Kid A

Are you Kidding-A-me. Great album. Great band. Need not say more than thi

So good

The first Radiohead album that I really fell in love with. Still a near-perfect album to this day.

One of the best. I love this album since 2001. 5/5

Oh man....Radiohead has got me through some shit times. How can I not give any Radiohead album 5 stars If I know all the songs by heart? Their music has got me even in my lowest points. I can't explain the love I have to How To Disappear Completely.

A classic for me and loved passjng down the appreciation to my kids.

Forgot how great this album was. Never forget when my brother turned me on to it.

Best!

banger

Favorite Tracks: Everything In Its Right Place Every other song on the record

I was 18 when this landed. I loved the bends with every fibre of my teenage body, ok computer was a bit out there but still brilliant to me, but i was just starting uni and my music taste moved toward drinking cheap alcopops while dancing to landfill indie and drum and bass. Kid A came out and sounded like it had come from the moon. It couldnt have been further from what i wanted and i abandoned radiohead. The years passed and my tastes moved on a bit and In Rainbows drew me back in. Having regained a foothold i went back through what i had missed and found Kid A/Amnesiac and began to appreciate what a ground breaking collection of songs they were. Very few bands are good or brave enough to abandon a popular sound to jump ahead of everyone by a decade and then wait for them to catch up, but these guys did and i think it may be their greatest achievement. The introduction of electronica, ambient, orchestral, drone onto rock makes for a masterpiece of sonic glory. This album sounds as good now as ever and the triple album covering this album and the Amnesiac sessions is a staggering achievement of a band who travelled back from the future to light the way for everyone. So much of this list is music that sounds good at the time but maybe hasn't aged well. This is the only entry which takes everyone else by the hand and shows them what the future needs to sound like and improves with age. Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem

9.5/10

Wow. “Biggest left turn in music history”. Love the Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk influences.

gushing fanfic of Warp giants from a person who doesn't know what a "mode" or "envelope filter" is ends up accidentally transforming into a mind-blowing post-rock trip, a Polaroid of an abstract never-was present. there exists a world where Kid A never comes out because the band breaks up right before it releases and the tracks get eaten by a hard drive or something. maybe in that world, Radiohead are still widely respected and their big rock statement of OK Computer is still wavering at #2. that world doesn't make me happy. i like the world i'm in where a band with an okay discography suddenly discovers Autechre and in an attempt to emulate them ends up striking gold. it isn't stillbirth on IMAX. it isn't a Pink Floyd ripoff. it's some other third thing. i think that should be its main genre. "Some Other Third Thing". it fits.

4.9 1x catch up 9/15

Absolutely brilliant album that I know already. Radiohead at their finest.

The genres on here are so busted. Kid A isn't in an Electronic category?? Well, more for the Indie stack I guess. Kid A is bonkers. It's a universe. It's a dream. It's forever.

Probably my favourite Radiohead album

I’ve always been framed by Radiohead. This is the first time I ever sat down and listened to the album straight through and read the lyrics while it was playing. I can’t say I really understand it. Most of the lyrics seem pretty obtuse to me. But the music is pretty amazing. These guys are clearly excellent instrumentalist. And the production is outstanding I think.

Groupe et album connu. J'avais entendu cet album quand il est sorti, sans forcément y faire trop attention à l'époque. Everything In Its Right Place m'avais cependant bien marqué, avec son introduction très reconnaissable, ce son de synthé particulier et sa structure non standard. Et puis je suis passé à autre chose. Récemment j'ai été amené à jouer Creep en groupe, une facette très rock de Radiohead que je ne connaissais pas. J'ai eu envie de ré-écouter le groupe et j'ai commencé par ... Kid A. Et là c'était une vrai révélation ! J'ai adoré redécouvrir l'album. J'en connaissais plus que dans mes souvenir, comme par exemple National Anthem avec son riff de basse inoubliable, et surtout In Limbo avec les arpèges guitare 'bancal' de part la signature rythmique évolutive. Les autres morceaux sont vraiment intéressants, et toujours surprenants. On ne sait jamais à quoi s'attendre (structure jamais standard, morceau rythmé ou planant, sonorités, instrumental ...), c'est pour moi une exceptionnelle qualité. D'ailleurs je l'ai écouté deux fois de suite ce matin. Il mérite largement la note maximale. =>5/5

Not their best, but still great. Yet another 4.5.

4.5

Perfect album. Excellent opener, super groundbreaking and influential. One of the greatest albums ever. 5 stars.

What is there to say about this album that hasn’t already been said? Really great but I like OK Computer and The Bends a little more. 4.5 stars (rounding up to 5 here) 9.2 out of 10

Radiohead is really good at making a vibe that is incredibly hard to define. Listening to the album itself it all feels like generic instrumental noise, but somehow when I was done with the album I wanted to loop it right back again.

Astonishing album, full of depths. Maybe the best album of the millennium.

Y'all already know what I'm rating this. One of the best albums from one of my favourite bands. They only way I could dick ride this harder was if it was OK Computer. It's got lush, deep, beautiful production that never even remotely comes close to sounding over produced. It's about as perfect an album can get to sounding its got hidden beauty that you only discover on a second, third or 15th listen. 10/10 Fav tracks- perfect album

One of the best albums on this list. 5Million/5

A masterpiece. One of the greatest band redefinitions ever.

Kid A is Radiohead's fourth album, and has come to be regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. It was not as well-received at its release, as this is a challenging departure from their previous work. After their remarkably successful third album, OK Computer, Kid A was very highly anticipated, and that may have led to some of the push-back. The music did not, and does not, appeal to all. This is far from the guitar-based alt-rock band of their first two albums, and of an experimental sense that has defined the bands' later work. These track are textured, rhythmic soundscapes, that are far more abstract than most popular music. The lyrics follow the pattern - more of a rhythmic, looped element than providing any narrative. Kid A is the album that made Radiohead into their own genre, and among the most influential bands in the world.

I fell in love with rock Radiohead after hearing OK Computer in full about a year ago. The Bends is my favorite Radiohead album and I think In Rainbows is nearly perfect. I've never really understood electronic Radiohead. It's taken me a long time and multiple attempts to get into this album. I have a few songs on I liked but never liked it as a full experience, but it's starting to click on this listen. That being said, How to Disappear Completely is still the clear standout. It's a beautiful, beautiful song and I think it's Radiohead's magnum opus.

Another case of I’ve listened before but never on a proper full size sound system. An album that was meh came to life with the full size setup. Very good record need to listen to it a few more times this way to truly get all I can from it.

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.

5/5 Kid A begins with the cold, dark, massive Everything In Its Right Place. Such a unique, special kind of song. Then the title track is so comforting and elegant, beautifully built up, with the soft piano and synths akin only to prime C418. The National Anthem starts strong, with that iconic bassline, and a particularly creepy atmosphere. The density of instruments in the middle section sounds great. How to Disappear Completely is simply gentle and beautiful, then the outro is just brilliant. Treefingers has an otherworldly feeling, as it drifts slowly to Optimistic. This one is, as much as I love the simplicity and ambiguity of earlier tracks, lyrically fantastic and has a great groove. In Limbo is less interesting than a lot of other songs but it has a certain charm. Idioteque is something different though. The beat slaps and the song keeps moving and changing for better. Then Morning Bell is melodically and instrumentally one of the strongest moments on the album. I love the chord changes on the keyboard, it just sounds so good. Before you know it, the organ kicks in to mark the end of the journey. Motion Picture Soundtrack is so full and huge, and is a great closer with its massive arrangement. Untitled is a fun little bonus, bringing a more uplifting feeling to the whole thing. All in all, this album is amazingly varied and feels truly unique. Everything In Its Right Place 5/5 (FAV) Kid A 5/5 The National Anthem 5/5 How to Disappear Completely 5/5 Treefingers 3.5/5 (LEAST FAV) Optimistic 5/5 In Limbo 4/5 Idioteque 5/5 Morning Bell 5/5 Motion Picture Soundtrack 5/5 Untitled 4.5/5

It's hard to describe how this sounded when it first came out. It's lost none of its appeal and aura since then. Everything In Its Right Place sets the tone with the first few notes and stuttering vocal samples. The title track has a subtle groove and music box motif, recalling Boards of Canada. It's never quite straightforward rock, but there's riffs to be had in tracks like National Anthem and Optimistic, then full on ambient in Treefingers, and the sweeping epic sadness of How To Disappear Completely. The climax is surely Idioteque: mesmerizing vocal melodies and synths over broken up, glitchy beats. But there's something here for almost everyone. Play this to the aliens when they contact us.

Amazing album, forgot how many great songs there are on this one.

What the fuck😭

Look, I was 15 when this album came out. Kid A took ten million elder millennials by the throat and made us an order of magnitude more annoying. I am not socially or biologically capable of giving it less than five stars.

