Kid A

I see both sides with Radiohead. Especially with this album. It definitely is groundbreaking and makes me feel alot of things, but I can also acknowledge that Yorke sounds whiny af throughout. It kinda gets on my nerves and sometimes makes me dissociate. But maybe that's the point? idk Highlights: Everything In Its Right Place, Optimistic

not bad but too slow for me. like there was almost nothing in my ears.

I was a young lad when Radiohead released Kid A. At the time, it felt like Radiohead lost their way and I never gave this and subsequent Radiohead albums much thought. In retrospect, I hugely underappreciated this record. It takes balls to explore new sounds and take tour band in a different direction. This is definitely an album that aged well.

This sounds like the music that cool kids from the 90s would listen to. It's obviously technically amazing and Thom Yorke is a world class musician, but this album was way to "experimental" for my tastes, and just sounds like noise in too many parts. I loved the vocals, and "How to Dissapear Completely" was my favourite showcase of that.

Just amazing. The song Kid A is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. Nothing sounds like that. It’s nostalgic and exotic at the same time. I usually skip the last three songs whenever I listen to this album. Idioteque is just such a high not for me that the next songs don’t quite fit, but they’re still pretty good for what they are.

Just didn't hit like it has for me before. Maybe I will feel differently later.

Much more going for it than the previous Radiohead offering from last week, but still not really hitting for me. Sometimes if you squint you ears, sounding like an early Elbow

loved!

Radiohead still is that kind of Band where I would listen to a complete best of album but not to the normal albums with exceptions

Album 46/1001. Listened 7/13/2026. It's OK, just a little off what I normally like to listen to, maybe a little to far into EDM or prog rock for me. I might only be a fan of Radiohead's big hits (which is fine - I won't be shamed for having likes and dislikes).

Some of the most interesting sounds I heard in music.

Not a review of the album. Just a related story. One of the best musical experiences I ever had was one time listening to "Everything In It's Right Place". One day at the brewery where I work, this comes on the stereo and the strange acoustics of the space are... perfect... for this song. The sound filled the room in a strange 3d sonic sculpture. As you moved around the space, the different lines and instruments popped out in different spaces. It was fascinatingly a perfect representation of the song. Then the speakers got moved just a bit putting stuff in/out of storage, and I was never able to recreate the effect. We've added more tanks and it would now be completely impossible. But it was amazing once.

Reading how highly acclaimed this album is made me feel like I was losing my mind. Music is art and art is subjective but I still think there needs to be a baseline of listenability. Here the music is either dreadfully boring or unlistenable (robot sounds, circus sounds, etc.). Wikipedia tells me that Thom Yorke "wrote abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random." Maybe if this was 1001 puzzles to do before you die it would be more highly ranked for me.

I mean it's no Neil Young

I don't care if it's a little pretentious, I really like this album. Radiohead managed to effectively strike a balance between ethereal soundscapes and actual songs.

I kind of turned away from Radiohead after OK Computer, because I like songs. So it was good to listed to this open mindedly. Delicate synth melody lines, free jazz breakdowns, ambient electronica, even some songs. It's distant, heady, richly textured.

They make weird work beautifully here. Can’t beat the opening of the album, and the resonant, moving dissonance continues throughout.

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

I really liked it. Favorite tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Idioteque & Untitled.

Highlights: Optimistic, In Limbo, Idioteque, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Everything In Its Right Place (instrumentally) An interesting blend of different sounds and instrumentally quite varied and experimental at times. The vocals are very much a hit or miss for me and sometimes I prefer the tracks more instrumentally. The second half of the album definitely stands out more to me, even though the first few tracks are the famous ones.

Highlights: Everything in Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Optimistic, In Limbo, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack Very experimental and abstract, but it sounded really good so I had to find the will to read into the lyrics. Some were truly interesting and even ahead of their time. In that regard my favourites would be Anthem, Optimistic and Idioteque. They really nicely painted where the world was heading and it's just as fresh sounding as it was on its release.

Amazing album.

I have to admit I was a little disappointed with Kid A when it came out. I really liked OK Computer and I was expecting another big guitar record. It seemed like too much of a left turn at the time, but now it seems like a natural progression. I think it helped to hear these songs live and living amongst the OKC and Bends songs. I really liked Kid A now, but I still like OK Computer and In Rainbows a little bit more. 4.6

😖

BEST ALBUM EVER THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

yaaay I love Radiohead! I think I have listened to this album before but it was a long time ago. either way, so good. love this album.

UHH MITEN PEAKK 😔🙏 radioheadin 4./5. paras albumi?

Not a fan

just yuck

One of the greatest albums of all time. Makes my Radiohead top three.

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

EiIRP - Damn, what an intro banger. I love the way that the rhythms aren't necessarily just 4/4, just a good fuckin songs Kid A - Interesting, mellow vibe. Kinda doesn't hold up to EiIRP, but still good overall.

I’ve tried to get into Radiohead before with no luck (really just OK Computer), so I was skeptical going into this. Instrumentally this sounds really good. I read a lot about the band and this album after my first listen and learned this is a departure from their typical sound, but this electronic/rock fusion works and creates an almost eerie atmosphere tension. Lyrically I initially struggled here. The few times I listened to Radiohead I didn’t like Yorke’s voice and could barely understand what he was saying. I really immersed myself when listening this time, and the dark cryptic lyrics along with Yorke’s whiny voice compliment the instrumentals really well. Overall I really enjoyed this and am optimistic going into the more “mainstream” Radiohead albums on this list. Likes: Everything is in its Right Place; Kid A; The National Anthem; How to Disappear Completely; Idioteque; Motion Picture Soundtrack

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

Love Radiohead and love this album, but admittedly, Thom Yorke does sound a little whiny and droney at times. Amazing album nonetheless, and bookended by some absolute bangers. Everything in it's right place being a contender for best opening track ever!! 4.5/5 Top tracks: Everything in it's right place, How to disappear completely, Idioteque, Motion picture soundtrack.

