Reviews (page 11 of 16)
Words fail me, this must be the moment Radiohead finally stuck their glockenspiel up their arse. Its weird ambient vibe made me angry, maybe that's what they wanted. Possibly the most overrated band in history. They peaked with Creep but somehow got enabled by their weird fans to churn out this twaddle for decades.
Imagine recording an album that people call "revolutionary," being called "the next Pink Floyd". What do you call for the next album? You make an album that is very different from Pink Floyd. An electronic / krautrock album, which still has its moments leaning in to Pink Floyd. But even so, this album, along with Amnesiac, has a one-two punch that is quite satisfying. I like "Amnesiac" a bit more, but both albums have great tracks that go on my top 10 Radiohead tracks. Songs of note: "Everything In Its Right Place" - A mysterious song that builds and builds. "The National Anthem" - what a chaotic, swirling tempest. And yet, it still works. "Optimistic" - it's weird that this was the first single, but it still works "Motion Picture Soundtrack" - the hidden track doesn't work for me as much. I know back then, hidden tracks were a big thing. And sometimes they were pretty cool, but this one is just... eh. So of the two, I like "Amnesiac" better, but this one is still pretty good.
It's a solid album but not my favorite of theirs. Radiohead fully took on the experimental angle from OK Computer and put it into this album with its synth and loops and electronica. Like their next album Amnesiac, you also hear some horns and strings. I would have preferred they hung onto a little more of their traditional instruments or blended them a little more. Of their more experimental work, I especially liked Everything in its Right Place and Idioteque (whereas the title track was a bit much). Of their work with more guitar or piano in it, at least at times, I most liked The National Anthem (also had horns), How to Disappear Completely (another sad, sombre Radiohead classic), and Optimistic (felt the most like earlier Radiohead). Not everything they did in the 90s and early 2000s was perfect, but it was still pretty damn good.
I sometimes think after Ok Computer that Radiohead just said "How weird can we get and everyone will still think we're brilliant?" Mission accomplished. Tracks I like: The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic. Everything else is just weird.
Goated
A fun album but not my favorite of theirs.
I've never intentionally listened to Radiohead (other than hearing Creep on the radio now and then) and always assumed that I wouldn't like it. I wasn't wrong... but also, it was not at all what I expected. Really diverse sounds that are interesting from a composition lens. Random screeching layered with brass and delicate keyboard. Some tracks like Treefingers are just tones, almost spa-like. Still a one-hit wonder to me.
When I listen to this as a teenager, it was both hopeful and depressing. As an older adult, its a little of both and I appreciate the audio more. I can see how it hooked positively and negatively.
4/5
3.5 it’s good not great. Production is top notch, most the music is great but god is Mr Yorkes voice extremely annoying
Nope.
It wasn't quite annoying enough to turn off, but I kept thinking a cat needed help somewhere nearby.
It's a hit and a miss for me. I guess that's the risk of going experimental. Some stuff in this album I found overwhelmingly beautiful and some other parts were just overwhelming.
Everything is in it's right place on this album. everything in it's right place, national anthem, optimistic, in limbo, motion picture soundtrack
I think I subconsciously avoided this, because I‘d heard it was somewhat pretentious and „difficult“. I needn’t have worried – this was interesting, moving, fun. Great find for me.
It's okay.
I couldn't give this album less than 5 stars, it was huge for me in my highschool/college (and still today) years so I have too many memories tied to it to come at it objectively. Even so, its a monumental record, and definitely important from a music history/culture stand point. Radiohead were that big, and have had that big of an influence on so many of their records, and this was a huge left turn that reverberated through culture. The music is phenomenal and detailed, and heart-wrenching at times.
No. 206/1001 Everything In It's Right Place 3/5 Kid A 3/5 The National Anthem 2/5 How To Disappear Completely 4/5 Treefingers 3/5 Optimistic 3/5 In Limbo 3/5 Idioteque 3/5 Morning Bell 3/5 Motion Picture Soundtrack 3/5 Untitled 3/5 Average: 3,0 I still don't really get Radiohead.
great album own this one
I remember the first time I heard this I was so confused. It hardly qualified as music, at any I knew at the time. It was haunting, emotional, thematically overhead my head. It was nothing like I had head before. Was that a baritone sax on a song about mental psychosis? I immediately listened to it at least five more times, and countless more over the years. It still is haunting, emotional, and confusing, and one of two go-to Radiohead albums. National Anthem and How to Disappear both ended up on my annual soundtrack that year, and the latter has been used in numerous playlists. I know the 9/11 theory is bunk, but I do have to say that it makes perfect sense. A classic of our times!
I did re-listen to this one recently for this exercise. I want to say something amazing for an amazing album but I'm speechless after another listen to this masterpiece. This is one of the albums that deserves a 5+ rating imo. The first track is arguably the best opening track on any album. This album is a cinematic experience. Also, listening to the track Kid A, I have no doubt that this album is a concept album about the first cloned baby. I'm not sure what all the debate is about. It's about a futuristic society where everything is a bit weird and off. Anyway, masterpiece!
Radiohead just doesn’t speak to me
It's cool. But not cool enough.
I own this one on vinyl. Good listen
Radiohead's attempt to escape themselves and become a more "cult" band after the success of OK Computer just made them even bigger. More glitchy rock and icy fjords of hooks just show how truly great this band are. No matter how much they try to isolate themselves and become just as cold as the digital mountains on the cover, the humanity is always there. And always will be. Best Tracks: Everything in its Right Place; The National Anthem; Motion Picture Soundtrack
A fave from high school, it had been some time since I'd listened to it start to finish. Holds up today just as well.
I don’t get Radiohead
I don’t particularly like their experimental album, still some a good album though
Deep, experimental, heavy, dark, revolutionary. Kid A+
It’s Radiohead, not their best but still some absolute bangers on there: Everything in its Right Place, National Anthem, Morning Bell, Idioteque
National Anthem trumpet/drums outro cacophony is perfection. Couldn’t even get through the rest of it.
NO chance. Radiohead awful
I really don't know why I've been avoiding radiohead for years, this slaps
Really really enjoyed this. Gonna have to keep listening.
It’s Radiohead!
I don’t think I’ve listened to this since high school. I mostly remembered the beeps and boops, but there are some good rock songs here as well.
A personal favourite, but not that good really. First track/s best.
Every song is either an ethereal electronic masterpiece or a droning snoozefest. Never in between.
I had never even seen a shooting star before… Anyway, sick album, bleeps all the right bloops
10/10. What an incredible album!!!
Nearly perfect album. Only reason I didn’t give it a full 5 is because I prefer amnesiac.
Spacey and atmospheric. Like getting stuck inside a computer. I should listen to more radiohead; they're weirder than I thought. Overall don't know if any individual song really grabbed me but this would be a great album to throw on while working or driving or something. Also The National Anthem sounds like mouse got loose in the brass section (in a fun way)
I like Radiohead. This album gets bonus points for that. By itself, this album was pretty okay. It didn't feel very Radiohead. I guess they took a break and decided to go electronic for an album. I did like a couple songs, one being The National Anthem. 4/5
Nearly flawless masterpiece. 9/10
Just downgraded The Bends from 5 to 4. However, Kid A is still as good as it was 24 years ago. Yorke's voice works much better when they go a little more experimental.