A phenomenal album. A mind-bending break and pivot from the masters of their craft. Established their rock credentials only to left turn and blow your mind.

Used to be my favourite Radiohead, not so sure anymore but this album is still incredible. Brilliant atmosphere above all, unsettling and sad from the moment it starts all the way through. Fav songs: - Everything In It's Right Place - How to Disappear Completely - Treefingers - In Limbo - Idioteque

5/5. Kid A is an album that is hard to describe but such an important album that I don't believe it inspired any future albums, it feels too unique to even attempt a similar style again. The mixing of genres of electronic, jazz, ambient, rock, dance, etc. create an album of excellence. I love the album but understand the hesitation to get into it. Once you break down that barrier though, it's a great listening experience. Best Song: Everything In It's Right Place, Idioteque, Optimistic

mediocre. Beep boop beep boop. 2nd best Radiohead album. Sucking lemons.

One of my all time favorites. The opening notes are straight brain massage with the right headphones or speakers. Most of the album is so atmospheric, and I've heard it so many times, that it takes real effort at this point for me to really listen to it in the moment. On this playthrough, it strikes me how wild it is that Idioteque was written in 2000 back in the innocent adolescence of the internet. And Motion Picture Soundtrack is just gorgeous. This album is probably (definitely) overwrought and too try-hard, but honestly so am I, and so I love it for those qualities. It's no longer my favorite from Radiohead, but it's the reason I gave them a closer listen than I gave to OK Computer as a teenager. 5/5.

have listened to this one a bunch of times over the years. when it came out i was 21 or 22 years old and my family (my parents) was falling apart and i could relate to the divorce stuff in the lyrics and the songs idioteque and how to dissapear completely got to me for sure

in a radioHEAD so yeah masterpiece. could do without treefingers and untitled tho

Really good Radiohead album. It's experimental and a step away from their previous albums. It's overall a nice auditory listening experience. I think the album should be listened to as a whole as it doesn't really have any strong singles.

This is the first time I've listened to Radiohead by itself. I'm a new fan today. I love the heavy usage of synths and the atypical song structures. A lot of the music I like listening to today I can definitely heard echoes of this album and/or their style in general. Everything In Its Right Place I've either heard before, or it's been sampled before in music I have listened to, so it was very familiar to me, yet at the same time, different and new. Kid A was ok, I liked the odd usage of synths and the oddly haunting vocals via talkbox. Just wasn't as rhythmically interesting however. The National Anthem was nice. I liked the constant bright bass running through the song. The usage of some orchestral/band instruments for some of parts of the song was quite nice too, gave a really good contrast to the synths and guitars. I assume the story the song is telling is someone who is standing for the National Anthem in a crowd at a game or something, that's the vibe I was getting at least. There's this underlying tension and distortion throughout the song though, which kind of garners this feeling of "something is not right". Could be that people don't have confidence in the country their living in, the anthem they sing holds them together, but barely. I love the collage of instruments chosen for How to Disappear Completely. It was slow to start though so I started to lose interest. The usage of strings and synths for a little bit of sparkle towards the mid of the song brought me back though. I can see why so many people have listened to it, the lyrics are relatable to some I'm sure, aside from just how pretty the recording is, definitely emotionally evocative. I love the mellow synths of Treefingers. The song is very peaceful. Optimistic was alright. Liked the synth work. It really only caught my attention at the end when it started to transition to In Limbo. In Limbo's use of triplets was nice along with the usage of sax. Idioteque's harsher drums and cymbals reminds me of synthwork from others such as Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. It was nice to hear them pull from that style. I like the chord prog they chose for Morning Bell, gives it a bit of a sinister tone contrasted with a slight happier segment. It's kinda funny just how haunting they've described waking up in the morning and getting ready to go about the day, describing the hectic parts of it. Motion Picture Soundtrack was simple, yet emotionally strong. The change in instruments on the second half of the song really gave the song force too. It's a nice description of how we really expect things to be like they are in the movies, and how short of those expectations real life really is. Untitled was really pretty. A good way to close out the album. 5

I love this album. Such a surreal futuristic depressing soundscape full of dystopian, confusing and scary elements. Lyrics that make no sense and music that shouldn't make sense, but does. Listening to a band reinvent themselves in a single album is mesmerizing. My two favorite tracks are: How to disappear completely which conjures up images of Thom York gesturing the listener to follow him into the depths of depression, irrelevance and ultimately peace. He sounds so tortured. Everything in its right place is sublime and possibly the most accurately named track of any artist! Love it

Everything in its right place is a song that has got me through some dark times especially a few years ago when it was on repeat for a solid few months - I love the layering of sounds, uncomfortable timing and dreamscape creepiness. One of my favourite pieces of music of all time. Its pretty incredible how the band moved away from the sound that had made them so popular to really explore new, different and challenging music in Kid A. I love the atmosphere of this album and the experimentation of Radiohead I think it's probably a 4.75 as a full album, but as a gesture of good will towards the band I'll bump it up to a 5

Easily one of the greatest intros of all time! Such a strong beautiful album with a perfect playtime!

Distractingly, Kid B never returned from his hike in the forest and was lost to us forever.

Staat geen matig nummer op het album, en een groot aantal geweldige nummers. Er zijn hooguit nummers die minder vooruitstrevend zijn. Everything in its right place mogen ze op m’n begrafenis spelen. Idioteque is ook perfect.

One of my all-time favorites.

Already listened

I honestly thought I had already gotten this album lol. I even mentioned it when I reviewed hail to the thief so that review looks pretty dumb now. Anyway, this album is awesome and is rightly hailed as one of if not the best genre switch ever. Seamless transition from punk/alt rock to electronica without even losing any songwriting prowess. Kid a is the only song I don’t really like from this album.

Excellent

An absolute electronic masterpiece. When this first album came out, I didn’t care for it and wished it has more traditional rock sounds and it’s grown on me over the years to be one of my all time favorites.

Yep it slaps

shining genius

Banger. Mega fed at stene til. Fedt at det er mere elektrisk

Zuerst etwas schwierig aber beim hören im Auto tritt die hervorragende Abmischung zu Tage und macht aus gut wunderbar.

❤️ This is a top five album for me. It's one I come back to again and again, and it's had different meanings and places for me in different seasons of life. Easy 5 stars.

One of the best ever albums by one of the best ever bands. Not much more can be said. 5/5

one of my favorite albums ever

Oh fuck yeah. Immediate 5 stars for the sole inclusion of “How to Disappear Completely” which holds a special place in my heart. This album is a lil droning and intense but that’s ok. It’s lowkey giving ambient music at times?? Especially “Treefingers”… but in a good way. “Optimistic” is good, too.

Very different to OK Computer, and (contrary to some people's beliefs) that's fine. In fact, it makes this album a heck of a lot cooler, and gives a fat middle finger to managers and producers that solely encourage formula-following. Sure, guitar-soundscape-art-rock pays the bills, but have you checked out these cool synths and voice filters? Everything In Its Right Place is aptly named for its heavy reliance on C and F chord resolutions, making use of several smoothly overlapping synths. Trippy vocal editing. Very little going on, instrumentally, yet the signature "soundscapiness" of Radiohead is still very much present. Smooth transition into the title track. In fact, it seems like nearly every pair of tracks has a transition worth complimenting. The National Anthem is an energetic high, coming out with a positively crazed brass section and loud, deadpan, repeating, catchy(!) bassline. The vocal can be described in the same way here. It's classic Thom Yorke, and yet he's without emotion... and yet he's expressing so much. Encapsulates this album nicely, I think. How To Disappear Completely is just magnificent and gorgeous and great in every way. Even that off-kilter high note at the beginning that's a semitone off the chord fits in with the lyrical theme of unbelonging, of wanting to disappear. (Disappear completely, even.) Optimistic is the most OK Computer-esque on the album, with a solid guitar riff and a fairly typical rock melody accompanying some surprisingly thoughtful lyrics. Incredible transition to In Limbo, which itself is a trippy, psychedelic experience based mostly on its dizzying guitar riff. Idioteque's electronic drums are immediately memorable and, arguably, singlehandedly introduce an entire genre to the world of pop(/rock?) music. Then we have Morning Bell, which has a lonely yet restless feel with its quick 5/4 time signature, followed by the beautiful Motion Picture Soundtrack to end the album by tugging on your heartstrings. Yeah – a darn good tracklist if I've ever seen one. I should also give another shoutout to the mind-blowingly good production on this album. Lots of surround-sound stuff going on, rivalling OK Computer as some of the best sound artistry in recent music history. 5/5 Key tracks: All of them. This is a whole-album experience.

gonna fully have to commit to the white ppl stereotype here and say this is a borderline perfect album to me. definitely my favorite radiohead record. hard to pick fav tracks but idioteque and how to disappear completely might take it

Goated

Everything is in it's right place on this album. everything in it's right place, national anthem, optimistic, in limbo, motion picture soundtrack

It's okay.