For many the defining Radiohead album. It's good, but my pick is still ok Computer.

It’s Radiohead

Muy bueno

I kept waiting for the songs to start, but they refused. Each song was a long introduction to a very cool song that never arrived.

Eigentlich gut und nicht störend, aber trotzdem nicht meins

Never thought I cared much for Radiohead..... I was right.

a relisten for me. not my favorite radiohead but its still a great album. some real bangers on here. the synth work is really cool. favorite tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Optimistic, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack

I just can’t get into Radiohead. I want to. I’ve tried. It just never happens. I feel like the world is playing a cruel trick on me. So many people love them and I don’t think I’ll ever understand why.

Furchtbar

Very beautiful

number 1 on top

OMG - fuck these guys

absolutely hate radiohead

Ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming ice age cumming First album generated yay I don’t get how this is so critically acclaimed, Kid A is not the best at the experimental genre, especially the first 3 tracks because they are grating and don’t set the baseline for what the album is like well. Everything after that is pretty solid. I don’t hate this album as much as other people do but i still don’t quite like it and it’s one of my least favorite Radiohead albums. People just hate on Kid A just because it’s popular and just because they don’t like experimental music, for some reason whenever people write reviews of this album they act like they’ve never heard experimental or melancholy music in their LIFE and they curse the album for being relaxed and experimental. I’m not gonna lie this album is basically Radiohead just noodling, but it still has good highlights where the album doesn’t feel boring besides the first 3 tracks. Tracks like Idioteque and The National Anthem are filled with lots of substance and subtle things in their instrumentals, and even more relaxed songs like Motion Picture Soundtrack and How To Disappear Completely give you this amazing feeling of both relaxation and dread with their melancholic instrumentals. Highlights: How To Disappear Completely, The National Anthem, Treefingers, Idioteque, Optimistic, In Limbo, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Morning Bell - These songs capture the themes of the album perfectly and are the best showcases of what Radiohead could do on this album Lowlights: Everything In Its Right Place, and Kid A - Tracks that fit in with the other good ones but they still are boring because of their electronic beats that don’t go anywhere

a couple of really good ones but possibly my least favourite from them?

Absolute masterpiece.

Radiohead reaching peak weird, losing a star for the last half of The National Anthem

what... the.... fuck?

Ugh. It's almost good, or at least almost okay. But at the end of the day, it's just another 2 star album. 2

Beautiful arrangements, occasionally a little long

“the sculpture is already complete within the marble block before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.”

Kid A still sounds like music from the future about the past, made for the present—a low-hanging cloud of competing, dissonant emotions. It is alienating and anxiety-inducing, yet somehow Thom Yorke and company manage to draw you in with a beautifully ethereal, otherworldly sound. How to Disappear Completely and Motion Picture Soundtrack are two of my favorite songs of all time.

Checked this out from the library circa 2013, ripped it to my iPod, and then nothing was the same. My senior yearbook quote was a line from "How to Disappear Completely." If that's not a sign that you love an album, what is? My ninth-grade biology teacher once said of Kid A, "Why would I want to sit and listen to a bunch of beeps and boops?" I was filled with a rage akin to when the Steelers lose to the Ravens, and if that's not a sign that you love an album, what is? ("Beeps and boops" is less than stupid; it's deranged. I don't merely question the state of that teacher's brain; I also wonder about the state of his everlasting soul. He should be fired and buried, if he hasn't already. Only God can save him.) Thom and Co. run toward any and all contradictions and implode what it means to be a rock band. Instrumentals both cold and warm (listen to the keys on the opener). Electronic glitches both random and gateways to other worlds (listen to the last minute of "Idioteque"...the way the vocals get looped...the screeching in the distance...how the drum machine slowly falls apart). Structures both weird and pop (the "chorus" of "The National Anthem" is brass band train wrecks). Vocals and guitars both human and alien. This album drips with an isolation and anxiety and yearning for beauty and meaning that resonates even more today than it did when I would listen on the school bus in the morning as we wound our way across the empty fields of Huckleberry Land. "We've got heads on sticks...Rats and children, follow me out of town." I'm following...against my better instincts...I'm following.

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

Only really liked Idioteque. Not sure I’m a Radiohead fan.

2 Radiohead albums down and it’s still just not clicking with me. I know there’s a couple hits of theirs I like but as a whole package they’re probably just not for me.

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.

This is probably my least favourite Radiohead album. I just don't connect with it, although I do like Idioteque a lot.

Decent, not my cup of tea. Too experimental sounding First song is iconic

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.

Crazy cool sounds cape. Reminded me of a more rock Massive Attack

Listening to this for the first time I was not really impressed. I guess I prefer Radiohead's earlier works. To be fair, this kind of low energy album has never been my favorite so its not surprising.

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.

Avant garde: the album. National Anthem, Optimistic & Morning Bell are highlights, my here. I don't really care for the ambient avant garde one some of the songs, they do have interesting sounds. Idioteque has an interesting hip hop vibe to & Fingertrees is a nice instrumental. 3

I found this mind numbinglt boring

The bar was set high with Everything in its Right Place, but the potential wasn't met.

I like a few of their big hits but I just can’t get into Radiohead

Heavy hitter album this. Radiohead’s reinvention from good 90s rock band to something more transcendent. For an album that is old enough to be working a mid level job at an accounting firm, it still sounds incredibly fresh.

