Kid A

While I am not a consistent fan of Thom York, I really appreciate his skills with creating a soundscape (especially on tracks like "Motion Picture Soundtrack"). This album twangs a string in my nostalgia guitar but I remember not really caring for it when it came out - too strange for my teenage tastes. But I appreciate more the vision today, as an older, wiser millennial.

I know everyone raves about this album. I prefer Okay Computer. This is just too... mellow

I wouldn't call it mid. It was fine. Reminded me of minecraft music, or some other kind of video game music. Not the kind of minceraft music that I would be interested enough in putting on a playlist. This music feels very passive. boring. 6/10

The accolades are excessive, but I’m hardly one to hate on experimental or electronic music.

Didn't like this one nearly as much as OK Computer

20th best album of all time??? No. I can’t agree. I respect what they did on this album, but I don’t enjoy listening to it. Maybe my music IQ isn’t great, but if I have to try to like the music, it’s not for me. It’s about liking it, not the best.

The whole album just kind of blended together. Nothing stood out. It was fine background music, but not a big fan of the album overall. Didn't dislike it enough to just go 2 starts, but it was almost there. 2.5/5 (going to round this one up)

I can appreciate how innovative this was for it's time, and enjoyed some of the electronic layering over the traditional rock instruments. Potentially wasn't in the mood as in general found it slightly too moody / slow, couldn't really get into it. Would be a 2.75 but rounded up to 3

Interesting sound, low replay value

This is an interesting experience. It truly felt like this would be the soundtrack to a bonfire that you are impaired and its late at night having some talks with pals. I'm a big fan of the droning as it is reminiscent of Bell Witch. It all flowed together very nicely it was hard to actually tell where the track ended and the next one began. Probably would give it a 7

This is my third Radiohead album here, and none of them have been what are apparently my two favorites. Meaning maybe I don’t like Radiohead as much as I thought? This has happened with Led Zeppelin, too. Something about focused listening …

This one's tough. I guess I want to like it more than I do.

Cool overall sound but few memorable tracks…

Enjoyable but not life-changing to me.

Decent album, nothing particularly interesting that really sticks out to me

Hmm sounds like a funky little robot singing this. I hope he feels better soon... such a sad little robot. WALLE is that u? Don't make me cry again. I would listen to Treefingers while floating in a salt cave.

Meh

I get it, just not for me.

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.

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)

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

I didn't hate all of it. Most of it is low rent glitch electronica and you would be better off spending your time listening to Autechre or Boards of Canada. If only the majority of the album was like Motion Picture Soundtrack which is the more amazing song and my outright favourite Radiohead track. Like I often say, maybe I am missing something but I just don't get the adulation this album receives

Not my favorite Radiohead album and I'm not so sure as to why it's a 'Must Listen', but a good attempt on a new direction in sound for the band. 3/5.

I expected to hate this album. And there were times when I started to feel the hate flow through me. But, somehow, Radiohead managed to bring it back around before it got too bad. Is it pretentious? Hell yes. SO very pretentious. Is it repetitive? ||: Yes. :|| Is it a noisy mess sometimes? Again, absolutely. But, for some reason, it's still not totally off-putting. In fact, a lot of the album is actually engaging and fun. So, while I didn't love it, I certainly didn't hate it. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it was pretty alright on balance.

It’s alright. I’ve heard this one a couple times before and I really want to like it because of the hype as well as my liking for Radiohead. I would expect the album known to be the most experimental Radiohead album (I think) to be at least ONE OF my favorites. But it’s one of my least favorites. I just find it fairly boring. I’m not in love with all of the sounds which could have been it’s saving grace. I’m sure it fits a certain situation perfectly but I haven’t been there yet haha. Hahaha robot sounds hahahaha

Everybody loves Kid A. And, in the grand scheme of things I guess I do too. But I think it's in the middle-third of Radiohead records. At the time of its release it was so important for me to see a guitar-based band eschew all that for a completely electronic sound. Because they had hooked me with OK Computer and The Bends and there was no turning back for me. So they pried open my mind. They pried open a lot of minds at the end of the 90s, a decade that saw rock music go from the fresh/raw grunge revolution to the gaping yawn of new-metal and Nickleback. Radiohead made it feel like there had been a fork in the road and a lot of bands chose the wrong path so far back that they'd never be able to backtrack and catch up. If that makes sense. I love this record for that. There are beautiful sounds that I find calming but Annie has confirmed that this record actually sounds like anxiety. She's probably right. One other important note: this was recorded at the same time as Amensiac. Kid A is an objectively better record, but I prefer Amnesiac more. They could have been a double LP together. But instead were released about a year apart. Interesting choice and one that honestly gave people the ability to digest the monumental change without feeling overwhelmed or glossing over tracks that would've seemed like filler on a double LP.

Not their best work

Some amazing tracks such as everything and national anthem but a lot of it leaves me cold - gimme the Bends any day of the week

Not my favourite of theirs but still good.

It was aight

Certainly not my favorite album from them, but not bad

I think first half made for decent background music, either that or I wasn’t really listening to it. It got weird and annoying by the time I got to “In Limbo”. I guess Radiohead just isn’t my jam.

IDK, I might like it more with repetition, but it won’t crack the rotation to get those spins. Pleasant and ethereal at times and then boring and drawn out at others..

It's a good album with good beats and great production, yet I personally didn't like it. I felt asleep halfway through and I really fought myself to stay awake. For me, it was a really boring album, that I didn't expect to be so. I'm no stranger to music that is 'boring in an experimental way', but this was too much nothingness in the lyrics, lack of anything striking or hook-like in the vastness of the ambient soundscape. The songs I enjoyed the most are Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem and I Limbo. In my opinion Radiohead has better works in their catalogue. Overall, I don't think I'll listen to it again. Maybe this album someone's cup of tea but definitely not mine.

not for me. maybe when i'm wiser and more cultured

What can I say, I WAS a huge fan of Radiohead, weathered through OK computer loving its originality. But there is innovation and there is unlistenable. For me this is the latter and this ended my love affair with them.

I enjoy earlier Radiohead. I know this is an important album to some as it is a shift in direction but I did not find it enjoyable.

I think I would have to listen to this album many many times before I really “got” it. I can recognize that this is different and that what MAKES them, but I just can’t lock in with them. They’re so different especially this album and I wish I could understand why. Respect but not like.

This album did not grip me. I did hear echoes of Bowie's later albums, the haunting vocals and dark tones.

I still don't understand radiohead

Not sure if this was an album or just meditation music. Either way, I nearly passed out by track three — and not in a good way.

1. right - 2.5 2. kid - 1.5 3. anthem - 1 4. completely - 1.5 5. fingerz - 2 6. optimiztic - 1.5 7. limbo - 2 8. idiot - 1.5 9. morning - 1.5 10. picture - 2 11. untitled - 1.5

I've always found Radiohead extremely boring, and nothing has changed.

Never got into Radiohead. I thought maybe it was just Fake Plastic Trees. Nope. This one too.

Radiohead fans may enjoy it.

This was a big letdown for me when it came out. Still is today. Just does not even come close to how good OK Computer was. And maybe that was the whole point? I don't know with these guys. Lots of rambling lyrics, weird random noises. I'm not understanding why they made this album. Also, the real music doesn't start until "The National Anthem". Everything up to that is nonsense. Best song: "Optimistic". 2.33/5

I know I'm a weirdo but I only like Radiohead a little bit. Character flaw I guess.

This is pretty much where I start to hate Radiohead in their discography. I just can't stand electronica and I blame them for really pushing the genre back into the mainstream after its birth in the 90s. This album just drags for me.

Dreary album but had some bright spots 4/10

I wanted to love this album. I came away not hating it. I found myself getting distracted during the album when I should have been listening. It was a bit “noodle” for my taste and didn’t really speak to me in any meaningful way

I could not be convinced to like Radiohead. I hated listening to this. Sorry Thom Yorke.

Did not like this album one bit. It made me angry on the drive to work because it was so bad.

So pretentious. Couple of song fragments scattered over 47 minutes. Total waste of time.

Whiny, boring and ZZZzzz...

A monument to Radiohead’s complete inability to turn influences into good music. It’s art for people who confuse references with substance—a chore to sit through. All the cool sounds are here, but they’re dead on arrival. It’s the thinking man’s Coldplay, an expensive wine with no taste. So smug, so shallow, and so sure of itself while delivering absolutely nothing.

Another reminder about the fact that I just don't understand why Radiohead is so popular. They have maybe 2 songs in their whole discography that I like. Pass.

no-no (not for my ears)

Meh. Give me a Creep.

really weird and i only enjoyed two songs.

It was underwhelming - they all sounded the same

One star, truly, truly awful

Every album is just sad and depressing. Raidohead is not my type of music evidently as I have not like any of their albums yet. 1 star

Okay as background music I guess, whilst getting ready for the day. And not too loud. Preferably on mute....

mostly pretentious white noise, so overrated

april fools joke if this is really considered one of the best albums ever made

I'd rather wake up every morning hungover and naked in a ditch than finish listening to this album for my first and last time.

Why are they so beloved but so bad?

Kid A sounds like what would happen if a less talented version of The Beatles tried to make Sgt. Pepper’s and forgot to bring the songs. I gave it a listen as part of Apple Music’s 100 Greatest Albums countdown, and honestly, once was more than enough. After how great OK Computer was — wall-to-wall bangers — Kid A feels like a total drop-off. It's just aimless, glitchy noise wrapped in artsy vibes with zero payoff. Nothing stuck with me. In fact, when I saw it pop up again, it actually took me a minute to realize I had already listened to it before. That pretty much says it all — completely forgettable. There’s not a single track I’d go back to. They’re all equally bad in their own weird, lifeless way.

