Kid A

Alors, étonnament, c'était bien. J'avais déjà dû écouter OK Computer, que j'avais détesté, donc tomber sur un autre album de Radiohead, ça m'a pas emballé du tout. Mais à l'écoute, j'ai vite changé d'avis. C'est un album moins clairement rock, avec beaucoup d'électronique. C'était bien plus intéressant qu'Ok Computer et on sent que le groupe cherche à évoluer et expérimenter avec son style et ça fait bien plaisir. Les parties électroniques m'ont parfois fait penser à du Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works volume 2), ce qui est un gros compliment.

so important to me over the last year or so. during some extremely bad times of my life i would listen to how to disappear completely for hours at a time, i don’t know where i’d be without this. also i love how you can really see their more experimental style begin to develop here

i don’t get this and i never will. whining and moaning

i actually think i need to revisit the radiohead albums on this list when i am at rock bottom because unfortunately i just don't think i am a sad enough person for them to resonate in the way they do for the rest of you

Firmly in the category that life is too short for this rubbish.

Probably not my favorite Radiohead album, but still a vital part of their journey, the opener being one I return to regularly

It's a great album. I still prefer what they were doing with OK Computer, but that doesn't take away from this. It manages to be both interesting and pleasant to listen to - where a lot of other albums that sound like this tend to manage one or the other. 9.5/10.

I think I am simply not a Radiohead fan. Two stars

3.3

2000 art rock Everything in its right place The national anthem Idioteque

A wonderful extension of OK Computer that continues exploring what sounds make music and what makes a song. Not necessarily for a sunny summer day but absolutely perfect for when you are in one of “those” kinds of moods

Well, it's amazing.

I love most of the soundscapes in this (minus The National Anthem), but the moment Thom Yorke starts singing, I'm out. I don't like his whiny voice at all Favorite Song: How to Disappear Completely, In Limbo, Idolteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack

Have been patiently waiting for another Radiohead album. For years I never gave them a proper chance I think. Didn’t really connect with them years ago when I came across their music and wrote them off as overrated and over hyped. I had a feeling in recent years I was wrong and would actually enjoy their music because had some stuff coming onto playlists and enjoyed it. So when I got OK Computer on this list, I finally listened to my first Radiohead album in entirety and thought it was great. Since then, I’ve listened to a lot more Radiohead. I checked out this album and didn’t love it as much as OK Computer and In Rainbows, but am going to give it another listen here to see how it connects. Feel that more electronic vibe right away. It’s certainly more an ambient sound. It’s extremely weird at times. But there is always something intriguing about it. And I really enjoy the way it all seems to perfectly blend into the next song. The National Anthem is one interesting song. It’s rock oriented and ambient yet has the crazy jazzy section. A crazy song. There’s a few songs that I really like. Optimistic is one of my favorites on the album. It’s less experimental and feels like other Radiohead songs. Doesn’t really sound like a lot of the rest of the album, feels like something more from OK Computer. In Limbo is a similar song in that regard. There’s such vibe to so many of these songs that all works together. Morning Bell is another that really connects. This is all really good. Not sure I’m ready to go 5 on this. It feels like a 4 from me. It’s a little too out there at times but I do enjoy this album more than I ever thought I would have years ago. Feels like something that would certainly grow on you as you get more used to the sound. But sometimes his vocal styles and the experimental nature of some of it isn’t my favorite. 4 is fair.

I know that this is supposed to be one of the best albums of all time, but a Radiohead megafan I am not. Clearly there is a lot going on, and the music has texture and interest. But I think it demands more of me than I am able to give in a normal casual listen, as I usually do with these. Still good though. 4

Hade varit 5 om det inte var för national anthem

a lot of whining and moaning

Wel wat zagerig maar is wel gewoon radiohead 2,5

"Everyone around here, everyone is so near" Folk, der lyttede til "Wonderwall", sagde, at Radiohead blev dårlig.... For mig var det her, Radiohead blev sig selv.

Hårdeste åbningsnummer nogensinde på et album? Kan ikke komme i tanke om andet, der tvinger lytteren mere ind i et univers end everything in its right place. Der er lowlights, men som et fuld længde album er det bare for godt.

Nogle rigtig smukke sange iblandt, men overordnet set en halvkedelig affære imho Jeg ved godt, at folk der er langt større fans, end jeg er, ser dette som et helt særlig mesterværk og fred være med det 3.6

💜

Such a complete work. Less haunting than Amnesiac, but more like a stab, like a wound that is still fresh.

Before listening to this I wasn’t a big fan of Radiohead, now I’m even less of a fan… nothing but a bunch of whiny white boys

Surreal, weird, and wonderful. Perfect for a wander on a rainy day.

No entendí nada de este álbum (primera vez que escuchó radiohead que no sea creep) 26/10/2026

4,5

6/10

Upon its release I was super excited to hear this album. I was hoping and praying it continued the brilliance of "Ok, Computer" but what I heard did not meet my expectations. Where were the jolting guitars, where was the emotional vocal, where was that "fuck yeah" moment? The energy is different, the mood is darker, the dynamics are different, the instrumentation took a step back with the drum machines & weird sounds and the songs just aren't the same. I know people say they love this album and that it's a Top 200 record of all time, but I don't think they really mean it. The listener counts on Spotify are really high across the board. It's sleepy and boring and there's not a single radio song on here. "Everything In Its Right Place" is so average, "National Anthem" is a jazzy mess. The closest thing to the Radiohead sound I loved prior is likely "Optimistic". The ugly drum machine sound, the dark moodiness and ambiance of this album just don't hit for me. It's boring as fuck. I wouldn't listen to it if not prompted to do so. 2.5 stars.

already listened not their best nor my favorite but classic

Love the electronic textures. Quite strange vocals but the whole atmosphere works really well.

Strange and uncomfortable but that's Radiohead for ya

I mean you already know. Easily one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time, if not top 5. Absolutely flawless. Especially the front half and then idioteque and then the closerrrrr 😚👌🏻red wine and sleeping pillzzzzz 🤪🤪🤪

Still stunning

I liked the ones where he wasn’t singing.

15/09/2026 I honestly do not know how this is rated so highly, its bloody awful. The only reason it isnt 1 star is because I at least appreciate the talent that goes into making music. Spotify listeners: 46.3 million

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk this. If you meet anyone who says this is their favorite band, RUN!

11 songs I already knew and liked the opener and Motion Picture Soundtrack was probably the standout for me. The album overall was an interesting experience, with a lot of songs blending into one another, which I always enjoy when it comes to listening to whole albums. That being said however, this was a bit too experimental for me at times. I'd just be lying, pretending to be some avant-garde music enjoyer, if I went ahead and gave this 5 stars. I know it is well liked by a lot of people, but for me it just sits pretty at a 3/5.

Ok,

I love when Thom Yorke sounds like a sad little robot

nice background music, some songs are weird but I love weird songs. Ive heard a few songs from this album before so its not entirely new but overall 8.5 / 10 from me

This one took a lot of time to sink in. I bought this album when it came out, and while I liked it, I wasn't completely sold on it and its left turn of a sound, despite liking all sorts of other experimental music. But I kept on listening to it a lot during the winter of 2000-2001, and it grew on me. Even now, I tend to think of this as a 'subtle masterpiece', one that doesn't make its charms obvious to you at first listen, but they're there. It's a really great album front to back, maybe my favorite Radiohead album?

This is just meandering and slow, I never really connected with it.

Slightly on the fence about this one, but I'll give it a 5 anyway. I think this album is a fan favourite among many of the hardcore Radioihead fans, but I am (still) in the stadium where I prefer In Rainbows and OK Computer. Maybe later in life, I will have found the maturity to enjoy this one most.

radiohead <3

Not sure why everyone raves about this so much... 33% of people give this 5/5?! If this is 5/5 then a lot of other albums are 5/5. I understand: Radiohead departs from their rock era, experiments, and creates something different. But 10/10? Even 9/10? It's not. This sounds like Radiohead is experimenting and doesn't quite know what they're doing yet, and so they've gone too far. It's not melodic enough for me, it isn't really varied. It just seems like an experiment. Not gone wrong, but not gone right either... I'll listen again... Maybe I missed something. But those giving 5/5, I think are, like me, people that believe because Radiohead have so much credibility, they deserve a 5 for anything. Not because of the album itself, but because of what comes before and after. This is OK, maybe even less than OK, it's interesting for sure, and it feels like modern art interpreted as an album. Commendable, for sure, in terms of experimentation, but not in terms of quality. Maybe after a third listen I'll understand where people are coming from. In Rainbows is where they truly find their groove, the pinnacle of this sort of thing, with Hail to the Thief even showing those sign.