Really enjoyed the first song and none of the ones after

Great album if you are depressed and on a lot of drugs

Dull and repetitive.

I like Radiohead and I like this album. But you have to be in the right mood. It makes a great backing track to a focused work or study session.

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

Are they the most underground popular band? I like the ambient layering in this album. But as with noisy ambient songs in general, I don't think I can listen to 1 hour of this. Solid album, definitely a 4 because of its significance. I also don't think there should be 5 albums of Radiohead in this list.

Radiohead put out two of the greatest albums of all time, then said "Fuck all that" and did this and apparently it's perceived as their best work. I have tried to get into this several times during various stages of my life ever since it came out but it just does nothing for me. I don't like it a lot on its own merits but even less as a follow-up to OK Computer.

This album grows on me more all the time. Maybe not my favorite Radiohead album but only bc the bar is so high. It’s really freaking good, so atmospheric and layered and engrossing.

As time has gone by this has grown on me considerably. I still think OK Computer is a better album overall but this has moments of absolute beauty. I'm sure everyone is writing essays as to why its the greatest or worst thing they have ever heard. I will do the opposite. This is a very solid 4 star album. Perhaps challenging upon first listen especially if you were familiar with Radiohead prior to this.

Está bien. Tiene algunos temas que escucharía pero no es su mejor album

Why are all the Radiohead albums so... unpleasant? "Idioteque" made me want to tear my hair out. The rest was no better. This was actively annoying to listen to.

I didn't think I'd enjoy this. Really I thought I would hate it. But maybe that's exactly how I need to approach Radiohead albums bc it wasn't half bad. I didn't need to turn it down too much and only wanted 1-2 songs to end. HA! My husband will be happy to hear this.

One of my fav by Radiohead is a masterpiece.

Better than the last Radio Head album I listened to.

When I was 15, I fell in love with Radiohead. I heard the song High and Dry and realized that they were far more capable than the song Creep, which I never liked in the first place. I told my dad “this song is so sad” and he told me that Radiohead were one of the quintessential “sad” bands. Thus began my decade-long infatuation with this band, the most well-loved group by hipsters and other music hobbyists. Fake Plastic Trees was the first song I ever learned on guitar on my own. Radiohead was my first “favorite band” and me loving Radiohead became one of my known personality traits throughout high school. My love for them has cooled in recent years, but I still have a soft spot for them in my heart. Kid A, what is usually considered the pinnacle of the band’s lust for experimentation and a beautiful representation of artistic freedom, is a fucking disaster. I hate this shit. It’s completely disjointed, it’s bloated with cheap filler despite being less than 50 minutes long, and it’s nothing more than the band throwing at a dartboard while occasionally landing on the bullseye. Please listen to me. After the success of OK Computer, the band was given permission to do whatever the hell they wanted. A dream come true for most bands, but this initially felt like a limitation, as chief songwriter Thom Yorke was suffering from severe writer’s block. Yorke and his mental illness was, and still is, vastly underestimated by the general public as well as the fans. A man who despised being in the limelight was thrust into it over a few short years, and he got there by writing songs about his own mental illness. Now his managers were demanding he write more songs about his mental illness. Brutal. He was clearly worse for wear. This resulted in two major changes to the songwriting process. For one, there is almost no guitar on Kid A. Yorke had been listening almost exclusively to electronic music in search of a new creative spark. The entire band upended their foundational structure with some roles being changed or removed entirely, as Radiohead’s three guitarists were writing songs with zero guitar, and some songs had no drums for Phil. The other change is that he would write down strings of words on paper, cut them out, and assemble song lyrics by drawing them out of a hat. Classic dadaist move. An immensely popular band taking cues from that playbook is impressive, and I must respect it. But I don’t have to like it. Before this album, Radiohead often had lyrics that conveyed a sense of dystopia, hopelessness, or otherwise futile resistance. When the band finds a good tune, such as the interesting chord progression here, I find myself wishing they would back it up with more interesting, human lyrics. A juxtaposition between soulless instrumentation and intrinsically creative lyrics may be a chance to represent a human’s experience living in an evolving digital age, as Radiohead was at the time. At the time of Kid A’s release, the world had just narrowly avoided the Y2K “bug.” Much of the band’s marketing took advantage of the developing Internet technology. They knew how to write about the world in which they lived. And yet, on the iconic opening song "Everything in Its Right Place,” Yorke mutters “yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon / there are two colors in my head / what was that you tried to say.” That’s it. That’s the joke. Sometimes the band managed to strike gold. The first truly fantastic song on Kid A is How to Disappear Correctly. Lo and behold, it’s also the first song on the record that doesn’t have randomly assembled lyrics. It comes from a real experience Yorke had, one in which he was struggling to stay grounded and present while on a tour bus. He asked Michael Stipe of R.E.M fame for help. His response? Closing all the windows, shutting your eyes, and repeating to yourself “I’m not here. This isn’t happening.” Those two sentences form the basis of the song, along with string passages that are absolutely soaked in sorrow. There’s nothing robotic about it! It resonates entirely as human. Loneliness, alienation, invisibility. This lovely song represents one portion of how the album could sound if it had a stronger foundation of ideas, or a tighter structure. But it doesn’t, not in the slightest. This song is preceded by The National Anthem, whose selling point is an absolute traffic jam of a brass section and a bassline that Yorke wrote in middle school which, unfortunately, sounds like it was written in middle school. The song is then followed by Treefingers, a little ambient interlude, even though the album is so short that an interlude is unnecessary. There are satisfying songs on Kid A that are longer than Treefingers, a song in which nothing happens. It does not need to be there. While How to Disappear Completely showcases the human side of the record, another song demonstrates the robotic side to perfection. That would be Idioteque: a song built on samples, a sequenced beat, and the cut-up lyrical technique Yorke uses throughout the record. It’s a very interesting take on the sort of “club banger” track that would be worked into DJ sets across Europe. The lyrics here are just as jumbled as most other songs on the record, and even though they don’t mean anything, they feel like they do. “Ice age coming, ice age coming / Let me hear both sides / We’re not scaremongering / This is really happening.” Despite it being completely unintentional, it seems like an indication of their future work, especially on Hail to the Thief, the most overtly political of all their albums. Idioteque is an example of the other half of Kid A, the soulless mechanical side, working out very well. If only the whole album married this with the human side, but it doesn’t. Nearly every song leans too far to one side or the other. I firmly believe Kid A, even though it has a few fantastic Radiohead songs, is too disconnected and experimental for its own good. It feels like forcing something into existence when nothing had to be there at all. It’s equivalent to panning for gold. Sure, there’s some treasure to be found. But most of what you’ll find is a whole lot of dirt. Tl;dr I think the album mostly sucks, but it’s Radiohead so it’s still kinda good. Idioteque and Disappear kick ass. In Limbo sucks. Treefingers pointless. Best version of Morning Bell. Ends weird.