A bit less accessible than Amnesiac, I suppose, but very good nevertheless. Idioteque is still one of my favourite Radiohead tracks.
Impressive and innovative piece of work, slightly missing the punch for full marks.
A solid 8.5 for me. Definitely one I can sit, listen and take it all in. The first four songs are fantastic. How to disappear completely lives up to its name! Optimistic and idioteque are also great!!
Mágico e atemporal. Adoro. Nem precisei ouvir, pois já ouvi demais na vida.
GReat!
ice age coming ice age coming
As a person named Tom I think I have a deeper understanding of Thom Yorke's music than most people, sorry that's just the way it is. I like this - also, my friend would kill me if I didn't give this a 5.
It was very good. 👍
*Enter a slender dark-haired man with a neat goatee, wearing a suit and carrying a box with a large red button on the top* Him: "Good day, sir. I hear you consider yourself a bit of a 'music nerd'. Well, I have a proposition for you. If you hit this button, you will have to pay a dire price. Every music nerd's favorite band, Radiohead, will be erased from the very fabric of existence. Radiohead's music, with its diverse influences from electronic music, ambient music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, will be gone! You will never again hear their songs featuring modular synthesisers, the ondes Martenot, brass and strings, processed guitar sounds, samples and loops, and impersonal and abstract lyrics sung by Thom Yorke. All music they ever created will be gone from the world and from everyone's memories. It will be as if Radiohead never existed, forever! Ha, ha ha. However, if you can live with this terrible cost, you will receive-" Me: *hits button* Him: ". . . dude, what the hell? You didn't even wait to hear what you would get?! Jesus, 'OK Computer' is gone now! That is like a top ten album for me. Why did you do that!? You were supposed to be eaten up by the terrible cost you would have to pay to receive my boon. That is messed up. A lot of very sad people really loved that band." Me: ". . ." Him: "I mean, I get being willing to pay the price, but you didn't even weigh it against the benefit. I was going to offer you something incredible, but think about what you just did. 'Kid A' is gone. Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times ranked it the greatest album of the 2000s, and in 2020 Rolling Stone ranked it number 20 on its updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 'Amneisiac', 'Hail to the Thief', 'In Rainbows', 'The King of Limbs', 'A Moon Shaped Pool', all gone! This is so-" Me: *hits button again*
Radiohead going experimental because they didn’t like their own rock sound anymore and not disappointing at all, this whole album is just an experience with beautiful songs.
Thom Yorke predicted 9/11!?!1 "The National Anthem" sounds like beautiful madness. Really dig the bassline "Morning Bell" - cool 5/4 groove
A professor in college told us about how we should re-read Moby Dick periodically throughout our lives. As we evolve as people, the book will hit us differently. In that same vein, Kid A hit me in a way it didn't when I tried to listen when I was around college-aged. I really, really dug it this time, whereas it had never grabbed me before. I'm going to see if I can include this in my rotation moving forward.
# 251 : I dislike Radio head and can't understand why people do. Have the people that rate something 5 stars, actually listened/read/watched what they are rating?
Can't touch OK Computer. I liked this better when Richard D James did it.
A truly timeless masterpiece.
I loved this album when it came out and I still love it. Not at all what I expected after The Bends and OK Computer, but still fantastic, lots of synthesizers, but not in a 80's way, but more orchestrated.
thom yorke you wacky bastard
Too many Radiohead albums on this list. They are very good at what they do and there has been some progression to their music. But really, they don't need to be represented so many times.
Absolute easy 5, maybe my fav Radiohead album.
Chatuille les oreilles - Track1
Not as good as OK Computer
Blah blah blah Radiohead, blah blah blah biggest left turn, blah blah. Yeah, I don't think there's anything else that needs to be written about this band. One thing I'll give them is that Kid A is the most experimental a mainstream record can be. And how mainstream it is, becoming their first chart-topping album. Now even for me, it took a bunch of listens before I "got" it. Even then I enjoyed Idioteque and How to Disappear Completely. Now I think it's the fifth best Radiohead Album.
This one misses a lot more than hits.
This is a great, classic album from Radiohead.
One of the best radio head albums. It has so many bangers
Quite different from their earlier albums, this was not an easy listen when I first heard it at release in 2000, and this is still not what I think of when I think of Radiohead. After repeated listens over the years though I appreciate this not as \"an album by Radiohead\", but an excellent album in it's own right. I hear Aphex Twin and hints of Sgt Pepper in some sections. \"How to Disappear Completely\" was probably one of the more approachable songs when I first heard the album and I clung to it like a rock because it perfectly reflected my feelings at the time: alienated and out of place. That time has (somewhat) passed, but it's still a beautiful track.
Rating this album seems to be a hit or miss, either 5 or 1. While I sympathize with the 5, I cannot understand the 1. Sure, it is a bold step away from anything expected and made for traditionalists. But even if one doesn't like it, or outright hate it because it for sure is deliberately not matching expectations: this is composed music of depth and grandeur, not only incidental noise or horrid production. The execution is flawless, the music is complex and demanding. If you appreciate this kind of boldness, it is one for five stars, if you grudgingly hate Radiohead for what they did with you here, give it a three for its importance. Everyone who claims: anyhow did never like them should not be taken serious, as this is completely different and incomparable to the Radiohead from before...
Gotta love their sound. Washes over you. Sad, anxious, soothing, all at once.
Oh, that was disappointing.
sucks
What I love about Radiohead is their ambition to do things totally outside of the mainstream and well ahead of the times. I’d describe the album’s timbre to be like a singing bowl in space. But there are also some jams- “Everything in its Right Place” and “Idioteque” are chef’s kiss. This is not exactly a relatable album, but it explores a lot of ground sonically and keeps me tuned in and/or meditative for the duration. 4.2
Love the otamatone lead singer on the title track... I like ambient music so this isn't bad to me, but I could see it pissing off a Radiohead fan at the time. I appreciate they took a swing into new territory, albeit begrudgingly. A couple tracks are tough, but the rest is good. It's a vibe, not something you'd put on to groove to. 3.8
Still as enveloping as when I first heard it in high school? College?
Amazing and ethereal
Killer
I don't get Radiohead
Trippy start. I enjoy Radiohead, but don't think I have ever heard this album. This first song is a bit bleak. I have heard this album has a bit of a reputation for being depressing. Kid A is an interesting song, the vocals sound like they are coming through an old timey radio a bit. The National Anthem sounds like a sci-fi song, and has UFO sounds. Interesting horn solo! Ended like a noise rock song, which I don't love. How to Disappear Completely is my favorite song so far despite it being so sad. But I really love sad music. Treefingers is another bleak song, but an instrumental piece. Instrumentals often bore me, and this one was no different. I liked the mood it gave, but did not feel interested enough to add it to my liked list. Optimistic seems sarcastic almost. Or cynical. I like the vibe of In Limbo a lot. Again, a pretty sad song. Is Idioteque about climate change? Very prescient even for today! Wow, what a song. I love it! Good beat as well. Best song on the album perhaps! Morning Bell is not as good, but I still enjoyed it. Almost hopeful after Idioteque? Maybe not hopeful, but definitely not as grim as Idioteque. Album sort of ended with a whimper.