I hate this so much.

I just cannot get into radiohead

No good. And experiment gone bad.

Great

loved!

One of the greatest albums of all time! Electronic anxiety at the beginning of a new millennium perfectly captured the sense of unease and trepidation then. With 9/11 and the Iraq war still to come, this album expertly explores the unknown and mysterious feeling going into a new era.

Not the best Radiohead album, but that’s no shame- there are several 5 star albums from them.

5/5

BEST ALBUM EVER THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

This album has been on rotation for many many years. It’s a corker.

I didn't realize the first song was radiohead, I've heard it a lot lmao. Anyways this album is what an existential crisis feels like because it gave me one

It’s Radiohead

Muy bueno

number 1 on top

Absolute masterpiece.

A disappointing follow-up to OK Computer, but still a 5* album. Radiohead are just that good

I know it's cliche to say at this point, but it is insane how after releasing one of the greatest albums of the 90s, they then completely changed their sound and released another phenominal record. This has a couple slow spots when compared to OK Computer, but is still just an overall incredible sounding record with an incomparable atmosphere. An easy 5/5.

me encanta radiohead y este album nunca lo escuche y hay una cancion que me gustó un monton sientiendo como estoy ahora mismo...

This is a flawless record. I feel sorry for people who don't think so.

Really good. Maybe my favorite Radiohead album? Really like how much this is an electronica album. Favorite tracks are Optimistic and Idioteque.

Non il mio preferito dei radiohead peró dalle prime volte che lo ascoltato ho cambiato completamente opinione, molto spesso mi ritrovo a riascoltarlo; mi piace che confronto agli album precedenti cambiano stile per qualcosa di sperimentale, che a volte sembra quasi instrumental/ambience da quanto ripetitivo. La mia preferita di questo album rimane idioteque, non so spiegare bene il perché peró ha quel qualcosa che mi fa venire sempre voglia di riascoltarla. So che non é solo con Kid A ma anche con Amnesiac ma c'é tipo una galleria virtuale che vi fa riscoprire le canzoni di questo album in una maniera alternativa

Man I love this album. I swear it just has everything in its right place.

Fantastic album. Beautiful soundscapes throughout, with Radiohead flawlessly merging ambient music with their rock sensibilities. Still probably only my third favorite Radiohead album

One of my fav by Radiohead is a masterpiece.

Top three Radiohead albums of all time.

Radiohead – Kid A (2000) Kid A stands out as a phenomenal addition from one of my favorite bands, especially because it doesn't sound like OK Computer or In Rainbows. Instead, it completely leans into this white-noisy electronic, atmospheric, and almost trip-hop-inspired sonic landscape. The clear standout highlights from the tracklist are "Everything in Its Right Place," "Kid A," "How to Disappear Completely," and "Morning Bell"—the latter of which I liked a whole lot. The way the record strips away conventional rock structures to create something so texturally deep and unique makes it a definitive 5/5.

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One of the greatest albums of all time. OF ALL TIME

This is, from start to finish, a pure masterpiece. It really shows their growth as a band, as a continuation of OK Computer. Every song is perfect, and it's just a dream to listen to.

It’s the best album by a band that only make good albums. Outstanding.

Awesome. Chuma.

I know this is gonna be controversial but I kinda hate Radiohead. Ive tried to listen to their albums before and I just couldn't get through it. I will now and will probably enjoy it and realize their greatness but I can't help but hold on to my needless disgust at their gloominess and reputation among my generation. Fuck you Radiohead. Ok let's actually listen to this. What the fuck is this. Yesterday you woke up sucking a lemon?? Really?? It sounds like you woke up yesterday sucking each others dicks and then hopped right in the fucking studio. Fuck you radio man. What are you saying. Sure. Very cool music however. Never really heard anything like this before. Very interesting. Yeah ok man this is the shit. Mr. head you might be cooking something crazy up. I really like that they decided to experiment with electronic music with no prior experience it feels kinda simple but very fresh and unique. If other artists learned how to use electronic equipment in a certain way and were sort've confined to that sound, these guys are just doing whatever they want with it. It's a little scary in the way all experimental electronic music is, but I won't hold that against them. I'm actually quite excited to listen to this. I still hate you on principle "radio head" if that's even your real name. What the fuck are these guys doing. Meg music machine. Oh man. Ok. I don't wanna be sad but I think I have to for this experience. Ok like fuck my life. This is quite haunting. I do really like this I just also have no idea when I would listen to this. It's sooooo. His voice is really perfect for the type music he makes. Oh ok back to sad. I really like the composition of Motion Picture Soundtrack. Great song. Ok let's see how they close this out. Short and sweet, great closing, great album. Now a Radiohead fan fml. Favourite: Optimistic/Motion Picture Soundtrack Least favourite: Kid A

Radioheads best album, and one that i have a deep connection to. 5/5

I was a casual fan when this album dropped and what a trip it was. Took several listens to fully get into it at the time. How to Disappear Completely is one of my favorite songs. 5/5.

The first time I heard “Idioteque,” I was on mushrooms, and I immediately dove headfirst into this album after that. Up to that point, I was mostly just a casual Radiohead fan. I loved The Bends and had played it a ton, but hearing the transformation they made on Kid A completely blew my mind. You could hear hints of this direction creeping into OK Computer, but Kid A fully changed the game and launched Radiohead into their own hemisphere.

A common complaint I've heard about this album is that, if you're familiar with the electronic music that inspired it, it doesn't sound all that special. I think this criticism misses the point. This album may not be as game-changing as many critics once claimed it to be, but it's a perfect synthesis of moody art rock and otherworldly electronics that creates a distinctly alienating and disorienting atmosphere. I do generally prefer the more rock-leaning cuts, but every song here is so good that the distinction is barely worth mentioning. Thom Yorke is infamously not a technically gifted singer but his strained, distant vocals match the atmosphere perfectly, and the vocal effects give the impression that he's singing to you from an alternate dimension. His writing is impressionistic and relies on simplistic, repeated phrases, which can seem shallow at first but provide a clear emotional impact upon repeated listens. The themes of loneliness and isolation can seem vague on paper, but come across beautifully when combined with the music. Personally, this is my favorite album that I've listened to for this list so far, the perfect balance between atmosphere and songwriting, and a classic for a reason.

Classic

One of my favorite albums of all time. The 5 is a no brainer.

Closer to a 4.5 but still revolutionary.

Experimental, and worthy of further listening. 4.5

okay. i’ve heard this. plenty of times. yea like ok computer, it’s hard to point out a bad moment on this thing. it’s just so surgical.

Inte det bästa radiohead albumet men fortfarande bättre än nästan allt annat på denna lista

10/5

100

this album is truly beautiful in its combination of ambient electronic soundscapes and yorke’s melancholic vocals

I will seee youu in the neext liiiiiiiiive

The best Radiohead album and still the best music produced in this miserable century.

9.3/10

Er sgu bare vild med lyden og stemningen.

Ikke top 1 Radiohead-album, men virkelig godt. Jeg tror top nummeret for mig er Morning Bell, det spiller virkelig for mig.

Fun fact: as far as I know I was the first radio station in Ohio to play this in its entirety on air, the day it came out. I love this record.

Amazing album. Huge influence on me. It's the album that made me sit up and noticed Radiohead. Before, they were that "Creep" band that my older cousins liked. After Kid A I needed to find and listen to all the Radiohead albums. That and it pushed me to start listening to genres I'd never given much heed to before. For example, I got into both Aphex Twin and Brian Eno afterwards. I think in large part because of music critics comparing this one unfavourably to them. Ah well, nowadays Kid A is a critical darling, so whatever. This album in particular consumed much of my teen years. Nowadays I generally prefer to listen to other Radiohead albums, but I'll always be fond of Kid A.

genuinely the best album ever made, so revolutionary and impactful on the music scene as a whole from the early 2000s to now. not a single skip and some of the most incredible songs of all time ended up on either this or amnesiac. idioteque best song ever made i will die on that hill.

4.75/5

Yeah yeah I have come to terms I am pretentious sue me

En skiva jag hade tagit med mig till en ö.

Man kan undra hur de resonerade när de la in sex radiohead album. Dubbelt så många som tex Elvis, Michael Jackson eller Bob Marley. Kanske tänkte de att albumen bara är så bra helt enkelt. Så tänker jag i alla fall.

Svårslagen albumöppning. Det där keyboardriffet är ett av de bästa någonsin, lite trist att gen z nu nästan pajar det genom att lägga det på alla TikTok-klipp som ska ha lite feeling. Älskar den här skivan. Sånt satans atmosfär-och-vibb-monster. Plus för jazzandet i ”the national anthem”!

The album that broke all our brains. It feels like such a watershed album, but it also holds up not just as something totally new but as really great music. For me, it's one of those albums that succeeds in evoking its own world that we get to live in for a little while.