All the Radiohead stuff is here - the electronic sounds, the cacophany, the vocal whine. I have never liked this band and this album does nothing to change that.

Ambient rock; no stand out hits, but interesting soundscape; RS 500 - 3.64

Tight and nice flow, strong heavy songs and beautiful gentle songs. Nice album, good album Highlights: "Everything In Its Right Place", "The National Anthem", "Motion Picture Soundtrack"

This is the fourth Radiohead album I've been subjected to on this list. Like the previous three, I fucking hate it. I really don't understand why they are so heavily represented. They don't seem to offer much. Its all the same shit. There's not much to it. I would really like to have someone explain the appeal of this band because I don't get it. At all.

Sentí bastante existencialista y lo puedo describir como hermosamente apocalíptico

Very high peaks, but doesn't hold the level throught the whole thing, unfortunetaly. I liked it a lot nonthenless.

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.

I just didn’t quite vibe with this as an entire album. There are some exceptional moments of beautiful music in here, but I just didn’t find myself enjoying large portions of it. I generally do like what Radiohead I have heard. So maybe I just need to let this one marinate. But for now, I think it’s only a high 3/5 for me.

(6 estrellas)

Worst album I’ve ever heard

Break/through album for its time.

Chuvstvoto predi da pripadnesh ot nedospivane Ovhudvashto 8/11 pesni

I'm not here. This isn't happening. I'm not here. I'm not here. Except it did happen. And it sucked.

What was the fucking point of this?

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

Liked barely 2 songs from it

Nice.

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.

Sıkıldım, heyecan verici pek bir şey yoktu. Gece geç saatlerde dinlenebilir.

This is radiohead?

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

Op de beste momenten gelaagd, gedurfd en verrassend uitwaaierend tussen noise en trance. Op de slechtste momenten inspiratie voor AI-systemen om eindeloze achtergrondmuziek voor meditatieruimtes uit te braken. Perfecte muziek voor als je 's nachts dronken of stoned in een veld naar de sterren ligt te kijken. Alleen jammer dat ik zelden drink en geen drugs doe. En dan is het toch wat te langdradig.

tis wel leuk, zitten goeie nummers tussen ma tis wa te veel van tzelfde en soms iets te overdreven voor mij

Awesome. Chuma.

Did not really like this album for a band that I know is pretty good

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’d really like to like Radiohead but it’s a lot of monotonous whining right?

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.

Just noise

Kid A is the sixth Radiohead album I’ve listened to as part of this challenge, and they remain one of the most hit-and-miss bands for me. Looking back at my ratings so far, I’ve scored their albums anywhere between a 1 and a 4, which probably says everything about how inconsistent my experience with them has been. Unfortunately, Kid A falls firmly into the “miss” category for me. I can appreciate the atmosphere they are trying to create and the experimental direction of the album, but a lot of it just feels like ambient noise drifting by without much substance. Outside of a couple of standout moments, I found the album incredibly difficult to connect with and at times almost forgot it was even playing. That said, there are still flashes of quality here. “Everything in Its Right Place” creates a really interesting mood and “How to Disappear Completely” is genuinely a beautiful song. The problem for me is that too much of the album sacrifices melody and memorable songwriting in favour of atmosphere and experimentation. Favourite tracks: “How to Disappear Completely” and “Everything in Its Right Place” Least favourite tracks: Tracks like “Treefingers” are just painfully boring to me Album artwork: Cool album cover

It certainly sounds like a Radiohead album. Even though this is good and interesting, it’s not nearly as good and interesting as the boys say it is. I think people need to listen to other albums.

It was cool..

8/10

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.

