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c'est pas in rainbows mais quand meme
So good
I'm not here; this isn't happening
Da best
a monumental point of inflection for their creative direction, a quintessential early-2000s album
I feel that this is a cliché to say this about Kid A but that album is so important to me. This was my introduction to electronic music, krautrock and experimental music as a whole, genres that means everything to me now. So britpop peaked and while everybody was racing to get to the throne Radiohead just went "f*ck it" and did a 180 by releasing an atmospheric record that wouldn't have a chance to get so much attention if it weren't made by one of the most popular alternative band of its time. As we all know, britpop collapsed soon after and Radiohead went on to have one of the most interesting and fruitful career any band could ever dream of. And it all started with this album in particular. One of the most treasured records of all-time as far as I'm concerned.
In my experience, that's when Radiohead really started to get interesting.
Amen - Masterpiece. I discover this album late in my life but now I cant stop listening to it.
This album could be in the "11 albums generator" list. Seriously, one of the most influential album ever and it's a masterpiece. I would have liked to experience the release of this album at the time to live the big generalized "what the hell"... Then realize a few years later that it is finally a game changer in the history of music.
Amazing this is shit is so good
haha. 5
How To Disappear Completely still makes me cry
Amazing album
I made an uneducated statement by saying Radiohead didn't do it for me. I was wrong. Absolutely phenomenal. Been on repeat all day.
124 Albums in. 5 Radiohead albums. This is a time and place album for me and when I hear it, it always takes me back to my last montsh of college. Classload was light and it was the last time in my life with little responsibility. My roommates and I loved this album and listened to it a lot, and really for the sake of listening well. It's one of the most complete, most perfect albums I've ever heard. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding
cool
Classic 5/5
Probably my favorite album of all time. OK Computer started running with song mechanics and then this album went all out with deconstruction. Songs end in jazz chaos, atmospheric electronic, the whole thing keeps you guessing. A masterpiece
Billies best!
Cmon its kid a whats left to say
I can’t believe it. My favorite album of all time, and it’s the third to come up. ‘Everything In Its Right Place’ is a perfect opener. It sets the mood perfectly. I could not imagine it being anywhere else on the album. Then is the title track, the first thing I associate with the word ‘soundscape’. The instruments feel like they’re bouncing around softly as Thom Yorke’s heavily-edited voice sings about something ‘standing in the shadows in the end of my bed’. It’s simultaneously soothing and sinister. ‘The National Anthem’ is both a jam and absolutely apocalyptic. ‘How To Disappear Completely’ is just… beautiful. The ending is amazing. The strings, which have been playing the whole time out of key, start going haywire, and it seems the sad but peaceful aura has been broken, but then - the strings play in key, and it’s 45 seconds of ethereal beauty. ‘Treefingers’ is a pretty ambient piece to string the previous song to the hard-rocking ‘Optimistic’, which is the song most reminiscent of OK Computer. It combines elements from both albums to make another great song. ‘In Limbo’ is the one I have the least to say about, but it’s still good. What follows is one of my favorite 3-song runs of all time. ‘Idioteque’ is an amazing apocalyptic dance song, much like ‘The National Anthem’ (not the dance part, but the apocalyptic part). ‘Morning Bell’ is a song I don’t know how to describe, but it’s a word for good I haven’t used yet. I don’t know why I’m making this review so long. Anyway, closer ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’ is one of the most ethereal, tearjerking songs I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. It feels like the end of an era, a final goodbye to an old friend. After that, the hidden track is an almost happy ending, how even after all that, the future is bright. Life will get better. Or that’s just me over analyzing. Probably.
Innovative great body of work
9/10 - great album but just doesn't have the same vibe as their earlier stuff
9/10. no es mi fav de rh pero es dms cohesivo y guenisimo.
Listened three times over and still have no idea what to say or where to start.
When the dice rolls a 5 stars you sit back and enjoy.
In a little while I'll be gone The moment's already passed Yeah, it's gone And I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I like OK computer better as a collection of songs, but I agree that this is probably the more "must-listen" album. Its a fantastic album with great themes and a bunch of top 10 tracks. 5/5
YEAAAAH
I remember that this was seen as a big departure for the band after the more instrumental albums that came before. But the influences (mo'wax, autechre, aphex twin, german electronica, underworld, etc) are all near and dear to me, and this album only really grows on me more. Future albums still maintained elements of this direction and remain prominent on my rotation.
im not here this isn’t happening…. something about listening to how to disappear completely on the plane
I have not listened to much Radiohead over the years, so something new… that evoked some nostalgia moments. Quality album!
Love how this band is always reinventing themselves. Nothing is of limits. Unpredictable as an album and a band. Love everything about it. Always staying the same by always changing.
Likely in the top ten records ever made. Some of the best songs ever written are on this album and the album as a whole flows perfectly. This is a masterpiece.
Fantastic! Terrific!