Fine I guess. There's a layered sound here that could be interesting but I just find it to be too cold. Idioteque is a total banger though
Wasn't feeling it, not a fan of Radiohead personally
When I listen to this album I want to be sitting in my car watching the snow slowly drift down. I get a feeling of floating from the entire album. Idioteque is my favorite on this album. It's a solid album. 4/5
"Kid A" is the fourth studio album by English rock band Radiohead. Lead singer and songwriter Thom Yorke wanted a departure from rock music due to the stressful experiences from their previous album "OK Computer." For this album, the band drew influences from electronic music, ambient music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music. Different instruments were used including modular synthesizers, ondes Martenot, brass and strings. They also incorporated samples and loops. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the UK and US and was their breakthrough album in the US. Initially, the album had mixed reviews but is now considered one of the best albums of the 2000's. "Everything in its Right Place" was the one of the first songs Yorke ever wrote. Ambient synthesizer keys. The vocals were processed in Pro Tool. The lyrics describe Yorke's depression and stress promoting "OK Computer." Deep repetitive bass notes, weird outer space noises and drums begin "The National Anthem." For this song, the vocals are processed through a ring modular. The organized brass section chaos was inspired by Charles Mingus' "Town Hall Concert." The music does a great job creating the songs' intent of describing people trapped in a traffic jam. I remember listening over and over on my headphones to "How to Completely Disappear." It's start out an acoustic ballad with a guitar. Yorke singing "I'm not here, this isn't happening" which was a quote R.E.M.'s Michale Stipe said to repeat when dealing with fame and stress. The song bounces from paranoid electronica to the lush orchestral strings. It's my favorite song on the album. Although the album did not have any released singles, "Optimistic" has been the most played song on the radio, at least in my neck of the woods. It has an ominous opening but is pretty much the most straight-forward rock song on the album with bass, drums and guitar. It's about dealing with the pressures of fame. A hypnotic drumbeat created by synthesizer modules pervades "Idioteque." Samples of 70's computer music compositions from Paul Lensky and Arthur Krieger are also incorporated. I think is describing a post-apocalyptic doom and the current society. And, another album highlight. I have to admit it took me some time and more than a few listens to really get into and like "Kid A." Now, I am definitely team "Kid A" and do think it is one of the best albums of 2000's. It's ambient and atmospheric. To me, the lyrics can be both abstract and direct. Each songs seems to be of itself with different instruments, vocal distortion and all of the noise effects. Yet, the album connects and flows together. This is an album that everyone needs to hear but I do know there is and will be a wide range of opinions.
Best Radiohead album? I think so.
There was actually once a time that I was on board with the "Kid A > OK Computer" trend, and while I've snapped out of following that chronically online music trend that makes people feel unique, I still consider this to be a close second favourite Radiohead album. I think it lacks the theatrics that OK Computer has, but this is still definitely their moodiest, most atmospheric album by far.
It has been exactly 119 days since I reviewed the last Radiohead album. Don’t worry, I haven’t been counting the days, I just looked it up real quick. And conveniently enough, that last album was Amnesiac. Basically the little brother to Kid A. They have very similar sounds in many ways. Except to me, these albums are leagues apart. Kid A is my second favorite Radiohead album, behind the big one I’ll eventually get to talk about. But honestly, it might be the album from them I come back to the most. I have probably listened to this all the way through from start to finish more than a dozen times in the last six months. But at one point, I didn’t really get this album. It took me a long time to appreciate this for what it is, and understand why it plays such a vital piece in their history. Plus, if you don’t like this, chances are the rest of their music after this point won’t be very enjoyable to you either. The main thesis of this album, to me at least, feels like separation. The desire to separate oneself from what is and isn’t was the fuel for this album’s creation. The band was tired of being hailed as rock’s saviors. They needed to break away from the reputation they created. So they chose to push their music as far away from OK Computer, The Bends, and what made them successful, as they possibly could. And that feeling that something isn’t right is immediately present on the first song. I’ll put it on record right now. That is my favorite album opener of all time. It still leaves me a little breathless, and I struggle to believe human beings created something so intensely cold and powerful. Every single song on this album is pure genius. Even the title track, which remains the one black sheep for me, is still incredible. There is not one moment of this album I am not in love with. And on a certain kind of day, this could be my favorite album from the band. This is the album that took the band from rock music’s next big thing to a group of some of the most forward thinking songwriters ever. Although I’ll be completely honest, this album is often regarded as “the greatest left turn in music history”. And maybe in the moment it was. But now, looking back on the band’s history, this isn’t as experimental and out there as people make it out to be. There is still plenty of traditional art rock style music that the band was already becoming familiar with. How to Disappear Completely is a song that has given me hope in some of the most beautiful moments of my life, and also broken me down to my most vulnerable and defeated. A song created from the oppressive feelings of hopelessness that Thom faced during the Ok Computer tour. The main lyrical theme was inspired from what Michael Stipe, the singer of R.E.M., told him to do. He said, “Pull the shutters down and keep saying, ‘I’m not here, this is not happening’”. Kid A is a record that has become engrained in who I am over the last year or so. It’s one of the most human expressions of loneliness and depression I’ve ever heard, but also feels robotic and completely devoid of genuine humanity. To put it simply, just another masterpiece from one of the greatest bands to ever write music. Rating: 10/10!
sucks
Man back to back Radiohead? Another classic and true revolution for the band. Their video game museum for this and amnesiac is worth trying out. This is cinematic, varied and so much weirder than a lot of their other records.
One of my absolute favorite albums of all time. From start to finish the atmospheric, icy, and at times near despondent journey ‘Kid A’ takes you on is like no other. Every single song just commands you in some way and it’s breathtaking. Truly a game changer and one of my few 10/10’s.
You say idioteque, I say idiotique
I confess, I have never really been a Radiohead fan. I detest most of their albums, particularly Ok Computer. Honestly, this is their only album that I actually enjoy in the slightest, and of the 11 tracks available I only truly enjoy 6 of them. Everything that I find annoying about Radiohead had largely gone away (everything but Them Yorke's voice unfortunately) and was replaced with their interpretation of Krautrock, Eno-esque Bowie Low Cycle exploration, Ambient, and Electronica, all of which are genres I had been enjoying and frankly they bring to it a sound that not quite been heard like this before. My favorite tracks are "Everything in its Right Place", "Kid A", "The National Anthem", "How to Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", and "In Limbo". I don't everything else quite works and I cannot make heads or tails about what they were trying to do with the silences during "Motion Picture Soundtrack" and "Untitled".
If any band knows how to re-invent themselves then this is it. They were already kings of indie rock and could have ploughed the same fields forever, but chose to jump into sounds design, loops, samples, strange instrumentation and introspective music. The sonic exploration here is wonderful, and it sounds fantastic turned up loud.
Some tracks I liked a lot but others just annoyed me, probably a 3.5 overall.