I couldn't give this album less than 5 stars, it was huge for me in my highschool/college (and still today) years so I have too many memories tied to it to come at it objectively. Even so, its a monumental record, and definitely important from a music history/culture stand point. Radiohead were that big, and have had that big of an influence on so many of their records, and this was a huge left turn that reverberated through culture. The music is phenomenal and detailed, and heart-wrenching at times.

great album own this one

I remember the first time I heard this I was so confused. It hardly qualified as music, at any I knew at the time. It was haunting, emotional, thematically overhead my head. It was nothing like I had head before. Was that a baritone sax on a song about mental psychosis? I immediately listened to it at least five more times, and countless more over the years. It still is haunting, emotional, and confusing, and one of two go-to Radiohead albums. National Anthem and How to Disappear both ended up on my annual soundtrack that year, and the latter has been used in numerous playlists. I know the 9/11 theory is bunk, but I do have to say that it makes perfect sense. A classic of our times!

I did re-listen to this one recently for this exercise. I want to say something amazing for an amazing album but I'm speechless after another listen to this masterpiece. This is one of the albums that deserves a 5+ rating imo. The first track is arguably the best opening track on any album. This album is a cinematic experience. Also, listening to the track Kid A, I have no doubt that this album is a concept album about the first cloned baby. I'm not sure what all the debate is about. It's about a futuristic society where everything is a bit weird and off. Anyway, masterpiece!

Radiohead's attempt to escape themselves and become a more "cult" band after the success of OK Computer just made them even bigger. More glitchy rock and icy fjords of hooks just show how truly great this band are. No matter how much they try to isolate themselves and become just as cold as the digital mountains on the cover, the humanity is always there. And always will be. Best Tracks: Everything in its Right Place; The National Anthem; Motion Picture Soundtrack

A fave from high school, it had been some time since I'd listened to it start to finish. Holds up today just as well.

Deep, experimental, heavy, dark, revolutionary. Kid A+

I really don't know why I've been avoiding radiohead for years, this slaps

I had never even seen a shooting star before… Anyway, sick album, bleeps all the right bloops

10/10. What an incredible album!!!

Nearly flawless masterpiece. 9/10

Just downgraded The Bends from 5 to 4. However, Kid A is still as good as it was 24 years ago. Yorke's voice works much better when they go a little more experimental.

A bit less accessible than Amnesiac, I suppose, but very good nevertheless. Idioteque is still one of my favourite Radiohead tracks.

ice age coming ice age coming

As a person named Tom I think I have a deeper understanding of Thom Yorke's music than most people, sorry that's just the way it is. I like this - also, my friend would kill me if I didn't give this a 5.

It was very good. 👍

Radiohead going experimental because they didn’t like their own rock sound anymore and not disappointing at all, this whole album is just an experience with beautiful songs.

A truly timeless masterpiece.

I loved this album when it came out and I still love it. Not at all what I expected after The Bends and OK Computer, but still fantastic, lots of synthesizers, but not in a 80's way, but more orchestrated.

Absolute easy 5, maybe my fav Radiohead album.

Quite different from their earlier albums, this was not an easy listen when I first heard it at release in 2000, and this is still not what I think of when I think of Radiohead. After repeated listens over the years though I appreciate this not as \"an album by Radiohead\", but an excellent album in it's own right. I hear Aphex Twin and hints of Sgt Pepper in some sections. \"How to Disappear Completely\" was probably one of the more approachable songs when I first heard the album and I clung to it like a rock because it perfectly reflected my feelings at the time: alienated and out of place. That time has (somewhat) passed, but it's still a beautiful track.

Rating this album seems to be a hit or miss, either 5 or 1. While I sympathize with the 5, I cannot understand the 1. Sure, it is a bold step away from anything expected and made for traditionalists. But even if one doesn't like it, or outright hate it because it for sure is deliberately not matching expectations: this is composed music of depth and grandeur, not only incidental noise or horrid production. The execution is flawless, the music is complex and demanding. If you appreciate this kind of boldness, it is one for five stars, if you grudgingly hate Radiohead for what they did with you here, give it a three for its importance. Everyone who claims: anyhow did never like them should not be taken serious, as this is completely different and incomparable to the Radiohead from before...

sucks

Still as enveloping as when I first heard it in high school? College?

Amazing and ethereal

"Kid A" is the fourth studio album by English rock band Radiohead. Lead singer and songwriter Thom Yorke wanted a departure from rock music due to the stressful experiences from their previous album "OK Computer." For this album, the band drew influences from electronic music, ambient music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music. Different instruments were used including modular synthesizers, ondes Martenot, brass and strings. They also incorporated samples and loops. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the UK and US and was their breakthrough album in the US. Initially, the album had mixed reviews but is now considered one of the best albums of the 2000's. "Everything in its Right Place" was the one of the first songs Yorke ever wrote. Ambient synthesizer keys. The vocals were processed in Pro Tool. The lyrics describe Yorke's depression and stress promoting "OK Computer." Deep repetitive bass notes, weird outer space noises and drums begin "The National Anthem." For this song, the vocals are processed through a ring modular. The organized brass section chaos was inspired by Charles Mingus' "Town Hall Concert." The music does a great job creating the songs' intent of describing people trapped in a traffic jam. I remember listening over and over on my headphones to "How to Completely Disappear." It's start out an acoustic ballad with a guitar. Yorke singing "I'm not here, this isn't happening" which was a quote R.E.M.'s Michale Stipe said to repeat when dealing with fame and stress. The song bounces from paranoid electronica to the lush orchestral strings. It's my favorite song on the album. Although the album did not have any released singles, "Optimistic" has been the most played song on the radio, at least in my neck of the woods. It has an ominous opening but is pretty much the most straight-forward rock song on the album with bass, drums and guitar. It's about dealing with the pressures of fame. A hypnotic drumbeat created by synthesizer modules pervades "Idioteque." Samples of 70's computer music compositions from Paul Lensky and Arthur Krieger are also incorporated. I think is describing a post-apocalyptic doom and the current society. And, another album highlight. I have to admit it took me some time and more than a few listens to really get into and like "Kid A." Now, I am definitely team "Kid A" and do think it is one of the best albums of 2000's. It's ambient and atmospheric. To me, the lyrics can be both abstract and direct. Each songs seems to be of itself with different instruments, vocal distortion and all of the noise effects. Yet, the album connects and flows together. This is an album that everyone needs to hear but I do know there is and will be a wide range of opinions.

Best Radiohead album? I think so.

There was actually once a time that I was on board with the "Kid A > OK Computer" trend, and while I've snapped out of following that chronically online music trend that makes people feel unique, I still consider this to be a close second favourite Radiohead album. I think it lacks the theatrics that OK Computer has, but this is still definitely their moodiest, most atmospheric album by far.

It has been exactly 119 days since I reviewed the last Radiohead album. Don’t worry, I haven’t been counting the days, I just looked it up real quick. And conveniently enough, that last album was Amnesiac. Basically the little brother to Kid A. They have very similar sounds in many ways. Except to me, these albums are leagues apart. Kid A is my second favorite Radiohead album, behind the big one I’ll eventually get to talk about. But honestly, it might be the album from them I come back to the most. I have probably listened to this all the way through from start to finish more than a dozen times in the last six months. But at one point, I didn’t really get this album. It took me a long time to appreciate this for what it is, and understand why it plays such a vital piece in their history. Plus, if you don’t like this, chances are the rest of their music after this point won’t be very enjoyable to you either. The main thesis of this album, to me at least, feels like separation. The desire to separate oneself from what is and isn’t was the fuel for this album’s creation. The band was tired of being hailed as rock’s saviors. They needed to break away from the reputation they created. So they chose to push their music as far away from OK Computer, The Bends, and what made them successful, as they possibly could. And that feeling that something isn’t right is immediately present on the first song. I’ll put it on record right now. That is my favorite album opener of all time. It still leaves me a little breathless, and I struggle to believe human beings created something so intensely cold and powerful. Every single song on this album is pure genius. Even the title track, which remains the one black sheep for me, is still incredible. There is not one moment of this album I am not in love with. And on a certain kind of day, this could be my favorite album from the band. This is the album that took the band from rock music’s next big thing to a group of some of the most forward thinking songwriters ever. Although I’ll be completely honest, this album is often regarded as “the greatest left turn in music history”. And maybe in the moment it was. But now, looking back on the band’s history, this isn’t as experimental and out there as people make it out to be. There is still plenty of traditional art rock style music that the band was already becoming familiar with. How to Disappear Completely is a song that has given me hope in some of the most beautiful moments of my life, and also broken me down to my most vulnerable and defeated. A song created from the oppressive feelings of hopelessness that Thom faced during the Ok Computer tour. The main lyrical theme was inspired from what Michael Stipe, the singer of R.E.M., told him to do. He said, “Pull the shutters down and keep saying, ‘I’m not here, this is not happening’”. Kid A is a record that has become engrained in who I am over the last year or so. It’s one of the most human expressions of loneliness and depression I’ve ever heard, but also feels robotic and completely devoid of genuine humanity. To put it simply, just another masterpiece from one of the greatest bands to ever write music. Rating: 10/10!

