 4 because - I can't rate every Radiohead album a 5, right? And I don't love Amnesiac on the same level as some of their other work. But, I still really, *really* love Amnesiac. It's a 5 star album and I can't argue myself out of it. Every one of their releases from The Bends through In Rainbows was straight fire. I mean, what an incredible run of albums. I don't know how many of them are on this list, but they're all 5s on mine. Amnesiac is a darker, jazzier, slightly more defiant sibling to Kid A. (I'm a reasonable man, get off my case!) I really like the trip hop influences, especially on Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. And oh, that clarinet and those horns on Life In a Glasshouse! They really weren't confined by anything when making this album. It also features Pyramid Song, which is among their greatest. Yeah, I'm giving this 5 stars.

Liked it better than I though I would.

Amnesiac is the fourth Radiohead album I’ve listened too and it’s the worst so far. It wasn’t that bad but there’s nothing that blows my mind just good songs ig. Radiohead trying to be experimental again with the mix of electronic, rock and even jazz made some rly good songs and some pretty mid ones too. Overrall it was pretty good but nothing crazy so a solid 7.6/10 3.8/5

still got 4 more albums from these cunts left fuck me

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.

tbh I had no idea that Radiohead sounded like this

4.5

I don’t really care about Radiohead. This album didn’t change anything

meow really good

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.

Pretty good, kinda slow start but enjoyed it after “you and whose army”

You And Who’s Army is one of my favourite Radiohead songs but overall not my favourite Radiohead album. Kudos for continually evolving though.

Not my favourite one of theirs by any stretch 5/10

Very esoteric. Kinda boring. Typical Radiohead. Morning Bell sounded better in 5/4. Life In a Glasshouse is probably my favourite but that’s due to Jazz elements.

I sooooooo don’t get it.

A more mellow album even for them. Still great.

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

how had i never listened to this before

Bomb

Can appreciate the complexity of the arrangements but his voice just depresses me in a way that I don’t want to be.

In Rainbows and OK Computer will always reign supreme, but this is still a great Radiohead album with some standout songs like Pyramid Song and Morning Bell/Amnesiac.

It’s great but not Radioheads best. Hey! I’m a reasonable man — get off my case!

Yo this album sucked dick

This is what- Radiohead’s fifth or sixth best album? Insanely consistent discography. There are some real highs on this one, “Pyramid Song,” “You and Whose Army,” and “Knives Out” are real standouts to me. I also think that there are some (relative) low points on this album and it doesn’t play as well all the way through as some of their more acclaimed releases. The fact that this is still flirting with a 5 speaks to the talent of the group, and maybe on a different day I would rate it as such. 9/10

Ich empfehle The Notwist.

Half of the songs on this album I LOVE - pyramid song, you and whose army, life in a glasshouse etc. but the rest of the album feels too experimental and b-sidey

It does feel like Radiohead took their music as far as it can go on this one. It feels like it builds on a lot of what they did on OK Computer and they pushed all the techno futurist music up to 11. I don't know if that's necessarily something I like between this album and OK Computer but it's still got a baseline level of enjoyment that I'm going to have from one of the most innovative bands of the 90's to 2000's.

This is my first Radiohead album from this list but I'm guessing there's a good 3-5 Radiohead albums in total just based on how biased this list has been so far towards angsty white boy rock. (I just checked and there are SIX radiohead albums on this list.) I do not need to hear this much radiohead before I die, there is so much variety out there. This list is crap. I do like the arrangement of strings and almost jazz-like percussion in Pyramid song. Pulk/pull Revolving Doors has some cool synthd sounds on it but I've been spoiled by the variety of other experimental synth bands out there and this is boring by comparison. You and Whose Army as well as Life in a Glasshouse are both shadows of Neutral Milk Hotel (who somehow did not make it to this 1001 list, despite their massive influence on indie sound as a whole, and clearly Radiohead). with all the love in the world Thom Yorke sounds the same on every track (including in his Smile stuff). I actually really like the chord progression in it but Morning Bell/Amnesiac sounds like a dozen other Radiohead songs, so I skipped it halfway through. Love the synth on Spinning Plates. Overall this album did stand out in a small but importnat (for me) way from other Radiohead albums - the percussion had lots of clear jazz influences. Would love to see the band pull more on that thread. Also even though they are playing from the Neutral Milk Hotel fake book, I do love that NMH sound so I enjoyed those bits of dissonant horns and wailing crackly half step melodies on this album. Yes I'm being harder on radiohead than I am for other bands on this list, because if you're going to take up 6/1001 spaces, you'd better deserve it. Queen is arguably both more influential and musically far superior and interesting, and they only have 3 albums on the list. Not impressed, Radiohead.