This is not Radiohead's best but it's still pretty good, especially with headphones.
Didn't bother me at all, but it's too pretentious and deliberately obscure for my taste. Can't seem to get into the state of mind required to vibe with the music.
Nice to revisit this album voluntarily, after being force-fed Radiohead for a decade. A complete atmospheric journey.
Nice.
Cool, electronic - sort of depressed in a NIN way
Deeply, deliberately, unfriendly to listen to. Accordingly I didn't like it, although apparently a lot of people do. No thanks.
Hypnotisch
Amazing experimental sensational , includes one my favorite songs. meow meow meow
An ambitious album that challenged everyone who was expecting a "Yes, Master" to the magnificent "OK Computer". Abandoning guitar-driven anthems and experimenting with electronic sounds, loops and instruments, they made an unique mark in the history of music. Sometimes I feel it was what U2 tried to do with Pop, but done right. It was not an adaptation of Radiohead songs to fit an electronic mood, these were Radiohead songs, and they were electronic. I have came across Kid 17, an fan experiment who recorded Kid A on top of Kid A with a difference of 17 seconds: Kid 17 = Kid A (0:17) + Kid A. The result, beyond psychedelic.
Endnu et sygt lækkert album!! Det er projekt gør mig også til en Radiohead fan
Umuligt at overvurdere hvor stor en indflydelse den her plade har haft på min musiksmag! Verden åbnede fuldstændig op for lille Rasmus i 1g da han hørte det for første gang! (Lidt ligesom den gjorde da han hørte In Rainbows i 9. klasse, men mere da han hørte Kid A)
Den her var lidt svær at rate. Jeg elsker første sang, men så syntes jeg at det bliver lidt for meget en rutsjebanetur med artsy/koncept numre, som bliver lidt mere irriterende hver gang jeg hører dem. Men i sidste ende synes jeg alligevel at den fortjener 4/5!
I think I'm missing out because I haven't tried to make a song and because I've missed most of the context by hearing everything that came after this. Huge influence on all Songs To Study And Relax To playlists. Still, we're getting there!
Kid A feels like what I have often heard what Radiohead sounds like - lots of mumbly electronica rock. Not necessarily a bad thing, not sure if I enjoy it. The electronica sounds are fine just the lyrics are all so so. Best: Everything in Its Right Place Worst: Idioteque 2.5 Stars
This was a very good record, I find it better than Amnesiac but a little less engaging than The Bends, both of which I've listened to already via this project. Still worthy of a 4/5. Everything In It's Right Place is the standout.
This listener was excited to get a Radiohead album; however, this "Kid A" quickly and utterly disappointed. Pretentious and amelodic, this experimental "rock" album is obscure and difficult to stomach.
Different than to what expected but I liked it
An incredible album from beginning to end. It's different from the other Radiohead albums we've had, and I love what they did.
Kid A 6/5
High quality sound. There are some elements I like, but this album feels too experimental for my liking. Low 3
First song is a classic. Wasn’t crazy about some of the tracks. Could take it or leave it.
Been a fan of this record for years. Really ahead of its time. Favourite tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque (probably my favourite overall).
I didn’t understand the hype about this album in college and I still don’t understand it now. Maybe I’m just not cool enough to “get it” but I don’t see how this was game-changing in any way, other than for the band itself. That being said, it’s not a bad album either, though a little dreary for my tastes.
I think this album plays with the expectation of sounds and music. I very much enjoyed it but was also irritated by it at times, almost like better to listen to this whole album in separate sittings. I enjoyed the album, it is dark and gloomy soundscape. Keep the written lyrics near by. I think this one deserves more listens to fully appreciate it and would probably raise my opinion of it to a 5. I most likely won’t listen again for the fact it is a little to down which as I get older is less appealing to me.
I struggled with this one when it came out. It may have taken years to return to it and understand its brilliance. But brilliant it is.
I hoped coming back to this that I'd find something new but no, it's just an atonal mess. Self indulgent, and I guess what you can do with a major label recording contract and some hits behind you. Spend months producing sonic soundscapes without any tunes.
Awesome
Not my thing
i love radiohead so i really liked this but not as much as in rainbows or ok computer. It was more experimental and industrial i feel like
It's the kind of album when you listen from start to finish it sounds astonishing, but I don't think I would listen to any specific song on its own.
Enjoyed the atmospheric stuff a lot. Not as big a fan of Thom Yorke vox in it. Just not my thing
Radiohead meets Aphex Twin meets Brian Eno. De ultimate indie rock band ging in 'Kid A' mee met de post-rock stroom van de late jaren 90. De ambient (ik probeer het woord de laatste weken te vermijden, maar deze review is incompleet zonder) soundscape is onmiskenbaar, en een elektronische minimal techno baslijn houdt het album bij elkaar. Deze plaat ligt in de catalogus van de Britse band stilistisch het dichtst bij het hart van Thom Yorke, die in zijn solo carrière veelvoudig een zelfde benadering zocht en samenwerkte met grote namen in de UK electronic scene (UNKLE, Burial). Toegegeven, dit karakter van 'Kid A', waarin veelal geëxperimenteerd werd met ambient en andere post-rock elementen, hield het album een beetje op afstand van mij. Een aantal losse songs waren me bekend, maar door de immense productiviteit van de band had ik altijd wel voldoende aan de platen die hun indie rock roots wat meer najaagden. Én ik dacht altijd dat de titelsong symptoom was aan het zweverige geneuzel dat de rest van het album zou tekenen. Niks is minder waar, een aandachtige luisterbeurt doet mijn (voor)gevoel 180 graden draaien. Op wat enkele momenten na is de balans tussen rock, ambient en IDM echt onberispelijk. En waar het schuifje iets te veel de ambient-kant opslaat, en de songs verdrinken in lagen aan slaperige synths en niet te plaatsen vocalen, zijn ze mijn aandacht eventjes kwijt (de hersenbloeding van Thom Yorke in 'Kid A' en het overbodige 'Treefingers'). Maar die momenten zijn spaarzaam, en worden overschaduwd door tal van songs waar het experiment wél met vlag en wimpel is geslaagd. De perfecte balans tussen IDM en ambient in 'Everything In Its Right Place', de perfecte balans tussen post-punk en free jazz in 'The National Anthem', de perfecte balans tussen ambient en folk in 'How to Disappear Completely', de perfecte balans tussen techno en post-rock in 'Idioteque'. Ga zo maar door. Radiohead beheerst het allemaal, en wil die veelzijdigheid ook zeker tentoonstellen. Maar dat doet het zonder pretentieus te zijn, en het te overdoen, wat op sommige andere albums van hun wel in de weg gaat zitten. De momenten die de plaat voor mij echt maken zijn de extatische opbouw in 'The National Anthem', met daarna de sereniteit van het wonderschone 'How To Disappear Completely. En later het hypnotiserende 'Idioteque', met dat eigenaardige ritme dat compleet 'off' lijkt maar je toch moeiteloos meesleept, die smoothly transformeert in 'Morning Bell'. Fantastisch gemixt, en tekenend voor het gogme van de band. En daarnaast een shoutout naar Philip Selway, de drummert die vanwege de electronische insteek wat minder ruimte kreeg dan anders, maar als hij wat meer z'n gang mocht gaan was het heerlijk om naar te luisteren. Heel erg jazzy. 9/10 Highlights: The National Anthem How to Disappear Completely Optimistic Idioteque
Magische plaat waar Radiohead, klaar met haar eigen rock-sound, definitief overstapt naar het meer electronische en ambient geluid. Daarin zijn ze een voorloper en grote inspiratiebron gebleken voor veel artiesten van na de eeuwwisseling. Ik moet er voor in de goede sfeer zijn en wordt niet altijd meteen warm van alle nummers. Sommigen zijn nou eenmaal gewoon wat taai. Maar de stem van Thom Yorke en de soundscape van Radiohead zijn -ondanks taaiheid- wel echt ongeëvenaard. Je kunt echt verdrinken in de nummers en ze zijn van zoveel hogere kwaliteit dan veel andere artiesten. Ik vind het speciaal hoe Radiohead zich opnieuw blijft uitvinden en Thom Yorke/Radiohead anno 2024 nog steeds speciale dingen uit brengt. Zijn horrormovie-soundtrack Suspiria vond ik echt gaaf en ook zijn werk met the Smile (met Jonny Greenwood en Tom Skinner) is op een nieuwe manier grensverleggend. Die lijn werd ingezet door Kid A. Kid A is niet een plaat die ik eerdere week van het jaar een keer zal opzetten, maar is een bijzonder stukje kwaliteit uit de waanzinnige en tegelijk ietwat gecompliceerde koppen van Radiohead. 8/10 Highlights Everything in its right place How to disappear completely Treefingers
A Radiohead album I hadn't heard. I guess it was time for me to listen to this one as well. The list provides and I obey. I especially liked the first track.