Love it
Love it
me like
Incredible atmospheric compositions, Yorker’s singing and lyrics are beautiful, great album
Incredible front to back. Sonically, a genre-less masterpiece of serious proportion. Favorite Tracks: Motion Picture Soundtrack* Idioteque The National Anthem
Listen, I've seen Radiohead live. I ate an edible, they played "How to Disappear Completely", and it broke me a little. No way I can be objective here. It's a good album. It's "experimental" in the way that word should convey, instead of "this is noise we are passing off as music". It definitely shouldn't be anyone's first foray into Radiohead, but overall it's a gorgeous, detached, depressed album. Favorite tracks: "How to Disappear Completely", "Treefingers", "Everything In Its Right Place", "Motion Picture Soundtrack"
i fucking love radiohead
Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon, yesterday I woke up sucking A LEMON! 10/10
i once listened to how to dissapear completely 88 times in a row
It’s Radiohead! Top 3 album is still a 5! T3B 1. Idioteque 2. Everything In Its Right Place 3. The National Anthem
Basically perfect. One of my five favorite albums.
I love this album, but I am sympathetic to the people who really don't get on with this, particularly if they enjoyed earlier Radiohead. I think the whole 'Radiohead disappearing up their own arse' thing is valid, and there's some tracks on here that definitely come off as pretentious. On the whole though I think this is a big, bold and beautiful album. It definitely requires a few listens I think, and it deserves to be listened to as loud as possible. Some of the tracks on here and truly transportive. Songs like 'How to Disappear Completely' just wash right over you in their melancholic majesty, while other tracks like Optimistic and Idioteque really drive on with some real thrust. There's so many dark, broody, interesting tracks in here, and I think it was a really interesting direction for them to take as a band. It definitely paid off.
It’s not the best Radiohead album but it’s still very good very cold and distant sounding in a way still a 5 though.
One of the best albums ever made! Love the music, love the production. This album is a perfect blend of grunge and electronic music and I believe is responsible for inspiring electronic artists to make more interesting music and evolving the genre considerably. 5/5 love it!
Definitely grew on me over the years. Going from OK Computer to this album felt incredibly jarring, in retrospect it was a cultural reset.
Magical
Agora consigo escutar o disco em toda profundidade que confirma a qualidade inensa.
me enjoy a bit
This is one of those albums that I could drone on and on about. I love it. It was one of the most mind blowing things I ever heard. The first time I listened to it was on the school bus on a winter morning. It was still pretty dark outside and looking out the window at the snow covered countryside while this album played is forever stuck in my head. Just a simple, wonderful experience. Yeah, this album is just awesome. One of my favorite of all time.
4.5/5
Brill
Love this record. Pushes a lot of boundaries, especially at the time. Dark, electronic, experimental AF, ambient at times, rocky at others. Some killer bass riffs too. Can tell instantly that it’s Radiohead but can also hear the electronic influences that has seen them through ever since (Aphex Twin being a key one that was often mentioned in interviews). In Rainbows is still king for me, but without Kid A In Rainbows wouldnt exist
Huge fan. Just amazing. Not every song is perfect but as a whole the album is. Will be listening again.
Fajne
Fabulous album.
Obvious masterpiece
This is very, very good.
An easy 5. This is the Radiohead album that properly converted me to being a fan. Before that, I could concede that they had the odd awesome tune or two, but I never really felt like listening to a whole Radiohead album. Fave track - "Idioteque", I guess, but every track has its place, and I love all of them!
Incredible from start to finish.
One of my favorite albums of all time. I remember when it came out while I was in college, and I must have listened to it at least a hundred times that year. From those first few descending notes on the first song, I was hooked. It’s unique, haunting, emotional. How to Disappear Completely is probably the most depressing song ever. It makes you just sit and wallow in it. That sounds horrible, but this album just makes you FEEL things...down to your soul. It makes you sad and pensive, but it makes you feel alive. I love it.
listened to again one of the greatest records of all time
Fantastic album. Even if my most frequent way of listening to music might be to stream it on Spotify and even to play songs on shuffle, I could not think to do so with this record. It works the best when listened to from beginning to end without any interruptions so that you can get completely lost in it. Because of that, it's hard to single out my favourite songs from the album. If I had to, I think The National Anthem, How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque, and Motion Picture Soundtrack stand out to me the most.
Hell yeah
the best one and only one that should be on the list
Great music.
Classic.
