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This opening track... I find it can open almost any playlist you may want to create. There is never a bad time for it. The National Anthem is a modern jazz classic. It's a little bit or miss otherwise. Idioteque is amazing. Hard to really get a handle on this album. Even at its low points it is still enjoyable, and tracks individually excel. But as a whole I am just unsure somehow, but also feel the fault is mine not the album's.
A really great album. I'd never given Radiohead a chance before, and I was surprised
I feel so deep now
Radiohead suddenly became interesting for me with Kid A. It was quite a brave move, after the success of Ok Computer, set for life, to do a U Turn and experiments with different layers of sounds.
This was always the Radiohead album that I couldn't fully get into. That kind of changed on this listen. From the jump, this album rips. Everything in It's Right Place is about as good as it gets. I forgot how much I liked The National Anthem and Optimistic. I think the strength of the front half of this record makes you forget just how brutal and slow the last 4 tracks are. It's kind of a slog at the end. Also, I've always kind of been bothered by the story behind How to Disappear Completely. "Oh, I'm too successful. Poor me." Great album. Boring in spots.
-sighed out loud when i saw this on my screen. i have a bone deep dislike of radiohead on a personal level. i like their songs, i just don't like them. no real good reason for this. probably a mix of hopeless contrarianism on my part + after having holes drilled into my brain about how clever and musically talented they are i feel like i am just not musically knowledgeable enough to fully appreciate their music, which makes the prospect of listening to them feel like a bit of a dead end. i also think thom yorke seems annoying asf. deep breath. at the end of the day it's just noise and i am going to listen to it with an open mind. -deep sigh. -credit where credit's due they always have great basslines. -i like "the national anthem". -"how to disappear completely" is undeniably beautiful but my enjoyment of any radiohead song is severely hampered by the fact that i don't like thom yorke's voice. sorry for letting my vendetta against him take over. it is what it is. -i REALLY like "optimistic". hadn't heard it before. -"in limbo" took me so off guard woah... beautiful. -"idioteque" is crazy good. of course. -left with the feeling that i don't get it but i liked it a lot anyway :-) can't fully emotionally connect with it, which frustrates me bc it feels like the type of music i SHOULD connect with emotionally. that is probably the reason why i'll never be a diehard radiohead fan. happy for youse though.
It was a pretty good album I know a lot of these songs but I was expecting more lyrics although I’m not upset at that fact
Radiohead is probably never going to be a 5 for me, but I liked this quite a bit. The first track is my fave; I don’t care for the title track. It’s always fun to hear an album and recognize music because I’ve been around when one of you has played it!
I used to prefer their earlier more guitar-heavy albums, but maybe a sign of maturity is their later works growing on me…
I'll say it now; I'm a big Radiohead fan, been listening since Creep, seen them at Glastonbury, saw their first post 9/11 show... but I'm not one of THOSE Radiohead fans. I'm a big enough boy to say that they're not perfect. This isn't their best album. Honestly, I prefer Pablo Honey to this and believe that album should be here over Hail To The Thief. But this about Kid A. Arguably the biggest WTF flip on sound in the history of music. Seriously, you had to be there to understand just how divisive this was. In retrospective of course, all the signs were there, but nobody could have predicted what a U-turn this was. Almost overnight, a huge percentage of the band's fans were gone - those who liked the straightforward rock music, those who liked the sad boy ballads, those who liked that they made interesting rock adjacent experiments. Then fucking Treefingers drops. A portion of those fans would come back, but many never returned. It was certainly a shock to my system, but one I appreciated. There were so many Radiohead clones popping up that this felt like a necessity. It felt like a middle finger to...everyone. And that's cool. What isn't cool is that the band has by and large sat in this same space ever since, with diminishing returns. Yeah yeah In Rainbows bla bla... but In Rainbows is just a much worse OK Computer. They haven't really tread any new ground since Kid A. But that's fine, most bands just do one thing and that's their entire career - see AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Coldplay. At least Radiohead did something different. But we shouldn't kid ourselves. This album isn't as good as you think it is. Of the ten tracks, only three - maybe four - are essential. The title track, Treefingers, In Limbo are poor, Optimistic and Morning Bell are average. Everything In Its Right Place is good. How To Disappear is a masterpiece, Idioteque and The National Anthem are great. Motion Picture is excellent. Even the average and poor songs are much stronger live. Thom needed the Manic Street Preachers album The Holy Bible so that he could find a new way to write. Without that album, there's no Kid A - probably no OK Computer. He has stated for the record, that he couldn't write The Bends type songs anymore, and it was understanding how Richey wrote lyrics which pulled him out of his writer's block. He also saw how the band changed between Bible and EMG, and thought 'hmm, I could have a slice of that'. So what we are left with is the most notorious experiment/gear change in music. Never a good sign when you skip a couple of songs on a ten song album. But a good sign when it contains one of your best songs, and at least another three bangers. And bonus points for havong the balls to do it.
I mean it's Radiohead. So duh.
Haunting, iconic, and years ahead of its time. Great way for a band like this to kick off the new millennium.
Over time, radiohead kept inching more and more towards electronica and haunting sounds and you really hear it culminate hear. I prefer the more rock forward radio but appreciate the range they bring
Its definitely an album that takes itself very seriously. It gets you sucked into all of these songs and their 'feels'. I really like all the different sounds in this album that Radiohead pulls off, like electronic on Idioteque or ambience on Treefingers. Optimistic impressed me a lot. This is not Radiohead's best album, so maybe the reason I gave it 4 stars is that I know they have better.
april 13 2026 without a doubt my favorite song is motion picture soundtrack, so majestic and memorable instant add to tienes poppers
classic radiohead, good overall.
Only heard the first couple of songs - loved the melancholic rock and space dark feel
Gut wrenching
Kid A är ett av de där hyllade albumen somjag aldrig tagit mig tid att lyssna på. Det är en stark öppning. Tre riktigt bra spår som kulminerar i bra tutjazz. Sedan går luften ur bandet och det trampar bokstavligen vatten i spabassängen. Lite hopp får jag i de avslutande funkiga sekunderna av Optimistic, men skivan når aldrig upp till inledningstrios höjd igen. Svårbedömt: inledningen är en femma resten en svag trea. Jag landar nog ändå i en svag fyra.
Insanely incredible from the first 5 seconds
classic for a reason.
4.4/5
Admittedly 25 years ago I was not a Radiohead fan, I considered it to “whiny”. That all changed some years back when I learned to appreciate more diverse music. I love the weird time signature and the studio affects they use on the music. It was really unique for the 2000's music scene. I have grown to love this album with the droning electronica and the melancholy vocals. Yorke and the boys are innovators. This is a great piece of art
very experimental, intro amazing, mid boring, outro amazing and thats all
Beautiful and atmospheric, but it was difficult to stay engaged at times, especially when I was having a sleepy sort of morning. I will always love Radiohead's vocals though <3
Brilliant
I enjoy Radiohead as a band. I don’t have much to say on this one. definitely not my fave of theirs, but it doesn't mean it’s bad. I enjoy the eerie-ness of this album. Favourite song: In Limbo Overall rating: 4.2
This was a good album.
8/10
primer sonido es mi estilo. How to dissapear completely suena muy cool. Es muy ambiental o atmosférico. optimistic me gustó, bueeeen transición a limbo. La que me había gustado antes está ok. Ojalá hubiera 3.5, creo que me voy a 4
Det här tycker jag var en av de bättre plattorna av Radiohead vi hört så här långt, kanske för att de inte låter som klassiska Radiohead här. Gillar de elektroniska och suggestiva soundet rakt igenom. Stark fyra.