Man back to back Radiohead? Another classic and true revolution for the band. Their video game museum for this and amnesiac is worth trying out. This is cinematic, varied and so much weirder than a lot of their other records.

One of my absolute favorite albums of all time. From start to finish the atmospheric, icy, and at times near despondent journey ‘Kid A’ takes you on is like no other. Every single song just commands you in some way and it’s breathtaking. Truly a game changer and one of my few 10/10’s.

If any band knows how to re-invent themselves then this is it. They were already kings of indie rock and could have ploughed the same fields forever, but chose to jump into sounds design, loops, samples, strange instrumentation and introspective music. The sonic exploration here is wonderful, and it sounds fantastic turned up loud.

Nice to revisit this album voluntarily, after being force-fed Radiohead for a decade. A complete atmospheric journey.

Hypnotisch

Amazing experimental sensational , includes one my favorite songs. meow meow meow

An ambitious album that challenged everyone who was expecting a "Yes, Master" to the magnificent "OK Computer". Abandoning guitar-driven anthems and experimenting with electronic sounds, loops and instruments, they made an unique mark in the history of music. Sometimes I feel it was what U2 tried to do with Pop, but done right. It was not an adaptation of Radiohead songs to fit an electronic mood, these were Radiohead songs, and they were electronic. I have came across Kid 17, an fan experiment who recorded Kid A on top of Kid A with a difference of 17 seconds: Kid 17 = Kid A (0:17) + Kid A. The result, beyond psychedelic.

Endnu et sygt lækkert album!! Det er projekt gør mig også til en Radiohead fan

Umuligt at overvurdere hvor stor en indflydelse den her plade har haft på min musiksmag! Verden åbnede fuldstændig op for lille Rasmus i 1g da han hørte det for første gang! (Lidt ligesom den gjorde da han hørte In Rainbows i 9. klasse, men mere da han hørte Kid A)

An incredible album from beginning to end. It's different from the other Radiohead albums we've had, and I love what they did.

Kid A 6/5

I struggled with this one when it came out. It may have taken years to return to it and understand its brilliance. But brilliant it is.

Awesome

Radiohead meets Aphex Twin meets Brian Eno. De ultimate indie rock band ging in 'Kid A' mee met de post-rock stroom van de late jaren 90. De ambient (ik probeer het woord de laatste weken te vermijden, maar deze review is incompleet zonder) soundscape is onmiskenbaar, en een elektronische minimal techno baslijn houdt het album bij elkaar. Deze plaat ligt in de catalogus van de Britse band stilistisch het dichtst bij het hart van Thom Yorke, die in zijn solo carrière veelvoudig een zelfde benadering zocht en samenwerkte met grote namen in de UK electronic scene (UNKLE, Burial). Toegegeven, dit karakter van 'Kid A', waarin veelal geëxperimenteerd werd met ambient en andere post-rock elementen, hield het album een beetje op afstand van mij. Een aantal losse songs waren me bekend, maar door de immense productiviteit van de band had ik altijd wel voldoende aan de platen die hun indie rock roots wat meer najaagden. Én ik dacht altijd dat de titelsong symptoom was aan het zweverige geneuzel dat de rest van het album zou tekenen. Niks is minder waar, een aandachtige luisterbeurt doet mijn (voor)gevoel 180 graden draaien. Op wat enkele momenten na is de balans tussen rock, ambient en IDM echt onberispelijk. En waar het schuifje iets te veel de ambient-kant opslaat, en de songs verdrinken in lagen aan slaperige synths en niet te plaatsen vocalen, zijn ze mijn aandacht eventjes kwijt (de hersenbloeding van Thom Yorke in 'Kid A' en het overbodige 'Treefingers'). Maar die momenten zijn spaarzaam, en worden overschaduwd door tal van songs waar het experiment wél met vlag en wimpel is geslaagd. De perfecte balans tussen IDM en ambient in 'Everything In Its Right Place', de perfecte balans tussen post-punk en free jazz in 'The National Anthem', de perfecte balans tussen ambient en folk in 'How to Disappear Completely', de perfecte balans tussen techno en post-rock in 'Idioteque'. Ga zo maar door. Radiohead beheerst het allemaal, en wil die veelzijdigheid ook zeker tentoonstellen. Maar dat doet het zonder pretentieus te zijn, en het te overdoen, wat op sommige andere albums van hun wel in de weg gaat zitten. De momenten die de plaat voor mij echt maken zijn de extatische opbouw in 'The National Anthem', met daarna de sereniteit van het wonderschone 'How To Disappear Completely. En later het hypnotiserende 'Idioteque', met dat eigenaardige ritme dat compleet 'off' lijkt maar je toch moeiteloos meesleept, die smoothly transformeert in 'Morning Bell'. Fantastisch gemixt, en tekenend voor het gogme van de band. En daarnaast een shoutout naar Philip Selway, de drummert die vanwege de electronische insteek wat minder ruimte kreeg dan anders, maar als hij wat meer z'n gang mocht gaan was het heerlijk om naar te luisteren. Heel erg jazzy. 9/10 Highlights: The National Anthem How to Disappear Completely Optimistic Idioteque

lemon in mouth. disappearing completely.

Pretty good actually.

I like Moon Shaped Pool a little more, but this is definitely a Radiohead highlight.

So good.

awesome stuff. a relisten for me, but a great time and some seriously moving electronic rock. favorite tracks; idioteque, optimistic, how to disappear completely

10/10

The most Radiohead of Radiohead albums

Eu ouvi o álbum andando de bicicleta num domingo ensolarado e fresco de outono, depois de uma noite mal dormida e uma manhã de ressaca leve, foi uma grande experiência de contemplação da calmaria e do movimento da cidade. Ele traz uma calma inexplicável através da sobreposição de sons eletrônicos longos e contínuos, e fazem você entrar num estado de introspecção típico de meditação.

This is one of my all-time favorite albums; I have listened to it hundreds and hundreds of times. There were no singles and it's hard to even think about it as individual songs. Unusually, the lyrics hold very little meaning to me. It is a meditative soundscape that viscerally stirs my soul. It makes me think of late nights when the rest of the world is sleeping.

Fuck yeah love this album

Great

All Timer

An all time classic.

First time listening to a whole Radiohead album. I started listening to the album accidentally on shuffle, so I was thinking that there were some weird pacing issues with it. Glad I caught it. This album is ethereal. To put it simply, everything’s in its right place. Standouts: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, How to Disappear Completely, Treefingers, Optimistic, Idioteque, and Motion Picture Soundtrack.

"Everything In Its Right Place" starts this masterful album with a bang. Enjoyed this one immensely. Gonna listen to this one a bunch of times.

Not sure I've ever listened to this album. I've spent some time with OK Comuter, but not this one. I thought the sonic landscapes were very cool, and I'm generally not a landscape person. I think they peppered in JUST enough songwriting to keep me going. Found this from wiki: The guitarist Ed O'Brien had hoped Radiohead's fourth album would comprise short, melodic guitar songs, but Yorke said: "There was no chance of the album sounding like that. I'd completely had it with melody. I just wanted rhythm. All melodies to me were pure embarrassment." I'm looking forward to spending some more time with this one!

Yummy

What can I say, it’s a masterpiece

This was known as a boring and difficult album. But it's so beautiful. It pours into your ears to remind you what those ears are there for.

I’m so glad I got this one the day after Hail to the Thief. Much like Hail to the Thief, Kid A is a work of art

One of the best albums of the 21st century. Themes of technology induced anxiety have aged incredibly well, everything in its right place is the best RH song in my opinion. Listened to OK computer again right after to compare, not sure which one is best but they have more in common tonally than I think most people think, just OK has more guitars and slightly more traditional song structure. Easy 5 stars

absolutely incredible album deserving of its praise. strong 9/10

One of the best albums by one of the best bands

This album is loved by the people it's aimed at. It helps those people overcome the issues they have in life. I would have liked to have been one of the happy people who are not helped by this album but I don't find Thom's voice irritating and I don't intellectualise endlessly about it as it has permeated the fibre of my being. I really am beyond any redemption.