Kid A was my first Radiohead album to be released after I became a fan. I'd got in to them through OK Computer singles, nought the album but found it a bit difficult. Going backwards to The Bends and Pablo Honey helped and very soon a was digesting b-sides, live tracks of unreleased songs and anything else I could get my hands on. The wait for Kid A seemed massive (little did we know what what happen after In Rainbows - 2 albums in 15 years!) and finally we got news Kid A was coming out (with an sister album to be released the following year). The Hype was insane - this was the album that almost broke them following OK Computer and its surprise success that launched them in to worldwide acclaim. They started touring well before the album came out - in a big top no less, avoiding all corporate sponsored venues and playing a hefty chunk of new songs slated for Kid A and its follow up. They seemed stranger than previous material - sometimes they didn't even have all members playing. Release date approached - the whole thing had leaked on the net early but not many had access at this point and downloading 128 kbps MP3s was a time consuming project. I heard the album in chunks on radio 1 - I taped every song and then dubbed on to a different cassette to put them in the right order, so I dread to think what the quality would have been! To me, these seemed strange but an appropriate response to OK Computer. Warm rhodes piano, jazz drums, crazy horn sections - I loved it! It was far from a retread of previous material and was a logical progression, seeing as Thom Yorke had widened his musical horizons with a lot of electronica after becoming tired of guitar music. Many hated it - it didn't rock so it was a fond farewell to that crowd. I thought maybe they didn't actually like Radiohead - they just liked rock. I liked Radiohead and I loved this. Everything in its Right Place is both eerie and soothing. Kid A like a child's story. The National Anthem was hilarious - I requested this be played at an Indie night once, went down so badly but my friends and I laughed as the horns played. How to Disappear is beautiful and classic Radiohead - with tweaks, it could fit on previous albums. Treefingers was out there - 4 minutes of ambience. Was it a song? Was it a palette cleanser? Why was this on the album when we'd heard there were loads of more 'traditional' songs like Knives Out and Pyramid Song left off? The answer is that it was part of the journey. Optimistic was the closest to a Radiohead rock song - but then it had a hip hop/jazz outro and led directly in to In Limbo, an off-kilter song that seemed to mirror the band's confusion during the writing sessions. Then came a clubby banger out of leftfield - Idioteque was again unlike anything from before and it was all the better for it. Thom ranting about ice ages over a beat and synth sample was the song we didn't know we needed. Morning Bell sounded numb and defeated, threatening to break in to emotion but always stepping back before losing control. Then suddenly it 's the end - Motion Picture Soundtrack had been played acoustically a few times and sounded like a beautiful ballad. This version was nothing like that - a church organ, mermaids and harps sound tracked a truncated version and Thom told us he'd see us in the next life. The recent Ok Computer and Kid A anniversary re-releases shed more light on some of these songs with early versions, sketches etc but when Kid A came out, it was in a vacuum. It turned many off, but people with open minds got it straight away and were happy to join Radiohead for what would be a extremely satisfying journey and progression. It's combination of fin de siècle fear and embracing of new technology meant it set a template for the new millennium and enabled the band to continue without repeating past glories. They could do anything now.
Team Kid A forever (OK Computer stans can blow me btw). This record is paranoia, isolation and loneliness made into music and I love it. First Listen?: N Fav. Tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, Idioteque Rating: 5/5
Already listened to this, but heck I’ll do it again.
Siempre se vuelve al primer amor
Great album. I hadn't listened to a lot of songs by Radiohead other than the popular ones so was surprised
sublimely weird. i loved it
Prefs: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, The National Anthem, How To Disappear Completely, Optimistic, In Limbo, Idioteque, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack Moins pref: Treefingers
F i v e S t a r s
Love Radiohead, I really got into them over lockdown. But I still believe they are a band to enjoy by yourself, anyone sticking Radiohead on at a party should be immediately removed. This is one of those Legendary albums, The example of a band taking an artistic risk, changing its sound ad reinvesting itself. Took me a while and some effort to get into this and I used to always prefer OK Computer, but in recent years I appreciate this album so much more now. I would rank this on a par now with OK Computer, two absolute masterpieces.
Amazing album by Radiohead. I love this one and as time goes on and I continue listening to this one I like it more and more. Still just my 3rd favorite album of theirs too. This one is very unique between the instrumentals and the beats. Yorkes voice is always interesting but the lyrics on this one are a bit different compared to their past albums. Kid A really took Radiohead and put them ahead of everyone else. 9.3/10
Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon, standing in the shadows at the end of my bed. Everyone is so near, I'm not here. I'd really like to help you man, I'm on your side. We're not scaremongering, this is really happening. I wanted to tell you but you never listen, so I'll keep walking. I will see you in the next life.
Radiohead in 2000: "Ice Age coming, Ice Age coming" The year 2002: A movie titled Ice Age comes out. How did they know? 5/5. The music was good as well.
À mon avis, le meilleur du groupe. Cet album est le plus exploratoire, mais il est d’une cohésion et d’une cohérence qu’on ne voit presque jamais. Les album avant sont beaucoup plus rock/pop. Ceux après sont redondant. Celui-ci est magique !!
Chef d’œuvre. Cet album est arrivé là où personne attendait Radiohead. Quel renouveau. Il a inspiré tellement de groupes.
Classic, experimenting with their songs. Really to only weak track in treefingers, but its mainly just a palate cleanser. Everything in its right place, idioteque, etc. 2nd fave RH album. Would by used for $15
The ultimate doomer album. I’m amazed by how ahead of it’s time this album was; it’s as relevant and fresh now as it was 20 years ago.