Thirs favorite Radiohead album on this list and one of only 3 albums I would keep on this list. Ive had the pad melody from Idioteque in my head for days.
Оценить Kid A очень сложно. Я люблю радиохед, но это не самый мой любимый альбом у них, хоть я и не могу отрицать, что он был знаковым для их творчества, определив его дальнейший уклон в электронику и экспериментальное звучание. И без этого альбома не появился бы мой ненаглядный Amnesiac. Но не все треки здесь мне так уж сильно нравятся, так что всё таки поставлю 4. Наверное, теперь это будет самый необъективный из всех моих отзывов.
Muy buenos sonidos y una exploracion artistica suave y agradable
I like this album more each time I listen to it, but I’ve only listened to it 3 or 4 times. Ethereal and abstract, you need to be in the mood for it and also need to listen to it in context of the band’s discography. I could see it getting to a 5 for me but not at this point. Shout out to Motion Picture Soundtrack. Gorgeous song.
Not my number one Radiohead album but it’s still Radiohead so it gets a 4
liked it!
While not big with electronic music generally, Radiohead’s take here I kind of enjoyed. It’s not my favorite Radiohead by far, but there is something here that worked for me. 4/5
I quite like this. Mellow and sad. Track one is 5 stars. I enjoy the experimental journey.
their last good album
favs: Everything in Its Right Place How To Disappear Completely National Anthem
It's a solid album, still prefer Ok Computer and the Bends.
...in the right place. Great songs scattered about a mostly great album.
The first album I was assigned by this website was one I’ve already liked for years! I’d take In Rainbows over this any day, but found this a fun refresh listen. Plus, the National Anthem and Idioteque will never NOT be good.
Hay algo
Not as iconic as android but damn these guys write songs
Pablo is a desert album for me. The departure in sound from that to Kid A is pretty remarkable and respectable from a standpoint of artists wanting to evolve and challenge vs repeating. I quite enjoyed it. Perfect soundtrack for lying in bed on painkillers recovering from surgery.
Not my favorite Radiohead record, but still groundbreaking for what it is and an enjoyable time
Solid album. Some really good tracks. Overall a little slow, but I think that is part of the point.
01) Everything in Its Right Place - 10,0 02) Kid A - 8,0 03) The National Anthem - 9,0 04) How to Disappear Completely - 9,0 05) Treefingers - 7,5 06) Optimistic - 10,0 07) In Limbo - 8,5 08) Idioteque - 9,5 09) Morning Bell - 8,0 10) Motion Picture Soundtrack - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100) Current ranking: 105/842
More an experience than collection of songs
Its a nice blend of typical radiohead sound and some experimental aspects, i enjoyed it quite a bit but wouldnt say its my favorie
Everything in its right place - 3 Kid a - 3 National anthem - 4 How to disappear completely - 4 Treefingers - 2 Optimistic - 4 In limbo - 4 Idioteque - 3 Morning bell - 4 Motion picture soundtrack - 3
I love Radiohead
Fav: Everything In It's Right Place
Great. Didn't listen to the whole thing.
I know this is one of the greats and when it’s on I enjoy it. I just don’t return to it too often. As as whole it is definitely a work of art- ambitious and experimental and beautiful. After all these years Still waiting to fall head over heels in love with it though.
So good. I liked this when it first came out, but over the years these songs have become ingrained into my being.
Moody, depressing and atmospheric, its very on brand, its very radiohead. Its a good album, i dont think i was in the mood for it on the day. 4.0/5.0 Best Song: The National Anthem or whatever
Reminded me of vampire weekend. Good vibey music. Less lyrics more instrumental.
I'm not gonna front, Radiohead is brilliant but I don't know enough of their career and catalog. I'm too much of a Radiohead novice to comment. So to me all these albums sound similar. I know they aren't but, like I said, I'm too fucking ignorant.
cinematic vibes. the rhythmic sounds of some of the songs made me sleepy. album art is cool.
This would typically be something I would love. The vocals is what I have a problem with. I loved the ambient and electronic sound, the instrumentation was really good and it's produced very well. I was never a Radiohead fan, people were always super pretentious about this band for some reason and that was also a turn off. However, I tried listening to this with no judgment and I did like most of it.
PEAK
Some classic tracks
Very good but no memorable hooks.
Un álbum muy triste, me gustó mucho lo que transmite cada canción, pero siento que un poco repetitivo, de igual manera un buen álbum.
Great album, tough listen if you’re not in the mood, though
Good stuff.
This is an album that you would expect to be made in the 2010's. It has the perfect atmosphere of a foggy, rainy British port and of the sea creatures that might resides in the deep waters. Though it has some songs I personally could not give a listen to again, others are complete masterpieces. My favorite one by far is "How to disappear completely", and how it perfectly encapsulates that feeling. I find it beautiful that people searching for that answer will come into contact with this song. I wish that I would have been able to play this album along with the game made for it, but even without, it was a beautiful experience. I gotta keep this at review at a 4 though, I can't start with a 5 as my first album.
Listening session: february 18th, while commuting to internship Listened to before: yes listened to most songs before but not to the entire album Thoughts: I love Radiohead and while this is not my favourite album of theirs, I can appreciate the different path they went on with this album and it still contains a lot of songs I love Favourite tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, Optimistic & Motion Picture Soundtrack
Radiohead? What happened to phone sex? This album was really good but TikTok ruined it a bit.
Creativity, some great individual tracks but not enough consistency to claim to be their best.
Good album.
They create some really interesting songs on this album, but I feel that if it was a nameless band I wouldnt score it 5 stars, so 4 it is.
I've never listened to Radiohead properly before, but I'm liking this a lot. The soundscapes are very soothing to my brain. It feels like it's taking me on a journey.
Super
Can already tell this would be unreal to get stoned to. Reminds me a bit of shinjuku mad without the typical whininess of Radiohead.
4.5
I like Radiohead.
Not bad 9/17
It’s a very atmospheric album imo and it’s diverse and not the same sound as Radiohead’s first album my fav songs are how to disappear completely and motion picture soundtrack and idioteque was good too really unique sound
everything in its right place - what fuckin synth is this that major chord fuckin me up the national anthem- so real lol how to disappear completely - grows on me motion picyure soundtrack - very pretty song
i’ve been wanting to listen to more radiohead! sitting in jury duty rn i liked everything in its right place and motion picture soundtrack!
I'm not here something is wrong
Very great album. How To Disappear Completely and Idioteque are fantastic, the rest of the album is cold and calm and good. I'd like to come back to this.
8/10
Ok album
It took me a good amount of tries to get into Radiohead because they just didn’t fit my musical standard (lyrics and melody combined) but after giving Kid A its 10th listen, I was pretty blown away at how innovative the group was. They redefined how electronic music could be used in a more common rock/pop song. People give Motion Picture Soundtrack a lot of credit S being the best song on here, but it’s between Kid A and Idiotwque for me. Very good album.
Excellent album. The hill I am willing to die on is that it's not nearly as revolutionary an electronic album as the discourse around it is making it up to be
Stunning electronic album with incredible production. The songs are great, the sounds are sweet and eerie. What’s not to love?