I feel like I’m missing something here

favs: the national anthem how to disappear completely treefingers optimistic motion picture soundtrack rating 2.3/5

This album is very atmospheric and surreal. Some parts that are too experimental or just aren't interesting to listen like the self-titled track bring it down a little and the peaks of the album don't peak high enough for me. They are there, but there aren't enough. It's consistently meh until the best songs arrive.

This was interesting and I thought it was OK but given that Radiohead appears here multiple times, this one shouldn't have made the cut.

Альбом от которого у всех горят пуканы

Everything in Its Right Place - 4/5 Kid A - 4/5 The National Anthem - 4.5/5 How to Disappear Completely - 4.5/5 Treefingers - 3.5/5 Optimistic - 4.5/5 In Limbo - 4/5 Idioteque - 4.5/5 Morning Bell - 4/5 Motion Picture Soundtrack - 4/5 So it turns the Radiohead guys had suffered pretty major burnout from their last few albums and decided to do a complete 180 and release something completely different. Does it still work? Absolutely. It still has that distinct sound that they're known for and still sounds like a logical progression of the more electronic-influenced romp of OK Computer. It is the best album in the world? I don't really think so. It just seems like their coalescing more experimental and IDM-like sounds into their repertoire, and unless those two are completely new to you then this will probably shake up your metaphorical music mind. But since I've have a few experience in that before, I just think that their more rock-oriented albums are much better, but this does not say that this and its follow-up are bad. They're just different. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, Idioteque

Either the banana duct taped to the wall is art, or isn’t. It isn’t. And this is the music worlds duct taped banana.

I wrote this at 2am when I saw what the record was. One of the best albums for me ever. KidA was an album I started listening to my junior year of college and still listen to a ton today because it was so unique. Is it weird, yes, but the right kind of weird. Musically for me it just works. I think it deserves a headphone listen to really appreciate it, but you do what you must. 10/10 Top song... All of them but probably Idioteque

They cloned thom yorke and killed the clone right after this album (banger)

After 2 complete albums such as the bends and ok computer this is somewhat of a retreat. Everything in its right place is excellent on first listen but irritating on further listens. Optimistic is half a great song, but feels a bit of a throwaway. Idioteque is possibly the song of the album. Full of invention and humour this is more like it. Morning bell is also a tremendous companion to idioteque. The overall feeling is this is where the rot sets in though. There would be other albums with some great songs on but like Oasis this band is 2 album worthy.

I remember hating this on principle when it came out because it sounded nothing like Ok Computer. But 26 years on - it’s not bad!

Ну блин, Radiohead!

goated album. production is amazing and really sets you in a sonically beautiful world

fitting that this was my first album; this year has been marked by radiohead for me. while kid a is not my favorite of theirs, i think it goes in interesting directions and has a very captivating sound

I'm a total Radiohead stan so my instinct is to give it 5 stars but it's not my favourite so probably 4 is fair.

Gave up with Radiohead after "OK Computer".

9.4/10 Fav track: Motion Picture Soundtrack

Let's talk, just you and me. About 30 months ago, I wrote a 1 star review for OK Computer. At that time, you thought I was crazy, right? And I think you still disagree with me. And why wouldn't you? No matter what you think about it, OK Computer is still pretty inarguably one of the defining albums of the 90s, an album that rejected the Britpop wars in favor of something far more intentionally artistic. Unfortunately, over the past nearly 30 years I've found it deeply unpleasant to listen to. That being said, I'm glad you liked it so much because if there was no OK Computer, there'd certainly be no Kid A, by far my favorite Radiohead album. I've talked a lot here about krautrock, about Warp Records' output in the 90s, about the weird ways electronic music was changing around this time. And yet. Radiohead was the only band to take all these ideas and turn them into something way weirder, way more paranoid, way more idiosyncratic than any of their peers did. I still really don't get OK Computer, but you don't get this album without the carte blanche afforded by the band's label in the wake of that album, and you certainly don't get a band *Really* wanting to try something new in the wake of OK Computer, The Bends, and Pablo Honey. I'm not a Radiohead stan by any means, but Kid A is really an incredible feat by a band who spent years planning their next move and decided to subvert everyone's expectations.

I feel from the reviews I'm supposed to "get" this album and I really don't get it. This was good, but I liked the other Radiohead album I had first better.

Very vibes

motion picture soundtrack is amazing

Yep, it’s great

Oh wow what will I rate this one

First thoughts - Dystopian vibes. Part of me feels like I'm drunk, hungover or the only person incredibly sober, all at the same time. For context, I'm listening to this 100% sober on a Sunday evening. The other part feels like I'm the alt character in a 90's coming of age film. Not my usual listen and tbh the first time I've listened to the album in my life. I wouldn't say it will be on my high rotation list but I don't feel like the time has been wasted. I do, however, feel like I would have enjoyed it more lying on the floor of a dimly lit room after partaking in a 'magical cigarette' perhaps? I'm intrigued and would love to read more about the stories and experiences behind this album and what the opinion/ justification is for this to have been spoken so highly of at the time it came out and also todady, some 26 years later.

worse than expected. the farty synth and tinny vocals on national anthem were particularly bad. I usually like baroque, arty, wall of sound ambient electronica kind of stuff but Radiohead's style of doing it just never worked for me. this is another one of those love it or hate it artists that I don't think anyone can be truly objective on, hence all the no-brain perfect five or contrarian one star reviews saying I don't get it and I hate Radiohead. The problem, I think, isn't that I don't get it, it's that I don't need or want it. maybe an extra half star because I think Idiotheque is ok enough.

9/10 = 5

I used to think Radiohead was music for college freshmen who thought they were intellectuals because they "got" their music. And this pretentious drivel proves it. How did Pitchfork give this a 10?? At several points during the album I thought I was listening to Brian Eno's music for airports again. Only giving 2 stars because there are some listenable songs. You can not convince me there are many over 30 die hard fans who actually like this album.

When I was about 11 or 12 I went to a Radiohead gig in Aberdeen. Ended up fainting not long into it (this happened again at the Franz Ferdinand gig a couple of years later, so I blame the AECC.) At the time I hadn't listened to much Radiohead so I wasn't too upset. But now? Now I regret it. A lot.

not my cup of tea.

I fucking love this album. It’s Radiohead’s best album. 10/10

Es denso, ambiental y chulo. Mucho mejor que OK Computer, la verdad. Seguramente su obra maestra. Pero Thom Yorke callate un mes.

I remember when I was 13 years old buying my beloved Black and Blue album by The Backstreet Boys, this album was there and all I could think was "I didn't know Kid Abelha (Brazilian Band) released a new album". Years later I connected the dots that this was one of the most groundbreaking album of the 00s. To be honest, it was my first time listening to it, I knew Idioteque, and it was on my list to listen to, and thanks to this challenge I finally crossed off my list. The atmosphere and the heaviness (which Radiohead does surprisingly with light instrumentation) needs an exact mood- if you are melancholic- this is for you. But I can see how experimental the album is and why itbis so important, although I struggle a little with Thom Yorke' lyrics. They are ok most of times (although you are doing enough did annoy me quite a bit) Yeahbit belongs to this list, and I need to give it another spin 4/5

Remember when we were all scared our computers would reset on January 1?

Definitely a bit more of an experimental change to their usual style.

It has some really good songs but also some mid filler

It's incredible how polarising Radiohead are. This is probably in my top 10 albums of all time and it's my 3rd favourite Radiohead album. An incredible band who make unearthly music. How to Disappear Completely is one of my favourite tracks of all time.

everything in its right place: 7/10 this is what it would sound like if you were slowly going into delirium, such small instrumental details in the background which makes the whole song. kid a: 5.2/10 sounds like it came out of a weird-core horror game, lowkey unsettling. this is in active psychosis... I like the beat drop that's near the end the national anthem: 5.5/10 genuinely wtf was going on? its predictable yet unpredictable at the same time?? how to disappear completely: 7.7/10 this song would genuinely push you over the edge. stay away if your mental health is already in shambles. depression and impending doom condensed in 5 minutes and 56 seconds. treefingers: 4.5/10 felt like my soul was getting cleansed, makes you step out of your body for a few minutes. its literally just white noise tho optimistic: 6/10 I really liked the chorus and instrumentals yet I felt like it was still somehow monotone? even when it would transition? in limbo: 7/10 so underrated and deserves more love. I love how there was always something going on either with the instrumentals or vocals. definitely doesn't follow the "boring" trend people typically describe their music as idioteque: 5.2/10 thought it was video game music lmao, doesn't sound like Radiohead until he starts singing. morning bell: 5/10 sounds like a typical Radiohead song, monotone and "drummy" with him grieving in the background. nothing outstanding motion picture soundtrack: 9/10 dying. devastating. grieving. eating straight tears. still get goosebumps. a classic, can't beat it. untitled: ?/10 idk what this is supposed to be but it jumpscared me when it suddenly rose final rating (personal, not mathematical): 6/10, contains such unusual and weird tracks but nonetheless the other good songs help balance it out. contains such classics too can't put it lower than that

One of my less favorite Radiohead albums but it's still pretty good.