I’m gonna say it: most overrated band of all time It’s relatively inoffensive, and every once in a while there’ll be a cool segment at least. Vocals are solid, though I definitely like Yorke’s execution more in the other album we had from them. I think How to Disappear Completely is the only song on the record that sounds genuinely good, and it’s probably because it’s the only one that uses actual instruments I just can’t get into it. Lyrics are just random gibberish, like seriously look at any song in here and tell me what the hell they’re talking about. It feels so goddamn pretentious, like they know how challenging the music is to grasp and that you’re a dumbass if you don’t get it. I can see the argument that there was nothing like this at the time but I’m evaluating this as a “how much do I like this album right now”. Maybe I’m too stupid for this like all the critics at the time this released, but it’s just not something I greatly enjoy This is just kinda the opposite of what I enjoy about music, where there’s absolutely zero melody, variety, cool instrumentation, or really anything other than being a great album to fall asleep to. Will probably be one of my more controversial ratings considering so many people have this as a top 25 album ever made, period. In Rainbows at least had some more involved music in it even though it wasn’t my favorite. I’ll listen to this one again to see if I change my mind, but I’m greatly disappointed

Very ambient; I liked the solid beats and acoutstic backing to the more experimental sounds. I do think it could be pushed more; maybe something with a little more energy or shock. I think there are other ambient instrumental albums that are better.

More sounds from Radiohead. Not bad. Not great. Good background noise, I guess.

This is a really boring album, the music does not get exciting at all in any way and I was just watching the seconds count down till I was done listening to this album.

Although I realize that Radiohead's albums have enjoyed widespread critical and commercial success, I continue to struggle to enjoy their music, and, unfortunately, my first full and focused listen to Kid A did not change that. Quite the direction to take following a release such as "OK Computer". I came into this album completely blind, so hearing a mix of familiar Radiohead with electronica and what some can describe as ambient sounds was a bit jarring. It just never really struck a chord with me while listening though. I do acknowledge that this was a brave endeavor for a group of Radiohead's caliber. Burnout is very much a real thing and artists should be encouraged to experiment and change things up if they feel the need to do so. Guess I just don't have the right ears or mindset for this kind of experimental "rock", though. Nothing really stuck with me after listening, except for maybe "Idioteque".

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.

I usually do two listens of an album for this list because I find it difficult to fully process a record in one listen. The first listen I did, I was very let down. I had always heard this album was great and I had high expectations from the two other Radiohead albums I’ve listened to, but it bored me. The next day (the day I’m writing this), I listened again, but this time I was tired. Not emotionally, just physically, but it made me understand the “All Radiohead fans are depressed” joke. This time, it clicked. Some music is best enjoyed with eyes closed, but I’d say this is best enjoyed staring off into space. 4/5

I feel like this is one of the weakest radiohead albums but there were loads of great songs in this album regardless. I don’t really know whether you’re supposed to listen to the extended version of this album as part of the review but I did anyways.

I'm not sure alternative stuff is really my jam. I can see what they were going for and quite liked the instrumental track but wouldn't put it on again

Classic

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

I’m more of an In Rainbows guy

Closer to a 4.5 but still revolutionary.

I'm not on the Radiohead is the greatest band in the world train.. but its an OK album.

Very conflicted on how to feel about this, I’m all for experimental music, but some of this just feels a bit out there and kind of like shit just thrown together (idioteque), some does hit like outro to Kid A (but wtf r the vocals on it)

I love Radiohead but this album is too far towards the inaccessible.

I have been dreading my first Radiohead album, because I tend to be very down on them ever since being somewhat underwhelmed by OK computer. I'm looking forward to revisiting that, but Kid A came out and we got Optimistic on the radio and I couldn't get into it. I later heard Amnesiac… in Rainbows… I don't anticipate giving either of those above a 2. I come into this with a similar expectation, though I've never actually heard it all through. And the thing is, Kid A takes Radiohead from being a good rock band to being a mediocre electronic act (which i feel is redundant to begin with). And I suppose this is technically influential: when I hear this, I just think of better work by bands like Royksopp or Múm, but both exist in a post-Kid A world. And even those tracks are more structured than Everything in its Right Place (which feels more like a new synth user experimenting with every glitchy patch than it does a true song). This isn't as muddy an album as i recall Amnesiac being, but it is absolutely an album that isn't focused on structure in any conventional way. For as little as I still rate Optimistic, it is at least structured as a song. And it's not like this is totally devoid of interest. The National Anthem has a great groove and a lot of jazzy chaos until Thom comes in with those keening vocals, a voice that was a unique powerful instrument on The Bends but now just sounds like a hurt dog most of the time (when it is not distorted into cheesy robot tones like on the title track), and there is the wispy spirit of something floating throughout How to Disappear Completely. But there are more Idioteques, where unpleasant rhythm synths crash and fizzle more prominently than the caterwaul of Mr Yorke just a bit more distant in the mix. This was once a supremely promising rock band. By the time they get to Kid A, I feel like they are Emperors flaunting their new clothes, truly the sound of the aftermath of “red wine and sleeping pills”. Every choice feels like it is intentionally done in opposition to the three quite good albums that came before, and for me that lands on a 2*

Better than the other Radiohead album I had. It's interesting sounds, but I feel it's always leading to somewhere that it never gets to. Where's the oooompf?

Nice collection of sounds we have here but that's about it. Everything else, be it songwriting or whatnot, is unremarkable to say the least. Was expecting more considering the legacy behind this album, with pitchfork giving it a 10 and the general consensus of this being a life changing masterpiece, but well, it is what it is. Probably the band's most experimental work, but relatively speaking, it could barely be called experimental. The digestible experimental type, I guess. If I wanted that sound, there are other projects doing it better, and being more bold about it. Couldn't really connect with the album. The vision is there, sure, but it felt incomplete. Still a good album, just not the "good" I expected from one of Radiohead's most famed work.

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

Generally, I prefer music with a stronger beat. But you don't need a bit when you're spiralling, and that's what this album is giving. Having typed that, 'Idioteque' started playing and I loved it, but I'm also glad not all their songs are like this.

10/5

100

Critics darlings, but they are overrated.