I have loved this album for years. Gladly take it over OK Computer any day of the week. It still feels fresh every time I listen to it.
Wow! Love this album. This is the one Thom Yorke had writers block and gained inspiration from Aphex Twin and you can hear Richard D. James' fingerprints all over this. Truly inspired stuff and quite possibly Radiohead's best work. I found it strange that this is the one that broke them in America as it is one of their most experimental albums.
Love Radiohead. I haven’t listened to this one much before, but I enjoyed it.
virgin, radiohead kinda missed wwiththat one lool
I see a lot of people say this is hard to listen to but this is pure experimental bliss with instrumentation that feels like I’m travelling with eerie sense of calm and tranquility. I absolutely adore the opener is it the main track that encapsulates that feeling for me, A lot of the lyrics seem forced and potentially edgy for edgy purposes, however a lot of them conjure evocative emotions which in essence is what lyrics are supposed to do. I understand now why this is the best album of the 2000s for many, ide give it a 9.5 out of 10 or higher depending on my mood.
This is a fantastic album. I didn't really take to it at first, it being such a departure from the previous output, but it doesn't take many playthroughs before it's beauty begins to become apparent. A long-standing favourite.
Better than I thought it was
5 stars, only cause there’s no option to give 6. I’ll always remember showing up at Target before the store opened, getting in at opening, grabbing the disc, playing it in the parking lot, discovering the secret book tucked underneath the CD holder, and just soaking it all in.
Love this album.
Yeah, like I’ll have anything clever to say about this.
Absolutely excellent.
I was there when this album came out - I remember the jaw dropping whiplash I got when I heard the follow to the more conventional OK Computer, and it's predecessor, The Bends. It had taken some time to grow on me, but this then become of my favourite ever albums - end to end, it's beautiful and well managed, and honestly a bit of a one of a kind. Rarely does an album contain so few pop cliches, yet still hook you on for it's entirety. It could very much be an instrumental as Thom Yorke's contribution here is mostly warbling and and rambling of a deranged stoner. But it's orchestrated perfectly, and even after all these years, there are lot of gems till to be discovered deep in the mix and musical arrangements. Cannot give it a lower rating than the maximum.
the best Radiohead album.
Kid A is one of the most important album of the last 30 years. It was however, not made in a vacuum. Radiohead had long been influenced by electronic artists such as Aphex Twin, and sought to explore what music could be if one looked outside of conventional instrumentation and song structure. The result was this watershed album which managed to show Radiohead at their most electronic and experimental, while remaining deeply human.
How to disappear completely might just be the best song ever, and more than half of the others are in contention for a place in my top 100. I loved this album after the first couple of times I heard it, and have loved it ever since. Maybe my favourite Radiohead album, although there is plenty of competition! Could be 10 out of 5 in my book!
Loved it when it came out, but barely listened because it felt so miserable. Still love it, and it's still miserable, but then so am I, so it's fine.
What does one of the most successful Alt.-Rock bands of the 90s do as the followup to one of the most important and successful alt rock - albums of that decade? - They make an experimental electronic album. And it's awesome. But to appreciate it, listeners needed to do one thing: forget everything they knew about Radiohead up to that point - this is Radiohead reborn. As mentioned, this album is highly experimental, but remains accessible throughout at the same time (something that can't be said about the band's later album The King of Limbs). Every track is different, there is so much to discover here. I don't like every track equally well, but this album as a whole is almost iconic, it warrants 5/5.
Classic
I can't express what a weird and wonderful experience this album was for me in 2000 as a 16 year old. Suffice to say I listened to the whole of the Kid Amnesia box set, even the crappy outtakes today and enjoyed it thoroughly.
One of my favorite albums. The intro is my go to for testing any speaker setup
LP
Toen dit album uitkwam was ik echt over de pis: Dit was geen Radiohead! Ik wilde eigenlijk gewoon een OK Computer deel 2. Gelukkig zag de band zelf in dat dat ze echt op een dood spoor zou hebben gebracht en gooiden ze het roer volledig om. Gelukkig viel het kwartje bij mij ook vrij snel en nu is het 1 van mijn favoriete Radiohead platen. Echt heel tof!
Fantastic
Með mínum uppáhaldsplötum. Hlusta á hana mjög reglulega.
An amazing album. Everything in its right place and how to disappear are essentially enough for greatness, but optimistic and idioteque and other keep this exciting (and occasionally challenging) from start to finish.
Tråkig spaning. Fantastisk skiva. Mindre bangers än ok computer, men den här skivan har så mycket ljud och stämning som bara skär igenom.
ett mästerverk?????