lemon in mouth. disappearing completely.
Great vibey, ambient stuff, but just not for me.
Obvious classic. Changed the game in regards to what rock music can sound like.
Very clinky-dinky and cheerful, like 8-bit-tape-loading-sound-flavoured ice cream
Pretty good actually.
I like Moon Shaped Pool a little more, but this is definitely a Radiohead highlight.
Wow another Radiohead album, thanks. I thought I was starting to understand their appeal with “Idioteque” which I enjoyed but that was the only song i liked.
OK author we get it, you like Radiohead. I don’t hate them but. 120 albums in and this is my 4th frickin Radiohead album. What the hell does the author see in this group? Every album sounds almost identical why on earth do we need 4, or maybe more, Radiohead albums? Unbelievable!
A little Radiohead goes a long way for me. Taken a song at a time mixed in with other music I really like them but I'm not inclined to listen to a whole album from beginning to end.
A little too spacey for my tastes. Very abstract and difficult to latch onto. Not my favorite work by Radiohead.
Also sort of disappointed. Its great but didn’t remember it being so monotonous and one note. I wish I had more to say. I guess I just prefer the Bends.
So good.
la veritat es que prou mierdón Es radiohead pero poru alternativo/experimental, no se sona raro, li done 2 o 3 depenent de generositat que tinga. Tame te dic que atre dia igual rosa el 4 pero ara mateixa not feeling it. Continue pensant que cabeza de sepia es tremendo insulto, pero, ¿ i si un dia meu diuen a mi? no pense sentar precedent.
awesome stuff. a relisten for me, but a great time and some seriously moving electronic rock. favorite tracks; idioteque, optimistic, how to disappear completely
I’m still waiting to be put under the spell of a Radiohead album. This hasn’t quite managed it. But it would require more than 24 hours. Some of it is really gorgeous, some of it is vague, at best.
10/10
The most Radiohead of Radiohead albums
A lot of critics considered this to be the best album of its decade. I’ve always considered OK Computer to be superior. In fact, I’ve often thought this album sounds a lot like my kids screwing around on the keyboard. But I’m glad I had a chance to reconsider Kid A on this listen. I understand what makes it great. But still not the greatest.
Eu ouvi o álbum andando de bicicleta num domingo ensolarado e fresco de outono, depois de uma noite mal dormida e uma manhã de ressaca leve, foi uma grande experiência de contemplação da calmaria e do movimento da cidade. Ele traz uma calma inexplicável através da sobreposição de sons eletrônicos longos e contínuos, e fazem você entrar num estado de introspecção típico de meditação.
Some of the music is OK but Thom, shut the fuck up. 1.54
This is one of my all-time favorite albums; I have listened to it hundreds and hundreds of times. There were no singles and it's hard to even think about it as individual songs. Unusually, the lyrics hold very little meaning to me. It is a meditative soundscape that viscerally stirs my soul. It makes me think of late nights when the rest of the world is sleeping.
Fuck yeah love this album
Very enjoyable. I still like Rodiohead as much as before!
4>6>5>7>10>3>2>9>11>>>>>1>8
Good album
I was not a fan at all of this album. I like Creep but had not really listened to other Radiohead, but if this album is at all representative I think they are not for me. Some of it was way too cacophonous and other parts were really bland.
Great
All Timer
An all time classic.
prvi put sam se u životu zapitala "šta je uopšte muzika?"
A bit whiny
Such a fantastic album. So many standout tracks, morning bell a new favorite. The right drum machine patterns, wandering guitar interplay, thrumming bass lines to maintain some order. Of course incredible lyrics and iconic vocals over all of this create gorgeous chaos
Prototype music to disassociate to. Never feels like it builds to a crescendo. Overall not for me.
Beautifully-composed record with such a haunting, somber vibe, as Radiohead does so well. The blend of instrumentation with electronic influences makes Radiohead so unique in their own way. This record is seamlessly great and stands the test of time through and through.
First time listening to a whole Radiohead album. I started listening to the album accidentally on shuffle, so I was thinking that there were some weird pacing issues with it. Glad I caught it. This album is ethereal. To put it simply, everything’s in its right place. Standouts: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, How to Disappear Completely, Treefingers, Optimistic, Idioteque, and Motion Picture Soundtrack.
A lesser Radiohead album is still pretty hood
"Everything In Its Right Place" starts this masterful album with a bang. Enjoyed this one immensely. Gonna listen to this one a bunch of times.
This is the third Radiohead album I've heard on this list, and its definitely the weakest of the three so far. Not a bad album at all, and there's a few songs that I'll come back for. But for the most part, a majority of the songs just felt like a lot of the ideas (vocal lines, instrumental breaks) lacked cohesion to the point it all kind of faded into white noise
My guess is that Radiohead were as surprised by this album's success as I am--it sprawls in a way that made me misremember the album would be a long slog but it's a pretty tight 10 songs. It looks like Thom was having writer's block and didn't want to write rock songs anymore putting the group in a weird place. I know this album very well, but it's not my favorite of theirs and I wonder if their work here and on OK Computer led rock down a strange electronic path for a decade or so. The songs here absolutely KILL live!