Heard it before and is peak overall 8/10
Meget elektronisk inspireret kan man mærke også i teksterne. Det er meget gentagende osv. Virkelig godt album fra Radiohead må jeg sige og meget anderledes end f.eks. in rainbows.
Cool vibes album stuffed with bangers
Simultaneously gloomy and groovy 4 - a great album even among this list
eat shit york
I liked- but kinda sad and scary and not great for mornings lol
Honestly not my favorite Radiohead album as it was in years gone by, but I can't help respect the creativity they have on this album especially given when it was released. Worth 4 stars for that alone.
Beautiful. I can tell it's perfect objectively but subjectively it isn't for me
Everything In It's Right Place and Idioteque are classics with a bit of non-descript filler in between.
Great album from an exceptional band.
Strong start for this project with this album. In the 90s, I enjoyed the Just album but didn't follow them into the shift in style they did in OK Computer and then this. I've listened to Radiohead more and more in the last few years, and was pleasantly surprised at how much of the album I already know and how strong it is a cohesive whole.
Amazing!
111223 20:23 4
Very good album. Great opener with Everything In It's Right Place, and then takes a very atmospheric, almost audio Zen garden turn for a while in the beginning and middle of the album. Songs tend to "drag" but I think these are meant to be soundscapes and that's intentional / coupled with the shorter run time (less songs) its not something that feels daunting. Album feels like an experiment in rock at times, but is intermixed with those aforementioned soundscapes. Love the rock, enjoyed the sounds, but as a total piece did not get over that hurdle to be a top top flight album. 4/5
Good
really good
Album bellissimo peccato che. É dei Radiohead
4.3 w/o 2instr. 4.1 w/ 2instr.
Not as good as I expected based on all the reviews, still good though. 78/100 (is that better phil?)
I think Mr Radio head should play some peggle, then this album won't be so sad
Wasn't planning on doing a song by song but I feel that it might be good in order to say what I'd like to about them. Everything In Its Right Place: I hadn't realised the sound that's used in a lot of social media posts was from the start of this song. The song was alright, I didn't feel there was a huge amount 'to it', though it wasn't bad to listen to. I always feel like I'm more able to comment on songs with more singing (or at least more traditional singing) better, I still enjoy songs without, but being less knowledgeable on instrumental things its difficult to go past "I enjoyed this / didn't enjoy it", though maybe I'm thinking about it too deeply. Kid A: Odd choice for a title track, can't say I've heard it before, some pretty weird sounds. Again, this wasn't bad to listen to, I just didn't feel like there was much there. The National Anthem: Very similar vibe to the previous song, lots of weird music/noises, little to add. How to Disappear Completely: This is a song I could appreciate a lot more, it's definitely a well crafted song, Thom Yorke obviously has some odd vocals but they work well here. I think I heard him say in an interview once that this may be one of the greatest songs he has made. Treefingers: Never heard of this one, the music was pleasant enough, I'm interested in how some of these songs are performed in concert, if at all, perhaps as transitional pieces I suppose. The word esoteric came to mind when listening to this but upon looking it up I don't think it fits so unsure why I thought of it. Optimistic: I went into this one expecting it to be good and it was, guess you could say I was optimistic. Some nice vocals in this one and the instruments were more of a typical rock style which I think I prefer. In Limbo: Decent, very typical Radiohead I felt which is typically a good thing. Idioteque: one of the better ones on the album, certainly some of the strongest vocals for me, I enjoyed it. Morning Bell: felt somewhat similar to the prior song, another of the better ones, perhaps it's boring but it seems I like the more 'normal' songs. Motion picture soundtrack: Perhaps the best one yet, very nice singing, very nice music, very good song. Untitled: little to say, it is what it is. Overall this was an enjoyable album, particular the second half for me, it's not a five star album, I can see that Radiohead fans may give it that but it wasn't quite strong enough for me, some of the earlier songs felt a little empty. 75/100 Score edited 28/01/26
Was great listening to this so soon after The Bends which I found boring and generic- loved this in comparison! Love the electronic textures and the almost-ambient sound of it, a very different album
Kid A entstand in mehreren Studios, unter anderem in den Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris, den Medley Studios in Kopenhagen sowie in Batsford Park in Gloucestershire. Radiohead sind eine britische Band. Musikalisch entfernt sich das Album deutlich vom gitarrenorientierten Alternative Rock früherer Veröffentlichungen und bewegt sich zwischen elektronischer Musik, experimentellem Rock, Ambient und Einflüssen aus Jazz und zeitgenössischer Klassik. Bekannte und stilprägende Stücke sind „Everything in Its Right Place“, „Kid A“, „Idioteque“ und „How to Disappear Completely“. Die Band arbeitet hier stark mit Synthesizern, verfremdeten Stimmen und offenen Songstrukturen, was dem Album einen bewusst kühlen, fragmentierten Charakter verleiht. Insgesamt wirkt Kid A konsequent und herausfordernd, ein Album, das sich weniger sofort erschließt, dafür langfristig prägt.
Oh yeah. This really is a list of excellent albums. Radiohead are a bit of a marmite band, but I like marmite and I like Radiohead. There are other Radiohead albums that are more accessible than this, but I find it enjoyable to listen to without being demanding or taxing. I enjoy it for its variety and unusualness, with regular anchor points of tracks with groove and interesting layered musicality. It’s the first album generated for me by 1001 albums that sounds very much like a single piece of work, even if all the tracks aren’t literally linked into one ‘flow’. So for that reason it will score the highest so far. I’m not taken to heaven by it so still not a 5, but a close 4.5 and knocking on the door. If I listened to it some more and got to know all the tracks inside out I reckon it could become a 5. There is a lot of chat in reviews about Radiohead not being the first or only or best band that does experimental stuff that sounds like this, but that just makes me want to look out those bands/artists, whilst still appreciating this. 11 tracks total Fave track # 3 And others: 1 (Everything in its right place) 3 (The National Anthem) 6 (Optimistic - great groove, drum fills) (Morning Bell - Some, nice ambient cyclical offbeat rhythm)
Не так погано як казала більшість, дуже незвичайна робота від радіохед. Оцінюю на 7/10
Fav song- how to disappear completely / everything in its right place
Never listened to Radiohead before (which seems sacrilege for a millennial) but I enjoyed it. The creepy atmosphere matched my mood of being sick with the flu, so thanks for the vibe.
I can remember the stir when this came out so it's quite strange 26 years on, the critical re-evaluation seems to skip straight to the part where everybody actually got it all along and loved it even more than OK Computer. I think maybe it's a US/UK thing. Here in the UK, we thought it was weird and missed Johnny Greenwood's signature guitar crunches. Without the shock and disappointment that this was never going to be OK Computer 2.0, it's a really enjoyable album but it took me a bit of time to come back and give it the time of day. And I wasn't even the biggest Radiohead fan in 2000. There are some amazing moments; the opening run is brilliant and I really like the ending but the middle section gets too noodly and isn't particularly memorable. I think it's enormously overrated but that doesn't mean I don't recognise its quality and enjoy listening to it nonetheless. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I still prefer The Bends.
Pretty good, experimental but some songs are really good and hit me in the feels
Beautiful album. Need to listen to it more. Haunting melodies and lyrics, which is very much their style anyway.