This one took several times through. Listened over breakfast on speakers and just couldn't get enough volume --- wondered if speakers were somehow faulty. Tried again while I worked, on different speakers this time, and got more volume --- better but definitely blended into the background. Third time with headphones and I wish two things: (a) that I'd started with headphones, in a dark room on some nice cushions; and (b) that I'd listened without carrying the full weight of my expectations of Radiohead, a band I don't know much about apart from their reputation. Frankly, this is a much more interesting album than I would expect from a band that is so popular. Perhaps I've underestimated the masses. This is challenging music, not a care-free ride. Songs with nonstandard instrumentation and freaky time-signatures. Sometimes cacophonous, other times just nicely shifting ambient tones or a predictable bass groove. I wanted to hear the details, sometimes to crawl around inside the sounds and figure them out and at other times wanting to just float and let them carry me. And this is all without really hearing much of the lyrics. Maybe that's a whole other level of stuff? Anyway, I like this. A lot. And want to spend some more quality time with it.
This is one of my favorite albums, a great Earth Day eve listen. KID A is best experienced in a meditative state. On headphones it is glorious. Challenging in both theme and construction, it’s not a good choice for passively listening to while doing errands. What you will find here is an exceptional expression of our 21st century race towards self-destruction. Like the cover art, the music is an icy, cold exploration of existential dread. Even the song “Optimistic” is darkly so, with the refrain “You can try the best you can, The best you can is good enough” and closing with “Dinosaurs roaming the earth.” We can, it is and we are.
The best Radiohead album? I don't know. My favorite? Probably.
No matter what one thinks of Radiohead, this is one avant-guard album. I liked the band’s music before, but this signaled something much different. It remains one of my favorites.
I lost all my notes. It's a good album.
Damn I love Radiohead. Haven't listened to Kid A for a while, tried to focus on the musical design and style of the songs to think about the album in a different way than usual. Still really liked it, very experimental, it felt like a piece of abstract art in a way.
Adorooooo
I fucking love Radiohead <3 and their style of music
Radiohead goes electronic and creates a masterpiece
This goddamn album saw me at my smartest. It was all downhill from here.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Everything in its right place, Optimistic, Idioteque, Morning bell
The transitional record after the transitional record. A few self indulgent moments but generally awesome.
Toot toot it’s the SS Anxiety!
Absolute masterpiece, deserves to be listened to in the dark with noise-cancelling headphones.
One of my all time favourite albums
Just wanders about a bit electronically and lets my mind do the same
I know this album incredibly well already. It's a Radiohead classic that took them from being a good rock band, to being an incredible band.
Kenn ich
Honestly Motion Picture Soundtrack bumps it up like a full point for me. Just an absolutely beautiful send-off to an already solid album. 9/10
My history with Radiohead has been slightly iffy. Previously, I had only listened to one Radiohead album, OK Computer, which I only bothered with because it popped up on this playlist. I found the student politics and the record collection rock of OK Computer had dated pretty grimly, so I had little expectation that Kid A would be a genuinely excellent album. Yes, it's one of those turns-out-I-was-misguided reviews. I don't wish to spend my time comparing Kid A to OK Computer: I am not that interested in OK Computer. But I will say that lyrically Kid A is less obnoxious than earlier Radiohead efforts, as Thom Yorke spends less time declaring that he is saying something important. Indeed, the vocals oft seem tonal rather than expositionary, there to add aural texture rather than offload pronouncements. Indeed, although this sounds rather tautological, Kid A is very much sound-driven, as in side 2 of Low or Eno's ambient work. Oddly, I found it remarkably hospitable: the drive to explore noise is clearly far more endearing than sloganeering about one's carbon footprint. A revelation.
Braucht man eigentlich nicht viel dazu zu sagen. Über-Album.
It's the Kid
Just so so good. Atmosphere, ups, downs, and everything you want.
El segundo de la tríada de discos perfectos de Radiohead (arrancando con OK computer). Cambio casi radical en el sonido pero aun así creando grandes canciones en el quizás mejor disco de esa decada.
It is forkin' great!
Super inspiring stuff. As an alt-rock guy I might listen to earlier albums more (even Pablo Honey!), but this one is way more creative.
I've never listened to this album the entire way through. I didn't feel cool enough for radio head in high school. Melancholy but comforting. I get it.
One of my top 5
Seriøst nok bedste album åbner nogensinde. På min egen top 20 favoritter. In Rainbows er nok deres eneste bedre album. Men stadig 5 stjerner, klart. Det jo kunst altså
It doesn't seem as radical now for a guitar band to make this but still 20 years later there's nothing that sounds like it. National Anthem and Idioteque my favourites
Masterpiece.
One of the all-time greatest rock history entries. A masterclass of innovation. A top 3 favourite for sure.
This is just so good, it just carries the right tone and is fairly easily divorced from it's initial meaning - perfect for projecting your own mood onto and letting it carry you. Maybe another elusive 5 star
Awesome as always.
If I could give this more than 5 stars I would. My favorite radiohead album (I think). I love the rhythms, I love the melodic track/s (optimistic). The whole thing is excellent
5.0 + The Pitchfork review sums up the awesomeness of this album better than I ever could. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6656-kid-a/
4.5 (5)
Enorm gevarieerd album met de typische Radiohead-sound, al zij het iets elektronischer. Ik was blij dat deze tevoorschijn kwam deze ochtend, zeer verdiende rating!