This one is all over the map for me. First few tracks were almost unbearable. Then "How to Disappear completely" was really musically beautiful, then Treefingers felt like relaxation music during a massage. The next few tracks weren't for me, but then I liked Morning Bell and Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Overall the album is a groove I'm into. It starts out with some really nice ear candy with Everything In Its Right Place and probably peaks with Optimistic but there are no skips. Solid and pleasant.
Never been in love with radiohead. this was fine tho
Not sure I've ever listened to this album. I've spent some time with OK Comuter, but not this one. I thought the sonic landscapes were very cool, and I'm generally not a landscape person. I think they peppered in JUST enough songwriting to keep me going. Found this from wiki: The guitarist Ed O'Brien had hoped Radiohead's fourth album would comprise short, melodic guitar songs, but Yorke said: "There was no chance of the album sounding like that. I'd completely had it with melody. I just wanted rhythm. All melodies to me were pure embarrassment." I'm looking forward to spending some more time with this one!
Flaming turd
Yummy
What can I say, it’s a masterpiece
Eh, I think this is around where I get off the Radiohead ride. There are a few good songs on here (Idioteque being one), but this is where the band starts to get too weird for me. I appreciate that they were looking to try new things, but it's just not for me. A lot of this album sounds like some bizarre Enya/Brian Eno/indie film soundtrack mashup, and not in a good way. Thom's vocals get pretty grating on some of the tracks, and a lot of them don't really sound like songs so much as soundscapes. It comes off as pretentious. Not a fan. 3/5
Good for what it’s trying to accomplish. Wouldn’t casually listen to it
Brutal
This was known as a boring and difficult album. But it's so beautiful. It pours into your ears to remind you what those ears are there for.
Not my favourite Radiohead era. Everything and Idioteque are great.
I fucking hate radiohead. This album only reminds me how much I hate radiohead.
No
What a huge and divisive swing from OK Computer. I included Amnesiac in the listen as the "hidden B-sides" of the album to emphasize how different of a project the band endeavored on at Thom's behest. It's odd to listen to, and not immediately appealing. Over time, it has come to be appreciated for its' importance to music as a whole and for several of its' distinct instruments, songwriting practices, and general oddness compared to what they could've made. Combined or separate neither crack my top 3 Radiohead albums, but it's an important part of the journey they take
Sopivan lyhyt, ihan kivaa atmosfääriä mutta… tylsä
Sopii yliopisto-opiskelijoiden "patonki ja viini"-iltojen taustalle. How to Disappear Completely ja Idioteque tuovat jotain uutta pöydälle.
I’m so glad I got this one the day after Hail to the Thief. Much like Hail to the Thief, Kid A is a work of art
One of the best albums of the 21st century. Themes of technology induced anxiety have aged incredibly well, everything in its right place is the best RH song in my opinion. Listened to OK computer again right after to compare, not sure which one is best but they have more in common tonally than I think most people think, just OK has more guitars and slightly more traditional song structure. Easy 5 stars
4.5 Very Very Good. When I compare it against other radiohead, for me, it falls short of top marks, which is a pretty shitty reason not to give it a 5 but Im doing it anyway
absolutely incredible album deserving of its praise. strong 9/10
definitely one of the more experimental albums from radiohead for sure, swapping their usual grunge sound with quirky atmospheric futuristic tracks, some pretty firm and industrial while others totally ambient. it's a nice change of pace compared to their usual stuff. there's still plenty of the rock sound if you're looking for it.
It’s seminal, it’s important, it’s influential. But is it any fun to listen to? Not so sure. I love the first track but it feels like a chore to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.
Another Radiohead album. Another slog through 90s melancholy. Their music is like modern art. I don't get it.
So grumpy. One or two memorable songs but otherwise it's too dour. Only for die hard Radiohead fans.
One of the best albums by one of the best bands
The reviews for this album are so polarized - you either seem to think this album is profound & nuanced brilliance, or noise vomit. I tend to think the latter.
This album is far from the greatest collection. 3.5/5
The most enjoyment I got out of this album is when it ended. The maybe two semi decent songs did not make up for the rest of this incredibly boring album. I think creep is the only good song I’ve ever heard from Radiohead, and this album has proved that I am not a fan.
This album is loved by the people it's aimed at. It helps those people overcome the issues they have in life. I would have liked to have been one of the happy people who are not helped by this album but I don't find Thom's voice irritating and I don't intellectualise endlessly about it as it has permeated the fibre of my being. I really am beyond any redemption.
It was raining, foggy, and purely miserable out. This album fit perfectly
the only radiohead album I feel like I actually “get”
I like it.
Really beautiful and really terrifying at the same time. Seemingly pretty unaccessible but ultimately a grower of an album. I still may not be the biggest Radiohead fan in the world, but now I can definitely say that I'm a fan. This is an album about death and what comes after, beyond that I can't really describe it. 28/03/24
Nice
Atmospheric, almost soundtrack-ey. Pretty slow
Enjoyable ambient?
Moody, chill, ambient alternative rock that feels very much like a millennia-transitioning work. Radiohead leans pretty heavily into the abstract, sampling computers and using synths, horns, and guitar effects to create interesting sonic landscapes. A pretty far departure from previous Radiohead albums, but very interesting and relaxing in a mournful, eerie way. This is a great example of ambient music that is flavorful and fresh, and stays dynamic-yet-digestible throughout the runtime. Stand out tracks include "Everything In It's Right Place", "Kid A", "How to Disappear Completely", "Idioteque", "Motion Picture Soundtrack", and "Untitled".
Kid A reaches toward the artistic white it retains Radiohead's deft abilities in creating emotional pop, rock, and ambient songs. After the acclaim and success of OK Computer this was seen as a departure and challenged a lot of listeners at the time.
Everything in Its Right Place How to Disappear Completely
Don't get the love for this album. I've heard it MANY times over the years and I think a couple of their other albums are friggin' great. This one, just doesn't do 'it' for me. I think it's fine...that's it. 3.75
one of the best albums of all time
incrediiible record. i have heard it before though, many times, so i didnt give it a listen. one of my fave radiohead records definitely
Some great tracks.
3.5 I prefer a few other Radiohead albums
Terrible
I like music that sounds good, doesn't even sound
Мой любимый альбом радиохед.
I absolutely love Radiohead (and The Smile), but I never did like this album or the follow up ‘Amnesiac’. It was just too much of a leap down the experimental route that was just too quirky for me to get into. Coming from the unbelievably awesome ‘Ok Computer’ this left me a bit frustrated. All the albums that came after ‘Amnesiac’ were a return to my taste, and had the right amount of weird to make them completely different to any other act around. When I want to listen to Radiohead, there’s too many choices to ever go for ‘Kid A’. So when this came up on the list, it was the prompt I needed to give it a go with fresh ears. Better than I remember but nowhere near their finest work. I can appreciate it but just won’t be reaching for it when I need some Radiohead.