A lot of these tracks have good backing music but I don't really get on with the vocals most of the time. There's something about the extended or repeated high-pitched notes that I find more grating than anything, and a lot of them sound monotonous as a result. The riffs of National Anthem and Optimistic are nice and had me nodding along, I loved the hard beat of Idioteque though I don't think the alternating lines extending really worked. Motion Picture Soundtrack had an irregular beat I think, which I appreciated even though again the vocals let it down for me. Kid A and Treefingers both sound like they could have come out of Minecraft, in a good way. Very easy listening that fit the background well. The former I like especially. How to Disappear Completely is a real standout though, I was fascinated by it. The sustained violin at the beginning gives a strange, uneasy feeling that undercuts the melancholic guitar, making you feel like there's some sort of unspoken, lingering threat. It contrasts really nicely, and the lack of it later feels like a relief - which I think is a really interesting thing to pair with the lyrics. This was the only song I really enjoyed the vocals to. There's a moment towards the end where the song almost falls apart, before it collects itself again, which also caught my interest. Honestly this track alone elevates the album from a 2 or 3 to a 4 for me.
Have always had kind of a love-hate relationship with this album (O.K. Computer is pretty much perfect, then this was the start of a big falloff). I liked listening to it today, though.
got some serious tunes on
#3/1001🇬🇧 Listened to this loads when it came out but its been a long time since i heard it in full. Its been a blast hearing it again, in particular through headphones out walking in the snow this morning. I'm giving it a solid 4, but will i come back to it again any time soon? Probably not. Best songs Idioteque and National Anthem.
classic 8/10
Sounds like the soundtrack to some sad coming of age A24 film, and that’s kinda why I love it.
Loved this album on release as it mixes rock with jazz and krautrock .Its a complete move away from the sound of the 3 previous albums. A fab album and a nice return for me having not played for a number of years.
A brilliant album amongst an array of Radiohead brilliant albums.
Solid album. Definitely appreciate the more ambient feel compared to OK Computer.
Pretty cool except for a couple of annoying tracks.
Okay, but what about Kid B??
Kind of a January vibe
Es un disco que volvería a escuchar.
Uma sensação inóspita
I feel like the main character in an indie movie with this as the soundtrack
How to disappear completely siempre tendrá un lugar en mi corazón ♥️
perfect for someone having a perpetual life crisis
Never listened to it before. Have listened to OK Computer, which is a better album, but arguably, it also took a while for me to "understand" and get into. I suspect it'll be the same with this album. It's a good one, but not one I'd put on soon, unless I'd be in the mood to do so. I like that it's more of an album experience (as opposed to a bunch of loose songs together). 8 / 10 for me right now
Sonically mesmerizing.
2nd Radiohead album to come my way and another good listen, though I think I might prefer The Bends over this one, if I had to compare the two. Although, "Everything in its Right Place" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack" are both fantastic songs in the way they establish a mood and both of those come from Kid A.
Soundscape of an album. Works as a proper album.
listened to individual songs before but the album together is simply amazing
7/10
Genre defining album and a really boundary pushing one at that. I really like the ambition on some of these tracks and the way the whole thing ties together. I think my opinion is a bit shrouded by my love of In Rainbows, but this side of Radiohead that is dark and gloomy is not my favorite. 8/10
good and sad
Already listened to fire🔥
Pleasant
The vision isn't always there but when it is this album is an absolute masterpiece
I enjoyed it suprisingly
Det som är bra är jävligt bra, men också ett gäng tråkiga låtar tbh (In Limbo, Kid A, Idioteque)...
I’ll admit I don’t think this album is necessarily for me as much as I enjoy alternative funk and rock it’s a place I haven’t explored enough yet to truly appreciate the sound and uniqueness of this album. Late 90s early 2000s alt rock is a sound I have a hard time enjoying and I think that mental blocker is what’s stopping me here. I will need to revisit this album that’s for sure.
Radiohead is one of my favorite bands. I prefer In Rainbows or OK Computer to this album thiugh
I love this album its great
Done
siento que a mi me gusta más que a bogdan?????? la transición de optimistic a limbo está increíble te amo mucho motion picture soundtrack POR QUÉ VERGAS TENÍAN QUE SER SIONISTAS?!?!
a bit hectic at times. oddly soothing
Second album i've listened to by Radiohead and i'm really impressed by their style and they're not at all what I originally thought they were based on my casual experience with them. And I still haven't listened to OK Computer yet, which i'm sure is on this list as well. I like this experimental rock that almost flows into ambient rock. "Behind the scenes" this album was the result of Radiohead wanting to find themselves and trying to get away from their own commercialization. They had a large internet presence and back in the Napster days, this is a good example of Napster helping music as i'm not sure if this was really an album that MTV could promote. It doesn't feel much like traditional rock and it would be tough to sell it to the MTV crowd. Maybe i'm wrong. But in the days of Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne etc and those very few 2000's rock bands, this is a completely different direction. As a teen in the 2000's, there's a reason why this album wasn't anywhere on my radar. It's hard to find something new if you don't know that you should be looking for something. Anyway, it's a great album with an ambient/psychedelic feel that is great. There are some messy bits and at times I jumped into the middle of a song and just felt like "WTF is even going on here?" but with a continuous listen, I like the ups and downs of it, including the moments of chaos and darkness. I like the rebelliousness of doing a 180 when you're successful and this was a make or break album that almost killed the band. I'm glad they pulled through. Overall, I like In Rainbows more though.
Artwork.
Enjoyed listening as had not heard previously - particularly enjoyed Treefingers and How to Disappear Completely
Was feeling a bit down today and this didn't help with that.
Really unique and weird experimental sounding album. Wouldn’t go out of my way to listen, but definitely happy to have experienced it.
First listened on 26th and 27th August 2025. Favourite songs are Everything In Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely and Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Honestly a great album with immaculate vibes. I never "got" Radiohead before, but this kinda did the trick for me. I'd love to have this on while I'm chilling doing something else.
very atmospheric, otherworldly, focus on instrumentals, liked the trumpets on the national anthem, feelings of disconnection, despair and depression, siren sounds in how to disappear completely--> ambulance?, alienated, jazzy elements favourites: how to disappear completely, everything in its right place, idioteque, motion picture soundtrack
not bad, but not my favorite radiohead album
I enjoyed listening to this album. Felt like it had a nice flow from beginning to end. I recognized Everything In Its Right Place and like that one. Other stand outs for me were How To Disappear Completely and Optimistic Morning Bell I had never heard before and it took me by surprise! I liked it maybe the best. Think it has pretty lines weaving in and out between the guitar and vocals. On a subsequent listen In Limbo grabbed my ear...super creepy at the end
A couple songs really carrying this album. Really not a huge fan of a few of the other songs. Radiohead’s merit and the fact that Everything in its right place is one of my favourite songs is really saving it here. Without that it’s way down in my books. Specific rating - 4.1 Fav song - Everything in its right place Least fav- the national anthem
I think I enjoyed this more than Hail to the Thief. Radiohead is a blind spot. Trying to decide if I like them.
it’s kid a. prolly like 4th fav rh album tho
Great album, kicking off with Everything In Its Right Place is such a great start. Now, unsurprisingly we venture into more of that artsy Radiohead stuff, which has never really done it for me. Real good album but this is no In Rainbows.
Tók hana ekki alveg inn við fyrstu hlustun, hlustaði svo aftur með heyrnatól og naut hennar þá betur
Já, töff. Ég er svo glaður að vera að hlusta á plötur sem ég hef "misst af"
A really good album but at times it loses my interest. For me this is not as good as the albums before.