Intense
No puedo ser objetivo, es un abrazo en el frío el disco más "inorgánico" de Radiohead es el más humano.
One of the greatest albums of all time. How To Disappear Completely may be the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard. Absolutely brilliant songwriting and performances on every track.
Altogether gorgeous and moving and there's so many GOOD sounds it feels like an electronic dreamland. The ending track ;-; beautiful! Better than OK Computer, in my opinion.
Classic.
Classic.
So good
Uno de mis grupos británicos favoritos. Discazo de rock alternativo con mucha electrónica de por medio.
Radiohead’s best!
Their best, experimental but accessible
Another solid album by Radiohead.
Intense, experimental and cohesive. Great album.
Tää on mun hyllyn timantteja ollut lapsuusiän, ei voi antaa kuin vitosen :) tätä on corollassa popiteltu :DD
excelente música
Loved it
Es war die perfekteste Weiterentwicklung und Häutung einer an sich schon in olympischen Höhen regierenden Rockband, die mit Kid A ein verstörendes, flirrendes und tieftrauriges Meisterwerk geschaffen hat. So artifiziell war seither keines ihrer Alben mehr, kehrten sie doch nach Besteigung dieses eisig-knisternden Gipfels quasi auf bekannte und weite Weiden ihres seit OK Computer abgesteckten Gebietes zurück. Man kann Kid A als Kind seiner Zeit bezeichnen, in der Elelectronic Acts wie Múm und DNTL zunehmende Popularität erlangten, Elektroclash die Grenzen zwischen Indie/Electro verwischten und Thom Yorke kurz darauf ein Boiler Room Set vom Stapel riss. Und doch ist Kid A mehr als nur das; viel weiter draußen, weiter weg kann man sich nicht dem Gefallen-wollen entziehen und dabei so abseitig-wunderschön klingen. Bspw. wäre „Idioteque“ von seiner Anlage her ein Kandidat für den dancefloor, aber ich tippe auf einen Haufen dürrer Fledermäuse, der sich hierzu fahl im Takt wiegen würde. Natürlich wurde die Gitarre nicht verbannt, nur nutzt Johnny Greenwood ein flächigeres Farbspiel und sprengt damit das Spektrum seiner Blues-orientierten Riffs. Dazwischen brummelt, fiept, knarzt und droned es vor sich hin und hin und wieder brechen Sonnenstrahlen durch vereiste Geäst. Ich verscharre in kalter Erde für die Ewigkeit 5 ganze Punkte
Not my favorite Radiohead album. But one of the best and most innovative albums ever produced.
Experimental/alternative rock. Great use of ambience and space, but some tracks suffer from a lack of forward momentum and could benefit from delving into post-rock timbre. 9/10
What’s not to like about Radiohead 💕 definite throwback to college stoner listening party vibes. #SoEdgy 🤣
I remember where I was on October 2nd, 2000 at midnight: buying this album in a record store on Massachusetts St. in Lawrence. Then back to my room mate Andrew's room to listen to the album 2 times in a row in total silence. My favorite track off this and perhaps my favorite Radiohead track of all time is The National Anthem. When that kicks in it's fucking go time.
Some great tunes. Usual Radiohead album
I mean, c'mon.
Every single song is so well-crafted.
Masterpiece
Amazing
Amazing
Maybe the droning is infesting my brain, but I'm warming up to this era of Radiohead. It's almost relaxing. Production is excellent, even on Spotify this was a pleasant molestation of my ears.
on repeat pls. radiohead is the closest music to modern floyd :) thomas yorke gets it
Great Songs: Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque Good Songs: The National Anthem, Optimistic, In Limbo, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Untitled Mid Songs: Treefingers, Morning Bell Bad Songs:
I was so ready to hate it, but I didn't. There is something about the production and the way the electronic sounds meld and clash at different points that I was really into. Not an everyday record, but definitely a some days record.
Me gustó solo que hay una que otra canción con sonido que no estoy acostumbrada a escuchas, pero en general me gustó
#70 Thom Yorke took Radiohead in a different direction with Kid A, trading their guitar-driven rock sound for one that's more experimental, electronic, and ambient. Lyrics are sparse and abstract in comparison to their first three albums, acting more as a musical layer rather than the focus. Choruses and catchy melodies are not really present, the tracks are instead constructed of layers, loops, and textured instrumentals. Despite shifting direction so dramatically after the massive acclaim that OK Computer received, Radiohead still produced an incredible album that showcased their versatility and challenged listeners. It's very cohesive and is best listened to in its entirety rather than individual tracks. The sequencing is great and it flows nicely. Kid A definitely takes a few listens to click, and while I really like it I still prefer OK Computer and In Rainbows over it. I think it is missing something to truly put it into 5-star territory, and I can't quite place what that would be. 4.5 / 5 Highlight track: How To Disappear Completely
finally my first radiohead album from the generator! not my favourite one but kid a mnesia was the first ever record i bought so there's some sentimental value... also can't listen to this one too much bc it just takes me back to my covid lockdown dissociation days
I have listened to this so many times over the years and I still don’t get it
Det är radiohead. Man vet exakt vad man får, och vad man får är bra men inget som spränger hjärnan.