Ok

not an album for me. i was hoping for more of a 90's rock vibe for my first time listening to radiohead. favourite song: how to disappear completely.

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

Yeah, okay, that was good, dare i even say amazing, but it`s a little bit overrated

I will seee youu in the neext liiiiiiiiive

Admittedly, I am not a Radiohead fan. But this is my least favorite of all of their albums. I really do not care for Thom's voice, which is amplified by the sparseness.

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

for me I love how it’s ambient and rhythmic at the same time. gotta listen closely to hear all the beats

9.3/10

Er sgu bare vild med lyden og stemningen.

* 84 Det er ganske forrygende 20. april/sauna indierock/idm-type-thing.

Det lyder fedt! Jeg er slet ikke helt oppe at ringe, men det er omvendt også svært at sætte en finger på det

Det er jo lidt et album, hvor man er blevet enig om, at det er godt. Det er det også i min optik, men jeg synes ikke, at det er *så* godt. Nogle af deres absolut bedste sange er her på - Everything In Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely bl.a., men der er også numre, der overhovedet ikke holder kadencen. Hvor lander man så? 3.5 sue me

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

Did not particularly enjoy this one. Quite whiny

I don't like this record at all. It's just art-rock synth noise. I am quite appalled that there are THREE Radiohead records on the 1001 albums you must hear before you die.... not one of them is worth listening to a second time, in my opinion and this one the least of the three. This record is boring, long synth drones with pasted together lyrics. There's little melody, no hooks and almost no choruses.

5/17 Boring as fuck

2/5

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.

I liked it but I didn't love it. I'm not a huge fan of vibey, sit-down-and-contemplate-life music and unfortunately that's a lot of Radiohead's songs. Great production though.

Très intéressant pour l'époque, mais sentiment mélangé à la fin de l'écoute. Certains morceaux m'ont plus, les plus mélodieux et doux, mais la majorité ne m'a pas parlé.

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.

weird album. i grew up always thinking radiohead was a rock band, but this is more just ambient kinda music. It’s cool, but not anything exciting

like how atmospheric this is; want to spend more time with it

While still not as good as Ok Computer this album is better than I remembered.

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

beautiful for someone else

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”!

Radiohead har varit svårast hittills att sätta betyg på. Mitt öra är inte vant vid det här och två lyssningar.. känns som jag skulle behöva två till för att suga upp nyanserna. Njuter jag? Ah en del. Det e mycket wtf-känsla, men jag suktar, som oftast, efter mer power och episk mäktighet. Har också svårt att ta sång och sound seriöst, det är fett runkigt. Titeln på sista låten liksom - Untitled - åh radiohead är så svåååårt dino. Vill ändå lyssna mer 😅

jag vet inte varför jag stör mig så hårt på det här bandet

Aldrig lyssnat så mycket på Radiohead. ÄR väl inte världens roligaste musik men det är ju bra, det hör väl nästan alla. Stark trea

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 don’t have much to say other than I didn’t care for this or the previous album.

didn't love it, not great in my opinion

first song is viral, kinda good till the robot starts, then it’s kinda noise music, currently i don’t know who’s listening to it. It’s kinda giving pink floyd, or what i think they sound like. I’ve had the urge to skip, no songs are playlist worthy.. good drums and beats really tight, just not for daily listening

Fine. Cool production. A little quiet and York's voice is annoying

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.

Not ok computer

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.

I normally like random noises and incomprehensible singing but Radiohead just leave me cold . Plinky plinky industrial lite … just dull

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

Kul att de gjorde det

Great

This album is like saffron. It doesn’t really have a taste or maybe it does. And it’s so highly rated. The delicacy is subtle but a bit too subtle I can’t really get it if I only listen to it once. So it’s a four and possibly a five if I come back to this album again

probably one of the most interesting albums we've had on this list. its got this haunting beauty to it. i think it really ends up taking you on a journey, would be eager to sit down with this one again. all in all, big fan

Every time we get a Radiohead album I think to myself “maybe it’ll be like The Bends and be really good.” But then I listen to the album and it’s nothing like The Bends and I get a little let down by the future-forward version of Radiohead.

This is my favorite Radiohead album I've listened to, but I still don't get the hype. This is a good album with a unique sound. I got lost in it, and it was over before I knew it. It wasn't life changing. Maybe at the time it meant more, but I really just don't get the Radiohead hype. 3.5 stars but I'm going to round up for the unexpected enjoyment I got out of it.

Ok, so this is one of the most Important albums of my lifetime. Important, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I love it. It’s a tricky one to rate - it’s clear how technically good it is, and how big an influence it has had on music in 21st century, but it isn’t half as enjoyable as the two Radiohead albums that preceded it. Having read through the Wikipedia, I think Brice Ezell hit the nail on the head - "more fun to think and write about than it is to actually listen to"

They turned the corner and never looked back. I’ve been struggling to describe their brand of inaccessible but somehow enjoyable music. I guess it’s just Radiohead.

Turn of the century classic

Idk

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".

I’m… just not a Radiohead guy

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.

Meditiative and existential, it feels soul crushing Favourite track: Everything in its Right Place

This is a groundbreaking album. But only for diehard Radiohead fans. It marks the boundary of indiepop Radiohead and Avant Garde Radiohead. It's the sound of a band redefining itself and finding it's feet once more. It's also a bit of a snooze.

Once again proving I don't go with the mainstream (especially the critics), I didn't like this album. The music seems mostly ok, but the incessant whiny singing of random words and phrases drove me crazy. No thanks.

I will say this album had a lot more personality than the last 2 I heard on this list and I'm super glad this wasn't a double album with Amnesiac. Radiohead continues to be unimpressive.