How to disappear completely (mega dobrý), motion picture soundtrack (mega dobrý
As someone who's pretty much never listened to anything Radiohead except hits, this was a great album to explore their discography and sound just a bit more. The different themes going on between like synthy funk and aggressive drum beats and then other slowed down songs really creates this cool contrasting album. There was a few songs in the middle I really didn't love, so I don't think a 5 is totally justified here, but still really enjoyable overall.
4.4 This album came to me at the perfect time in my life. I then completely rinsed it dry over the course of a couple of years and haven't given it much airtime since. Listening back now, it is brilliant, but has its flaws. The titular track is a bit too experimental, and it ends on a slightly damped note, but some of the other stuff is incredible. Opener is immense, and a great instant escape from being forced into making OK Computer 2.0. The triad of Optimistic - In Limbo - Idioteque is arguably their greatest moment as a band. National Anthem and Tree fingers are good but nothing to write home about, and it's this latter point that arguably stops it achieving 5* status.
I have a complicated relationship with Radiohead. Ok Computer was on constant repeat in 1997 and defines the time around my first-born’s birth more than anything. There are so many hits across their catalog…but individual albums on their own end up feeling hit-or-miss. Everything in Right Place, National Anthem, and How to Disappear are favorites here. But it takes a certain mood to want to put this on end-to-end. In short: love the band, like the album. 4/5
They don't call this album the greatest left turn in music for any reason. Considering how praised 'OK Computer' was when it published, releasing this album after it is an incredibly bold move. Makes me wonder how fans of the band reacted once they listened to 'Everything In Its Right Place' and see that there's only electronics and no electric guitar, bass nor drums. But me? I think this album is incredibly, and I like it more than OK Computer, but not more than In Rainbows, and it is due to how emotional it feels. Sadness has always being a major part of Radiohead's music. Ok Computer and The Bends are full of songs with very melancholic and depressing melodies. Some examples would be 'Let Down', 'No Surprises', 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' and 'Creep' (even though it is from 'Pablo Honey'). When it comes to the sadness of 'Kid A', it is portrayed in a very different way when compared with its predecessors. It is a very cold, lonely and distance sadness, created thanks to the immense soundscapes built from the subtle instrumentation and production. Not only they introduced synths and electronics to construct these ambiences, but the electric guitars also are played in a way that they collaborate in expanding these sounds. When it comes to the more electronic side of this album, the most clear examples are 'Everything In Its Right Place', 'Kid A', 'Treefingers', 'Idioteque', 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' and 'Untitled'. - 'Everything In Its Right Place' is such a great opener for the album that only uses synths and voice; and sets incredibly well the tone of the whole experience. - 'Kid A' has a wonderful and subtle melody that almost feel like it was played in a xylophone. It also has drumming and a very robotic sounding Thom Yorke which is quite funny to listen to. - 'Idioteque' is very eerie sound that comes from the sample from 'Mild und leise' by the artist 'Paul Lansky'. - 'Treefingers' and 'Untitled' are very minimalistic ambient tracks which build some very huge atmospheres. - 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' is a very beautiful piece which ends the album quite well (not counting 'Untitled' as the true ending) with a very beautiful synth mimicking the sound of an organ. The rest of the tracks may not be as purely electronic as the ones mentioned, but they still have some very noticeable influences or experimentation: - 'The National Anthem' is the most chaotic track of the album. It features a very groovy bass and more traditional rock drumming, but what set this song apart from the rest is the 'free jazz' inspired horns introduced in the second half of the song. - 'How to Disappear Completely' may be one of the most powerful tracks of Radiohead's whole discography. I don't think I ever hear a song addressing despersonalization in such an effective way, specially thanks to the lyrics. - 'Optimistic' is also a more "traditional" Radiohead song as the electric guitars are back and very present, but they manage to create a soundscape comparable to some of the more experimental cuts of the project. What I like about the song is the positive sound it brings following the tracks 'How To Disappear Completely' and 'Treefinger'. - 'In Limbo' and 'Morning Bell' are the only tracks that didn't impact me as much as the other did, but still really good, 'In Limbo' feels quite mysterious and 'Morning Bell' is very relaxing and sounds very positive. In conclusion, this album is fantastic. Not only it is extraordinarily experimental, but it also is super effective and emotional.
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Modern classic
This album takes you right where it intends to. Radiohead carefully creates a sort of sci-fi melancholy, like aimlessly drifting through space. It's littered with disjointed beeps and boops like you're manning a spacecraft. Thom Yorke accompanies the sprawling and experimental sounds with his signature pained cries. No single song stands out to me but I think it's better for that. It doesn't feel like an album you sit and listen to every detail. I think it's best played front to back in the background during some woeful reflection. Just get lost in the feeling as it might be cathartic.
7/10
Radiohead is such a difficult monster to rate. I like In Rainbows quite a bit more, though it got the same star rating not a week ago. That, to me, is a better collection of songs. This, for me, has always been hard to get through from beginning to end, I may never have actually listened to the entire thing in one sitting. It sets a mood, it's dense and atmospheric, and while not nearly my favorite of their albums, is certainly better than a 3. I might go with a 3.7, and in this case, its sheer weight somehow lifts it to the 4.
Fav: optimistic, idioteque.
This is the Radiohead album where they did everything. Jazz, rock, EDM, ambient. Every song is wildly creative. The arpeggio on In Limbo is dissonant and fantastic. The BOC influence is bigger here than on any other Radiohead album. Awesome tracklist. Biggest fault is that Pyramid song didn't make the cut.
Solid Radiohead album
I am reluctantly moved by the art of these dorks.
I actually like this. Or maybe I'm just in a mood.
I really loved OK Computer, so when Kid A came out I rejected it halfway through the first side of the album. Listening to it again, for the second time ever, and actually making it all the way to the end this time, it's not as bad as I first thought. In fact I'm going to give this four stars as I feel it deserves a relisten.
Dark, haunting, beautiful. I still prefer In Rainbows or OK Computer though. 9/10 Favourite track: How to Disappear Completely
Didn't know what to make of this when it first appeared, but it grew on me every time I played it. When I listen to it without distractions, it fills the room and washes the stress away like nothing else.
4.5. very good.
Remember it being better. Still great
Imaginative and dynamic, mostly great but occasionally drones on for too long.
A jarring departure from the anthemic guitar masterpiece that is "OK Computer", "Kid A" took some time to digest when I first heard it many years ago. But now, in retrospect and hear with fresh ears, it's brilliance is as clear as the left turn Radiohead took, having taken guitar-based rock to its logical conclusion. This is electronic-infused music that relies on that genre's emphasis on themes and moods over deeply structured verse/chorus melodies. It all works, and Radiohead here creates an electronic album as good as anything done by the masters of that form.
Like it but not my fave from this band
Pretty solid. Good casual listen. Wouldn't mind having this on vinyl.
I'm not here. This isn't happening.
I like this album quite a bit. It's not my favorite Radiohead album, but it's very good. It seems maybe a little more ambient-oroented than other albums without as much of the noise and clamor I really love. But still, it's Radiohead, and they're a solid 4 even on a bad day.
4/5 - This is one polarizing album; if you're going to plant a flag on your feelings about Radiohead, this is usually the exact spot you plant it. I remember being disappointed at the time it came out, because it wasn't the OK Computer follow-up I wanted, but I like it more now than I did then. The feel of this album just gets into my head, and I'm still humming parts of it the day after. If you hate Kid A, I get it. If you love Kid A, I get it.