It was raining, foggy, and purely miserable out. This album fit perfectly

the only radiohead album I feel like I actually “get”

Really beautiful and really terrifying at the same time. Seemingly pretty unaccessible but ultimately a grower of an album. I still may not be the biggest Radiohead fan in the world, but now I can definitely say that I'm a fan. This is an album about death and what comes after, beyond that I can't really describe it. 28/03/24

Nice

one of the best albums of all time

incrediiible record. i have heard it before though, many times, so i didnt give it a listen. one of my fave radiohead records definitely

Мой любимый альбом радиохед.

favourite: how to disappear completely, idioteque, motion picture soundtrack least favourite: heartbreaking: the worst artist you know just made a great album can't reasonably give this anything below a 5 in rainbows and ok computer are better though mayb 9-10/10

This felt like Everything In It’s Right Place.

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love this album, have known before, nothing to add

got it tatted bro

this album makes me sad

Thoughts before listening: This is where Radiohead abandoned alt-rock for more of an electronic sound. At least that was the story when it came out, and because of those reviews, I avoided this album for years. I've since come around, and it's definitely a great album that sits near the top of Radiohead's discography (OK Computer is still their best). Review: This is a weird album in all the right ways. There is a krautrock propulsion to many of the songs, and while there are certainly fewer guitar solos than on past albums, this is still a rock record. If anything, this was ushering in a new era for rock music that would focus more on atmosphere and mood than traditional rock song structures. Easy 5-star album for me.

I've listened to this like twenty million times, great every time

I consider myself a big Radiohead fan but it took me years to “get” Kid A. It’s a perfect album with highlights being the opening notes of Eveything in its Right Place, the driving bass line and unhinged trumpets of the National Anthem, and the transition of Treefingers into Optimistic.

Their best album, almost 25(!) years on it hasn't really aged. I was very contrary about this on release as I got annoyed by all the indie kids freaking about the "unlistenable" album whilst I was mainlining far more experimental stuff on Warp and Rephlex, so I wrote this off as Radiohead making a middling Aphex wannabe album just to be different. Instead now my older and hopefully wiser head just sees this for it's stark and chilling beauty, arguably one of the best albums on the list so far.

Everything In Its Right Place: 9.5/10 a vibe setter, hard to describe, makes you feel slightly sick and uncomfortable and deranged but also hopeful? Kid A: 7/10 very experimental very art The National Anthem: 9/10 bass line ⊂•⊃_⊂•⊃ How To Disappear Completely: 7/10 Treefingers: 8/10 Optimistic: 10/10 In Limbo: 8/10 Idioteque: 10/10 Morning Bell: 9/10 Motion Picture Soundtrack: 8/10 Untitled: 9/10 Not something I could listen to often, but when I do its gonna be a fucking experience Top Three: Optimistic Idioteque Everything In Its Right Place Album Score: /10

Kid A - Radiohead 1- Everything in its right place ✅ 👑 2- Kid A ✅ 3- National Anthem ✅👑 4- How to Disappear Completely ✅ 5- Treefingers ✅👑 6- Optimistic　✅ 7- In Limbo ❌ 8- Idioteque ✅ 9- Morning bell 10- Motion Picture Soundtrack ✨ 11- Untitled ❌ My Top 3: 1-Everything in its right place 2- National Anthem 3- Treefingers Key: ✅ liked/added to playlist ❌ did not like/enjoy ✨ already known song/ already in my playlist

Elite

Longtime favorite.

Radiohead steps away from rock and enters a realm of endless possibilities. Electronic loops and crazy time signatures.

Simply rocks. The theatricality of the whole record blows me away everytime. Perfect mix of rock, electronic, and that signature Radiohead style. Favorites are How to Disappear Completely and Idioteque.

How To Disappear Completely is absolutely beautiful. This album is great. Ambient electronics, sludgy bass, and punchy drums. Stylistic departure from OK Computer and it works.

Radiohead isn't a band that I typically listen too and only know a few songs here and there. I'm stoked that this is an album I can listen to with fresh ears and get more and more familiar with.

Peak

Pretty different to Radiohead's earlier music but shows clearly their music skill and diversity. A great audio experience, with a mix of exciting and chilled songs.

Amazing. 4.5.

Epic

It’s difficult to put into words how important Kid A has been to me. I remember driving home from a friend’s lakehouse in high school with this album setting the serene, dark, dramatic atmosphere that the drive provided to me. Every subsequent listen has evoked memories of that peaceful solitude and a stark reminder that music is fundamental to who I am as a person.

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2/26/24. Still remember the very first time I listened to this and it has stuck with me since. I can't imagine the initial reaction when this released, but I'll always love this album due to the unorthodox lyrics, sounds, and compositions. I almost get a unique experience with each listen.

One of my favorite bands, and a fantastic album.

Amazing album which has so much depth and variety musically. Songs where rhythm is everything and then others where you feel such thoughts and emotions. One of the best albums of all times

This is a 5 because it's a perfect album and most definitely absolutely not because I'm afraid of what Radiohead fans will do to me if I don't rate it as such l.

Masterpiece

Exceptionally.

- Okay...I get it now. First Radiohead album I have listened to in full. And now I respect why people like this band so much. - Looking it up, this was apparently considered an experimental departure for them. I hope this is the vibe of more of their albums, because I feel for it hard. - Adore "How to Disappear Completely" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack." Was worried when "Optimistic" came on (did not jive for me as much), but it was not much of a departure and the album quickly veered back to where I wanted it to be. - Listened to the album two more times over the weekend.

Best Radiohead album? Maybe so, maybe not. If it were combined with Amnesiac as (possibly) intended as a double album it for sure would be. But there's also OK Computer and In Rainbows so difficult to say which is "the best". Either way it's an easy 5 stars

Top 5 all times, even better if it came out together with Amnesiac as a single album

all timer

I listened to this while I was working -- I've heard it so many times. I love this album, but listening to it on headphones while tapping away at the very machines that cause the ennui was a little jarring. I have to unironically use the word "synergies" in my work. If you want to listen to this, let it be central to your attention. No unexpected bangers. Idioteque is brilliant.

To support this album's release, Radiohead had an inflight radio program on American Airlines. I heard it while flying from DFW to London. I listened the entire flight. The album dropped a month or two later (October), but it was near impossible to find stateside. I finally got a copy on Christmas that year (2000). 20+ years on and this album still blows me away like it did on that flight.

What a world we live in.

Hard

My favourite Radiohead album

Classic

Idioteque/National Anthem are all-timers. Still mindblowing that this came out in 2000. On good headphones, the textures are super overwhelming (esp Morning Bell and Everything), and i notice something new with every listen. it upended the shitty ass place that pop rock music was in (Hoobastank) by lacing in IDM & techno. Don't think we would have Tame Impala, LCD, Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips, or similar risk-taking modern rock as we know it today.

4.6 - stunning album. But if I’m being harsh, it’s not better than the bends for me. Still a 5 though

What is there to say? I find Kid A to be slightly overrated, but at the same time its really quite hard to poke any holes in it. Idioteque has long been my favourite Radiohead song. I listened twice through today to ensure I was fully engaged with the album, because I knew this was going to be right on the 4-5 border for me. Fave Tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque 4.5/5

Has there ever been a more fitting opening track. Radiohead released the greatest album of all time and then completely deconstructed themselves, put themselves back together and Everything’s In It’s Place. Kid A is a masterpiece. The coldest, darkest album I’ve ever heard and yet at times the most beautiful. How to Disappear Completely is the prime example, potentially the greatest music ever recorded. 9.9/10

A lot of variety throughout the album, with some tracks being outright haunting. I can see myself coming back to this one.

My favorite Radiohead album. This is fantastic and a work of art. Sadly, the only other album that even comes close to the sound of Kid A is some songs off of A Moon Shaped Pool.