When I heard it in 2000, I didn't really like it. Now I get why it was seen as so influential.
Experimental.... very good.
I like it but, I'll be honest, I don't get it. Pretty sure that puts it in the same camp as "In the Court of the Crimson King" when I first heard it in '99. Loved it, didn't get it, kept listening to it until I did get it (which wasn't until a few years ago). Four, but check back in a few decades, it might be a five.
I was blown away first time I lostened to it cause I didnt expect it nor understood the music. Just thought it was experimentally well made and cool and different from what was going on so appreciated it from the get go. Now listening to it today it was different still great and cool but to me it may have lost the first time listening what the fuck is this factor. First time I heard it was mindblown and a 5/5 today its a 4/5
Et av de bedre
Quite a good band I reckon
radiohead does kinda have a good sound bit moody for day to day tho
Strong identity right from the first song, though not always pleasant
This is one I did not get at all when it came out, as far as the whole album goes. I liked individual songs (optimistic/ the national anthem) but never did, and to this day probably never immediately, appreciated this album. Mostly I get imposter syndrome when discussing this album, like I have any clue what the hell I am talking about. I still think OK Computer and The Bends are my favorites by them but this is a good album. I'm no critic, I just know I like the songs on this album. Biggest Hit - The National Anthem Biggest Miss (if I had to choose) - Treefingers (Not So) Hidden Gem - Idioteque
Solid rock album.
I decided to do the 1001 Albums challenge because I heard Kid A and thought, what else have I been missing? This album feels like the perfect example of “less is more”—I have no idea what half the lyrics are supposed to mean (and I’m not convinced anyone else does either), but somehow that barely matters because the atmosphere does all the heavy lifting. From the eerie opening of “Everything in Its Right Place” to the haunting beauty of “Kid A,” and especially “Idioteque,” which is honestly one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, the production creates this unsettling feeling of discovering yourself for the first time; it definitely feels like an album you’ll either completely fall in love with or just never click with, and for me it absolutely worked, with “Motion Picture Soundtrack” providing an emotional finale before the brief, haunting “Untitled” epilogue. 4/5.
I’ve finally listened to a Radiohead album
I never realized just how vibey radiohead was. This was fun
Very well made and I enjoyed it a lot, but I find myself rarely revisiting it so I can't give it a 5.
Good album overall, How to Disappear and Idioteque both great
Already heard. Generational album.
I was working at a record store when this came out. I still have some of the swag. I prefer OK Computer, but this is also great.
Miedosti tuttu levy, oon useasti kuunnellut/koittanut kuunnella, mutta ei oo oikein "sopivaa" hetkeä osunut. Tämän myötä sain kuunneltua ehkä paremmin kuin aiemmin, ja kolahtaa kyllä oikein hyvin. Vokaalit ei ehkä oo suosikeimmasta päästä, mutta toimii kontekstissa hyvin. Vaatii ehkä vähän erikoisemman kuuntelutilanteen, ettei voi vaan randomisti taustalla pyörittää, vaan sopii ehkä vähän hiljasempaan tekemiseen. Vibat eerie mut sillai hyvällä tavalla? Radioheadia pitäs varmaan kuunnella enemmän.
It's moody and dark, is this even rock still? None the less I enjoyed it
I was a big Radiohead fan in this era of their music. This was the first album I preordered and listened to it on repeat when it came out. Favorite tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely
I think I'm too much of a Radiohead casual to be really into this album, but I can appreciate it as a bold creative move that sets a beautiful if depressive soundscape. It's not an album I reach for but the songs are good and I enjoy being immersed in it like a big fuzzy bath.
My husband is essentially 50% Simpsons quotes and 50% Kid A and that to me is a perfect combo. This record is beautiful but there is something about it that feels too anxiety inducing for me to give it a 5 stars. Im not sure what it is but it just feels a little sinister and unsettling like the start of a panic attack. Also needs more guitars.. joking!
No sé por qué por un momento me costó tanto la nota. Solo puedo calificar de números enteros del 1 al 5. Claramente no es un 5 y claramente no es un 3. Queda en 4. Si pudiera darle entre 4 y 4,5 ahí tendría más problema, pero creo que pensando un poco más terminaría por ponerle 4. Buen disco.
has a few tracks I LOVe
RH may be one of the bands I love listening to though I have no idea what makes them so good
Movie for my ears! What a fun time. The Who always puts me in a good mood.
two stars for the song tears also come on a twenty minute song is way to much
Lovely dreamy music.