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.

Radiohead sucks. The instruments were stolen from a construction site and the singer whines more than my old car when it starts up and more than an nvidia GPU.

Fucking awful.

say less....

4/5

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.

probably my favourite Radiohead album, with my favourite Radiohead song: Life in a Glasshouse. so jazzy and sleek and aggressive

I'm never not afraid that Thom Yorke is having a stroke and Amnesiac certainly doesn't help that feeling. Standout tracks for me personally were Pulk/Pull and I Might Be Wrong

Radiohead at their most experimental and downright weirdest (I'm looking at you, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors) - and I'm here for it. Whereas most of their albums lead to some kind of natural resolution - some light at the end of the tunnel or at least some closure - this one weaves deeper and deeper into the dark forest, becoming, if anything, more unhinged and paranoid as it goes. Out of the strangeness come some of their most sublime moments (Pyramid Song, Life In A Glasshouse), and also some of their twitchiest grooves (Packt Like Sardines, I Might Be Wrong).

Suitably trippy for a piss in the dark. Could probably do with a more thorough listen

radiohead is one of my fave bands ever and while this album itself don’t quite reach up to a 5 for me, i still love it and it contains some of my fave songs of theirs; pyramid song (just wow!), i might be wrong (has the coolest sound) and knives out (just beautiful).

This just didn't do anything for me. I didn't hate it but definitely did not find it particularly engaging.

Enjoyed this, more atmospheric and experimental than HTTT with fewer 'bangers', but very effective.

Hey, it’s also good

What is a radio head?

Loved it

This process is teaching something of what we mean by album. Any of us who were around at the time remember downloading live recordings of the songs that would become Kid A and Amnesiac. There were obvious highlights among them, but the album itself wasn't obvious at all. An album cannot be made of highlights alone - a Best Of compilation can be a fun listen, but it won't satisfy artistically. The idea that Pyramid Song doesn't appear on the album seems ridiculous, but there is no place for it on Kid A. Kid A itself may not even be the best album that one could make from all those songs, but the qualities that make it work where Amnesiac doesn't are clear: flow, continuity, consistency, thematic cohesion. The National Anthem and Life In A Glass House are both successful jazz exercises, but the former integrates the jazz band into both the song and the album as a whole, whereas the former distinguishes and isolates itself from the other songs. One could not be swapped out of one record and placed on the other. Perhaps Treefingers could be replaced with Hunting Bears, but the only way to know is to try and I presume Radiohead did. Another quality that we might consider a successful album to have is that it represents a snapshot of an artistic moment in time. Kid A feels like a progression and an encapsulation, whereas as Amnesiac sounds occasionally like the past (Knives Out), occasionally like the future (I Might Be Wrong would fit easily on Hail to Thief) or, with it's more unusual efforts - Life In A Glass House, Like Spinning Plates, Packt Like Sardines - out of time altogether. But being on an album does something for a song, giving it context and clarity. Dollars and Cents is hardly worthy of discussion, but for that it is on Amnesiac. Whereas Pyramid Song is elevated, not just a perfect single, but the lead single of an album and of a tour, the fulcrum around which an imagined alternate to Kid A Mnesiac revolves. This is turn says something about the song - how did it (and select other tracks) elevate a collection of cut-offs and discards into a mystery bag of potential? 3 I could write hundreds of pages on Amnesiac but I’m really not sure what to say about it in a short review. I’ll never forget the very first time I heard Life in a Glass House, freshly downloaded from Napster, through big headphones, sitting in a big leather chair in my father’s study. I was so taken with Jimmy Hastings’ clarinet part that I took up clarinet for a while. My first lesson was on 9/11. I can’t think of another track by anyone like Like Spinning Plates because I love the song so much and yet never want to listen to its studio recording. I have been listening for nearly 25 years but I change my mind about I Might Be Wrong and Knives Out every time I hear them; are they great or terrible?; are they exquisite and thrilling or stupid and boring? As the years have gone on I have found it more difficult to hear Amnesiac out of the shadow of Kid A, though I don’t recall it being an issue for me at the time in the least. The recent joint anniversary reissue in one box with Kid A ‘Kid A Mnesia’ certainly didn’t help. I don’t know. When it came out I recall hearing it as a (flawed) album in its own right and now I am much more inclined to the feeling that it is the mere outtakes of the Kid A sessions. It has, unquestionably, a couple of Radiohead’s very best songs on it (Pyramid Song and Life in a Glass House) but also worthless studio indulgence - (Pulk/Pull.. and Morning Bell/Amnesiac) and somewhat uninspired studio recordings of songs that deserved better (You and Whose Army, Dollars and Cents). Amnesiac isn’t a great album but I love it. Amnesiac isn’t an important album but it was important to me. 4/5

Sorry I didn’t love this more, Joe!