I daydreamed about the day I'd reflect here on Kid A. I love this record. If I could only have one, this would be it. If I had to eschew all other music and was only allowed one record to have ever heard, I would choose Kid A, and I'd be at peace with it. It shaped all of my modern tastes and uprooted how I understand music and where it sits with me at a heart level, and it continues to do so. I doubt I'll be able to capture why, but here's a go: I've been chasing this sound for the last 25 years: rhythms inspired by electronic artists, low-end-forward, melody-forward, atmospheric, beautiful, a little haunting, a little romantic, infused with warmth and soul. It has led me to some truly amazing artists, but rarely has something hit the same way. (The melodies under all the bleeps and bloops are gorgeous. Go listen to a live version of the title track if you're struggling to find your way in.) I bought Kid A at a midnight release party at a music store near our college campus. At that point, Radiohead had been one of my two or three favorite bands since The Bends, and I had completely absorbed every inch of OK Computer. I'd kept up with the leaks leading up to Kid A, and while I was intrigued, I was hoping for more Guitar Rock God™ music. My first listen to Kid A was in my car at midnight on the way back to campus. I didn't love it. It was weird and moody and far outside what I wanted from it. But within a few days (or, rather, nights, since Kid A really pops at night) it had already completely upended my whole relationship with music. I was more ready for it than some of my friends. I adored trip hop music throughout the 90s, and was all in on the big beat takeover of America for those few months in the late 90s by The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. Where others heard electronic music invading their favorite rock band, I heard rock music invading my favorite electronic artists. It was a merging of the two genres I responded to most. It's not just electronic influence that got me; it was a widening of their songwriting lens. "How to Disappear Completely" can move me to tears with its orchestral waves, and "Motion Picture Soundtrack" can raise the hair on my neck when the harp comes in. They'd always funneled their anxiety and angst and sadness into something hopeful and cathartic, and hear that felt more finely tuned than ever. The music creates a container for the existential dread of the lyrics that is inherently hopeful, rooted in the togetherness of the band and their fans. I have so much more to say. A million stars. A billion stars. All the stars.

I now get the feeling that most tracks on 'In Rainbows' are counterparts to each respective track in this. Maybe this was the dissonant, experimental and subversive prototype.

O MY STARS I LUV THIS ALBUM OMS!!! it was actually i think the 1st album i actually listend thru completely, already long b4 i decided 2 start listenin 2 full albums. i luv the songs sm!! radiohead rly knows how 2 make my heart ACHE dude, especially w motion picture soundtrack, n how 2 disappear completely means alot 2 me. thank u 4 4cing me 2 listen 2 the album again🙏🙏 i js listnd it thru. o my stars. its js as good as i rmbr!! the part in mps w "i will c u, in the nxt liiiiiife" oms i get chills its so good. after a while in the national anthem it js starts being a bunch of noise, n i luv it. how 2 disappear completely holds such a special place in my heart, i like the chord progression in optimistic, n idioteque is rly groovy!! gr8 album, i luv it.

I remember when this came out I think I was ready for something out there. After OK Computer came and the amazing record that it was you could tell that they were on to something new. The music the electronics. The lyrics on this album all worked well together. It is an amazing album that continued an amazing run and pushed further away from Creep. From beginning to end it’s just a great thought provoking album.

Kid A was the proof that Radiohead were the most important act in the world at the turn of the century. What I mean is that, like all of the most important acts through rock history, it is crucial not just to get better, but also to realise the need for change, make that change and, (though it might prove controversial) survive that change and emerge from it stronger than ever. Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, James Brown, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Prince, U2. Chasing further success by repeating the formula just wasn’t an acceptable path so challenging the fans it had to be. Kid A was not universally welcomed on release, but given time it has earned its rightful reputation as a contender for their best album. One of its finest achievements is combining several fundamentals successfully; there’s the group’s established sound as a solid foundation, their powerful creativity and experimentation, and the huge spectre of electronica and other modern influences. Obviously, the influences had a huge impact on the end result, but the challenge is always to extract the magic of the influences, combine them with the other elements and produce something sounding original not derivative, and also something that is enjoyable to listen to. There seem to have been difficult times involved with the gestation period of the album, existential issues for the band itself; I haven’t read enough to know the reality, but I imagine getting to the other side of the process made Radiohead stronger as a unit. It’s another one of those albums that I get something new from with every listen. This time it has also inspired me to invest in the “Kid A Mnesia” package which I look forward to digesting for years to come.

One of the best

Turn of the century classic

I remember when I first heard this album years ago. The sky was an almost white shade of gray, without a trace of color. The world seemed dull. I was at work, looking out the window, when I decided to give Radiohead one more try after multiple failed attempts throughout the years. Then the first notes hit, and the rest is history. Everything was indeed in its right place. I became obsessed with the album and the band. I kept repeating it over and over again. Only a handful of albums throughout the years have spoken to me in a similar way. The blend of sounds is so unique that it amazes me from a musical perspective while also speaking to something deeply human. The lyrics are abstract in a way that allows a person to find a piece of themselves encoded within the intricacies of the melodies. I love it in its entirety, and I believe it is one of the truly important pieces of art. My favorite songs besides the opening track are "Optimistic" and "In Limbo".

One of the best radiohead albums. The electronic stuff influenced many other artist so that's pretty damn good

I always flip-flop between whether I prefer this or In Rainbows, but they’re both excellent albums. Some tracks just massively outweigh the others in my mind though. Even if this album was reduced down to Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely and Ideoteque it’d still be a 5 star work.

Radiohead virgin. Love the texture, this is a slow cool movie, no sense of the individual songs yet, so it's a 5 on faith this is going to grow. That's 1 RH of 6 on the list, hoping we'll be friends.

Mmm, been waiting for Radiohead to say hello on this list. So experimental yet true to their sound (even though ive only ever listened to their hits). Thomas Yorke has the voice of an angel, so soft and blissful, piercing the viel of sounds and dissonant drones to bring it all back down to earth. His vocals tie everything together on this album, and theres a lot to tie together here. Radiohead is clearly experimenting, in very abstract ways that a lot of people just won't appreciate. Those types of people get angry that they dont 'understand' the music, and then proceed to hate on the masses that do. Its an interesting dilemma to observe, how these soundscapes create such a strong divide in opinions. Kid A feels like a piece of abstract art, held up by traditional acrylic landscape pillars, those being the most accessible songs on the album. Interwoven into noisy experimentation mixed with emotional accents like the strings and synths, mostly playing off of a sort of sadness or 'outsider' kind of vibe. Reminds me of Sigur Ross at times, whom I also adore. If I were a betting man, Id bet that I give all 3(?) radiohead albums on this list 5s. I simply love their vibe, their sound and their willingness to experiment and play into emotions that most music glosses over or takes too litteraly. 9/10

One of the best albums of all times, hands down!

Solid. Can't believe I've been sleeping on this

good

Absolute classic album. Can't find a fault

Kid A is one of those albums that really solidifies the sound of an artist or band for the remainder of their career, a distinct and wild shift in sound and artistry compared to their previous works that easily stands above what came before. While some may prefer Radiohead's previous albums like OK Computer or The Bends over Kid A, it's very hard to argue that the shift to a more experimental and electronic sound wasn't revolutionary or warranted, especially given some of the incredible tracks on this album like "Everything In Its Right Place", "How to Disappear Completely", "Idioteque" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack". A fantastic record, and easily the best one in all of Radiohead's catalogue.

Best way to describe this album is the word ethereal. Pretty amazing soundscape that Radiohead form as the album progresses. This album could be used as a movie soundtrack and a couple of the songs have indeed been used in movies and TV shows. Jonny Greenwood is a generational talent and this album showcases that brilliance.

Radiohead’s a band I’ll have trouble being non bias for. Three or four of their albums could be in my top 50 and this is one of them. Oddly enough I discovered Radiohead a little over a year ago and this was the first album I heard, making Everything In It’s Right Place my intro to them. I was pretty much hooked from there and then How to Disappear solidified it. The entire track list is non skippable for me and I can only imagine how special (and polarizing) this was when it was released over 25 years ago when the world wanted Ok Computer 2. How To Disappear Completely by itself makes this album five stars. P.S. if you skip Treefingers, we can’t be friends

I have never listened to this album in full before and I’m unsure why. It’s so great, and has been really refreshing to hear a fully fleshed album that feels dense, experimental and that just works as a collection of sounds. I kind of felt on the brink of tears at some points. Especially during motion picture sound track and how to disappear completely. Will be listening again for sure. Couldn’t really fault it.

A favourite record of mine, it was great to see it come up. Still stands up as completely forward looking and innovative.

A confounding, challenging, ultimately beautiful album that I generally enjoy listening to more than OK Computer. From the obvious brilliance of Everything in Its Right Place to trickier songs like the title track, this keeps getting more rewarding.