Certainly overrated but I get why people like it so much. It really doesn't have as much depth as other radiohead albums, all of the songs are very one sided. still good, just I will always make fun of it whenever I can. poser electronic music they wanna be aphex twin sooooo bad.
It's been a while!
I think Radiohead is peak and I am tired of pretending it's not. I do think this one is one of the more controversial albums. Mostly because it is a bit experimental, even for Radiohead. That coupled with the usual glazing that Radiohead receives it can frustrate listeners that aren't necessarily into their sound or just avant-garde, admittedly pretentious, music. I do think this album is overrated, but in the same way that the Beatles are overrated. They were influential and they consistently attracted attention, which inevitably gathers detractors. I believe this plays with soundscapes and ideas that still feel different and fresh after all this time. Is it an album you would play in a long drive? Probably not, but I would play this alone in an indirectly lit room with a warm drink, preferably with the sound of rain pattering at the window? This is what I did yesterday I actually, and it fucking hit. 4.5/5
I think it’s very funny after last weeks Radiohead album, we get arguably one of their top 3 works. While it isn’t my favorite, as I reserve that for The Bends or Ok Computer, I think both the context in which this album came out and doing a little research about the album has me enjoying it more than I would of without it. This album came out right after they released Ok Computer, which at the time was well regarded as a premier Rock release. If I go back and listen to that work before Kid A you can draw a line from this to Kid A, but that line is not straight. It meanders, curves around, and is more concerned with doing what IT wants to get there. So it’s funny for me to go back and read that this was a controversial release when it first dropped. The sound was so out there at first that the expectations built up from there prior works were absolutely shattered when they released Kid A. The first few tracks of Kid A have a heavy synth focus, which has always been apart of Radioheads sound. But I’ve read Thom Yorke wanted to experiment even further with those sounds than they have before. While the last half of the album trends more towards their more familiar sound. I think that transition is make even more clear where the synth have start includes Thoms vocals being utterly saturated in effects, which helps give the album this alien vibe as it transitions into the more familiar less processed performance. This being also being an example of one of the themes for this album having to do with the idea of cloned person (Kid A being the name of the first human clone/what they named their synthesizer) growing up through the new (2000s) digital age and the sound of the album trying to get that across with the almost unsettling and confused sounds eventually transitioning into something more digestible and comfortable to listen to. I personally enjoy the album experience from front to back and view this as one of those albums that I treat as a wholesale experience more so than tracks I’ll play because I’m looking for something to compliment the vibe. I don’t think Kid A would compliment most vibes in this case lol. However, I do greatly respect when musicians can pull off the curve ball or sudden left turn and come away with a work that even 25 years later is still discussed as one of the more prolific additions to not only rock music, but perhaps music in general. Special reference to the Middle 8 YouTube video on the album.
really enjoyed most of the stuff here, a few fillers to me bring it down a notch
super interesting and helps me focus during work/ study. Feels like an experimentation album
I enjoyed OK Computer a bit more, but this is still pretty good! A bit different from most of what I’ve listened to from Radiohead, but the sound is still great. Really enjoyed Idioteque and Everything In Its Right Place in particular.
It was cool
It has a wonderful, often cinematic, electronic atmosphere. 'Everything In Its Right Place', 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' and (especially) 'How To Disappear Completely' stand out. Really good throughout but not great, apart from HTDC which is great!
Great album, peak chill ambience.
Var säker på att jag inte gillade det här albumet men nu ville det sig
Gillar ett par låtar sen innan, men det var i denna genomlyssning jag faktiskt kände en dörr öppnas till att jag kanske faktiskt tycker om det här bandet. Första låten är fullkomligt fenomenal, o även om allt inte är lika intressant så hålls en hög nivå!
Coolt sound, men inget stack ut jättemycket ändå. Svag 4a.
Peaceful and haunting. It gives me a calm sense of nostalgia and transports me back to 2000
bardzo fajnie muzycznie, troche za duzo smetnego jeczenia w niektorych kawalkach
Didn't enjoy the vibe so much and only really like the songs I knew before hand. Probably need to spend a chunk of time trying to understand the songs to enjoy them more
Good and moody to zone out to
Great album I love it more each time. Not a 5 to me but close 4.5
Magical, melodic, challenging, obscurantist, cold. I like it but it's like a friend that's really interesting and you have brilliant conversations occasionally but you'd never look to them for help with anything
I'm happy I found this album today and not in my adolescence. Fast forward some cultural experiences and a few music festivals, and we've got the basis for a strong appreciation for the mix of influences that lead up to this project. It starts strong, real strong, I was curious how much I might've loved this album, but that leveled after some intense musical exploration that I believe they refined in the years that come. I still definitely want this record in my collection. It's particularly tasty on a good set of headphones. 4.4/5
Sure it's a downer but it's a really good one. Belongs on the list. Also, way more hooks than one would expect for a capital A "Art" statement.
I wouldn't consider myself a Radiohead fan, but I am familiar with The Bends and OK Computer. This was a new one for me and I enjoyed listening to it. How to Disappear Completely is definitely my favorite. So beautiful and sad.
I will point to this album anytime i think about what it sounds like to fall just short of a full 5 stars in the context of this list. An impressive first half that mostly loses its edge a bit in the second half. A great opener leaves a strong first impression, and the chunky prog bass on “National Anthem” is just as sticky. This probably isn’t a wildly popular pick, but “Treefingers” is my highlight for making a placid ambient song work perfectly well in the otherwise paranoid, anxious, sad track listing. Lastly, the looping beat on “Idioteque” might be produced to perfection. Really well done. I may have said this about OK Computer, but man this must’ve sounded mind-blowingly futuristic at release. A bit of a shame it putters out towards the end, but a good project through and through.
day 5: this one made me nervous since i have a love/hate relationship with kid a. while 16 year old me would thrive in the sad depressiveness of how to disappear, i struggle now to enjoy thom’s whiney vocals on many of radioheads more mellow songs. when i think radiohead i would rather hear at least 7 or 8 (offshoot included) other albums before this. traditional radiohead? ok computer or in rainbows. sad emo radiohead? a moon shaped pool. weird IDM radiohead? amnesiac, the smile’s wall of eyes or even thom’s solo albums. i saw him live last year, and the electronic songs he performed were by far the best experiences of the night, yet this album fails to grasp me the same way. still, i can’t deny that it is technically mesmerising. EIIRP is their best intro, motion picture soundtrack is jaw-droppingly written and sung, and idioteque! my god! one of the greatest songs ever made!!! as a whole experience though, it doesn’t quite captivate me. how unfortunate it is to be so compared to aphex twin and boards of canada in this era of their sound, who’s music TRUMP this album.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. If there’s one thing this project has given me, it’s a love and appreciation for Radiohead. True innovators but still listenable music that scratches all the itches in my brains. Kid A is not my favorite by them, but boy it is still incredible music.
At first I didnt like it but thats because i listened with the expectation of it sounding like OK Computer. when it didnt sound like alternative rock i was immediately turned off of it until i gave it a couple more tries where now i will give it a 4.
Bywa trochę chaotyczny, ale ten klimat, niesamowity niepokojący dźwięk i te kompozycje, które lepią się do skóry jak pot... Nie wiem, jak można tak cudownie tworzyć atmosferę. Kilka utworów zbyt męczących i dłużących się w nieskończoność psuje odbiór, ale i tak 6.5/10 równane w górę.
In Limbo and Morning Bell are both just fine in my opinion. Treefingers is also alright but it overstays its welcome. The rest is absolutely phenomenal.