Wasn’t that familiar with this, but generally quite liked it. The latter half I liked better than the first half.

“Kid B” is a little less accessible or fun or, let’s say, good than some of their other entries. But I still like it. Rapid fire “last song on Radiohead album” power rankings: Street Spirit Life in a Glasshouse Motion Picture Soundtrack Videotape True Love Waits The Tourist —-big gap—— A wolf at the door Separator Blow out

Not the biggest Radiohead fan, particularly privvy only to The Bends. But, Thom and the boys seem to capture the mental anguish and deterioration of a person in a semi permenant state of amnesia. Dulcet, confusing, abstract, abrupt, and haunting. Again as a typical hater of this band, there's not much for me here. But artistically and from a critical listening perspective this album is a good one.

Excellent. A contender as favourite Radiohead album, switches places with kid an and back again both excellent. Claustrophobic complex. I’m a reasonable man!

Muy bien. Bien equilibrado. Tiene lo suficiente de lo que amo del Ok computer como para que no me aburra como el Kid A. Buen álbum.

As usual, it seems like Radiohead recycles all of the avant-garde music ideas of the past to put together really discombobulating records with not so many memorable moments. Nevertheless, I must highlight the melancholy 'Pyramid Song' for praise—this song has the grand air of a great jazz ballad, and its intriguing time-signature shifts always tickle my interest.

[4]

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.

My 5th Radiohead album from this challenge, and it’s a solid one. Not as good as Kid A or In Rainbows for me, but not as good as Kid A or In Rainbows imo. It just didn’t stand out as much to me as those two albums, and furthers strengthens my argument that there should be no more than 2 albums per artist on a list like this.

I expected more from Radiohead, given their reputation. Just a whole lot of mid

Jaha, ja, nej. Denna skiva var inte lika bra. Den första låten är rätt skön men sen vette fasen. Det är lite intressant, men det är lite för experimentellt. Känner 0 behov att lyssna mer.

Njae, det här är ingen av deras bättre skivor. Finns ett par bra låtar men också flera bottennapp. Lite väl gnälligt och gnyende också, även för att vara dem.

Boring

Painful. I couldn’t wait for this album to end. Some songs were actually ok instrumentally, but then Thom Yorke starts to sing and it’s all over. Whiniest, saddest voice ever. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: Hunting Bears, since it’s instrumental only!

3* 76%

It's telling that a record that sits in the bottom half of Radiohead's discoraphy is still an easy 5. Not a lot of bands have 6 or 7 perfect records. This is one of them.

10/10. I love how artistic Radiohead's music is. :)

имба.

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.

Another Radiohead? Alright that's fine. This one I actually listened to a lot at the time (I have vivid memories of listening to it while playing way too much Civ III when I should have been doing high school homework). Not one I come back to all that often anymore though; it really does come off as a bunch of leftovers from the Kid A sessions which I believe it more or less is. Funny thing is that I didn't really listen to Kid A until years later, go figure. Still like that one better though this is just fine though a bit uneven.

A few good passages. Not their best, but not at all bad.

Yeah, that’s Radiohead alright. Think I liked this one a little less than the others I’ve heard.

not my cup of tea

++: Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, You and Whose Army?, Knives Out, Dollars and Cents, Like Spinning Plates, Life in a Glasshouse +: Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong +-: Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Hunting Bears 7,9/10

Not their best

Not their best album in my opinion, still very good though.

Yeah so listen to this while you watch total recall with Arnold. You’re welcome.

I enjoyed this. It was much better than the previous ones I listened to here.

Really enjoyed it, I’ve heard of Radiohead but never listened to them

If I have a choice it will almost always be Kid A over Amnesiac. Upon listening again it is still interesting a very brave album.

Not their best.