Finally, Kid A; the most anticipated album on the entire list for me. I could wax lyrical about this album for ages, but let it be said that before commencing my pilgrimage here Kid A would have been the album I'd place in that most hallowed of spots at the apex of the personal pedestal. It's on this delicate cusp of some dreamlike sonic ambrosia, conversely warm and cold, alienating and enrapturing. Experiencing this record via the interactive 'Kid A Mnesia Exhibition' is the closest I've gotten to a transcendental psychedelic experience without literally dropping tabs. Is it still such a venerated album these years later? On some level it lacks a certain consistency you get out of Radiohead's previous work, OK Computer, but in leaning harder into that Eno/Aphex-esque semi-ambient electronic sound it's granted a strange clemency, painting this Dali-esque picture of surrealist self-consistency. It's the sort of album that's bigger than the sum of its parts, benefitting greatly in being let to breathe for its entire runtime in a single spin. I remember once hearing Bjork's voice described as 'igneous': blindingly-hot and earthern emotion erupting to the surface from deep below before being cooled over an eon, creating these fantastic shapes of purely naturalistic beauty. I think you can hear a similar quality in Thom Yorke here, where he sees each instrument less as a tool and more as a conduit to some sort of underground weave of volcanic creative energy. As the critics say Edgar Allen Poe captured the sublime visions of the shared-subconscious human nightmare, Yorke stares into the abyss of sapient melancholia and returns with Everything In Its Right Place or How To Disappear Completely (and then later does the same on Mnesia). Kid A is an album to sit in, to feel with each muscle. It's why it's so imperative to listen the whole way through: those brief respites of electronic droning on, say, Treefingers carve out a much-needed pit-stop before launching into the more classically-Radiohead alt-rock sensibilities of Optimistic. It gives the album a sentimental sense of physical place that conjures nostalgic memories of 'that first listen' that very few records have since. I worry, maybe, that we often mistake such sincere authenticity for some overwrought pretentiousness. Kid A is *the* emblematic album that tilts at that specific de jour flavour of turn-of-the-century music hipsterism, a regular lightningrod for the sort of purile commentary that suggests that its worship is some elaborate The Emperor's New Clothes cargo-cult. The accusation has always felt a little misguided to me - we can surely tell people that what they like sucks, but we're all fools to assert that other people don't really like what they say they like. There's an ironic, obnoxious sensibility to it. It's certainly not an album for anybody - my time on this list has been a harsh lesson in humility and the ability to recognize what's not my bag, baby - but Kid A deserves all its flowers. It's really good. But we all knew that already. Fav tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, How To Disappear Completely, Optimisic, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack

So good I listened to it twice straight through . Big Radiohead hole in my collection needs fixing .

My third favorite Radiohead album. Still worth a 5

Melancholy and haunting in the best possible way

Well I'm getting lucky with the amount of Radiohead I've had so soon: 4 albums from my first 101. Kid A is really fantastic, it feels cold and anxious, gloomy and atmospheric. Despite its' brilliance, I do feel that it doesn't quite fit into the legendary bracket of The Bends, OK Computer, and In Rainbows. I will still give it 5* though as it is incredibly effective at what it does, and there's a few absolutely wonderful tracks in there. Favourites: The National Anthem How to Disappear Completely Idioteque

люблю радиоголовы всей душой этот альбом у них самый нетакусичный, поэтому мне он очень нравится но и не только поэтому еще круто разбирать музыкальные решения в нем типо тут реально используются средневековые хоралы ну как такое не любить everything in its right place определенно любимый ну и idioteque конечно тоже фаворит не зря том йорк поет про ледниковый период потом ведь реально мультик вышел

как же много причин оценить этот альбом. хтонь, абстракция, музыка с ебанцой. степень медитативности такая, что, закрыв глаза, не сможешь представить себе ничего, кроме лиминального пространства. странные сочетания звуков ощущаются очень ugly hot. everything in its right place слушала раньше, базово люблю. kid a впечатлила набором приёмов, но для меня это ту мач. очень понравилась how to disappear completely: она прям на тонкой грани между спокойствием и меланхолией, где можно не думать, а просто существовать. джазовые мотивы в the national anthem – просто отвал башки. optimistic приятная. в общем, радиобашку люблю, было очень приятно лишний раз вслушаться

сразу вспомнился сериал severance. everything in its right place - идеально подходит под его атмосферу с этими синтами, реверсом и при этом меланхоличным голосом вчера был тяжелый день, поэтому альбом великолепно вписался в мою уставшую ночную прогулку до дома радиобашка держит мою крышу на месте, спасибо

ЙООООУ, наконец-то гемы пошли. Всё на своем месте - золото, тревожный гул на фоне и повторяющиеся слова прям очень хорошо передают эмоции, я действительно проснулся, посасывая лемон. Но при этом песня все еще достаточно мелодичная, чтобы приятно звучать. Ребенок А не очень, слишком мало структуры. НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЫЙ ГИМН - это очень хорошо, такую басовую партию надо уметь написать, она очень классно режет сквозь остальные шумы песни. Если честно, немного напоминает Факинг ин зе бушес Оазис, но там, конечно, пободрее, так что не знаю, почему. А потом в конце входят духовые, которые прям дожимают с хаотичностью, но в них все еще можно услышать мелодию, получается лучший джаз, чем в альбоме Абдуллы Ибрагима. Начало Как исчезнуть с концами - это пик диско элизиум кор. Меланхолично, грустно, но не депрессивно, очень подходит под определенное настроение. Оптимистик норм, но попопсовее. Саундтрек Кинофильма довольно удивил в контексте альбома, звучит как меланхоличное прощание, хорошая. После нее есть еще один Неназванный трек, звучит как часть какой-то ARG, где выудить уз песни код на азбуке морзе. Остальное норм.

listened while doing an assignment and it hit all the things I needed. Sitting beside him felt even more intense

Twenty-six years on, Kid A hasn’t aged so much as settled into permanence. Its place in rock history feels fixed now, but at the time it was a rupture. Coming off OK Computer, the album that turned them from a great band into something close to transcendent, Radiohead did the least expected thing. They dismantled their own sound. Guitars receded, structures dissolved, and in their place came texture, rhythm, and unease. It wasn’t reinvention for its own sake. It was an insistence on survival through change. There’s a tendency now to act as if this shift was inevitable, or already in the air. It wasn’t. The influence of artists like Aphex Twin is clear, but that world was still peripheral to most rock listeners. What Kid A did was bring that language into the center without diluting it, and in doing so, expand what a mainstream rock album could be. And the songs endure. “Everything in Its Right Place” remains a thesis statement. “The National Anthem” still feels like controlled collapse. “Idioteque” sounds as urgent now as it did then, maybe more. There are moments in music where an artist breaks from their past so completely that it resets the terms. Bob Dylan plugging in at Newport Folk Festival 1965. Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. Kid A belongs in that lineage. It didn’t just announce the 21st century. It helped define how it would sound.

Probably an even larger step away from expectations than their last outing, KID A grips your attention from beginning to end. Even when the guitars(or the vocals, or the horns) seem on the verge of going off the rails, the bass line keeps you grounded in place to experience the chaos and beauty as it resolves.

Really beautiful album almost like a love letter to a computer, I love the different textures and sounds they conjured up throughout the album. I had heard this album before but listening to it in the morning just after you wake up is something special

Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: Cold, alien, and deeply immersive. It abandons comfort and somehow creates something even more compelling. Feels like losing yourself and finding something quieter underneath. Favorite Track: “How to Disappear Completely.” It doesn’t just play, it absorbs you. That line… “I’m not here”… yeah.

The album invites you to a journey. The rich, vivid soundscapes together with daring and playful arrangements make it one of the best modern psychedelic experiences and a sound that can last for many years to come.

Kid A arrived at exactly the right moment. Months of limbo, displacement, chaos — and then this album opens with "everything in its right place." The pattern recognition started immediately and didn't stop. How To Disappear Completely (seen/not seen). In Limbo (was. not anymore). Optimistic. The album moves between electronic and organic — synth and glitch giving way to (acoustic) guitar and back — never settling in one place, but always purposeful. That's the thing: it sounds like controlled uncertainty. Which is exactly where I've been. Thom Yorke apparently wrote some of these lyrics almost automatically, not knowing what they meant. I think I understand them anyway. 5/5.

Radiohead es uno de los grupos que mayor número de discos presenta en este listado. Algo lógico para una de las bandas de su generación y de la historia. Hay consenso sobre su importancia desde finales de los 90 hasta principios de siglo. The bends me decepcionó cuando lo escuché hace poco, demasiado noventero (en el mal sentido) para mi gusto. Sin embargo In rainbows fue todo un redescubrimiento. De Ok computer poco hay que añadir y junto a Amnesiac y Kid a conforman una trilogía de escucha obligatoria. Tras el tempranero éxito de Creep, que los sitúo en el pelotón indie, lejos de acomodarse, áun más depués del paso adelante que fue The Bends, siguieron innovando con Ok Computer, y con Kid A el paso ya fue definitivo. No había nadie que hiciera algo como ellos. Sigue Nigel Godrich en la producción, lo que es una garantía. Un disco sin singles, sin promoción, un suicidio en toda regla que tuvo un éxito improbable. Faust o Neu! están muy presentes. También el sonido electrónico de Warp y ya más lejos la experimentación Beatle o Pink Floyd. Abren con una joya como es Everything in Its Right Place que marca camino del disco. Kid A es relajad pero inquietante y no digamos The National Anthem, un viaje, con un bajo dominante y disonancias jazzisticas. La mejor del disco, How to Disappear Completely es otra de sus más conocidas canciones y de las mejores de su discografía, con ese ambiente tan logrado y reconfortante. Treefingers es ambient, pero por aquí ya habían pasado los últimos U2 decentes como Passengers hacía un lustro. Optimistic vuelve a subir revolciones e intensidad, interesante batería al final del tema. In Limbo es otro gran tema, en contraste con Optimistic es melancólico pero toca la fibra. Aún más Idioteque, que es desesperazandora. Morning Bell anticipa el final, con un teclado y efectos magsitrales. Motion Picture Soundtrack es un broche final que envuelve el disco en esos ambientes densos y etéreos. Tenían temas para hacer un doble, o un triple disco. Lo dejaron en este y con el resto lanzaron su siamesa joya Amnesiac. Mientras tanto U2 que el año de Ok Computer lanzaban Pop, este lanzaron el inane All that you can leave behind... definitivamente la distancia en ellos y Radiohead era insalvable.

the start of when i found radiohead interesting. i didn't hate their earlier records, and i didn't love this one right away. (i'd initially written _kid a_ off as radiohead engaging in their "berlin" era a lá Bowie before realizing that that's a stupid reason not to like this brilliant record.)