Kid A + Grey clouds = compromised mental health. Love it!

Surely I’m the first person to make this assessment: Radiohead really pushed the boundaries of what we think of as music! Realizing more and more as we go through this how much you just have to be in the right mood sometimes for certain albums to hit. I was definitely in the right mood for this one. This is really a 4.5, I’ve been giving out too many 5s and I wasn’t so totally swept away by this that I had no other choice, but I really really enjoyed it. So moody, so so so moody. Second act montage needle drop in my biopic: “How to Disappear Completely”

This was listenable. Which is more than I can say for their last album. There was one song I might listen to again. Maybe this is a hot take but Radiohead has no business being as popular as it is considering how unapproachable their music is. I felt like everytime I liked something about a song they would ruin it with a weird or off tune sound.

I think I liked this a bit less than in rainbows but also I just don't feel like I was in the right space today for something so experimental and noise focused. Only listened to it once so far and I want to return to this one again when I have more time to listen to it. 3/5 because I'm being tough, might revise later.

my favorite radiohead album… released just 2 days after i was born.. kind of beautiful huh the best you can is good enough 🙂‍↕️ forever relevant, perfect music to dissociate to or kind of freak out about the world to or both

Everything in its right place

Not a big fan. Very monotonous :(

Masterpiece. Duh

no explanation needed

it’s so good. never listened to the full album so wasn’t sure what to expect. but of course its so good. ending on that untitled is insane to me and i have no clue what is being said. just sonically so interesting to follow

I like Radiohead especially their early work. Kid A was when they started to get experimental. My son is a big Radiohead so I have to give this album a fair hearing. It is an experimental album.Most of the instruments are electronic. Lots of drum machines . The vocals are buried. It is very different from their previous albums. Key songs: Optimistic: this song actually has a beat. Nice acoustic guitar and. Good lyrics. Why can’t they have more songs like this. None of the rest of the songs stand out. Sorry son. This is a below average album. Two stars.

I’ve only heard the first 2 Radiohead albums so I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Glad to say this was a great listen with so many good songs worth praising. 8/10

My story with Kid A mirrors the romantic trope in media where the two lovers begin on a bad note and then rise to become forever. Think Ben and Leslie from Parks and Recreation if you've seen that. The first time I heard this record was in a bath-tub during Tropical Storm Imelda in September 2019. Without a long explanation, I thought it sucked. At the time, I was only really hooked on OK Computer, so the radical left turn that every video essay fawns about confused me. My dumb 13 year old self was probably more amused at the new Green Day single that came out around the same time (Father Of All). Having not understood the album, I left it and didn't plan on going back to it. Then in March of the following year, a thing happened that would somehow make me interested in hearing it again. I remember How To Disappear coming in and out of my interest bank before the happening, but once the world shut down, I slowly came back to it. I used to take walks around town during those times and my soundtrack of choice would be either Talking Heads, Sufjan Stevens or this Radiohead album. I'm pretty sure I heard Everything In Its Right Place about 200-300 times in 2020. At some point, it just took on this new meaning with everything happening. The scenes of emptiness in my town were illustrated perfectly by the songs on Kid A. I don't how it happened - but I found myself in love with these songs. Today, I've subscribed to the hype around Kid A in it being one of the greatest albums ever made. I'd say it was the greatest of its time if not for the Avalanches releasing Since I Left You a month later (and Godspeed You Black Emperor a week after Kid A with Lift Yr Skinny Fists). But in terms of the scene it was a part of, it was a game-changer then and it still reigns impressively high nearly 26 years later. It's become so notable that I now have actual friends who agree that How To Disappear is a beautifully tragic tune. So tragic that my buddy has to skip in the car when it comes on shuffle. So this music hasn't just gotten to me, but to others. To know I'm not the only one is nice. My enthusiasm isn't the still-born baby in the after-life type of love. It's the familiar comfort type of love. It's a love for music where the 48 minutes feels like 25. Like it's Kid A, dawg - like what else do I gotta say? Ice Age Coming? (10/10- if there was an option, it would be an 11 - 5/5 on this scale)

They put crack in this

I’m not even a Radiohead guy really, but man this is legit good. Bangers front to back. Incredible percussion, chord progressions, instrumentation, healthy dose of experimental stuff but still just holds up in its own with the songs. Ya.

Everything In Its Right Place is a perfect opener track. The sequence on this record is really interesting. Track 2 is a weirdo electronic track, 4 minute ambient track at spot 5? Bass line on How to Disappear is so good. Motion Picture Soundtrack is gorgeous. Probably their most groundbreaking record, maybe doesn't contain the best individual songs, but as a whole is a monumental work.

Great album.

Radiohead has been a band I've purposely ignored for years. Not because I dislike them, but because I wanted to make sure I gave them the proper attention. I'm glad I gave them that respect, because this album is UNREAL. I have been wanting to check this and OK Computer for years and can't wait to hear more.

Radiohead's Kid A (2000) came out when my oldest child was about to turn one year old. If I remember correctly, 99.1 WHFS had a listening party event starting at 12:01 am on release day and I hit "record" on a cassette boom box. Last time I ever did that, which now seems oddly fitting as the record is the sound of a band walking away from the guitar-hero fame OK Computer had handed them and toward something colder, stranger, and more electronic. Thom Yorke, burned out on rock, had been living inside Warp Records' catalog — Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher and you can hear that immersion in every skittering beat and buried vocal. But it's not a pure electronic record: it folds in Krautrock's motorik repetition and jazz's loose, searching textures, filtered through a rock band's instincts rather than a producer's. The result plays like anxiety about technology and disconnection before most people had words for it — millennial unease rendered in ondes Martenot and drum machines. It was also a genre-crossing moment: a stadium band this indebted to a niche electronic label reshaped what "rock" was allowed to sound like, introducing a mainstream audience to electronic music almost by accident. Two decades on, it's less remembered as an electronic album in its own right than as the hinge where rock absorbed electronic music's logic for good. As a time capsule, it doesn't look backward — it sounds like the future arriving, nervous and unresolved, right as a child was arriving in my own life too. What an album and what a time to be alive. How to Disappear Completely and Motion Picture Soundtrack still gives me goosebumps a quarter century later. Masterpiece!

I started listening to Radiohead mostly out of a sense of obligation, convinced that I wouldn't enjoy it, because I've never been much of a fan of "Creep". (Though, as I have since learned: neither are the band. Lmao.) I listened to The Bends. It was pretty good, but I didn't quite feel whatever effect it is that causes cynical grown adults to rhapsodize about this band. I listened to OK Computer. I liked it a lot, but it felt like I was still missing something. I put on Kid A, and by halfway through "The National Anthem" I could feel my brain getting rewired in real time. This, to me, is truly peak Radiohead... maximal "cyber torment nexus" vibes. "Idioteque" (their best song). That brass on "The National Anthem"... those strings on "How To Disappear Completely"... I'll have all of this a hundred more times, please and thanks

Meh, I will stay a Creep listener. This Album wasn't my thing.

The album was so heavenly, every song was beautiful, perfect 10 out of 10

Wow.

nice

Esta vez no me gustó el album de Radiohead. Me aburrió y no me gustó ninguna canción.

This album actually hit so hard.

Well put together and pretty creative but nothing that makes me want to come back to it

this was awesome, some tracks on the album were a bit out there definitely, but most were a very very nice listen. 4.25/5

Eso me pasa a mi por ilusionarme con esta lista que vale mondá

We are already at 4 Radiohead albums lol. Only two more to go! After OK Computer, the band seems to embrace more ambient soundscapes. I don't think I was clearly focused with this album as I was feeling anxious. Only thing I can say is that I'd prefer something like In Rainbows veers because into more accessible territory while having a bit of that sonic edge. The conclusion though reminds me of that Brian Eno airport album, like hearing something out of a "Motion Picture Soundtrack" haha. Beautiful and so out of left field from what I think of Radiohead.