Everything in its Right Place are you friggin jokin my PANTS. One of my top songs ever, no doubt. This is my first time fully listening to a Radiohead album, and I forget not all their songs are melancholic in the way I expect. Would it be crazy of me to say this sounds like a very British album? Not in a bad way. It makes me think of a gloomy, wet day on that grey little island. After fully listening, there are only 5 songs I would put in my likes and listen to regularly. These are songs that would make me cry at 3 AM on the toilet. That’s my bar for Radiohead songs I think.

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.

I'm a relatively new Radiohead fan and haven't experienced all of their albums/eras yet. This album has a pretty minimal and electronic sound that I don't like quite as some of their other stuff. I still really appreciate the truly unique sound and immense creativity on this one though. I suspect this would grow on me if I listened through it a few more times and in different moods.

I know lots of folks rave about Radiohead and I’ve tried to give them a listen here and there. But I’ve never actually made it through an album. Kid A for me was pretty decent overall. Some of the tracks sounded a bit like U2 to me. But the others were wicked. I’m sure if I did a deeper dive into their music it would grow on me.

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

did not love it (i am a big radiohead fan, but i like their earlier stuff more). i did really like "motion picture soundtrack" though!

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

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

Viel erbij in slaap, beetje boring Optimistic was wel aardig

mmm

good

First rock album I gave up on

Да не смотрю я аниме у меня дед мусульманин 1/5

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.

Its a ok

I really do prefer the more electronic songs in here. I don't know, I've been putting off listening to this and the way people talk about this album I was expecting to be more blown away. It's not a bad album by any means but eh.

Radiohead definitely took a hard left turn into an electronic landscape that caught many off guard. When I first bought this album I was not expecting what I heard. The soundscape that the band creates is very different from anything they put out before. I'll admit that I would often put this on to chill or fall asleep to so I had never really analyzed it past the first four songs. That being said, it is a good album from a band that was looking to push their horizons at the time. I appreciate more now looking back over the years.

Radiohead is one of those bands that I haven’t spent much time with, even though they should be right up my alley “on paper.” I really liked how abstract and, I don’t know, slow(?) this album was. The open-ended lyrics made me focus on how the vocals fit into the music, rather than on their content. This was good enough that I’ll carve out time to dig into Radiohead more, even outside of this project. Can’t ask for a whole lot more than that.

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

2.5 - not bad but not my vibe

Another great album by Radiohead. This is the first one where they really embraced their new direction. You can hear elements of some of their older sound, but I would say the transition is nearly complete with this effort. There are lot of standout tracks but overall it’s very strong and cohesive.

Weird, trippy space sounds. Mostly instrumental but not my type of music.

-súper experimental -solo 2 canciones tienen letras que me llegaron -guitarras muy cool -siento que estoy en una crisis nerviosa lol -overall 6/10

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.

It does some cool things, I liked it better than In Rainbows, IDK I find their music kind of boring largely, but this does enough cool things to maintain my interest. 3/5

beautiful for the most part. partially overcooked

Disclaimer: Kid A is an album I've already listened to just about a billion times, since Radiohead is my favorite band. I cannot NOT be biased. This album took a long time to grow on me. The first few times I listened to it, I found it too sterile to find engaging even if it did sound interesting. Despite that, I kept going back to it. Something about it had me hooked, and over time it really REALLY grew on me. The coldness of it became its biggest drawing feature to me, and something that brought me a lot of comfort. Everything In Its Right Place is delightfully chilly, Kid A has a beautifully hollow quality... The National Anthem was one of the first in the album to really call out to me, largely because of its guitar. How to Disappear Completely... whoof. It tugs at something in my chest, and the ondes martenot... holy shit. Skipping ahead a bit, Idioteque is quite possibly one of my favorite songs of all time and I am shocked it didn't stick out to me from the start. The sample they used is absolutely perfect, and then the chorus hits and it feels like jumping straight into snow. I could talk about the whole album, really. My whole life I've felt disconnected from the world around me. All those metaphors apply - pane of glass, spectator of my own life, et cetera et cetera. Kid A captures that feeling, and I'm so glad for it.

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

I know this album is seen as a classic and revolutionary for a lot of people but man do I have to disagree. Maybe you just need to be a certain mood to enjoy it but I was pretty bored and kind of sad throughout it.

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

I enjoyed this, even though it's more experimental than Radiohead's previous work. I don't feel it's worthy of the "Masterpiece" title, but it's certainly interesting. I had a good time. Can't wait to get OK Computer. Now THAT'S a masterpiece!

Disco muy experimental con grandes rasgos de electrónica. La voz siempre cargada de insatisfacción, melancolía e ira de Thom Yorke. Como la pista número siete, el álbum trasiega en un limbo entre la disrupción y la repetición de sí mismos, sin embargo, esto no resta valor creativo al disco. Visto de manera independiente en relación con sus otros trabajos, este es un álbum interesante para escuchar varias veces y sacar así más en claro, conclusiones al respecto.

4/5. A similarity that Radiohead shares with artists like the Beatles or Bob Dylan is that there is something of a mythos around their story as a band. And in the Radiohead narrative, Kid-A is often depicted as a sharp, revolutionary left-turn away from their alternative rock roots, veering instead into more electronic influenced music. I would disagree that it’s a revolution, but what this album is is very good. It honestly always sells me just on those opening chords of the intro track “everything in its right place.” Though it takes in more electronics, Kid-A still has some rockers on it too, like my “the national anthem” which starts with a great bass-groove before descending into a chaotic storm of horns. Then right after that is the comedown of “how to disappear completely” which is another one of the bands all-timer songs. My favorite however is “Idioteque” which has a very jittery electronic groove mixed with a great vocal performance from Thom Yorke. All around a great album that deserves its status. Only thing keeping it from being a 5 for me is that I personally prefer several other Radiohead albums (I’d probably put In Rainbows, OK computer, Amnesiac and A Moon Shaped Pool above Kid A in my personal Radiohead ranking.)