I am not going to preach to the choir. I’ll only share that this is definitely a transgressive work - it’s quite enjoyable, but sometimes, once in a while, you could find it pretentious.

I love this album. More than any album I’ve found, it captures the feelings of despair and isolation that we feel at our lowest moments. Creating this was obviously a massive risk for a band coming off of The Bends and OK Computer, but I suppose the signs were always there (see “Fitter Happier”). You have to be in the right mood to spin this one up, but truly a fantastic album. I think the only complete miss from me here was the title track. “How to Disappear Completely” is the highlight. Best songs: “Everything In Its Right Place”, “ How to Disappear Completely”, “Optimistic”, “Idioteque”, “Motion Picture Soundtrack”

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Darn good stuff. Like it.

goddamn this album remains incredible -- practically perfect. the opening three tracks are some of the greatest musical moments of the century (on either side of the millennium), then the rest of the album continues to wind down or plough through curvy, anxiety-ridden paths. while they took deliberate aims at embracing electronic music, synths, a little jazz, ambient, and continued studio trickery, there's still plenty of guitar here. it's always been a bit surprising to me that people act like Radiohead burned their guitars for this album when there's tracks like "The National Anthem" and "Optimistic" but I guess, to plenty of people who liked the guitar-forward Radiohead that existed before Kid A, this music sounded foreign, and they likely weren't familiar with the decades of music leading up to this that inspired the work on this album. there's so many beautiful, twitchy, jaw-dropping moments here -- the haunting squeals that carry into the outro of "Idioteque" ; the clear, opening tones of "Everything In Its Right Place" ; the release of tension and quick snap back a couple minutes into "Morning Bell" ; the harp and vocal interplay of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" -- it's all so good. thankful for the Germans in the 1970s whose music inspired the sounds and approaches Radiohead used on Kid A, thus inspiring the next 30 years of sounds themselves.

Some lines from T.S. Eliot's 'The Wasteland' that recollect 'Kid A': What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, I will show you fear in a handful of dust. I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, Fear death by water. ‘What is that noise?’ The wind under the door. ‘What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?’ Nothing again nothing. ‘Do ‘You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember ‘Nothing?’ HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME The river’s tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. But at my back in a cold blast I hear The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear. Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass: 'Well now that’s done: and I’m glad it’s over.’ I can connect Nothing with nothing. Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit Who are those hooded hordes swarming Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth Ringed by the flat horizon only

Holy fuck I get why this is so loved. This is incredible. It is deeply sad, glowing electronic beams like an aurora punching through deep movements of bass and a slightly discordant voice that captures something about the beautiful and strange suffering of life. This is a bit of an our of body experience, looking down at yourself when you are either really high, orgasming, or near death experience. Moves between something incredibly smooth and shoegaze heaviness, choral wquality all at once.

My favorite Radiohead album. And to be honest all their other albums are great too.

Me gusta mucho este álbum, es una experiencia envolvedora

LLLLOOOVVVEEEE

I believe I first knew of this via the opening scene of Vanilla Sky, where Everything in its Right Place filled the theater with music that was wonderful. So I found the full album and fell in love with it. It’s still great — the whole thing has a vibe that just grabs me. My fave Radiohead album by far.

What is this marvel!?

Masterpiece. A thousand and one meticulously chosen sounds orchestrated into a perfectly layered aural fabric that transcends the individual compositions. This is my personal favorite from their exceptional catalog. To me it’s the true heyday of sonic daring from the zenith of everyone in the band’s investiture in the overall output, a period that ran from OK Computer to Amnesiac. “How To Disappear Completely”, my personal favorite, still holds as possibly the finest song they’ve ever recorded. I’ll stop short of going track by track to detail the genius strokes in each, which I could totally do. I don’t have to do that though because it is the thematic and musical cohesion of the whole that truly makes this as a masterpiece of the album art form.

Five bags of popcorn and an Ondes Martenot.

One of my first times obsessing over a “new” album is when Kid A was released. It didn’t feel like a betrayal of what Radiohead had been before — it felt like they were finally embracing their true selves. From the first notes of Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A is as captivating of a complete experience as you’re likely to find in music. National Anthem is hypnotic and explosive, then How to Disappear Completely is quietly devastating. I tried to listen with fresh ears, which is tough for an album I’ve known inside and out for a quarter century. It helped me see In Limbo as a great song in its own right rather than the bridge between Optimistic and Idioteque. I’ve never been as over the moon about Idioteque or Motion Picture Soundtrack as some fans, but they’re both great songs. More importantly, they give the album different textures while still keeping it feeling cohesive. I definitely gravitate toward In Rainbows more lately (honestly since October of 2007), but Kid A is a towering achievement and proof for any band out there that wants to ‘zig’ when the world expects you to ‘zag’ that being true to yourselves keeps the art honest. It’s the only way to survive and still create a masterpiece.

Automatic 5 star. This is my favorite Radiohead album by a huge margin. It came during my senior year of high school and I saw them in concert right before I left for college. I will always associate this album with change, growing up, and experimentation. Maybe it's just me projecting, but I feel like the same could be said about Radiohead's sound with this album.

Great

Masterpiece.

Such a joyful experience listening to a whole Radiohead album. I had listened to some songs every once but never took the time to dedicate to the complete experience of an EP. I always appreciate innovation and really liked what I read about them unsatisfied of their previous sound and wanting to explore something else.

Clásico atemporal

En eller två veckor innan Kid A släpptes kom Håkans debut, jag köpte båda samtidigt i Lund, dit jag pendlade från Halmstad då. Jag gick ner till Swebus och skulle åka hem, la Håkan i cd-freestylen och bussen rullade norrut. Vi vet ju alla hur Håkan lät, det blev en fin popstund. Lagom till att bussen rullar genom moten i utkanten av Helsingborg är det dags att byta skiva. Det har mörknat, gatljus flimmrar, bilstrålkastare, hamnen och järnvägsräls utanför rutan. Jag trycker på play... Första låten, det går nån halvminut, jag trycker på stopp och sen play från början igen, och samma procedur igen och igen. Jag tror att skivan hackar, att cd-freestylen gett upp, att jag fått ett måndagsexemplar av cdn, nåt är fel. Det sätter griller i huvudet på mig, det tar säkert sex sju gånger innan jag låter skivan gå, innan jag fattar att det är så här det var tänkt att låta. Jag glömmer det aldrig. Tror ingen första lyssning på ett album har etsat sig fast och förvridit min syn på musik på ett enda ögonblick så som Kid A. Rocknrollen var verkligen äntligen död. Kontexten för Kid A är oerhört viktig. Motvilligt hade Radiohead blivit nya tidens U2 genom sitt ambitiösa album Ok computer med två superhits i arenaballaderna “Karma police“ och “No surprises", det var inget någon räknat med. En ändlös själadödande mastodontturné följde som finns skildrat i den utmärkta turnéfilmen Meeting people is easy. Efter det gav skivbolaget dem absolut konstnärlig frihet och obegränsade resurser och tid för nästa skiva, en perfekt formel för att kväva och ta kol på vilket band som helst. Tystnaden var kompakt, ingen visste vad som försigick i studion. Kom ihåg att detta är en annan tid, musikpressen (i synnerhet den brittiska) var oerhört viktig, skivbolagens budgetar har aldrig varit större med PR-maskineriet som en hörnsten och stora rockbands skivreleaser var världshändelser. Kid A kom ut utan något smakprov, ingen singel, inga videos, ingen PR, inga intervjuer, ingen utanför studion hade hört en ton. Tur var väl det, hade skivbolaget fått nys om vad Radiohead kokat ihop hade det nog dragits i nödbromsar. Plötsligt låg den bara där på skivdiskarna med ett märkligt futuristiskt omslag och en apart titel. Bandet, ja dom höll fortsatt tyst. Radiohead hade gjort rock som lät som Aphex Twin eller Autechre. Kid A är den mest vågade och halsbrytande vändning ett stort rockband någonsin gjort. Det är ett kommersiellt självmord, ett konstnärligt genidrag och ett påtagligt utmanande av sin publik man aldrig har sett maken till. Man kan inte annat än att applådera. Kid A är snårig, febrig, ibland närmast irriterande och alldeles alldeles underbar. Den lyckas med att vara minimalistisk och storslagen på samma gång. Skev men melodiös musik som irrar runt bland labyrintartade rytmer. Och mitt i allt finns en spröd vacker sång om hur det känns att stå på en scen och känna hur man sakta håller på att upplösas och alieneras. Jag har alltid tolkat Kid A som en vass och delvis ironisk kritik mot musikindustrin och rockbandsfenomenet i synnerhet. Kid A är ett stort jävla långfinger upp i röven på dem som trodde man kunde göra Radiohead till ett nytt U2, såväl musikaliskt, som temamässigt som hur man behandlade lansering osv. Efterföljande systerskivan Amnesiac som kom bara ett drygt halvår senare är inspelad under samma session och när man lyssnar på dom i följd är det tydligt att Radiohead valt ut det som är draget längst till Kid A, den är mer utmanande och extrem. Amnesiac är också bra men blir samtidigt som det mellanmjölkiga syskonet i jämförelse. Tydligast blir detta i "Morning bell" som finns i olika versioner på båda skivorna. Kid A är futuristisk rockmusik, för nånstans är det fortfarande rockmusik. Det är ett av 2000talets viktigaste album och troligen det bästa. Det är nog också albumet som slutligen verkligen tog död på rocken så som vi kände den på 1900talet. Jag vet för min del att det är väldigt få traditionella rockalbum efter Kid A som varit speciellt spännande, nån BRMC, nån War On Drugs, kanske ett par till, men dom är oerhört få. Jag hade Kid A på sjätte plats när vi körde världens bästa skivor. Jag har ingen anledning att omvärdera det markant idag, den skulle lätt vara på topp tio även idag. Det är en av mina starkaste upplevelser av rocknusik på skiva. Ett modigt och än idag fascinerande mästerverk.