LOVE THIS SM.. fav song is probs idioteque

I have listened to this countless times and still every time I listen it feels fresh and surprising. I don't know how that works, but I love it. Album opens on a bright but unsettling note with Everything In Its Right Place. A synth heavy jam with tons of vocal layering and production effects. Beautiful production. Kid A sparkles by comparison with incoherent vocals and a skittering breakbeat that make for a headphone testing drea. So much depth and color. Then there's National Anthem which pulls you in with a dirty bass line and drum hook on top of which they layer all sorts of otherworldly sounds. One of my all time favorites. But then there's How to Disappear Completely; a complete left turn. Such a pretty and sad song. Treefingers is more an interlude in my mind than anything else. A nice breath of fresh air before Optimistic opens in a more traditional (if there is a thing) Radiohead form. In Limbo carries over nicely before things turn back to the electronic heavy influences that started the album on Idioteque. Washed out, punchy electronic snares with some bright synth layering and Thom Yorke doing his usual vocal things. Love the bleed over into late album stand out Morning Bell featuring drum heavy production with mellow keys and some trippy vocals effects towards the later half. This is a beautiful and diverse album that holds it's place in top 3 territory for Radiohead in my mind (other two being In Rainbows and OK Computer). Easy 5 / 5 for me

Oh fuck yes I'm going IN for this one. Type in “biggest left turn in music history” on Google and this will show up. Being insanely popular from releasing OK Computer and then going straight into experimental electronic was certainly a move, and thank god they did it. I don’t expect everyone here to appreciate this to that level, but I honestly think this album changed the trajectory of my music listening and gave me a new appreciation for electronic music in general. The start of Everything still gives me goosebumps sometimes. Such a strange song with some wild looping on the vocals. Kid A definitely took some time for me to appreciate. Don't think I liked the effects on the vocals initially but it really is a pretty song and love how it picks up. Especially when those drums come in. The National Anthem I think is the song that made me fall in love with Radiohead. That bassline that delves into the organized chaos jacks me up every time. Plus I love the juxtaposition going into How to Disappear. Strings are hauntingly beautiful on this one. Love the dissonance towards the end when it all comes together. Brilliant. Treefingers is a weird ambient one that just fits with the album. Would never listen to this one on its own. Kinda like an interlude. Optimistic is probably the most accessible song on here. Love the climax at the end. I would love to take acid to In Limbo. Idioteque is fuckin bonkers. Seeing it live was one of the most intense experiences of my life and I loved every second of it. I once read it was the "dance song from hell" and I think that fits pretty well. Transition from Idioteque into Morning Bell shows the brilliance of the production here. There is always a discussion between this version and the one on the next album (sister albums) and this one is superior imo. Round and round and round and round and roooouuuunnndddddd. Gets into that chaotic dissonant sound again towards the end. Allie would hate this album so much. Beautiful end with Motion Picture Soundtrack and all the strings. Ties up the album perfectly for me. Easiest 5/5 so far for me.

This album is a testament to radiohead’s musical diversity and ability. after releasing two of the greatest alt rock albums ever, they decided to completely change their sound, and still released one of the greatest albums of the decade, and went on to remain influential. 5 for how impressive that is

Great album

I have loved this album since the day it came out, and it's still one of my favorites, especially combined with Amnesiac. I don't like every album Radiohead has put out. As of the time of me writing this, I haven't liked their last two albums, but I do love both The Smile albums. So, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood can definitely make music that hits me in all the right places. Kid A didn't start my love of Radiohead. I heard Creep at the time, liked The Bends singles, but it was when OK Computer came out that I really connected with them and included them in my regular listening. Kid A was never quite as revolutionary to me as other people, as I instantly connected it to sounds like Aphex Twin and Tortoise, but Radiohead obviously took those sounds and made it their own and have kept with that line since then.

Hard to beat. This never gets old.

a band that makes you want to be somewhere and be doing something and makes you remember memories so intensely. radiohead were an influential band for me and my friends between the ages of 12 - 18 in the early 2000s and i loved them then, i love them still and this album is perfect. the others must be on here and i just realised that i think all of them deserve a perfect score of 5, and not just for nostalgia, as the majority of their discography are in my playlists that i listen to frequently. they’re cool and timeless and just so fucking interesting - How to disappear completely??? like how amazing is that song?? Motion picture soundtrack??? Tree fingers, Kid A??? all on one album… everything in its right place?? honestly they’re all 5 and the lowest song is still a 4.5. I know i’m gushing but is there any other way to talk about them.

A truly magnificent and exceptional album.

Kid A is about lonliness. To a 90's kid... This is where Radiohead started being 'weird' ... The evolution of Radiohead is what people love about them, and it's also what people hate about them, but this is the first album after Ok Computer, or the dividing line. It's no wonder Everything in it's Right Place is the opening track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-jg1jizVE

Even as a follow-up to “OK Computer,” “Kid A” and “Amnesiac” were bold moves by Radiohead. The music is sweeping, challenging, orchestral, haunting, electronic, discordant, pulling the listener into an aural storm. “Kid A” remains on the 1001, while “Amnesiac” has been removed in later editions. I think this is the right call, although I love parts of both albums. But “Kid A” had the biggest impact, as the direct extension of the “OK Computer” evolution. Both albums came out of the same recording sessions, so it's fitting to choose just one as essential Or maybe replace them both with the 2021 double album reissue? Whether you love it or hate it, I think this absolutely fits the bill as music that you’ve gotta listen to at least once in your lifetime.

Every real Radiohead fan knows that this is their best album. 😉 An electronica rock masterpiece. I’m still amazed at the stark contrast in style between The Bends and Kid A and how well they mastered this new sound that they also created at the same time.

damn. the harp on Motion Picture Soundtrack is so good.

Timeless.

I was 13 when Kid A came out so not quite aware of the context, but it must have blown people's minds, and still does amaze me. OK Computer turned Radiohead into the biggest band in the world, and they followed up with something so different which surely marked the most fascinating artistic shift in direction in modern rock. It's not just incredible for the fact it was surprising though. How To Disappear Completely is a compelling insight into Thom's anxiety and stage fright. The National Anthem's build into a crazy crescendo of horns and all kinds of other things never gets old to listen to. Morning Bell has always been one of my favourite Radiohead songs - great melody and drumming. I could go on and didn't even mention Idioteque which is the centre point of the whole thing No one else has been able to make music like this before or since

ah yes.... one of my favorite albums by possibly my most favorite band. have listened to this album hundreds and hundreds of times. was not paying a ton of attention while listening to this one since.... check my last fm scrobbles from the last ten years.... ive heard it so many times. but i do think the tracklisting is perfect, the electronic elements are so surreal, and the brief glimpses into trad guitar band arrangement are so deliciously sparse and rewarding... truly one of my favs. incredible cover art. my biggest qualm here is that the untitled song at the end of motion pic soundtrack has been added as its OWN SONG!!! and therefore compromises the actual runtime of the album as WAS INTENDED..... get your shit together streaming services. anyways love you radiohead, it's sad you're zionists :(

I’m not sure if this is when Radiohead first really started experimenting with electronics sounds or not, but you can definitely feel it on this album. I hear some tasty Theremin getting tossed in amongst the rest of the sounds. I can hear some drum and bass influence in the drums, but it’s deconstructed; a precursor to what James Blake would do with dubstep over a decade later. Thom Yorke hits with his fluttery falsetto in a way that gives a consistent organic ethereality to counter the machine-like electronics. Each song can stand on its own, but the transitions and sequencing of the album make it a different experience to listen to beginning to end. While most of the album has a generally, though not overly, dark and foreboding atmosphere, Motion Picture Soundtrack provides a musical brightness and light to the album, before abruptly ending. A fading period at the end of the sentence of life.

One of my favorite Radiohead albums. This one is such a roller coaster with high highs and low lows (sonically). Favorites are National Anthem, Optimistic, Morning Bell. Not sure where this sits on my top Radiohead albums but its definitely top three.

Just wow. I've never really listened to Radiohead but this album was amazing. It evoked really intense emotions that aren't usually addressed in albums and every song was unique and beautiful while also maintaining cohesiveness as an album.

Heeel gaaf album, wil deze wel graag op vinyl! Echt toffe variatie tussen rustig en minimalistisch en juist heel druk en heftig Will buy, meteen op m'n lijstje gezet hehe

Love this album.

Whilst not my favourite Radiohead album, it's still fantastic.

Six stars

Good Monday listening!

I had a Radiohead bumper sticker on my first car. In part to Thom Yorker’s great dancing, I can never rate them below a 4

I haven’t listened to this one. Not specifically for this project anyway. I’ve heard Kid A countless times. I’m somewhat of a Johnny-come-lately with Radiohead, but Everything in its Right Place has been my go-to to test headphones for a long time. I won’t get into why I didn’t used to like them, but they more recently became one of my most listened to bands. But honestly I don’t listen to anything before Kid A. It’s that good of a career change.

10/10 album, have already listened to it like 30 times though

GOATED album. Revolutionary and aesthetically gorgeous.

Oh! Yes. I think there's some potential in me to be more of a Radiohead dude than I actually am but I do love some of their work and what happened to them on this album is a lot of the reasons.

This was great- experimental with excellent rhythm, beats and guitars.

Kid A is an album in eternal conflict. The clash of an electronic age and society with an individual, organic human being in a postmodern world. It's warning against the rise of technology while synthesizing traditional instrumentation with electronic ones. It might be the most cynical, depressive and pessimistic album of Radiohead's discography, but simultaneously contains some of their most humane lyrics ("I'm not here, this isn't happening", "The best you can is good enough"). Finally, it's also Johnny Greenwood still being an incredibly inventive guitarist while at the same time showing what he would go on to create in the world of soundtracks.