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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

robots overtook humanity and discovered melancholia очень приятно слушать. новый опыт вторая половина треков кажется уже human like. и явно скучнее. инструментал все еще крут, вокал не впечатляет, кое-где даже портит первый альбом из которого я добавила себе в плейлист что-то (treefingers) от бонусного трека ощущение, что заглянул в ледниковую трещину overall: я люблю эмбиент, и люди, которые делали этот альбом, очевидно тоже. мне понравилось, но дикого восторга не вызвало

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.

ПРИКОЛЬНО, но я ниче не добавил, незавайбился. Вокал бы убрать у некоторых трков и шик был бы. Трифингер и Национал Антхем больше всех понравились. Первый трек с льбома тоже прикольный + он вроде очень популярный. Морнинг белл тоже хороший. Не знал что у радиохедов вообще такая музыка есть, альбом-открытие для меня

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

Very traditional Radiohead sound I think it’s done better in other albums though 3.5/5 Favorites: how to disappear completely, everything in its right place, motion picture soundtrack

No. Unfortunate, how overrated this is. No cap either, not trying to be contrarian, they made profoundly uninteresting music. Listen to Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis and Disco Inferno instead

4,5

Again, interesting and varied music, but the vocals just sound like amorphous moaning.

Contender for most overrated and overhyped album of all time.

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.

7/10

overall i just love it, rn i dont really understand the lyrics but the instrument overall is amazing and almost live changing

Vaya puto banger es Everything in it's right place Las dos siguientes canciones son ruido How to Dissapear Completely ta chula Luego la siguiente es white noise cojonudo para trabajar La verdad es que bastante decepcionante lol

It didn't reach the highs (and lows) of other radiohead albums.

27-Apr-2026 2/5 Radiohead - Kid A (2000) I found this album unremarkable. I listened to the whole album (inactive listening) and replayed a couple of them (active listening) just to make sure that I wasn't missing something. I generally like electronic music, but none of these songs seemed to grab me at all. It wasn't terrible, and probably fine for me as background music while doing other things, but it's definitely not an album I would sit down and listen to. I suspect that this album was edgy in 2000, but perhaps that new luster can fade on some music.

I found it tedious. Avant-garde electronic music that didn't seem to really go anywhere. I guess some passages were haunting and ethereal - but they just kept going on and on.

Interesting ambient experience. Nothing that blew me away, and at some points it kinda dragged/felt longer than it really is, but ultimately as a whole it was pleasant to listen to and something that I do personally appreciate. I wonder if there's more to appreciate here than meets the eye (ear?) that I am not musically adept enough to comment... But it was still cool, and I do still like it, and could easily have it play for me on most days while I'm doing stuff, especially reading or writing. 3.5/5 or 7.5/10 at least, with an upside.

I can't really place my thoughts with this record. Would it be fair to say that it feels a bit too much like a "we're popular now so we can do no wrong" kind of album - y'know, self induglent? This is my first Radiohead album even though I know they're borderline mythical, and on a technical level the album is brilliant - I just don't care for it. That being said, made me very interested in their other work, I'm looking forward to discovering the myth.

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.

I was impressed with this in my head, but I didn’t feel it in my heart or my feet.

8/10

an atmospheric album but a one heart wrenching song

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

One of the best album openers of all time

Ne spomnim se, a sm kdaj prou poslušala album, ampak skor zihr pa poznam nekaj posamičnih komadov. Prvi mi je že poznan ("Everything in Its Right Place"). Mja, ostali pa dejansko ne. Sm že na drugem poslušanju, ker zravn južno delam & je fokus občasno drugje. Bi pa izpostavila, da mi je "The National Anthem", poleg prvega, en ljubših komadov na albumu. "How to Disappear Completely" je hud. Ok, ta je res rabil zame dva poslušanja vidim (alpa me je južna dons čist preveč zamotila). Vse je hudo (zj sm pri "In Limbo"). Pri enem komadu me violine spomnejo na to, kako so ble fino uporabljene poj na albumu A Moon Shaped Pool. Atmosferično.

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.

It is great. It has to be great. It is radiohead. Kid a. One of their classics. Everybody says it's great. I've never actually listened to it. And here I go and finally give it a try and I find myself falling asleep. Feels a bit like depressive meditation music. I wanted to like it. But didn't feel it. Maybe some other time.

Too much “experimental” for my taste. But still some nice melodic moments and obviously still amazing and genius musicians.

Classic Radiohead. This is right up there there for me. Great compositions. Everything in it's right place is such a great intro. I remember learning this on piano when I was a kid. Such a great vibe. That bass tone on The National Anthem is gold. Sure there are a couple tracks on here that don't 100% click for me, but overall a top album and very influential.

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.

Of course its awesome. But some of their stuff is even more awesome..r(?)

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.

Some of the experimental ambient-like soundscapes are pretty cool, like in "Kid A" or "National Anthem" with its brass instruments. What I can't get over with is the depressing undertone of the whole thing. No, thanks, I don't love music that makes me feel so lonely, anxious and fundamentally sad. 2/5 Will put on some Colour Haze now to heal my soul :)

Aye not bad

I was hoping an experimental Radiohead album would be more engaging. It's fine for a slow burn, but probably too slow.