I have a soft spot for radiohead.
Some sublime tracks on this one. Just great.
Hm. It is a little bit pretentious, especially when you read about the making of it but I have to say I quite like it. Not quite a 5 but a sturdy 4.
I was prepared not to like this but I was pleasantly surprised. This is an album you must listen to with headphones.
I have this album. Last time I listened to this album I described it as weird and inaccessible. My expectations were probably too high because I think this is probably Radiohead's most important album. I was more ready this time. I think only the title track and The National Anthem are a little rough. I don't mind the more ambient tracks. My favourites are Everything in Its Right Place, Optimistic, In Limbo and Idioteque. Weird and inaccessible? Maybe, but not necessarily in a bad way.
Great, though far from being my favorite from Radiohead.
If it was cold and dark and wintery it might hit like it did the first time but
Sometimes verging on the wrong side of grating, but simultaneously fascinating and even ethereal.
The atmosphere is amazing.
What a beautiful and exotic listen. Each track is ethereal and spooky. The album follows a theme of unease and pure, unadulterated bliss at points. This rollercoaster creates a balanced but energetic listen as well. The instrumentation is ground-breaking and intriguing to pay attention to.
Spellbinding
1. Everything In Its Right Place - 9 Classic track. Amazing intro and build into the lyrics which start very mellow and very slowly. They are a little too repetitive but the track is a slow builder of a song, almost like a house music track. Very enjoyable. 2. Kid A - 7 Vocally you can't understand it but that's intentionally part of the charm. Instrumentally the track is very moving, giving you a great sound and experience over the four almost five minutes. 3. The National Anthem - 6 The bass and drums are superb on this track. Absolutely fantastic sound from them, but the brass is so misplaced. It feels so random and unnecessary and it ruins the enjoyment of the parts of the song it's on. It also goes on for too long at the end. 4. How To Disappear Completely - 10 Another brilliantly building track but this time one that really highlights the best of the vocal range of Thom Yorke. Instrumentally it's a serenading track that takes you on a journey that you feel compelled to take. Superb piece. 5. Treefingers - 3 Ambient track that can put you to sleep. Not much more to say about it. 6. Optimistic - 11 Legendary track. Vocals are so amazing on this track but they give way to a superb intro, bridge, and outro that really elevate this track with some amazing guitar sounds. The best track off the album. 7. In Limbo - 8 Lyrics are a little repetitive but they sound great and while the track starts out really with too much sound instrumentally it eventually fades into a lovely melancholic track. Could really listen to this multiple times. 8. Idioteque - 7 Solid track. Vocally it's good. Not at great as the two songs preceeding it but still a solid track. Instrumentally it's not as strong either but it's still very enjoyable. Drums on it are awesome. 9. Morning Bell - 8 Solid melancholic track with wonderful vocals that lift you through the song. Just all around enjoyable. 10. Motion Picture Soundtrack - 8 Beautiful slow song. Not a huge fan of the harp on the track but overall builds really well into a wonderful crescendo of vocals that really drive home the lyrics and then fade out into just the harp. Superb. 11. Untitled - N/A Less than a minute and will not be rated. Average Rating: 7.70 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 3.85 Rounded Up: 4 Stars
4/5
Amnesiac is better.
This album is a 5 in the right mood and place but harder to connect with in a non immersion environment i.e. under fluorescent lights, staring at a computer with coworkers interrupting you.
Beeps and boops in all the right places
Great album.
YOOOOOO RADIOHEAD!!! Not my favourite of their albums but still pretty enjoyable.
The only issue with this album is its tracking.I think it was just poorly put together.It's still just a normal four star radiohead record, and my 4th favorite in thier discography. Thank me later for this shuffled tracklist: A:Untitled National anthem How to dissappear completely Treefingers Optimistic In Limbo B:Everything in its right place Idioteque Motion Picture Soundtrack Morning Bell Kid A
Better each listen. It is very icy and is depressing in an optimistic way. 4/5
Radiohead dives into electronica on this LP which is probably why I still put OK, Computer ahead of it. Still a very layered and musical album with some great tracks that still feature in their live set. Everything In It's Right Place and Optimistic standout for me on this one.
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Radiohead cannot do wrong. Kid A is not an easy Album and that’s why it is so diverse, experimental and interesting. It is the first time that I’ve listened to it completely, and I just want to continue hearing it again , there are so many layers on each song. Absolutely recommended but be patient and explore with it.
This album was great. It was full of emotion, and was cool to hear a rock bands take on electronic instrumentation at a time when it was still a brand new concept.
Radiohead has always been sick af. I heavily fuck with the jazz moment that is The National Album. Treefingers made me feel something I cannot describe. Coulda been perfect but wasn't.
This was pretty incredible. It was disjointed and felt really fractured at times but in a meaningful way. I got lost into listening to this one. I don't think I'd want to hear it often but anytime I do I know it will be with focus. Weirdly cool cover too.
Okay, on the track The National Anthem. My idea of replacing the vocals with a trumpet came true. I'm a genius. This has dynamic stereo mixing. Looking back on my reviews of Radiohead it looks like I appreciate them, but never really want to listen to them and that holds true for this one. A very well constructed album, stronger as a whole rather than it's individual parts. The final track is a perfect candidate for vocals replacement trumpet.
Everything In Its Right Place
I was always a Kid A kid over OK Computer. Every (actual) song is great. Lot of fillers on this album so I knock it down a star. 4/5
It is a good experimental Radiohead album with some nice songs, but it may be a bit too experimental for me. Even so, the songs I like I do like them very much
I appreciate that this guys (primarily Thom) decided to do their own thing. Artistic presence is the most important thing and if you’re not feeling the rock shtick, try something else. Hell it’s 2000, the millennium of robots and hovercraft. Make an album that sounds like they’ve been here for decades! This is ambient, it’s also specific. I lean 3, but my appreciation for the craft elevates it. Now onto Amnesiac.
A more ethereal listen than most of their other work. Good if in a contemplative mood
This is my favorite Radiohead album to date, and the only one that I really like. I love the arrangements, and the cool synth sounds. There's even trombones in one of the tracks?! Anyway, this is the first time that I kind of get why people like this band. I may even listen to it again.
also incredible, but I think I liked the Hail to the Thief better. 4.5/5
Very nice
Heard of them, heard a couple of the songs before. I think I might listen again, I thought it was interesting. Kind of feels like you need to be in the mood for them a bit though - a bit doleful at times.
I like this album
I listened to this a lot after Ok Computer bender. Still enjoy it as background, as I work.
Atmospheric, avant-garde rock music. Whole album is class.
First up, Thom Yorke is a musical genius. However whilst there are flashes of genius, some of the tracks miss the mark. Tracks such as Optimistic & Everything in it's right place are worth the admission money alone
I do love this album, but according to my rating system, only deserves a 4; there's a few songs there that don't quite do it for me
This album is greater than the sum of its parts. I wouldn't put any individual song on my playlist, but as an album, it's something special. This genre of music isn't my personal cup of tea, but I understand why Radiohead gets the applause it does. I listened to this album 4 or 5 times before this review which is a testament to its replayability.