Kid A was both the start and peak of the beep boop part of Radiohead’s career. A genre-bending and era changing musical experience from a band, and especially a lead singer, that wasn’t comfortable staying comfortable.

Second best Radiohead album. Everything in it's right place live Outside Lands was one of the best live songs I've ever seen

I owned this cassette tape. It's slower than I remember, but I still like it.

I listened to this before but it's an experience The first two tracks are very ethereal and haunting, best to listen to in a dark room with your eyes closed. The next tracks are a bit of a tonal shift, but is still engaging. Treefingers is an alright interlude/ambient track. The rest of the album goes crazy

Classic and weird

Such a great album that was like a Time Machine for me. It brought back fond memories.

what’s left to say? best tracks: everything in its right place, motion picture soundtrack, how to disappear completely

Love it.

Very different music for my ears! New is good.

Super Album.

A modern classic. (test note)

Fantastic album

Classic- but not my favorite radiohead album...

The funny thing is that I missed Radiohead completely while I was raising kids, building career, and moving through divorce. Ten years ago RH came into focus and has been a center of my listening life since.

I'm a recent Radiohead fan. My favorite way to listen is my Kid~A, OK Computer, In Rainbows, The Bends playlist on shuffle. The particular song order of these albums does nothing for me.

Top 20 of my all time favorite

Classic

Really adore this album

It seems impossible to provide a new angle on Kid A. Countless words have been written on it, and countless words in response. Any serious account of Kid A must take stock of all of these conversations, digest them, address the most pertinent points, and only then try to say something new. It seems futile to even attempt it. Yet, despite all of these countless words, countless descriptions, countless takes on how the songs sound, how they sit in history, how they affect a listener's psyche, it is evident that any attempt to recreate the album from merely written descriptors would result in a pathetic pastiche at best. And therein lies Kid A's brilliance. Despite being denoted the decade's best album just a year into the 00s and setting off reams and reams of columns, counter-columns, blogs and forum posts discussing its merits and how it renders rock and roll childish and how actually it's overrated and how people have fiddled around with electronica before and listen to Mingus and Aphex Twin and actually if you listen to Amnesiac and OK Computer and yet, Kid A defies the grasp of words. Only by listening, can it be truly appreciated and understood.

Amazing mix of styles, rocking out at points, dancy, beautifully weird.

such a beautifully discordant yet complex and sincere album. A masterpiece of design and so ahead of it's time, especially when you consider that it was made back in 2000.

yeaaaaaah this is still hitting. i'm not even the biggest radiohead guy but like what am i supposed to say

I put off listening to this because I thought I would really need to be in a certain mood and mental space to appreciate it- and I was partially right. I think if I had listened to this a few years ago in my childhood bedroom staring out the window at night it would've been one of my favorite albums of all time and fundamentally changed my music-listening-trajectory. It's a really strong album on every level and is great at sounding cohesive and setting a mood without ever getting repetitive or boring. It's hard for me to gauge just how unique and never-before-done this album was- I suspect it wasn't the first of its kind, but maybe the first time people heard this sort of music from a hugely popular rock group? The first two songs scared the hell out of me and I came into this review thinking I'd give it a four stars and move on but man. I'm halfway through my second listen to the album and I really think it's a five star for me. Sorry this review is all over the place but I'm just taking in the album.

Love this album. Already heard it a number of times before, so I already knew how I felt about it. It wasn’t super easy to get into the first time, though. Surprisingly what finally made the album click for me was the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition game. Ever since I played that, I’ve been able to see Kid A and the follow up Amnesiac in a whole new way. I suggest everyone try this game if they haven’t. Just about an hour or two long, it’s free and it’s so worth it. This is easily my favourite Radiohead album. Listening back through the album has reminded me of some incredible songs I’d forgotten about, specifically Motion Picture Soundtrack. Not quite good enough to get in my top 5 but worth a mention at least. I was about to give this one a 9/10, since a couple songs aren’t quite perfect in my opinion (specifically, Treefingers is a bit boring), but I just can’t take away the point for that. This album is close enough to being perfect that it deserves a perfect score. 10/10 Top 5: 1. How to Disappear Completely 2. Everything In Its Right Place 3. Idioteque 4. The National Anthem 5. Kid A

Simply amazing

A nice surprise.

Amazing Album.

one of my favourites

1000/1000

Even if this was a bit overhyped online, I still thoroughly enjoyed this one a lot. The electronic elements are done very well and kept me interested through out, along with the production and lyrics. Very good! Might see myself revisiting this.

Six fucking stars

The OG album.

I guess I've never listened to Radiohead since this was very different from what I expected. Pretty good.

Thom Yorke marry me pls

Fucking amazing

I actually cannoth fathom that Radiohead released this only 3 years after OK Computer. So foundationally important to me liking more ambient and electronic music. Perfect. 5/5

Ambient, morose and beautiful. This album owes as much to Brian Eno as it does any of its contemporary guitar bands. Its descendants are more Sigur Rós (see: Treefingers) than any British rock bands that followed. All that is just staggering in contrast to The Bends (one of the great records of the grunge and post-grunge genres). It's not all electronic texture. The glassy soundscape of Treefingers gives way to the decidedly more analog Optimistic. The National Anthem sits between the beeps and boops and the crunchy to jangly stuff, chugging out an angular bass groove that unsettles and ensorcells in equal measure. Weird but accessible; critically acclaimed and wildly popular; haunting and beautiful, this album is an utter masterwork.

5 évident. Super album, à la limite de l'électro et du post-rock. Pistes favorites : Everything in its right place, The National Anthem, Idiothèque.

Album écouté, réécouté, ré-ré-ré-ré-écouté, je l'adore. Vraiment le sweet spot de Radiohead avec un petit peu de tout, du rock, de la musique électronique, même si c'est globalement quelque chose de plutôt planant. À la réécoute, même les titres en apparence assez simplistes ont vraiment beaucoup de profondeur. Vraiment c'est super. (C'est le premier album de Radiohead en quasiment 100 cds, j'espère vraiment qu'il y en aura au moins deux ou trois autres, mais j'annonce que ce sera aussi un 5/5 pour eux)

10/5. It was a life changing album when it came out, and it still moves me now.

All time favourite

love radio head!

the drum is amazing

This record came out when I was 14. It’s an obvious 5 star record.

Undeniably one of the best albums ever made. I must have heard it hundreds of times. 10/10.

This album was so ridiculously ahead of it's time. It was the 21st century version of Dylan going electric.

Superb

Obrigado pela desculpa pra ouvir esse album.

Elite. One of the best experimental rock albums ever made, perhaps only beaten by its predecessor.

Key track: all tracks

Favorite Tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, In Limbo, Idioteque, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack

There will be books written about this record.

Upea teoshan tämä on, onnistuu erinomaisesti tasapainottelemaan lohduttomuuden ja kauneuden rajamailla -- tai ehkä se lohduttomuus on sitten tehty kauniiksi. 5/5

One of the great headphone albums. Moody, creepy, beautiful. I haven't explored all the historical context of the album, but it was mind-blowing for me as a 15-year-old kid. It is still such an enjoyable listen.

I gave this album, and Radiohead, a real chance for the first time in a while, and was surprised to find that "Kid A" is pure high art. A big thanks to my son for helping me recognize this. I just needed to let it take me on the journey. I've always liked "Everything in its Right Place" and "Optomistic," but a seemingly overacted performance on SNL twenty years ago gave me a bad opinion of the band, and I've ignored what what I didn't immediately enjoy since then. I think I will avoid watching their live performances... How to Dissapear Completely seems so incredibly sad to me. I've been wrong about Radiohead. 4.8