Great songs to receive head to, right Jonah?

This is Radiohead?

Not usually my type of music but I really enjoyed this album, it honestly had me in my feels there, and I added most of the songs to the Playlist ✌️

Was definitely a trippy album

Bit of a brain tingler. Dreamwalking-esque. Tranquil or melancholic vibes (depending on if you are actually listening to the lyrics) Fav Song: Motion Picture Soundtrack. Gives me Midsommar vibes, or like an eerie psycho thriller for the girls

i love it

Mid.

I always struggle with Radiohead. There’s so much gushing, and there’s always been something in the way of me fully getting them. Hail To The Thief was good, and I really liked this. I need to give more time to all their work really. I think it’s their universal acclaim that puts me off and makes me more cynical and critical.

Felt like I was in a movie / art museum this was fun

Boring depressing vocals

Very electronic. Very ambient. Not my cup of tea.

Probably one of my most listened to albums of all time. Wonderfully depressing album that I can only listen to when I’m in a specific mood. No skips. This albums art is so well engrained within the music. The vibe of the cover matches the music so well. This is an album I’d like to experience for the first time again.

It was alright but Radiohead just isn’t my favorite thing unfortunately

Their 4th best album yet still a 5. Can a band get more peak. Idgaf if it’s glaze

incredible cmon!!!!!!!! hell fuck yeah

Maybe the droning is infesting my brain, but I'm warming up to this era of Radiohead. It's almost relaxing. Production is excellent, even on Spotify this was a pleasant molestation of my ears.

id give it 7.4/10. i like the sound of it but it doesnt really stand out to me. maybe id think differently if i listened to it more. its not in my top 3 radiohead albums.

on repeat pls. radiohead is the closest music to modern floyd :) thomas yorke gets it

achei uma experiência mt louca, ouvir esse chapado deve ser top

vaca come back

own

Hands down brilliant.

The club is bumping, the ladies look good, the alcohol is flowing. There is much pain in this world but not in this room.

Just Peak Emotional Rollercoaster Its always in the right place!!

Great Songs: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque Good Songs: The National Anthem, Optimistic, In Limbo, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Untitled Mid Songs: Treefingers, Morning Bell Bad Songs:

Radiohead's big three

Really stark and beautiful. Long one of my favorite records.

Idioteque 🌟

Radiohead é incrível!

Gorgeous ambient/electronica soundscapes. how is it even possible to give this a one? It’s such a mind-melting experience, I don’t even know how to describe it.

Could be said by some to be an interesting experimental piece, but for me I was waiting for it to be over

Honestly, a very emotionally overwhelming album. I love Radiohead but I don’t come back to this nearly as often as I could because you need to be in a specific type of funk or dissociative mood for Kid A to really click. It’s probably a good thing that I don’t hit that low all too often, but damn, dude. When it hits you, it hits you hard.

It's rather fitting that the last two Radiohead records I get on my journey are the ones that everyone points to as their biggest, most transformative releases around the turn of the millennium. But before I touch upon the former, it's time to look at the latter. Kid A can be viewed as a self-challenge for Thom Yorke. He and his band were burnt out from their work on and promotion of OK Computer, and he in particular was troubled by the number of acts popping up in the wake of that album's success. He grew sick of the imitators, of the music media, and of rock music at large, and as such turned to a different avenue - electronic music. Thom and his mates were taken in by artists like Aphex Twin, Underworld, and Björk, alongside old-school krautrock bands like Can, and jazz greats like Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, letting in this wide array of eclectic influences to carve out something new. That new direction would lead to the release of Kid A. This was quite the stylistic shift from what Radiohead were doing in the '90s. While live instrumentation is still a core component of the band's sound, such as that repeating bassline building up to a free jazz break with the horns on "The National Anthem", the prominent guitar riffs on "Optimistic", or the acoustic ballad coupled with the orchestral swell of "How to Disappear Completely", the sound of Kid A is largely driven by electronic ambience. The hypnotic synthesizer pattern and digitally altered vocals on "Everything in Its Right Place", the spacious keys and subtle drum machine beat on the title track, the guitar loops stretched out into airy wisps on "Treefingers", the thudding drum machine and sampled four-chord synthesizer motif on "Idioteque"- all these elements coalesce into this chilling, unconventional soundscape. All the while, Thom kept his lyrics largely ambiguous, to the point where he cut up and randomized phrases while manipulating his vocals through vocoders and digital effects. In a sense, Thom wanted to make his vocals into another instrument, to blend in amongst the cacophony of sounds as feelings of exhaustion from his band's recent success and existential dread loomed heavy. Probably the most harrowing of these tracks is "Idioteque", as Thom's imagery highlights the imposing threat of technological advances to our own world. It all culminates in the pedal-organ-driven "Motion Picture Soundtrack", where the death scene forming alongside the arpeggiating harps is intentionally vague, allowing for multiple interpretations of what it could mean; this paired with the ominous ambience of the untitled hidden track made for such a blissful yet bittersweet ending. Suffice it to say, I do find Kid A to be a genuinely moving piece of work. It is the testament of a band not content to ride on past success, instead pushing boundaries for the art.

amazing. need to relisten with full attention in a better place before I could review Favourite Tracks: - Everything in its right place - How to Disappeae Completely - Motion Picture Soundtrack - Kid A

this is such an insane album, the change they made from this and their last albums is just mad to me, it’s so eerie and emotionally charged, it’s got so many good tunes and the production is insane, it’s so popular and well regarded but that’s for a good reason in my opinion i think this is great

Hell yeah! What a weekend album to have. One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands. This is an album showcasing their incredible artistic development. It was a departure from OK Computer and hints at the future. Brilliant stuff.

Brings me back to the millennium. Ambient electronic sounds. I like how the lead singer uses his voice as an instrument

It's a classic for a reason. Proof that guitar bans can (and perhaps should) aim to do something different every now and then.

I was so ready to hate it, but I didn't. There is something about the production and the way the electronic sounds meld and clash at different points that I was really into. Not an everyday record, but definitely a some days record.

Good, but not their best!

I like Radiohead but In Rainbows is definitely my favorite.

Masterpiece

Me gustó solo que hay una que otra canción con sonido que no estoy acostumbrada a escuchas, pero en general me gustó

I liked this less than I expected to

I resonate with the other albums a bit more than this one but I still very much appreciate the creation of a few of these songs. 3.8/5

decent

altern. Rock, 2000 -> 2

Didn’t finish the album but it wasn’t bad. I liked what I heard but wasn’t blown away.

Very different from Ok Computer which is the only other album I know by them. Such a beautiful voice and love how mysterious the band sound is, but I did feel like I his album was a bit TOO ambient. Almost like they had too much fun experimenting with MIDI in the 90s lol. Still enjoyed it but wasn’t expecting such a divergence from Ok Computer.

#70 Thom Yorke took Radiohead in a different direction with Kid A, trading their guitar-driven rock sound for one that's more experimental, electronic, and ambient. Lyrics are sparse and abstract in comparison to their first three albums, acting more as a musical layer rather than the focus. Choruses and catchy melodies are not really present, the tracks are instead constructed of layers, loops, and textured instrumentals. Despite shifting direction so dramatically after the massive acclaim that OK Computer received, Radiohead still produced an incredible album that showcased their versatility and challenged listeners. It's very cohesive and is best listened to in its entirety rather than individual tracks. The sequencing is great and it flows nicely. Kid A definitely takes a few listens to click, and while I really like it I still prefer OK Computer and In Rainbows over it. Highlight track: How To Disappear Completely

First song was good. Heard it in movies and series before. To much noise in the songs, borderline cacaphony on some songs. 1/5

Eu como grande fã de Radiohead, esse álbum me agrada, mas definitivamente não está entre meu top 3. Algumas canções, como how to disappear completely, idiotioque são minhas favoritas, sendo a primeira uma obra prima na minha opinião. Acho que ele é muito pra baixo, mais do que vários outros álbuns da banda, então tem que estar preparado no dia para ouvi-lo

finally my first radiohead album from the generator! not my favourite one but kid a mnesia was the first ever record i bought so there's some sentimental value... also can't listen to this one too much bc it just takes me back to my covid lockdown dissociation days

I know people love this, I’m sure for good reasons - I just couldn’t get into it

I have listened to this so many times over the years and I still don’t get it

Mediocre.

Radiohead is overrated.