The 90s is coming to an end. A whole millennium – our millennium, the Enlightenment millennium, the Beatles millennium, the TV soap millennium, the ecstasy millennium – is about to reach its climax. The late 90s’ made the most of its place at the end of history, proving that eschatology is to posterity what a rancid hangover is to midnight champagne. True to its historical moment, Kid A captures an appropriately apocalyptic atmosphere; the sound of every party ever held ending all at the same time. There’s spectral echoes throughout of the previous decade’s most ecstatic turns: Orbital (Idioteque is a grunged out “Born Slippy”) Portishead, Massive Attack, Aphex Twin. Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain, released a month before Kid A, feels like it’s responding to the same impulses as Radiohead’s fin de sciècle record – though the former does it with a sort of recherche magnificence that Kid A couldn’t ever conceivably find the enthusiasm for. To call Radiohead gatecrashers at the end of the 90s feels unfairly rash, though. It isn’t that. It’s more that Kid A feels less “difficult second/fourth album” and more like difficulties beginning the second act. Other bands might have been broken long before “Everything in its right place” found its final, perfect form. Truly, the creative territory gained by the band here was evidently hard fought. There’s a feeling across their subsequent records that they learned the lesson that those who do not remember Kid A are doomed to repeat it. You don’t just hear Kid A in everything that follows from Radiohead, you know that what you’re hearing is a band recovering from the anxiety resultant of producing one of history’s most anxiety inducing records. I remember the end of the world. I remember ITV’s The Last Train, Channel Five’s The Tribe; ecological crisis sharing headlines with the millennium bug. Thinking about the end of days then did to my mood what being chased around in the dark by mum playing monsters had in years previous, only now the exhilaration was more melancholy. The end we’d imagined was a category error though. The millennium passed but failed to take many of us with it. Quiet years followed before we again hoped the Mayan calendar would do the trick. Then when that didn’t, instead we looked forward to being thrust into poverty by a circle of bastards who want us replaced by machines. Kid A still sounds great because we never stopped dreaming about our end. The day it stops, despair.
Enjoyed it.
1. what a great synth sound. great opening track 3. fun groove. horns? yes please 4. floaty, nice bass line. 6. great hook, great song first half of the album was very good, falls a little more flat on the second half. overall very enjoyable listen
я в восторге. внечеловеческий опыт
I don't know if I'd listen to this one from start to finish again (because it's just a tad too weird for me), but they did some cool stuff in here. Definitely an album of its time, complete with the beep boops you'd expect from the early Internet days. Standouts for me were The National Anthem, Motion Picture Soundtrack, and Idiotheque.
Weird spacious vibes, always a win
Radiohead is definitely a “controversial artists” for me. They’re really hit or miss. I like this album more than some of their others we’ve rated, but I still don’t love it like I feel I’m supposed to. A few stand out tracks for sure, others are still a bit too droning and whining for me.
yeah uh radiohead was my favorite band of all time for the longest time and this was probably my top 3 album of theirs. it resonated with my teenage self a lot which probably tells you about what kinda loser i was in middle school. but who tf cares this was my shit and i made it my whole personality ok. i have radiohead to thank for being the gateway band into more experimental music. i wouldn't be the person i am today without them. with that said i just... can't with them anymore. it's heartbreaking. my younger self would've been devastated if she saw that her favorite radical band is now a bunch of fence-sitting bitch asses. i don't care that much for the most part really, but when it's a band that shaped me so much as a person including politically... yknow what i mean? it wouldn't hurt so much if it was just some random idiots. these guys were my world. when i was 14 i used to write my diary addressed to thom yorke man. yeah yeah holy parasocial whatever. the girls that get it get it. the music still sounds great to me now but the magic is just gone. free palestine
Another excellent Radiohead album (3rd so far). Superb band.
picture me, a rainy Monday morning and first day back after annual leave, concerned this will be too depressing: “never mind these first three songs are pretty chill, feels like playing Spore in 2008” how to disappear completely: “🙂🔪” probably actually a 4.5, but not enough to round up to a 5
"yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon" boy have i been there
On tää niitä Radioheadin parempia levyjä, mutta ei paras kummiskaan. Hyvin elektroninen, tunnelmaa luova ja maalaileva. Elektroniset kappaleet tuntuvat toimivan paremmin, ne mitkä yrittää olla enemmän rock ei niinkään. Kivasti kummiskin tuo monipuolisuutta, kuten Treefingers ambientti tyylilläänkin. Parhaat: Everything in Its Right Place, How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
Classic Radiohead. But not their best. Solid 4.
Kid A – Radiohead (2000) | Experimental Rock / Electronic / Art Rock | Avg: 8.0 | Favorite Song: “Everything In Its Right Place”* Kid A is one of those albums that doesn’t just challenge expectations—it redefines them. From a reviewer’s standpoint, this is Radiohead intentionally pulling away from OK Computer’s anthemic peaks and diving headfirst into atmosphere, alienation, and digital decay. “Everything In Its Right Place” is easily the most striking track here—paranoid, pulsating, and emotionally direct in a way that slices through the album’s icy veneer. There’s a surreal cohesion to this record, like a dream you’re not sure you enjoyed, but can’t stop thinking about. It’s not perfect—there are moments where the opacity starts to wear thin—but that’s kind of the point. Kid A isn’t built to please; it’s built to immerse. From the glitchy unease of “Everything in Its Right Place” to the drifting haze of “Motion Picture Soundtrack,” the album keeps you at arm’s length while still managing to pull you under. It’s bold, cold, and yet deeply human in its detachment. For what it’s aiming to do, it hits nearly every mark.
Bleak. Haunting. Unnerving. Depressing. Ambitious. It's not my absolute favourite Radiohead album but this is a necessary listen. Considering this was made in 2000, the subject of AI or at least, the hints of AI is on its way is very relevant today.
More a fan of their earlier guitar lead work. This has some great songs on it though, and love the cover art.
This is my third favorite Radiohead album which should say something about my opinion of Radiohead.
Maybe I'm starting to get Radiohead. There were 4 tracks here I actually liked, although the more ambient songs I didn't have much of an interest in though. I don't think I'll ever love them because of Thom Yorkes voice not being my thing, but I at least thought this was good. 4 Stars.
Classic album, must listen.
Classic Radiohead
pretty good
A strong 4 for me. I loved the start - Everything In Its Right Place had strong Massive Attack vibes (maybe it should be vice versa but I listened to Massive Attack before this album). Then there’s some real tonal shifts that come through later in the album, it’s got such creativity and melding of electronic and more typical rock vibes of that period. The one downer for me is I didn’t really vibe with the actual title track and on occasion I actually thought the electronic sounds were a bit OTT (maybe anathema to say but this is an honest first listen review). But there are some really enjoyable tracks on this and considering it’s such a divisive album I’m liking the fact that this is my first proper experience of them and enjoyed it so much. I think I’m just a miser with 5 ratings and suspecting with relistens I might be there. But this is a super 4.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Radiohead never really did it for me, but this album, despite it's off-kilter and dissonant tones, sucked me in. Kind of like Radiohead meats Miles Davis circa Bitches Brew era. Other parts reminded me of Sigor Ros.
Fantastic, brilliant album, although personally ok computer hits harder.
So I don't love Kid A, but I like the album. I know of so many people who gush about it, how it was a masterful pivot from expectations and executed it fantastically. But I just don't vibe with it as much as I would like and I don't understand the intricacies in the theory that elevate it for others. I still like it, but I just don't love to listen to it
Good album, a little annoying at times. I'm definitely biased toward liking Radiohead, but it's still not a 5.
7 / 10 I love Radiohead but this is a little bit harder to listen then their other efforts Still enjoyable though
I like this album
Is kid a