Para mí, Kid A no es un álbum que escuchás de fondo: es un álbum que te mete en una atmósfera rara y medio incómoda, pero que igual te atrapa. Siento que rompe totalmente con lo que venían haciendo antes, como que dejan lo más “rock” y se van a algo mucho más experimental, electrónico y hasta frío. Al principio puede parecer medio caótico o difícil de entender, pero con el tiempo le encontrás sentido. No es un disco de hits claros, sino más bien de sensaciones: hay momentos que te generan ansiedad, otros que son súper introspectivos, y algunos directamente te dejan como en un limbo. Canciones como “Everything In Its Right Place” o “Idioteque” tienen algo hipnótico, repetitivo, que te termina envolviendo. Y después tenés temas más tranquilos como “How to Disappear Completely” que son directamente emocionales, tipo te pegan sin avisar. Siento que Kid A habla mucho de desconexión, de sentirse perdido o deshumanizado, y eso lo hace bastante actual incluso hoy. No es fácil de escuchar, pero justamente eso es lo que lo hace tan distinto y valioso. En resumen: no es un álbum para todos los días, pero cuando entrás en su mundo, no salís igual

This Radiohead album probably took me the longest to like, but when I finally understood it, it hit me like an icy hug. It's tough because individually track for track, Kid A is not very good. But as a collective project, it serves as an absolute staple in the electronic rock genre. What it stands for (at least for me) is a beautiful depiction of alienation and paranoia. The emotion it spews gives vibes of comfort, like everything is falling apart yet everything is going to be all right. The transitions are also so underrated on some tracks. What I'd say the biggest flaw is how long the tracks tend to drag, especially Idioteque, National Anthem, and Optimistic. The beginning and ending songs however are top 10 opening and closing tracks of all time contenders. Holy shit not only are these songs exquisitely constructed, but the placement of the tense bouncy synths that the opener shoots at you right away, and the gorgeous eruption that closes the record are just so perfectly placed. Great album as a whole, little iffy track for track, but I really like the CD case.

What a departure from OK Computer. I have the utmost respect for creatives who refuse to rest on their laurels. It would have been understandable if Radiohead had simply attempted to create an OK Computer 2, if not surprising based on what we know about them now. Instead they chose to push themselves, keeping many elements of their sound but using them in a completely different way. Here they create a bizarre combination of their outstanding art rock base, forays into electronica, and a heavy dose of ambient soundscapes to craft a world that is both atmospheric and a bit haunting, at times. The record starts on the highest of notes with the opener, which I was surprised to recognize the beginning of. The use of the supernatural-sounding vocals with the synths creates a wonderfully strange array for Yorke to sing over, with these elements cutting in and out, always keeping the listener on their toes. I found the title track to be a bit more plodding and less satisfying but builds nicely towards the end. The National Anthem is a standout, sporting a killer bassline written by Yorke when he was just 16. It’s the perfect backdrop, along with the epic drums, for the chaotic explosion that is to come. I have no words for the moments when the horns enter. If this wasn’t enough, How to Disappear Completely is next, a track so emotive and beautiful in both the vocals and the backing instrumentation. I felt the way the different string instruments are used to create both the sweeping sections and the ambient atmosphere on this one to be brilliant. Treefingers offers a nice break after the weight of the previous track, sounding like a breathtaking open-world video game. Things settle into a nice groove heading into the back half. The excellent, driving Optimistic concludes with a smooth outro that abruptly transitions into In Limbo but somehow manages to sound like it all might be part of the same song with the jazzy part dropping significantly in volume and a woozy keyboard taking over and guiding another sweet track paired with a slow, buzzing guitar line. Idioteque, one of the most experimental tracks, has been one of the hitches for me. The sample and drum machine combination are weird and super creative, I just haven’t connected with this one as much as it lacks the beauty of some of the others, aside from Yorke’s vocal performance, which offers some powerful moments, as it often does here. This one is growing on me slowly though, and does, however, present another wonderful transition into Morning Bell, which is in some ways unassuming, but well executed and a good warm-up for Motion Picture Soundtrack. This glittery closer provides the emotional release the album feels as if it requires, as the tight grip the project holds over the listener, keeping them in this foreign world, loosens and falls away. This was an experience unlike many others that I’ve heard in terms of the atmosphere it builds and the creativity used to do so. I have no questions as to why this isn’t for everyone, but I appreciate that a band on top didn’t take the easier route and make something that would be. That is the difference between a great musical act and a special one, for me. I wasn’t around to speak for the perception or impact of the band at the time, but how I see it is that OK Computer proved Radiohead was capable of the incredible, while Kid A cemented them as legends. I had every intention of giving this a 4 but I think the fact I felt compelled to describe my appreciation for this album in such detail is a sign. 3 listens Favorite Tracks: The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Everything In Its Right Place, Optimistic, Motion Picture Soundtrack, In Limbo

Crazy album heard it so many times They way you fill when u listen to this album is amazing not a singel bad song on this one and the album clicks together perfectly, it really hes a futuristic feel to it already on the first seconds i feel like im on a spaceship. Ofcourse its Radiohead In my opinion their most complete and life changing piece of work

It’s a good album, it has no songs you’d want to skip and it’s a good collection to have as an album

Альбом понравился, это был новый опыт, так как обычно я не слушаю музыку в таком жанре

Okay, I get it.

Stands the test of time beautifully

Completely flew me off, was not expecting liking an album this much.

One of my desert island discs. Unparalleled

Man, do I love Radiohead. No notes.

Weird and I love it. You have to be in the mood for it though.

Purposely cold and Immaculate. Still a classic

!!!!!!!⚡️

Great album !

Stunning, beautiful, gorgeous. Of course it's inspired by a lot of other artists, but this was one of the first times experimentation hit the mainstream. And plus pretty much every track is sublime.

sin nada que decir ... radiohead

Sonidos de otro mundo, otro mundo que parece ser nuestra propia mente y cuando solo escuchamos las voces dentro de ella

Holy moly. Was never a Radiohead guy but these headphones, man…. What an incredible album. Easiest 5/5 so far

Peak

Any musicians who innately understand that the bass and drums are what makes “Tomorrow Never Knows” work know what the fuck they’re doing. Jeebus, Kid A is a good album.

A truly great album. So soft and heavy at the same time. Today is an extremely cloudy and rainy day so this fit like a glove. Nothing about this was virtouso or show-offy - completely in the opposite direction. Definitely a revelation for me, even though I gave Radiohead a listen from time to time. I think i need to give this a proper listen and a read of the lyrics. Favs: - Everything in its right place - How to disappear completely - Idioteque

still nobody sounds like them

I’ve heard some songs before, but never the whole album. And it’s fantastic. Even the weird interlude things are enjoyable. I’m not sure if it’s the progenitor of the electronica sound that’s now commonplace, but by god, it’s an absolute masterclass in it.

get ur headphones on bc hes gunna be all around u :] nice so far god that was beautiful

The Bends is still my favourite and my go-to Radiohead album - I do like my loud guitar rock and maybe not quite as into my electronica. But this is a really interesting album - always seems to give different things to the listener on return listens. Find the first half slightly stronger than the second. Probably somewhere around 4.5 stars for me and I always seem to round up, so it's up to 5 stars. It's better than some of my 4 star albums too.

Most excellent!

This deserves a 5. So many sounds are happening here but not in an overwhelming manner. Hearing this in 2000 must have been absolutely mind blowing, especially so if you were monthly listening to rock music at the time. What a bold move to make this.

El mejor álbum de rock experimental

This is one of my favourite albums from one of my favourite bands. How to Disappear Completely is one of my favourite songs; it's also one of Thom Yorke's favourite. Masterpiece!