I used to be a massive Radiohead fan. I remember having my first teenage turmoil over a girl, and avidly consuming their entire discography - my very own 24 hour emo phase. I can't really hold the same regard for them these days. Maybe it's because I played them out in my hormonal years, or because they are massively in vogue in the minute on social media. Maybe I've just moved on. I still like some of their stuff, however. I still revisit The King Of Limbs a lot, despite that albums mediocre reception (or maybe because of it). With that all being said I'd still struggle to give Kid A any less than a 4. This used to be a top 5 album for me, and despite some songs souring on me, many of the elements that make this album special still shine through. It still sounds strange and apocalyptic in an empty, lonely way that no other records capture. It's guitar-heavier tracks still have a groove to them that I can't resist finding cool to this day. Motion Picture Soundtrack and Untitled capping off the album still bring a tears to my eyes. Anyone who seriously devoted themselves to musical exploration knows that it can be hard to gleam the same wonder the records of your childhood could spark, but I think sacking them off completely is erasing a part of yourself. Kid A may not be important to me now, but I refuse to forget what it was to me in some of my most important moments.

Meh

Don't like

don't judge xD album mnie zrelaksowal bez tej strony nigdy nie uslyszalabym takiego rodzaju muzyki trochę haunting ale idealne do snu

Talented musicians but I don't like their music.

It sounds like a Radiohead album with a gloomy sound. And I cannot get enough it’s irresistible to me

GOAT

Kind of boring.

Det är radiohead. Man vet exakt vad man får, och vad man får är bra men inget som spränger hjärnan.

When I heard it in 2000, I didn't really like it. Now I get why it was seen as so influential.

This album is breathtaking, original, brave, inventive, sad, triumphant, weird, beautiful, brilliant

Experimental.... very good.

My favourite Radiohead album, a triumph of a follow up to OK Computer.

I mean I can appreciate the work they put in to make this extremely unique album, but I just wanna listen to music and vibe! Don’t really feel like I can do that fr. Weak 3 and won’t be revisiting

As I creep up on 1,000 albums, I find myself feeling more and more like this project is a slog. I approach the website every day with trepidation, wondering which bullshit 50+ year old album I'll have to listen to today. But sometimes, all is right in the world. Today is one of those days. Kid A is glorious. It's different, it's influential, it's revolutionary, it's engaging, it's brilliant, it's beautiful. There will be people who don't like this album, and I understand, but those people are wrong. To say that this is one of the best albums of all time is a gross understatement.

its radiohead!!! :D

1) How To Dissapear Completely 2) Everything In Its Right Place 3) Idioteque Least Favourite: NONE OF EM!!!

Yeah this undoubtedly was really good. It’s depressing sounding and slow at times but the highs more than makes up for the lows. This is closer to a 4 than a 6 but i understand why people say this is a top like 10 albums of all time. Too much radio, not enough head

I like it but, I'll be honest, I don't get it. Pretty sure that puts it in the same camp as "In the Court of the Crimson King" when I first heard it in '99. Loved it, didn't get it, kept listening to it until I did get it (which wasn't until a few years ago). Four, but check back in a few decades, it might be a five.

I was blown away first time I lostened to it cause I didnt expect it nor understood the music. Just thought it was experimentally well made and cool and different from what was going on so appreciated it from the get go. Now listening to it today it was different still great and cool but to me it may have lost the first time listening what the fuck is this factor. First time I heard it was mindblown and a 5/5 today its a 4/5

Ya lo he escuchado antes. Hace años tho, en la época que escuchaba mucho radiohead. creo que ahora es la primera vez que lo escucho con tanta atención. Me gusto mucho que me hace sentir como si estuviera en otra parte, o en otra epoca idk, esa vibra tan futurista(? y las letras se podría decir existencialistas me dejan pensando mucho, no lo recordaba tan bueno, creo que ahora conecta mas conmigo que antes

Top three album from my favorite band. This one’s an easy 5. Groundbreaking work from an ever evolving band, this is my favorite type of electronic music. I still remember listening to this on the day it released and being blown away by the creativity and uniqueness.

Not content with making shitty rock music, Radiohead decide to branch out and suck all the joy out of electronic music as well. The tragedy is that this could've been a halfway decent ambient album at times, like listening to background noise in a science museum, but every time I thought that I would then wonder how Radiohead would fuck it up. And they fuck it up by letting Yorke open his mouth and become a self-parody on the mic once again. More inane mumbling from some self important British fuck. "I'm naaaahht heeeeeraaahhh" God I wish you weren't.

Pretty intriguing especially after thinking I would never get into Radiohead. Still don't love the mumbling vocals and not sure how often I would come back to this but worth a listen

Teenage me was an idiot back then when it came to some bands. Radiohead was one of them as I didn't give them a chance and was convinced I hated them. This is brilliant, Radiohead are brilliant and I'm glad I've finally woken up to that fact

This release is better than the utterly boring Amnesiac, but still . . . I find the lack of songs and the sleek sound design not very appealing.

Et av de bedre

Radiohead remains one of my favorite artists of all time. As a band, they continue to push boundaries, which is admirable, but what I find more admirable is their success in integrating such unique sounds into mainstream music. Kid A is not my favorite album; still, it remains revolutionary for alt rock at the time and a renaissance for Radiohead's identity as a band. The music is unique and enthralling for sure. Sonic qualities linger between jarring electronica and somber soundscape. Its a great album.

I'm such a fan of Ok, Computer that I find it really hard to reconcile that I just don't like this. There are some nice sounds here and there, some really interesting music, but I've listened to it twice through and I don't get it. Maybe if it was quiet and nighttime and I was settling into the mood I'd feel different. But for now it falls flat.

Not sure if it's my cup of tea. Def expected something diff having heard OK Computer a few weeks ago. Just did some light reading about how Yorke was burnt out/writers block/disillusioned with rock/etc when making this so may need to do another listen with that in mind. Same vein: going to have to revisit when I'm sadder or in more of a depressed mood - feel like it's got another level I didn't tap into.

I challenge you to name a song that sounds more like the album cover looks than Idioteque does for Kid A. It's a perfect representation. Like Tron meets The Left Hand of Darkness. Anyways, yeah. In Rainbows but better (which is insane because In Rainbows is a 5/5 as well). Radiohead is just great. Even when they're not, it's still really good (I still like King of Limbs quite a bit, although not huge on Moon Shaped Pool). And this album is one of the greatest, also insane to say because OK Computer is *better* somehow. Songs like Everything in its Right Place, The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, In Limbo, (my personal favorite) Idioteque, and Morning Bell are transcendent. I mean, that's basically the entire tracklist, but there's a reason this is a perfect record. Also, first album that I owned on vinyl prior to generating it (I have a handful of other records on the list, but got them after having already generated them), so gonna have to spin it today. Regardless, fucking amazing album, and easily one of the best on the entire 1001.

Everything in Its Right Place Kid A The National Anthem How to Disappear Completely Optimistic Idioteque Motion Picture Soundtrack

Quite a good band I reckon

Radiohead really don't get enough credit for the amount of filler they can fit into an album.

For so long, this album was radiohead pretending to be something they are not and failing miserably. and over tiime this album has grown a lot upon me. this is nothing less of a masterpiece

4,5

radiohead does kinda have a good sound bit moody for day to day tho

A good to great Radiohead album. Felt like a huge left turn in 2001 or whenever it came out and it took a while to grow. At that point, I remember loving it. 25 years later, I certainly enjoyed it but nowhere near as much. Should be a 3.5 but I’m giving it a 3 because they made at least 1 better album after this.