Might be the worst album I've ever heard. Holy shit this was brutal

This is an interesting record in Radioheads discography. As a big Radiohead fan I must say I think it's mostly lovely. Not as good as the ones that came before and after it, but unique nonetheless. I enjoy the jazz esthetics that shine now and then, and thom adds some great moments to the incredible Radiohead songbook. 2, 4 6, 8, 11 are among the highlights.

Темный, меланхоличный звук, сумрачные темы. Немного авангарда, немного рока, электроники, поп-музыки, джаза. Если не страшно нытья и занудства, то можно смело пускаться в путь!

Not my favorite album by Radiohead

I liked the strong emotion behind it and the iconic tones

A weak 4 but a 4 nonetheless. Step up for my personal tastes from The Bends and OK Computer. I much prefer the electronic elements grooves. My attempts to appreciate Radiohead more is having some success.

i never listen to radiohead i just like that one song all i need but this was very good i liked packt like sardines in a crushd tin box & pulk/pull revolving doors. life in a glasshouse is good as well very weird song names

Much more than a "b-sides" to kid a.

I Might Be Wrong

I love this album, but there aren't enough go-to fantastic tracks to justify five stars.

Always love some Radiohead.

Kinda gay

Innovative, experimental, musically deep, unmistakably unique and purely divine much like most of Radiohead does, no wrong!

Some good build up songs, interspersed with the whiny ones here and there. Reading some of the lyrics seems like they were placeholders with the intent to come back and write the real ones later. Still, some good moody music here so will come back for that.

Can you imagine this and Twin Peaks? Damn, man...

A bit too meandering but has some good rock moments

I have a great memory of listening to this album while flying; as we came in for landing at my home airport, the plane banked and the sunlight broke through the clouds just as You And Whose Army reached its crescendo. Chills. I love this album.

I think the members of this band are true artists and possibly geniuses. That said, I can’t imagine what state of mind I would have to be in to willingly put this album on.

A bit too much for me, need a little more structure Favourite: you and whose army?

very angsty and has great grooves. I can't tell what thom is saying basically ever.

yep

not bad for some b-sides. 72/100

Very nice album.

první celý album co poslouchám od radiohead

I think these guys reached peak at Creep. After that just whinging.

7.5/10

Очень атмосферная музыка со своим неповторимым грустно-задумчивым настроением

Dull, boring, whiny, and annoying. I really don't understand the appeal of Radiohead at all.

诶呀呀这个歌手我本身就喜欢，再看到这一段介绍，想立刻开始听的冲动 听完以后觉得音效很妙，不是想象中的solo 呢。应该会常听 和《Kid A》一样，《Amnesiac》融合了电子音乐、20 世纪古典音乐、爵士乐以及德国泡菜摇滚（krautrock）等多种风格。专辑的最后一首歌曲《Life in a Glasshouse》是与爵士小号手 Humphrey Lyttelton 及其乐队合作完成的。

My favourite Radiohead album- the classical and jazz influences give me shivers Pyramid song is one of my fav songs of all time, makes me feel so emotional I can’t put into words how much I adore this album and every song on it

Meglio di altri dai.

5th or 6th best album on this list. Will the entire discography be on the list? This album spawned too many clones.

already in my library (4)

Amnesiac popping up right after I typed out my review for PJ Harvey and said I was a Thom Yorke shill was funny. I guess it’s hard to be a shill and not have Radiohead’s discography at 100%, so fair enough album generator - this was a blind spot! What a nice surprise! This thing is grimy and filled to the brim with jazz. Really dug it and it wasn’t anything like I expected. “Knives Out” was a blast, “Pyramid Song” was spectacular, and what a finale with “Life in a Glasshouse.” Should be a 4.5, but alas.

I liked pyramid song and thought that was really unique but I still don’t understand the rest of their songs!

Is it Kid A? no. Is that a really high bar? certainly yes. I was in less of a constant fugue-like dream for this one compared to Kid A, which is a minus, but I suppose the plus is it's easier to listen to with company.

Another solid Radiohead entry. They really are so much more than just Creep. Not sure if I like this more or less than Kid A. Everything is either more or less experimental and trancy than Kid A. So individual songs might be better than on Kid A, but Kid A might be stronger as an album. Regardless, just give me more Radiohead.

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Why is there so much Radiohead on this list? This album is better than the others so far but it’s still pretentious.

Originally a 4 that dropped down to a 2. Interesting overall but thumbs down for not commenting on Palestinian Genocide at any point in their career. Actually thumbs down to 1 I was not enjoying myself during this album in comparison to the other album I was listening to today