I'm a massive fan of Radiohead—they're one of my favourite bands—so Kid A is a difficult album for me to put into words. There are moments on this album that I genuinely think are among the best things the band have ever done. "Everything in Its Right Place" is an incredible opener, the title track is brilliant, and "How to Disappear Completely" is honestly one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Thom Yorke's performance on that track is unbelievable. The reason I don't revisit Kid A as often isn't because I don't love those songs—it's because, as a complete album, I don't connect with every track in the same way I do on The Bends, OK Computer, or In Rainbows. Those albums are almost effortless listens from start to finish for me, whereas Kid A is one I tend to admire more than constantly return to. For most bands, this would easily be one of their greatest achievements. The only reason I don't rank it quite as highly is because Radiohead have set such an incredibly high standard with the rest of their discography. There are a few tracks that don't resonate with me as deeply, even though I can appreciate what they're doing. What's interesting is that my opinion of Kid A seems to evolve every time I revisit it. Every few listens I notice something new, and my appreciation for it grows. It's an album I've never stopped admiring, even if my connection to it has always been a little more complicated than with some of Radiohead's other records. I suppose the best way to describe it is that I have a complicated relationship with Kid A. I absolutely love it, but it's an album I admire just as much as I emotionally connect with—and that's what makes it such an interesting listen.
politically charged and unique. So much depth in every song
On a personal level, Kid A came out during a point in my life where I’d become largely disinterested in the guitar music I’d favoured in my youth, and I was seeking out electronic music, post-rock, some of the farther reaches of jazz, and so on. In that context, Radiohead’s “experimental album” seemed, well, not that experimental. I remember the album being totally fine, and it seemed at the time that this album came out of a genuine sense of exploration, but it wasn’t nearly as groundbreaking as it was made out to be. Listening to it now, a little over twenty-five years later, I mostly stand by my original impressions. It’s a good listen, but it sits in a strange place: it’s a rock band making rock music with largely electronic instruments. Radiohead is a good band, even if they aren’t really to my taste, and I didn’t mind listening to this, but I also don’t hear why they’re supposedly one of the greatest bands of their generation either.
I have something of a love/hate relationship with Radiohead albums, but I prefer this one to OK Computer.
This is an important album in Radiohead’s history, but it’s not my favorite. In any case it’s a solid showing that carries its mood through quite successfully, and the result is beautiful. I will be a Radiohead defender until I die.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
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
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.
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
Very beautiful
Radiohead reaching peak weird, losing a star for the last half of The National Anthem
“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.
Crazy cool sounds cape. Reminded me of a more rock Massive Attack
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
Very high peaks, but doesn't hold the level throught the whole thing, unfortunetaly. I liked it a lot nonthenless.
Chuvstvoto predi da pripadnesh ot nedospivane Ovhudvashto 8/11 pesni
Nice.
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
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.
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
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.
Yeah, okay, that was good, dare i even say amazing, but it`s a little bit overrated
for me I love how it’s ambient and rhythmic at the same time. gotta listen closely to hear all the beats
* 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
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.
like how atmospheric this is; want to spend more time with it
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 😅
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
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.
Idk
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.
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.
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.
beautiful for the most part. partially overcooked
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.)
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
4,5
7/10
overall i just love it, rn i dont really understand the lyrics but the instrument overall is amazing and almost live changing
It didn't reach the highs (and lows) of other radiohead albums.
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.
8/10
an atmospheric album but a one heart wrenching song
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.
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.
Of course its awesome. But some of their stuff is even more awesome..r(?)
Aye not bad
Thom Yorke gets freaky with some noises
A great sombre atmosphere
(1st) Everything in Its Right Place- 10/10 (thats where this sound Is from??? How didnt i know that?) Kid A- 6/10 The National Anthem- 8/10 (2nd) How to Disappear Completely- 10/10 Treefingers- 9/10 (i dont like rating instrumentals) (Fave) Optimistic- 9/10 (3rd) In Limbo- 9/10 (fave) Idioteque- 8.5/10 Morning Bell- 8.5/10 Motion Picture Soundtrack- 8/10 (this just doesnt do it for me idk why) Untitled- 8/10
Great, as expected but didn’t grab me all the way. Idiotique and The National Anthem were great.
Thought I would like this better than I did, but it's still pretty good. 3.5
Wow. This three album stretch is so diverse. The Bends- a somber guitar focused album. Ok Computer- a mature album with more instrumentation and mindful critiques. And then this. It starts as an electronic album, the band has once again reinvented themselves, but this time, without their own instruments. The idea that a band is to create a song without their own instrument is daunting, then you consider that the majority of the album is recorded without their traditional guitar styles. The album only contains one “true” traditional Radiohead rocker, and thats Optimistic. The song sounds like it’s taken from the Bends but sounds more calculated. Big name and highly acclaimed album always make me suspicious and critical, considering the masses aren’t known for their good taste. This album is a 21st century Dark Side of the Moon, there’s no other band that has created an album like this. Kid A is a genuinely innovative and interesting album that deserves all of its accolades and love over the 2 plus decades since its release.