Un poco chapa tbh

Strong identity right from the first song, though not always pleasant

2/5 need more listen

You know, usually, when a band has more than 3 albums on this project, I wonder what the hell the author was thinking. They’ll pick something like Elvis Costello or The Byrds and give them each way more than they justifiably deserve. They all sound exactly the same album to album, and I don’t particularly care for any of them. Now, if you’re a fan of those artists, that’s cool. More power to you. I don’t think they need that many albums on here, but whatever. What do I know?? All that being said, man, I’m about to be very hypocritical when I say I’m glad Radiohead has 6 albums on here. A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while, and there is a very strong possibility that all 6 Radiohead albums get a 5 from me. The inclusion of these albums gets me very excited to potentially roll another one every week day, and I’ve been waiting quite patiently at that. Following Amnesiac, this is the second of 6 Radiohead albums I’ve rolled for this project. Dude. What can I even say about it?? Rather, where do I BEGIN to talk about it?? Yesterday, Thom Yorke woke up sucking a lemon, and then made a masterpiece of an album about his experience having done so. Jokes aside, what an A+ opener. “Everything In Its Right Place” immediately showcases the sheer vocal talent on display, as well as the trippy and ambient vibes of the album. The best place to begin, naturally, is at the beginning. “Kid A” then goes for a more lowdown, weird, tone setting vibe. Far from my favorite song on the album, but it’s nice to hear where it is. Immediately following that IS my favorite song on the album, “The National Anthem”. If you’ve read any of my reviews at this point, and why would you, weirdo, you’ll know that the songs that rock the hardest are generally always my favorite. The killer guitar in the background being accompanied by a subtle but earwormy riff, and the brass section going mental just make this song freaking rock. The third song in a row with a completely different vibe and sound. It’s hectic, it’s not chill, it’s crazy, it practically screams at you, but god fucking damn is it good. Pardon my French. Or don’t. We don’t know each other. Anyway, after that we’ve got “How to Disappear Completely” and I’m for the 4th song in a row reminded that Radiohead can’t pick a lane. It’s brilliant. After the song that rocks the hardest on the album, the next few take it way down. “How to Disappear Completely” is yet another spectacular masterclass in singing by Thom. It’s chill, puts you at ease, and also eases you into what might be the most relaxing guitar break you’ve ever heard in “Treefingers”, which doesn’t even have any lyrics at all. “Optimistic” is a bit more intense. The guitar and drums come back in a powerful way here. 3/4 of the song is filled with chill singing, and then it transforms in the last minute into something super drum heavy and cool, making a seamless transition between “Optimistic” and “In Limbo” and making it sound like “Optimistic” never ended. I didn’t plan on writing blurbs for every song, but I’m already more than halfway done, so let’s just keep it moving. I don’t think I’ve done this before. It’s fun, and gives me an even deeper respect for the album. If the last few tracks make you at ease and calm you down, “Idioteque” will wake you right back up and make you return to reality. Good mix of drums and vocals on this one. “Morning Bell” then returns to calm you down again, but the lyrics are low key kinda terrifying. It’s like the worlds calmest psychotic break put to music, and just progressively gets more hectic as the song goes on. “Motion Picture Soundtrack” is beautiful. That’s all that needs to be said about it. Finally, “Untitled” is just 52 seconds of ambience and no vocals. A proper artistic send off to a really, really good album that’s probably going to be like, my 4th favorite Radiohead album or something after I listen to all of them for this project. The brilliance of the band is my inherent want to discuss the album from top to bottom. I didn’t have to talk about all of them. But they’re all so cool and interesting, and they’re easy to talk about because of how good they are. God, what a good album. 5 lemons out of 5. 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Imagine making Kid A and it not even being your best album.

This is one I did not get at all when it came out, as far as the whole album goes. I liked individual songs (optimistic/ the national anthem) but never did, and to this day probably never immediately, appreciated this album. Mostly I get imposter syndrome when discussing this album, like I have any clue what the hell I am talking about. I still think OK Computer and The Bends are my favorites by them but this is a good album. I'm no critic, I just know I like the songs on this album. Biggest Hit - The National Anthem Biggest Miss (if I had to choose) - Treefingers (Not So) Hidden Gem - Idioteque

Not my favorite Radiohead album, good ambiance though. Put me to sleep. Motion picture soundtrack is a great song probably my favorite on the album.

Solid rock album.

Parlophone LPKIDA 1 (UK) vinyl rip: "Optimistic" I had never heard before. Great track. It's not quite as catchy as OK Computer but the experimentation was never going to be.

One of the greatest - and of my favourite - albums ever. Radiohead’s change to a more experimental sound was a big shift from their earlier albums and it was a risk well taken. I can actually still recall - even given such insignificant circumstances- the first time I listened to this in its entirety. Because it was memorable and magical

Already very familiar with this album but it is a true experience to listen to it from the beginning on through. Atmospheric and energetic moments transition seamlessly.

I decided to do the 1001 Albums challenge because I heard Kid A and thought, what else have I been missing? This album feels like the perfect example of “less is more”—I have no idea what half the lyrics are supposed to mean (and I’m not convinced anyone else does either), but somehow that barely matters because the atmosphere does all the heavy lifting. From the eerie opening of “Everything in Its Right Place” to the haunting beauty of “Kid A,” and especially “Idioteque,” which is honestly one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, the production creates this unsettling feeling of discovering yourself for the first time; it definitely feels like an album you’ll either completely fall in love with or just never click with, and for me it absolutely worked, with “Motion Picture Soundtrack” providing an emotional finale before the brief, haunting “Untitled” epilogue. 4/5.

Fascinating listen. I love the unusual chords, sounds, and song structures (In Limbo polymeter+). The ambient bits are the weakest for me, but still really set the mood. I really enjoy both the electronic beats (Idioteque+) and rock/other instrumentals, as well as Thom Yorke's vocal style. Lives up to the hype for me!

I’ve finally listened to a Radiohead album

I never realized just how vibey radiohead was. This was fun

This album... I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it. I listened to part of it while I was a bit stressed out about something and it felt somewhat soothing. But it also doesn't really feel like something I'd listen to regularly. It kinda just came in at the right time. The music is well made with electronic and jazzy influences. Radiohead is still kind of hit or miss for me, though, and I don't know if this is a hit.

Very nice actually. Again, I rarely this stuff based on vibes, not actual quality, but occasionally I do rate them by quality. I do what I want here. I think this was good quality wise? Actually, I know it was, but it didn’t really stand out to me. Which is strange because this should be exactly my type of music. I see myself randomly rediscovering this in like a year and becoming obsessed with it.

Very well made and I enjoyed it a lot, but I find myself rarely revisiting it so I can't give it a 5.

Best album is so incredibly up and down and so inconsistent. It goes through some engaging kind of wobbly tracks like "Everything in its right place", and then goes into something incredibly underwhelming like "Kid A". And what makes it underwhelming is it just does nothing at all, it has some electronic bubbling that doesn't do anything. There's nothing engaging about it, it just doesn't do anything. The national anthem is a more interesting track but halfway through it introduces the same kind of baseline interspersed with some saxophones and it just sounds again really out of place. I get that it tries to build up the track and I get it tries to do something extra but it just sounds really off. How to disappear completely again isn't a bad track, it's got kind of the haunting ish melody that seems to be going through a number of these songs, it's got a little bit more vocal presence. Although I can't say I agree with Tom York's singing style. Tree fingers was a waste of 3 minutes. Optimistic was the best track on the record. Easily. In Limbo was self descriptive Idioteque I thought was going to be better and then the last 2 minutes felt like filler, it was there because... The last track happened, that's all I can say about that. A lot of people seem to have this album in incredibly high regard. I always see it in top albums lists and I've been curious about trying it, but never had. I don't really understand the fuss. This album didn't seem to tell any story or do much of anything. I'm not sure what Radiohead we're trying to do in making this record. If it was experimentalism, then they should have been more experimental. If they were after a more electronic vibe, then go electronic and really go for it. I've heard other songs by Radiohead such as "Paranoid Android" and a few more songs off of "OK Computer" and that feels like a much better feel. I will not listen to this again.

We started out great, I was intrigued by the different inspirations all the way up until idioteque. Did NOT like. It got severely monotone, it wasn't doing anything for me, and I was not feeling it. After 'In limbo,' it really did feel like I was in limbo, but purgatory limbo blegh. Just started motion picture soundtrack, the organ and harp usage is brilliant. AAAND SNYTH, the end. Overall, a little boring and monotone, but there are a couple tracks thats stood out, especially 'How to Disappear Completely'

I was thinking to myself that this wouldn't hold up or be as great as I thought it was when I listened to it first a few years ago, mentally prepping myself to give it a 3 or a 4, but man this thing slaps. I particularly love the semi-ambient track "Treefingers" it's almost teleporting and a wonderful mix of contemplative and peaceful. I still can't really put my finger on why I have such a disgust for Coldplay while liking Radiohead but I'm sure I'll figure out precisely what that is by the end of this 1,000 album list.

9/10

Good album overall, How to Disappear and Idioteque both great

Already heard. Generational album.

Experimental soft rock mixed with electronics soundscapes. I know it’s extremely well regarded and maybe I don’t give it enough credit here, but it didn’t live up to the hype. I’m not a big Radiohead fan, and parts of this were hard to parse though. I was still enjoyable, but not as much as I thought it would be.