Masterpiece

mellow and unexpected sound very nice

Four days ago, I reviewed “Amnesiac”, Radiohead’s fifth album which was written and recorded concurrently with “Kid A”. I was a little lukewarm on it, so I’m glad I have the chance to make up for it here in fanboy-style praise. “Kid A” is the band’s masterpiece. After they’d found skyscraper-high critical acclaim for the all-timer “OK Computer”, they did the unimaginable and followed it up with something more experimental, more subdued, more daring. “Kid A” evaded me for a long time, but at the time of writing it sits snugly alongside (and sometimes above) “OK Computer” as my favourite Radiohead album. Every single track deserves a mention for one reason or another, so here goes… “Everything In Its Right Place” is a chilling, austere opening: it instantly captures a dual atmosphere of total calm and eerie disquiet. The lyric “yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon” is a prime example of Yorke’s David Byrne-influenced “cut-up” lyrical approach on this record: abrupt, nonsensical, but perfectly placed. “Kid A” is minimalist, painfully introverted and “anti-guitar”, destined to turn off any lingering Britpop fans waiting for another “Creep”. It’s a microcosm of the album: takes a while to latch on, but then will never let go. “The National Anthem” is for brass players what “Climbing Up the Walls” is for string players: the entrance of the bari sax is quite possibly my favourite moment in any Radiohead song. Ed O’Brien’s bassline is unforgettable. “How to Disappear Completely” is haunting, tragic, devastating… one of the band’s best ballads and a masterclass in painting with sound. We salute Nigel Godrich’s production, cozy warmth and freezing cold all at once. “Treefingers” is that rare beast of an ambient instrumental which doesn’t feel like filler. It’s expertly produced, paced and sequenced, feeling like a perfect palate cleanser. “Optimistic” is a pleasing return to a more formalised song structure, showing the band haven’t completely forgotten their roots. More beautifully sinister lyrics, and a great rhythm part here from Johnny Greenwood. “In Limbo” is dizzying in its dissonance, mesmerising in its incorporation of the shipping forecast, a song lost at sea, never to be uncovered. “Idioteque” is a glitchy freakout which takes us all the way out into the unknown. If you thought there was a way to come back to normality, a moment for the band to return to where they came from, it’s gone now. It’s one of the catchiest songs on the record… because of course it is. “Morning Bell” boasts an impeccable drum performance from Philip Selway, and the chorus is a sublime Thom Yorke falsetto. It runs rings around the “Amnesiac” version. And then there’s “Motion Picture Soundtrack”, which floors me every time, without fail. Achingly beautiful, and the prettiest track Radiohead have ever released. Consider my five stars justified. Oh, and there’s a hidden untitled track too. But that’s a bit pointless.

Amazing! Brilliant! Life changing!

EVERYTIIIIIIIIIIING!!!! EVERTHAAAAAAAANG!!!! IN ITS RIGHT PLAAAAACE!!!!!!!

It’s always a good day when I get to listen to Kid A. I'm noticing how lush the synth pad is on the last 1.5 mins of "Kid A". The drum sound on "The National Anthem" has bugged me for some time. Their lo-fi crunch feels out of place in the mix. I love everything else about this song.

Står fortsatt for det jeg sa om at de er litt overvurdert, men dette var knallbra

Easily one of the best albums of all time.

This is great. So different from Radiohead's other albums. It is simultaneously ambient and very intricate. And just has a lot of vibes.

Talk about introducing a new millennium. This album just blew my mind, blew everyone's mind. It set the mood for the 21st century. Which was, naturally, a rather dark mood, but also innovative, fresh, different. Absolutely deserving of its place on the list and so fun to listen to again. 5/5

Every time I play this album it gets better. Just a staggering range of textures and approaches to what a song or track is. In Morning Bell they event deliver a 'proper Radiohead song' with verses and choruses and everything to stand with their best.

One of those albums that changed everything in the genre after it's released and still challenges today, at a time when rock was feeling fully mapped out and only offering the same old formula with bands like Puddle of Mudd Radiohead produced something that evolved the genre just as much as David Bowie's album Low with influences as disparate as Charles Mingus and Aphex Twin. This album changed me. A masterpiece. 5/5 for me but I can understand the people giving it 1/5, it's hard to rate something when you've never heard it's like before.

Rock Electronica atmosphere. It's a mood

BEEP BOP BEEP: Radiohead know how to make me fall in love with random noises and ambient sounds paired with delicate lyrics leaving a masterpiece looming in my mind. That probably made no sense but neither do my feelings about this. Not their finest work so on that hand not a 5 BUT in the gran scheme of music it definitely was. I'm left unsure so I'll be generous.

Best Song - Motion Picture Soundtrack

Wonderful

I've fallen a few days behind because I feel like I haven't been able to give this the attention it deserves. I've never really "gotten" Radiohead when I tried before, but this album at this time in my life has resonated with me. My music tastes have evolved since I last tried and I enjoyed this album a lot. A lot of what I enjoy about jam bands is that their songs are as much soundscapes as they are songs. I also enjoy that the nebulous lyrics evoke feelings more than they tell you how to feel, which is a trait I enjoy about Bon Iver, and some jam bands' songs. Song going on my "1001 Songs" Playlist: How to Disappear Completely Other Songs Going On My "1001 Albums Savelist" Playlist: Everything in Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Optimistic, Idioteque

Elszallos, chilles, elborult

Ik dacht me te herinneren dat de plaat opent met Idioteque, maar nee. Volgens het nummer is ‘Everything in it’s right place’…. Well I beg to differ. Al een tijdje geleden dat ik deze integraal heb beluisterd. Mijn go to Radiohead plaat is al jaren In Rainbows, voor mij de beste Radiohead plaat om in zijn geheel naar binnen te werken. Deze plaat wordt gezien als 1 van de meest belangrijke platen van dit millenium. Of die status nog altijd zo relevant is, we gaan het zo dadelijk weten zou het misschien eerder iets zijn van: ge had er moeten bijzijn hoe de muziekwereld even door elkaar geschud werd in het jaar 2000. Radiohead goes electronic! Wat is dit nu na het ongelofelijke OK Computer? Maar ik wil daarmee zeker niet het sonisch pallet dat ons aangeboden wordt afbreken. Want: wauw. De originaliteit spat van elk nummer af. De groovy hypnotiserende baslijn van The National Anthem geraak je nooit beu om zelf te spelen. Vlagen ambient, toch wat typische ritmische Radiohead gitaren in Optimistic, een buitenaardse synth en beats op Idioteque, Duysterachtige betovering bij Motion Picture Soundrtrack… het is een van de meest geslaagde huwelijken tussen rock en electronica (en een hoop andere invloeden) tot op vandaag. In de context dat ze tot dan gekend stonden als een van de grote altrock bands, hebben ze zich met dit geslaagd experiment wel echt een plek in de muziekgeschiedenis verzekerd. Er kan er maar 1 de allerbeste zijn, maar uiteindelijk zijn al die ranglijsten toch een beetje zinloos egotrippen op mekaars muziekkennis. Heeft Radiohead hier echt het warm water uitgevonden? (Muziek)Geschiedenis is ergens een hoopje critici die een logisch lijkende verhaalstructuur verzinnen met oorzaak en vervolg. Het ijkpunt Kid A is dan zo’n vast hoofdstuk geworden in het verhaal, maar overstijgt de muziek hier de mythe? Of dit de beste plaat is van de jaren 2000 zou ik zelf, puur gebaseerd op deze beluistering, niet zelf durven opwerpen, al vind ik het wel een machtig gedurfde plaat die blijft verrassen. Al voelt het soms een beetje meer als een Thom Yorke/Atoms For Peace plaat dan per se een pur sang Radioheadplaat aan bij momenten. Het is gewoon een hele goeie plaat van 1 van de beste bands ter wereld. Onbeperkt houdbaar, permanent fris. Een plaat die ik nooit beu zal worden, al gaat dat voor mij voor het gros van de Radioheadplaten op. Misschien dat de fusie ‘Kid Amnesiac’ die ze er later met het betere knip- en plakwerk van gemaakt hebben, wel de nóg imeer boeiende luisterervaring. Er zit dan nog net iets meer experiment in het experiment. Groetjes aan Jakke en Tom. De volgende platen ga ik wel wa minder uitgebreid ranten, maar ik vond dit wel eens een leuke snobby oefening. Binnenkort meer reviews in de trend van: ‘yes baby da klinkt wel goe’ of ‘Matig’?

Really good. Album. Great textures, songwriting. Good sleep record too.

I'm a Radiohead fan so this album was familiar to me. Favorite tracks are Idioteque and Morning Bell, but I like most of the album. A small part of the album is a little too experimental for me (e.g. the title track). There are parts of the album that remind me of Bjork and parts that remind me of some Beatles (e.g. use of the horns reminds me of A Day in the Life).

Thom Yorke could sing 'It's a Small World After All' and I'd probably like it.

So I was one of those many, many fans initially turned off massively by this album. Maybe I was caught up in the noise around it before forming my own opinion was a thought in my still young head, or perhaps it was to do with Kid A the song being so up front and not really very good that soured me. Let's be honest, it's a bit of a nothing song. Especially in such company. I've never much cared for Idioteque either if I'm completely honest. Anyway I didn't stick with it, and rejoined the party with Hail to the Thief, which many dislike but which I love. I've come back to Kid A of course, and to an extent Amnesiac, though I'll take much more convincing that the latter is a work of genius beyond obvious exceptions such as Pyramid Song. There's no point writing much more about the actual record, it's all been written. The overblown chaotic and the understated majesty go hand in hand.

Still a goddamn masterpiece