After 24 years I've finally got round to listening to this and what are my first impressions? Very experimental, but maybe a bit too self indulgent? Very different to their previous albums. I will need to give this a few listens before I can make a proper judgement. There were no particular stand out tracks as far as my ears could ascertain. A mid 3
A really interesting soundscape.
favourite: how to disappear completely, idioteque, motion picture soundtrack least favourite: heartbreaking: the worst artist you know just made a great album can't reasonably give this anything below a 5 in rainbows and ok computer are better though mayb 9-10/10
I've always found Kid A to be a peculiar listening experience for me, in large part because I think that your overall enjoyment of the record is going to primarily depend on the mood you're in while hearing it. I also find it to be a particular record in that, if I'm going to be frank, a decent portion of the songs in the tracklist don't particularly standout when you listen to them outside of the context of the record. In some cases I tend to glance over tracks like Treefingers or Morning Bell because of their relatively understated nature, especially in the case of the former coming after the incredible but also rather melancholic How to Disappear Completely (which might I add is probably the darkest Radiohead song in general) and the former being stuck between highlights Idioteque and Motion Picture Soundtrack. With that being said, Kid A is still a significant record not just in demonstrating Radiohead's musicianship through the clear influences they take from acts such as Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, and Miles Davis, but also how much of it really sounds like nothing else that would come before or after it in Radiohead's discography. I personally find it to be a weaker listen than records like OK Computer or In Rainbows, but a great listen nonetheless.
While perhaps not as engaging in the second half of the album, I am happy to have heard this album and look forward to exploring it more.
Per the Wikipedia blurb on here: Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times ranked Kid A the greatest album of the 2000s, and in 2020 Rolling Stone ranked it number 20 on its updated list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". As someone who was conscious in the 2000s, I'm a little offended. If I could insert the Mugatu/crazy pills GIF here I would. I just don't get Radiohead's popularity. This album is a big ol' bunch of meh. I didn't hate it, but I can assure you I will never choose to listen to this again.
I think this one needs more time to really stretch its legs, but there are plenty of options that don't.
More interesting to read about than listen to, as that's where most meaning is found. Not bad, just kind if boring.
This felt like Everything In It’s Right Place.
Refreshing after the last repetitive-ass album from UB40. You can tell how much more experimental this is. Sax in the national anthem? I think I lean more toward the earlier Radiohead sound. Highlights: everything in its right place, how to disappear completely
I've listened to this album more times than I can count on my finger. 9/10
Prefer other stuff they’ve done
The radio head album for kids who think they like music, or whatever Taylord famously said to that waiter
RAAAAAHHH RADIOHEAD 2 DANA ZA REDOM 🔥🦅🔥🦅🔥🦅🦅🔥
2.5 al dat cu 3 jer sad imam nes kaj me garant uspavljuje za par pjesmi.
love this album, have known before, nothing to add
got it tatted bro
An absolute classic. It’s just brilliant! I fully get how some people won’t see it like that, but for me it’s an easy 4 stars (it’s not OK Computer for fuck sake so no 5)
this album makes me sad
Takie spoczko dolecenia w tle nawet człowiek się nie orientuje że leci 4/5
Their older stuff was way better. Sounds like the drugs affected him a lot in this album.
Thoughts before listening: This is where Radiohead abandoned alt-rock for more of an electronic sound. At least that was the story when it came out, and because of those reviews, I avoided this album for years. I've since come around, and it's definitely a great album that sits near the top of Radiohead's discography (OK Computer is still their best). Review: This is a weird album in all the right ways. There is a krautrock propulsion to many of the songs, and while there are certainly fewer guitar solos than on past albums, this is still a rock record. If anything, this was ushering in a new era for rock music that would focus more on atmosphere and mood than traditional rock song structures. Easy 5-star album for me.
I like early Radiohead. This was the point where their sound changed to a much more atmospheric and passive experience, and I don't think that will ever resonate with me as much as other forms of music.
The reception of this as a weirdo album is so funny to me. Sure it's got lots more electronic stuff, but it doesn't sound thaaat much different from OK Computer. It's full of songs, not experimental tracks. I bet it was very hard for the band to figure out how to make music differently but they still sound like the same group. I think the title track is a beautiful tune. It's so catchy that even John Mayer sounds alright doing it. Have always loved the Idioteque chords, and that Paul Lansky sample (from an 18 minute track that doesn't repeat anything) is inspired. On this one I have more use for the role of a megasuccess like Radiohead, distilling cultural moments to something with broader appeal. When they do it with college rock it's not that far off, you may as well explore their inspirations instead. When I first heard Kid A (2004?), my brother was big into electronic dance music, I was really really not, and it was something of a gateway to appreciating the parts I could appreciate. There were other people filtering those influences but none so easy an entry point. This kind of melancholy mood music is useful into your early twenties, or at least the best of it is. Asymptotically trending down to 3.5 over time.
The thing I like most about Radiohead is the guitars. This one could never be a favourite to me because they largely forsake that. Nice though, some good songs, easy to get swept up in it.
amazing production sad af
Not the best Radiohead, in one's opinion, but still pretty great and certainly more thoughtful and risk-takingly creative than just about all other bands. They would get better still of course and Kid A points the way forward, even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of In Rainbows, say. Best songs here come early: "Everything In Its Right Place" is a big statement about where they were headed. "Optimistic" and "Idioteque" are quite good, too,. As a whole, the record is a bit short of fully integrated, even as there are many meaningful moments – some stately and mournful – and more than a few extended passages of engaging intensity.
This is perhaps the most "Radiohead-y" album of theirs i've heard. Glad people like them for me is like a parody of music. Calling tracks "The national anthem" & "The Motion icture Soundtrack" when there's no anthem nature at all is I'm certain arty but does not make listenable music.
Just boring. There are moments that feel like you haven't been paying attention, then you come out of it for a few minutes. It is just background music and vocals that just sound like he doesn't want you to understand. I don't like Radiohead
I did like it, and there was at least one song i took note of, but it kind of just became background noise for me? But that could be more because of me than the album, tho
I've listened to this like twenty million times, great every time
Just cause Radiohead makes more interesting clicks and instrumental/vocal whines than you or I might doesn’t mean it was an entirely worthwhile effort. Just listen to big karlheinz stockhausen. At its best with driving bass and occasional hooks. Idioteque is pretty tight though. These boys need to get back to blaming it on a black star where they belong
I consider myself a big Radiohead fan but it took me years to “get” Kid A. It’s a perfect album with highlights being the opening notes of Eveything in its Right Place, the driving bass line and unhinged trumpets of the National Anthem, and the transition of Treefingers into Optimistic.
Off to a good start, great layers and texture, then descended into whiny sludge. Almost redeemed by Idioteque, but I was uninvested by that point.
Oh god, make it stop. Who thinks this is enjoyable to listen to? Awful, no discernable tunes. I hated it from start to finish.
All I can think of with this album is the movie Vanilla Sky. Everything about this album screams sci-fi, futuristic, psychological and almost psychedelic thriller. Some songs are a little bit too much for me but a few definitely stand out and this is an album that I could definitely have the mood for in some specific moments in my life
Not great. Very boring. Radiohead was never my cup of tea outside of “creep” but this just further solidified they are not the band for me!
Their best album, almost 25(!) years on it hasn't really aged. I was very contrary about this on release as I got annoyed by all the indie kids freaking about the "unlistenable" album whilst I was mainlining far more experimental stuff on Warp and Rephlex, so I wrote this off as Radiohead making a middling Aphex wannabe album just to be different. Instead now my older and hopefully wiser head just sees this for it's stark and chilling beauty, arguably one of the best albums on the list so far.