I had resigned myself to being irritated by all Radiohead's post-OK Computer albums, but I actually found things to enjoy on this listen. It has moments of beauty that are less funereal and meandering. It might have helped that I was coming into it having listened to Einsturzende Neubaten yesterday. I can see how this merits a place on this list, as a major creative shift in Radiohead's work. I don't feel we needed Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief as well, they really did feel like more of the same but less interesting.

It feels like a date with someone you don't really connect with.

Not my fav. LOVED everything in its right place

When this came out I was soooo disappointed. But its better than I remember.

I was working at a record store when this came out. I still have some of the swag. I prefer OK Computer, but this is also great.

Esperaba mucho de este album pero no simpaticé con la idea, no dudo de su calidad pero simplemente no fue para mi

Complex sad and interesting. I keep listening to this over and over and finding new ideas.

The overrated ones...

Ratiopään pentu ei viihdyttänyt minua. Kivoja musajuttuja siellä oli mutta laulu on vikinää, valitusta tai ujellusta, pahimmillaan kaikkia samaan aikaan.

Miedosti tuttu levy, oon useasti kuunnellut/koittanut kuunnella, mutta ei oo oikein "sopivaa" hetkeä osunut. Tämän myötä sain kuunneltua ehkä paremmin kuin aiemmin, ja kolahtaa kyllä oikein hyvin. Vokaalit ei ehkä oo suosikeimmasta päästä, mutta toimii kontekstissa hyvin. Vaatii ehkä vähän erikoisemman kuuntelutilanteen, ettei voi vaan randomisti taustalla pyörittää, vaan sopii ehkä vähän hiljasempaan tekemiseen. Vibat eerie mut sillai hyvällä tavalla? Radioheadia pitäs varmaan kuunnella enemmän.

There’s not much lyrical depth to appreciate in this apart from the good beats. How it made me feel - bored

It's moody and dark, is this even rock still? None the less I enjoyed it

I was a big Radiohead fan in this era of their music. This was the first album I preordered and listened to it on repeat when it came out. Favorite tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely

nice soundtrack for road trip through lonely sierra caldera. not my fav tracks actually - little discombobulated - but no one does eerie 3d render for album art like these blokes

There is a certain type that reveres Radiohead. I am definitely not that type. I guess I just like "songs" too much. This audio experiment is such crap that I have to belive anyone that says they love this album is lying.

It is weird to have the opening track "Everything in it's right place" to be a common TikTok sound right now. Short form, vertical video has really done some weird things to music. I like what I am hearing so far, atmospheric and experimental. Not too weird. Interesting emotional exploration. Very solid album and I can see how it has influenced more recent music.

What a time this was. Living in Chicago, dealing with the outcome of bad decisions and fundamental changes in my world. This album was the soundtrack to growing up in a fundamental way. Changed me and changed my understanding of music.

I'm joining the masses. I enjoy Radiohead. I enjoy this album. I'm fairly picky about 5 star albums, but fuck it this one can have it.

My favorite song of all time, Creep, is by Radiohead, but I hated this album. I really only like the song that the band hates and won't play. I don't particularly like Thom Yorke's voice. He moans too much. This was so boring.

I guess there is not much to add to the conversation about this album, but man, this is just fundamental. Kid A has got it all - yearning vocals, beautiful strings, lovely electronic experimentation and voice manipulation. All working together to create a gloomy, yet ethereal dimension of sound to just glide into and wallow. My third Radiohead album from this list and definitely my favorite so far.

This is just fucking awesome. For any Bjork fans, this is the "Vespertine" of Radiohead's catalogue. The beats are membranous and skippy, the synths are digitalised and haunting, sometimes the vocals are so obscured by computerised noise, it's like someone singing through a calculator. The rock/trip-hop elements are, however, more akin to something like "Post", with "The National Anthem" being a dead-ringer for "Army of Me". This album is sad, not sad in the emotional sense, where you feel like crying, but sad in the profound, world-ending way, where death is better than life. "I'm not here, this isn't happening".

There are no other albums quite like Kid-A, especially considering it's the follow up to Paranoid Android. Radiohead took an absolutely enormous risk to step away from mainstream success, but it worked!

I still prefer Ok Computer but Kid A is fantastic and definitely the more original of the 2 albums

I think I'm too much of a Radiohead casual to be really into this album, but I can appreciate it as a bold creative move that sets a beautiful if depressive soundscape. It's not an album I reach for but the songs are good and I enjoy being immersed in it like a big fuzzy bath.

Not the go to Radiohead album for me but heard it enough over the years thanks to my son playing it endlessly! Can take it or leave it tbh. Nice to hear in full on an early morning walk at least. Prefer OK Computer with the classic singles on but I’m pretty sure that will appear here at some point.

My husband is essentially 50% Simpsons quotes and 50% Kid A and that to me is a perfect combo. This record is beautiful but there is something about it that feels too anxiety inducing for me to give it a 5 stars. Im not sure what it is but it just feels a little sinister and unsettling like the start of a panic attack. Also needs more guitars.. joking!

As I have cheated and searched for a few albums, I can tell you that this is the list peaking for me right here, unless there is something truly surprising coming up. Kid A is one of three albums I would consider the ‘best’ of all time, but in terms of subjective and emotional importance to me, nothing can ever come close. Kid A is perfect, Kid A is the basis of my taste in almost everything, Kid A is about as formative as formative gets for me. I can confidently say there is no album I have heard more in my life. Let me now write way too much about it while I listen to it for the nth time. First, the music. Kid A is a journey away from the confines of 'rock', in a way that I would contend feels pretty timeless. Much was - and probably still is - written about the tortured production of the record, of Thom Yorke's burnout, of the band struggling to figure out where to go after OK Computer. To emerge with something that almost entirely ignores verse-chorus structure, that left the best song these sessions produced ('Pyramid Song') on the cutting room floor, that is so confident it drops a straight-up ambient track in the middle, well it’s a work of genius. 'Everything in Its Right Place' is a warm bath, that hook starting up, the close production, the skittering cut-up vocals, it's the greatest album opener because - by design - it reveals nothing about what’s going to follow, it eases you in to this strange, angular, paranoid world. But track 2, ‘Kid A’ itself, that has always been my favourite. A strange lullaby melody, a bit-crushed vocal, a jittery tribal drum, the synths washing in at the end - this music is just so exciting to me. The whole album just reflects the endless possibility of sound, the re-configuring of the familiar into something alien. This isn't some Metal Music attempt to become willfully obtuse, this is a band wanting to make music that moves and emotes but on their own terms. ‘The National Anthem’ is such an invigorating blast of HORN DEATH that I never tire of, ‘How to Disappear’ is a Normal Song but with ondes martenot and tortured strings crying throughout. ‘Treefingers’ is the only misstep, the only sign of the band reaching too far to make their point in my opinion, but it’s swiftly battered aside by the ‘single’ (sort of) ‘Optimistic’, which again has incredible percussion and sounds like being in a swamp made of lo-res polygons. ‘In Limbo’ skitters across the surface, before the monumental ‘Idioteque’ pummels its paranoid refrains into your skull. If any song has sort of lost its impact for me from this record it’s this track, but only because I just listened to it on loop for months and months and months. I’m wondering writing this how many times my Dad has heard this album of his own free will, and how many times he instead heard it being blasted out of my bedroom! ‘Morning Bell’ is another lullaby of doom and misery, and then ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’ manages to be both incredibly moving and also aware of its own schlocky production at once, like sincerity being swallowed by irony even as each syllable leaves Thom’s mouth. Anyway, needless to say, I love it, it’s the greatest record ever made, and the list is all downhill from here. Now… if you want even more words, here’s another review, this time from a very subjective place, because that's what makes this my favourite album of all time. I had just turned 16 when Kid A released. By that point I was roughly 18 months into my absolute, all-encompassing Radiohead obsession, devouring anything I could, spending far too much on imports of EPs at Tower Records, annoyingly probably only six months before I was just getting all that stuff and more off Napster. I was primed for Kid A in a way I have never been primed for anything. In the lead-up to the album Q published a massive interview with the band, where they talked about the influences behind what they were about to release. They mentioned Autechre and Aphex Twin, Naomi Klein's No Logo, Charles Mingus. They covered Can on the accompanying tour, they hired Humphrey Littleton's jazz band for Kid A's sister Amnesiac (recorded at the same time). They talked about Messiaen, Neu!, Squarepusher, and on and on. All these new influences hit at just the right time - Napster existed (I first heard Kid A the weekend before its release after it leaked online, slowly downloading each track and listening to each one repeatedly before the next one finished) so I could follow up on all these musical leads. And that's why Kid A is of infinite importance to me. I adored music before Kid A, and thanks to Blur's endless namedropping of Pavement in previous years had already started to escape the bubble of late britpop a bit, but Kid A felt like a guidebook for exploring to the very edges of the map, and a manual for how to appreciate music that some would call 'difficult'. I have Kid A to thank for most of the music I now consider my favourite, and weirdly I think this is even more the case as time goes on - it takes a lot for an indie band to make much of an impression at all on me these days. Nearly done, but first back to the release. A friend and I had convinced his older brother to drive us to Warrington to see Radiohead touring Kid A, the day after the album had released. The little of my paper round money I hadn't already spent on Radiohead hoodies, CDs, t-shirts etc. went on the ticket price, and away we went. Inspired by the aforementioned No Logo, Radiohead toured the album in purpose-built white circus tents, free of any corporate sponsors, hence the odd location - they needed big parks to do this in. This gig exists in my brain like some sort of mythical experience that I have read about myself in a book, but also I can recall the evening like it was yesterday. I remember the sound as we approached, my incredulity at my friend’s brother’s friend arriving with no ticket and just buying one from a tout, the endless mud and people along the track to the tent, the buzz of excitement. I remember the merch stand (I still wear the top I bought here!), I remember the girl who I instantly fell in love with (I was 16 after all) who spoke to me briefly about the band, I remember being amazed by how much stuff they had on stage, I remember the excitement I had whenever they played a track that would later appear on ‘Amnesiac’, like we were privately visiting the future. It finished, we went home, I hung the overpriced poster on my wall for years and years until it literally fell apart, I wore my figure-hugging very goth black long-sleeved Kid A shirt to my GCSE results with black nail varnish and a fringe I could hide behind, and said fuck you to my miserable youth. I lived and breathed this record, it got under my skin and it became a part of me. Kid A is brilliant because it is exciting, it’s difficult but still tuneful, every track is an ocean of possibility, and because without it I absolutely would not be who I am. I genuinely still shiver with excitement throughout, 26 years and thousands of plays later. It doesn’t get better than this.