How do you follow up an album like "OK Computer"? The expectations on Radiohead were massive after their commercial and critical success. So much so that they were billed as the band that would save rock music. Combined with burnt-out from touring and press and Radiohead very nearly ended there. Front man Thom Yorke had no appetite for any of it and pushed the band to experiment with electronic music. His bandmates were wary of the plans but agreed to try it his way, though not all of them connected with the music of Aphex Twin and Autechre, the way Yorke did. It's a miracle that this album was ever finished. But the truth is, it was an honest expression of who they were at that time. "OK Computer Part 2" would have been doomed to failure. It was only by doing something radically different that they could keep going. Not that it was easy. Fans were fiercely divided. Confused critics mostly derided the change in direction. But some fans (like me) were beyond excitement. If you were already a fan of Radiohead and Warp Records, the combination was absolutely incredible. I had already been in love with an earlier experimental ambient song of theirs called "Meeting in the Aisle" and I desperately wanted more. Within the first few seconds of "Everything In Its Right Place", I knew this was the album I'd been hoping for. The excitement never faded and I still love this album today more than almost any other. Many more fans would come to appreciate it later after hearing the companion album "Amnesiac" and today it's widely celebrated. The unusual lyrics are cut up and nonsensical, utilizing Yorke's voice for the sound more than meaning. But meaning still comes through, mainly about how weary he was during this era. Lyrics like "I'm not here, this isn't happening" and "the best you can is good enough" are mantras trying to keep himself calm, which surely anyone can relate to at some point in their lives. "Yesterday I woke up sucking on lemon" reflects the tireness of touring and singing. The weight of the world nearly crushes them but they found a way out in a tiny corner of experimental electronic music where they could escape the pressure of being rock's heroes and make something beautiful without precedent. This is an easy one for me. Definitely 5 stars as it was the very first time I listened to it.

This really opened doors for me to enjoy music similar to this

Yeah, it’s perfect. Fuck Radiohead. Free Palestine.

Fav band at the moment

I've listened to this album at least one hundred times. Lovely.

I could only imagine how this sounded in 2001

How lucky was I to be a teenager when some of these albums were coming out; you feel things so powerfully when you’re that age that everything is beautiful and life changing. But damn, this album is beautiful and life changing.

AMAZING, ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

Absolute top tier. Took me a while to get into when I first bought but eventually became a favourite, what balls to move so drastically from what worked on OK Computer. One of the great bands

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Radiohead är nästan sin egna gengre och Kid A kan vara dess peak, är 100% . Det är atmosfäriskt och vackert, skaver och är lite udda på rätt sätt. Bäst är How to disapear comletly och Idioteque men allt är egentligen bra. En solklar 5a.

Review - despite everything about me, demographically speaking, suggesting I should be the world's biggest Radiohead fan, I'd actually not really listened to them much before now. I'm ashamed to say that this album is unironically one of the best albums ever made. Ashamed to be so boringly in lock step with my demographic. I guess white guys of a certain age just have to like Radiohead - there is no fighting it. It's not at all a rock album which is probably part of why I never delved into it when younger. It's also not really much like other electronic music of the era - despite being influenced by Warp Records artists, the similarities feel superficial. It's something different, even today it's something different, and that's what's so great about it. This challenge has made me realise how unusual popular rock music has been for a long, long time. Just like some of the odder albums from the '80s this challenge has thrown at me, this album went to #1 at both sides of the Atlantic. I'd clearly never given mainstream audiences enough credit. It also reframes for me the current (at time of writing) success of Geese, as just being the latest in a long tradition of artsy rock being what the masses secretly want. And again, at least part of this album was recorded in an Anglican church - we're at at least 3 albums now by my count. Rating - 9.5/10 Need to hear? YES

When this came out I thought Radiohead was over, because I didn't get it. They were actually just beginning! Absolute masterpiece.

Only two skips but very good album

This album is such a mood and a beautiful listen. An important album that brought music to the 21st Century and deserving of the title as Radiohead's best if you aren't putting OK Computer above.

I told a friend of mine my favorite Radiohead album so far was In Rainbows. He asked if I heard Kid A yet. I said no. He said, "Ah, that's why." God, I hate proving him right.

Um álbum muito fixe, com uma sonoridade própria. Top.

Jeg er total grebet af lyden. Det er et ret unikt album som kan bruges på til et aktivt lyt, men også som baggrunds tapet. Store lydflader, og ørehængere. Jeg er ikke færdig med at lytte! Jeg vågnede op imens jeg suttede på en citron den anden dag.... 🤔

Mesterværk hvor alt er på sin rigtige plads

4.5

Simply one of the best. A top 30 for me. Maybe I’ll get the vinyl.

Album that grew on me after hearing most of it live. If I could choose an album from Radiohead’s catalogue, this one wouldn’t have been a top choice until recently. The first track of the album perfectly summarizes the experience it promises the audience; everything in its right place.

Extremely cohesive album, everything fits and flows together so well. Very futuristic sounding but it doesn't sound annoying. Another very colorful album that sounds very interesting and keeps you coming back for more.

Amazing album... Motion Picture Soundtrack never gets any less haunting and beautiful. HTDC is always a fav, as well as Idioteque. In Limbo is good as well, and I also love the ending "Untitled" track a lot---perfect ambient ending to the album. BUT I hate Morning Bell, I can't stand the way Thom sounds on that track. That's my only qualm with the album.

So good I listened to it two times in a row. God damn, man. Would I listen again: Obviously Deserves to be on this list: Yep 5

music is love

Everything in it's right place here. An absolute masterpiece.

i mean its a classic like i dont usually associate myself with these types of albums but its truly beautiful

Alright. I love this album, but full disclosure: if this was my first listen i would have given it a 3, tops. This was a cd I bought because of the glowing reviews...back when cds were $20. So, having invested all this money, what was I going to do? Not listen to it? I remember when it finally clicked. I was on a Greyhound bus, half asleep, listening on my discman. And then suddenly I was awake, thinking "oh, I like Kid A now." This is a somewhat common experience for me. Somehow, half-asleep me is more receptive to music. Are there other albums I'd rather listen to? Yes, of course. This record is depressive as hell. It's not even my favorite Radiohead record. But it's also really really good, and fives don't cost anything baby. I gave "Appetite for Destruction" a five, and I listen to "Kid A" more than I listen to that one. "Kid A" is the exact opposite album of "Appetite for Destruction," so much so that I'm pretty sure I'm the first person in history to mention the two records in the same sentence. But one cannot exist without the other. Yin and yang, etc. Five stars!

An amazing album, experimental sound overall, different. I felt like I was in a cyberpunk world.

I get that people think Thom Yorke sounds kinda whiney, but all the other aspects of the songs on this album overshadow that aspect to me and make it a great listen.

Love them

Belle découverte. J’ai hésité avec un 4 mais la perception se bonifie au fur et à mesure des écoutes

19/20 Je connaissais Radiohead de nom, mais je n'avais jamais pris le temps d'écouter ce qu'ils faisaient. Une grave erreur dont j'aurais pourtant pu me prémunir en faisant le lien entre Thom Yorke et Radiohead. En tout cas, une excellente découverte, avec de très belles sonorités. L'album est a la fois pris d'une très belle unité, sans pour autant que les différentes musiques de ressemblent. On est loin du rock classique qu'on pourrait imaginer, ça donne presque l'impression de tendre vers l'électro Et de manière tout a fait étonnante, c'est un album qui malgré 26 ans, n'a pas pris une ride. Ce fut un délice à écouter, et ça me donne envie de découvrir les autres albums du groupe.

A singular masterpiece. Outside of Dark Side of the Moon it’s hard to think of bigger rock album that’s as firmly weird and eschews traditional rock elements throughout like Kid A does. It’s the moment Radiohead left the guitars mostly on the ground and launched into outer space to communicate with other, more advanced lifeforms. Kid A still sounds like the future, quite a feat for an album that is over a quarter century old now. It starts out with one of the all time great opening notes: as soon as that 5-note intro plays on Everything In Its Right Place you just know this is something different, as if those notes are some kind of code. I’m not sure where it ranks on my album list for Radiohead, but I know it’s top-tier along with OK Computer, The Bends, and In Rainbows. If it’s not my favorite among these, there’s probably an objective argument that Kid A is Radiohead’s most unique and forward looking artistic statement.

Amazing textures, super super interesting sounds, and very experimental, which makes the album feel very distant and cold while also “easy” and almost catchy to listen to? How is that possible? The National Anthem is such an awesome song. And so are How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, and Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Kid A is one of my favourite albums by radiohead, which initself is one of my favourite bands. So theres no surprises about where I'm rating this. The cohesion and placement of each song, Everything is in its right place you might say, the album really came together (almost like a jigsaw falling into place) so satisfyingly. Aside from the awful puns, this albums such a satisfying listen, i can't think of a track i'd rate less than a 7/10 on here. Its experimental and the ambience it creates is magical, especially with the equipment they had at the time to produce this. Some of the best tracks are:How to disapear completely, treefingers, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Kid A. Amazing listen.

I know I'm gonna be the minority here, but screw it: I love this album. Always did. As I've said in other reviews, I can't put my fellow reviewers into my head at age 15 and make those memories/associations for them, but musically I think it holds up beautifully. Yes, they took a left turn and demanded a lot from their fans after the radio friendly guitar-driven rock "OK Computer", etc etc we all know the story, but I think this album STILL sounds like the future. To make a paranoid, claustrophobic synth and sample-driven pastiche like this in 2000 is one thing, but to have it age as gracefully as it has into 2026 shows its true brilliance. Bias admitted, this is one of my favorite bands, and I think "Everything in its Right Place" is one of my favorite Radiohead songs and best album openers. If you lay down, get some good speakers/headphones, and listen to this album, you will open your eyes when its over wondering what the hell you just listened to, in the best way. It's like a guided meditation or reading a really dense book, not for multi-tasking or listening out of context. Also - the first time you hear "The National Anthem"....come on. Mind blower

Peaks w no valley

I was just listening to this yesterday unprompted. From the moment ‘Everything In Its Right Place’ kicks off, this album takes you on a ride. Crazy to think they got from The Bends to here with one album in between. I’ll always respect Radiohead for seemingly constantly evolving.