Everything In Its Right Place: 9.5/10 a vibe setter, hard to describe, makes you feel slightly sick and uncomfortable and deranged but also hopeful? Kid A: 7/10 very experimental very art The National Anthem: 9/10 bass line ⊂•⊃_⊂•⊃ How To Disappear Completely: 7/10 Treefingers: 8/10 Optimistic: 10/10 In Limbo: 8/10 Idioteque: 10/10 Morning Bell: 9/10 Motion Picture Soundtrack: 8/10 Untitled: 9/10 Not something I could listen to often, but when I do its gonna be a fucking experience Top Three: Optimistic Idioteque Everything In Its Right Place Album Score: /10
Kid A - Radiohead 1- Everything in its right place ✅ 👑 2- Kid A ✅ 3- National Anthem ✅👑 4- How to Disappear Completely ✅ 5- Treefingers ✅👑 6- Optimistic ✅ 7- In Limbo ❌ 8- Idioteque ✅ 9- Morning bell 10- Motion Picture Soundtrack ✨ 11- Untitled ❌ My Top 3: 1-Everything in its right place 2- National Anthem 3- Treefingers Key: ✅ liked/added to playlist ❌ did not like/enjoy ✨ already known song/ already in my playlist
"Everything in Its Right Place" – 4:11 – 6/10 "Kid A" – 4:44 – 7/10 "The National Anthem" – 5:51 – 3/10 "How to Disappear Completely" – 5:56 "Treefingers" – 3:42 – 6/10 "Optimistic" – 5:15 "In Limbo" – 3:31 – 8/10 "Idioteque" – 5:09 "Morning Bell" – 4:35 "Motion Picture Soundtrack" – 7:01 – 7/10 Untitled hidden track – 0:52
Five songs in and this record is doing nothing for me. I’m trying. I came into this with an open mind. Radiohead is always regarded as innovative and influential. This is boring. OK Computer is awesome according to my 16 year old son. Mind you he is a huge hip hop fan so that is saying something. Based on this record I really don’t want to listen to any more Radiohead. Creep is an awesome song. Maybe I’m not “cerebral” enough for this. Going to be hard to not give this one a 2 star rating.
Argh every time I thought about not giving it a 5 there was a key change or sound or something that got me right in the solar plexus. It's total familiarity bias. Going for 4 just so my stats report me as less of a Radiohead super fan because I'm Really Not!
Elite
Got more ambient than I was expecting
This album made me want to shut it off but I endured it until the bitter end. Boring
Longtime favorite.
Many songs are very samey... I prefer other albums
Radiohead steps away from rock and enters a realm of endless possibilities. Electronic loops and crazy time signatures.
Good album. I expected better.
Simply rocks. The theatricality of the whole record blows me away everytime. Perfect mix of rock, electronic, and that signature Radiohead style. Favorites are How to Disappear Completely and Idioteque.
How To Disappear Completely is absolutely beautiful. This album is great. Ambient electronics, sludgy bass, and punchy drums. Stylistic departure from OK Computer and it works.
Radiohead isn't a band that I typically listen too and only know a few songs here and there. I'm stoked that this is an album I can listen to with fresh ears and get more and more familiar with.
Not my favorite Radiohead album. Missing the aggression that OK Computer had, and replaced it with art school whining.
This was unexpectedly great for the most part. Soft vocals, plucked acoustic guitars, overdriven bass, and waves of drony synths. A bunch of my favorite flavors! Would buy on vinyl, wouldn’t shake my booty.
I’d never heard this album. It’s hit or miss, but overall I like it.
i have such a weird relationship with radiohead. love ok computer, really like the bends, enjoy in rainbows but thats about it. ive listened to kid A a lot and i just cant wrap my mind around it. such a weird experimentalism. but i get why its influential, it just didnt have a huge impact in the kind of thing i like, because its alllll rythm screw melody. its criminal to give it a three, because its an awesome album, just not my thing, so 4 it is.
Full of shit, I didn't even like a single song.
I thought it was an ok album. I think you need to be a proper state of mind to really get into the music on this one.
Love Radiohead.
Peak
Pretty different to Radiohead's earlier music but shows clearly their music skill and diversity. A great audio experience, with a mix of exciting and chilled songs.
Amazing. 4.5.
I can get behind the artistic sentiment behind this. and I think I finally enjoy Thom's vocal work as a texture. Is Motion Picture Soundtrack is a song i despirately want to hate but structurally its a nice release. Ok i will admit it i enjoyed this.
Any album that starts with such a beautiful FM electric piano is worth its weight in gold to me. This album also has some of the best vocals mastering/mixing/recording I've ever heard, and the overall sound design is nothing short of genius. It's not an album for everyone, but it's right up my street, and the mastering quality cannot be denied. Aside from this, it's hugely musically varied. Not every track is a banger, but it's easy enough to leave playing and still enjoy it.
Technically brilliant and the production is immaculate. I don’t find it as listenable as its sister release Amnesiac though. For me Idioteque and Morning Bell are the heart of this one. Excellent but not quite to the heights of some other Radiohead albums to my ears
liked some of the songs, other songs not so much. not all radiohead albums are created equal… if you judge every radiohead album against “ok computer”, you will be disappointed.
I just don’t get Radiohead. A couple of songs I had to skip past because they got annoying.
Epic
It’s difficult to put into words how important Kid A has been to me. I remember driving home from a friend’s lakehouse in high school with this album setting the serene, dark, dramatic atmosphere that the drive provided to me. Every subsequent listen has evoked memories of that peaceful solitude and a stark reminder that music is fundamental to who I am as a person.
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2/26/24. Still remember the very first time I listened to this and it has stuck with me since. I can't imagine the initial reaction when this released, but I'll always love this album due to the unorthodox lyrics, sounds, and compositions. I almost get a unique experience with each listen.
I know the name of the band and i dont like this sound much.
I got excited a couple of times when I thought I heard the beginnings of an actual song. False alarm. Just another abstract, meandering mess. 2 stars.
I enjoyed “morning bell” that was about it
One of my favorite bands, and a fantastic album.
(panu I am sorry) I got a bit bored of how whiny it was at times, but I liked the bits with the saxophones (or whatever brass instruments they had)
Amazing album which has so much depth and variety musically. Songs where rhythm is everything and then others where you feel such thoughts and emotions. One of the best albums of all times
This is a 5 because it's a perfect album and most definitely absolutely not because I'm afraid of what Radiohead fans will do to me if I don't rate it as such l.
Masterpiece
Exceptionally.
- Okay...I get it now. First Radiohead album I have listened to in full. And now I respect why people like this band so much. - Looking it up, this was apparently considered an experimental departure for them. I hope this is the vibe of more of their albums, because I feel for it hard. - Adore "How to Disappear Completely" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack." Was worried when "Optimistic" came on (did not jive for me as much), but it was not much of a departure and the album quickly veered back to where I wanted it to be. - Listened to the album two more times over the weekend.