No sé por qué por un momento me costó tanto la nota. Solo puedo calificar de números enteros del 1 al 5. Claramente no es un 5 y claramente no es un 3. Queda en 4. Si pudiera darle entre 4 y 4,5 ahí tendría más problema, pero creo que pensando un poco más terminaría por ponerle 4. Buen disco.

Really different, sometimes difficult to enjoy but worth the effort.

has a few tracks I LOVe

album #93 I think there is a lot about this album that is really interesting and unique, but a lot of it feels somewhat unfinished. for example, I think that the second half of "national anthem" is fantastic but it doesn't feel like the grandiosity of it has been set up appropriately. it's middling for me, i don't have any particularly strong opinions about it other than i wish it made a decision on whether it's an ambient album or not lol. this isn't a game changing album, and i don't think there was anything particularly interesting about it. ꩜ average track rating: 2.9/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): everything in its right place, treefingers ꩜ least favourite track(s): kid a, untitled, optimistic ꩜ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 996 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 44 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 20 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 73

RH may be one of the bands I love listening to though I have no idea what makes them so good

I don't think a Radiohead person.

Boring for now. Not my genre preference, but, it's very experimental. After listened the entire album, I rate it 4/10 I liked some songs, they made me feel sleepy and if I was at a funeral or travelling through the space. Not bad, not spectaculiar, but I discovered a new album.

I just don’t get it. I added “The National Anthem” to my playlist.

Introspective, haunting, and really intersting.

354/1089 okayyy starting off with a spooky song i know and like. I quite enjoyed this project, the rest of the tracks kept up with the level set by eiirp, it was a really good moody electronic/rocky album faves: Idioteque, Optimistic, Treefingers, How to Disappear Completely, Everything in its right place 85/100

The latent darkness of the 90s disavowed by liberal hegemony, britpop, and the .com bubble returns from the repressed for a glorious wallow. An album that glimpses, presages & captures the glitchy, fractured, alienated depressing mess of the computer world, completely realizes its creative possibilities, and deconstructs them all at once. Totally absorbing.

GOATS

Entiendo completamente cómo este álbum influenció proyectos de mis artistas favoritos y eso me encanta, dicho eso sólo volvería a escuchar este álbum cuando necesite ruido que llene mi cabeza para no pensar.

Movie for my ears! What a fun time. The Who always puts me in a good mood.

Masterpiece

I like the weirdness and oddness about the album, but one have to be in the right mood to really appreciate it.

two stars for the song tears also come on a twenty minute song is way to much

Lovely dreamy music.

I'm a massive fan of Radiohead—they're one of my favourite bands—so Kid A is a difficult album for me to put into words. There are moments on this album that I genuinely think are among the best things the band have ever done. "Everything in Its Right Place" is an incredible opener, the title track is brilliant, and "How to Disappear Completely" is honestly one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Thom Yorke's performance on that track is unbelievable. The reason I don't revisit Kid A as often isn't because I don't love those songs—it's because, as a complete album, I don't connect with every track in the same way I do on The Bends, OK Computer, or In Rainbows. Those albums are almost effortless listens from start to finish for me, whereas Kid A is one I tend to admire more than constantly return to. For most bands, this would easily be one of their greatest achievements. The only reason I don't rank it quite as highly is because Radiohead have set such an incredibly high standard with the rest of their discography. There are a few tracks that don't resonate with me as deeply, even though I can appreciate what they're doing. What's interesting is that my opinion of Kid A seems to evolve every time I revisit it. Every few listens I notice something new, and my appreciation for it grows. It's an album I've never stopped admiring, even if my connection to it has always been a little more complicated than with some of Radiohead's other records. I suppose the best way to describe it is that I have a complicated relationship with Kid A. I absolutely love it, but it's an album I admire just as much as I emotionally connect with—and that's what makes it such an interesting listen.

It was very hard to listen for the first time, but I unexpectedly found myself a few times, that it was actually not that bad as I felt for the first 10 minutes, and at the end the album showed me some majestic hypnosis that prevented me from cutting it off.

I love the synths that they used The album is ambient-ish with some vocals, it kinda felt like a lullaby to me I really enjoyed listening, this is landing on my playlist

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politically charged and unique. So much depth in every song

On a personal level, Kid A came out during a point in my life where I’d become largely disinterested in the guitar music I’d favoured in my youth, and I was seeking out electronic music, post-rock, some of the farther reaches of jazz, and so on. In that context, Radiohead’s “experimental album” seemed, well, not that experimental. I remember the album being totally fine, and it seemed at the time that this album came out of a genuine sense of exploration, but it wasn’t nearly as groundbreaking as it was made out to be. Listening to it now, a little over twenty-five years later, I mostly stand by my original impressions. It’s a good listen, but it sits in a strange place: it’s a rock band making rock music with largely electronic instruments. Radiohead is a good band, even if they aren’t really to my taste, and I didn’t mind listening to this, but I also don’t hear why they’re supposedly one of the greatest bands of their generation either.

I am not a huge fan and thought this was pretty boring.

need to re listen. i liked it.

I keep trying with Radiohead, but they largely remain a band that I respect and appreciate more than actively enjoy. I get that this was mould-breaking and unique, and while I can salute that, this still remains an album that I struggle to like and choose to engage with.

I have something of a love/hate relationship with Radiohead albums, but I prefer this one to OK Computer.

Just such an interesting album -- one question is whether if it was made by someone other than the guys who just made OK Computer, anyone would give it the time of day ... Anyway, I've grown to love it. Always found it funny that the refrain from one song is "this isn't happening" and then a few songs later, it's "this is really happening." Like many things Radiohead, I'm not really sure what it means, but it's interesting.

I don’t listen to Radiohead. But they are in wheelhouse chronologically and sonically. So I assume I know what they sound like. I am wrong. To a casual listener this is way weirder than assumed. And jazzier. And ultimately boring. The sequencing of the first half is extremely plodding, and it never really gets going. Technically great, but boing. Meh.

Some exceptional songs, but others fall too far into the listening background. Favs: Everything In Its Right Place, Idioteque

It was dire.

It was alright. Too many Radiohead albums though. They're not that good, man.

Dogshit. I can't even finish the album because it's so boring. It's worse than The Bends, and I dislike The Bends. Fucking overrated band.

Oh shit brother, one of my favorites 5 stars bitchass

lmao, like I haven't heard Kid A

Never tire of the opening track, sublime

This is an important album in Radiohead’s history, but it’s not my favorite. In any case it’s a solid showing that carries its mood through quite successfully, and the result is beautiful. I will be a Radiohead defender until I die.

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