‘Kid A’ remains one of the most audacious and rewarding albums of the 21st century, and the magnum opus of the Radiohead canon. I can see why people were bewildered when it first arrived: it was such a departure for Radiohead, even though, in many ways, it wasn’t. Upon release, it confounded fans and critics alike, feeling like a radical shift from the guitar-driven alt-rock of ‘OK Computer’, yet unmistakably Radiohead at its core. Its blend of electronics, ambient textures, and subtle rock instrumentation creates a soundscape that is at once alien and deeply human. The album rewards repeated listening. Hidden motifs, glitchy rhythms, and the interplay between Thom Yorke’s voice and the band’s arrangements (many of which were shaped by Jonny Greenwood’s textures) gradually reveal themselves, and the more you listen, the more the album grows in depth and nuance. Tracks like ‘Everything In Its Right Place’, ‘How to Disappear Completely’, and the title track ‘Kid A’ carry a timeless melancholy, while others such as ‘The National Anthem’ and ‘In Limbo’ explore tension, unease, and experimental layers of sound. ‘Treefingers’ offers a moment of serene, ambient reflection, whilst ‘Optimistic’ provides a more straightforward rock structure, balancing the album’s more demanding moments. More than twenty years on, ‘Kid A’ has not only stood the test of time but also influenced a generation of artists, proving that bold departures can become enduring masterpieces. It remains strange, compelling, and endlessly absorbing, a record that invites patience and curiosity, but continues to feel startlingly fresh decades later.

Yup

Solid ambient soundscapes

Broccoli dipped in honey

Radiohead is always the vibe

those who know me know how I feel about my Radiohead 🤓

Ugh I love Radiohead and this is my favorite album of theirs. “Everything In It’s Right Place” is an all time favorite song in general. Other highlights for me are “How to Disappear Completely”, “Optimistic”, and “Untitled”. Truly a masterpiece as far as I’m concerned. A billion trillion stars.

Hi. I only knew one thing about Radiohead and that was "Creep". Banger, but completely gave me the wrong idea of the vibe of their more extended works, so I never looked into it. Now to this album. This gave me STRONG "this directly influenced Everything Everything" notes and I LOVE Everything Everything. Absolutely top tier from the go. Weird, unique, artful, compelling. OK ok I get it now. @EE don't worry you guys are still my number one 😘

Album No. 0150 on my list. "Kid A" is the 2nd Radiohead album on my list. I had not listened to it in a while, but I knew that Radiohead would become the first artist on my list with two 5 stars albums, because this has been a favorite of mine for a long time and certainly deserves its status as one of the most important albums of the 21st century. "Kid A" is an incredibly good album. It represents a strong stylistic shift from its predecessor "OK Computer" (which is probably my favorite album of all time). Where Radiohead transcended the boundaries of rock music with "OK Computer" (and put a nail in the coffin of Britpop, for better and for worse), on Kid A, they left genre boundaries altogether. This is an electronic music album, but also a Jazz album, and nevertheless a rock album as well. "Kid A" is avant-garde in the best sense of the word, but it's still incredibly catchy, (relatively) accessible and intense. As with all Radiohead albums (at least since "OK Computer"), this is also incredibly well produced and sounds really good. Kid A contains one of Radiohead's most famous songs ("Everything In It's Right Place", a electro-prog-rock hymn), the possibly saddest song of all time ("How To Disappear Completely"), one of the greatest bass lines ever made ("The National Anthem"), and so much more cool stuff. These songs are dark, they are personal, they are political, they are powerful, they're progressive, and they're even a little fun sometime. I'm not sure whether "Kid A" is my favorite album of this century, but it's certainly in the top 3, and it certainly is one of the most important music albums ever made. I get why it may have divided fans at the time and did pose a challenge to the band during the recording process. But after more than 25 years, one can see that "Kid A" is a milestone in the bands' career, saving Radiohead from becoming "just" another rock band without much innovation (what improvement to their rock music could they have made after "OK Computer"). They would probably have been dead-set of disbanding at some point. Instead, Kid A helped them cement their image as one of the most important, most innovative, most iconic bands of all time, one that transcends genres and creates something new with each of their albums. It's probably not least to this album that the band is still going strong today. I will add "Everything In It's Right Place", "The National Anthem", "How To Disappear Completely", "Optmistic", "Idiotique", and "Morning Bell" to my playlist. Could have added the whole album as well, each song is unique and good in its own way. I'm glad I've had the opportunity to listen to this again. Such good stuff, already looking forward to "Amnesiac", which is kinda an extension of this album. 5/5 stars - of course!

Hard to understate how big of a departure this one felt like at the time as Radiohead continued their musical journey. A brilliant and bold work, ditching the radio-friendly singles entirely and delivering a beautiful haunting music scape that never ceases to draw me in.

Damn I guess I’m just a Radiohead fan now because I loved this album. So atmospheric and a total vibe. Listened to this one a few times today, I couldn’t get enough!

One of the most hypnotic albums ever. I can remember hearing it in the 90s, exactly where I was and the scenery in my view. And I've listened to it countless times since. It's still unlike any album i know (except for maybe a Bowie or two), defying classification.

I like this album a lot. But I also am biased due to knowing a lot more about its influence than have listened to it. Is it a 5 for me? Maybe it’s a 4.5 but I think it deserves 5.

Radiohead are one of my favourite bands and seeing them live was a bucket list moment for me so you know where this is going. TBH I do prefer Amnesiac and In Rainbiws though. This is one for putting on the headphones, lying back and letting the music wash over you. It’s no wonder.that Jonny Greenwood has become an acclaimed film soundtrack composer

Another great album from Radiohead. Has many great songs.

Such a great album. Didn't expect anything from it, but it hit my mood very well. Will relisten it 100%.

Yeah..... maybe the radiohead guys r onto something

Surprise surprise, I’m a white dude in my 30’s and I love Radiohead.

space vibes

Already a huge fan. 10/10 revolutionary record and perhaps the greatest curveball in pop music history. Fav tracks: Everything in its right place (opening notes are one of my favorite synth sounds ever), Ideoteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack (absolutely mental organ arrangement that could go toe to toe with the all-time great classical composers), How to Disappear Completely (amazing strings and truly devastating piece of escapism). Least fav: In Limbo/Morning Bell get a little too surreal for me at times but are perfect when in the right mood for an atmospheric listen.

Love this album

Peak

áspero, gutural e extremamente condoído. melhor ainda se vc ouvir chapado

Great album - from start to finish.

This might just be the essential Radiohead album.

I used to not get Radiohead but I'm starting to really enjoy this stuff. Cool how they went full electronic on this one pretty much. Idioteque is a great track. Guess I'm a Radioheadhead now.

radiohead always ❤️

Kid A feels like music made for deep thoughts, songs that were written to be understood rather than simply listened to. The entire album sounds like a long dream that lingers in your mind, each moment being defined by the various shifts in tone through the tracks.

Ach radiohead, ach lisa...c

this album is 10/10 no words one of my favourites

Exceptional album, but not quite as good as OK COMPUTER imo

Peak

Firstly, I was just listening to this yesterday. This is my definitive winter album, so when a record snow storm rolled in, it was inevitable I listened. It’s transportive, haunting, alien, futuristic, and depressing as hell. Kid A isn’t my definitive favorite of theirs, but it’s close. This album showed that Radiohead was a one of a kind band capable of pushing music forward.

Ya lo escuche lo amo

Without listening to it — don’t need to, know it by heart — this is a five star album. Musically, it’s pretty great. And like most Radiohead albums, each song is a distinctive artistic experience full of interesting creative decisions and experiments. It’s not their best work musically, however, but maybe the most compelling? (My phone autocorrected “complete” to “compelling” and I think that the latter is the better word.) Radiohead uniquely seems like they crackle with this supernatural precognitive energy that goes beyond a progression sound but also weirdly predicts the future. OK Computer didn’t overly talk about the isolation and loneliness that technology would bring us — it had you actually experience it, like it pulled you away from reality. Chuck Klosterman wrote that Kid A predicted 9/11, in the sense that the album emotes the experiences immediately before and after that day. If you agree, and I kinda do, how the fuck did Radiohead do that? How do you listen to them and not feel like you’re in another dimension or staring at aliens?

literally feel like I’m transcending the second this album starts with everything in its right place. So much of what’s on here gives me actual chills. The amount of cool synths in this is awesome. Something about this album feels so existential, like I would play this if I knew the world was gonna explode or I was in a spaceship about to crash or something. This isn’t necessarily a pleasant listening experience, especially with weird stuff like the title track thrown in there, but it all builds on the atmosphere of the album perfectly anyways. Even some of the more ambient tracks, like treefingers, feel perfectly executed. Fav songs: everything in its right place, how to disappear completely, morning bell

- you kidding me????

Radio head is always top tier

I had already listened to this album, but decided to relisten to better ascertain a written opinion on it, and I will say it was a delightful relisten. Kid A is a sharp right turn in Radiohead's sound from their previous OK Computer, and is executed flawlessly, containing a blend of electronic ambient noises, as well as more harsh sounding parts. Not many artists can swap genres like that that quickly, but Radiohead manages to accomplish that and then some. It should also be noted that I own this album physically, so my praise for it was spoken well before this relisten. This album gets a 10/10 from me.

better than ok computer i'll stand by it until i die

Hard to not be biased as they are my favourite band, but this was a huge moment for me as a musician to be exposed to this album. Will always be one of my favourites

Gelukkig heb ik dit live meegemaakt