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I am already learning from this project that I am definitely a Radiohead fan, while I didn’t like this one quite as much as in rainbows, I was absolutely fascinated by the way the different sounds blended together in ways that I didn’t expect or think would work, but then it all melded together in such an interesting way creating a sonic symphony of beats.
Not my favourite Radiohead album, but still contains some of the best songs of all time for me. An essential listen, even if its just to have an opinion about it
Alternating between rock out bangers and hauntingly beautiful ballads and tone poems. Could take out half the songs and still be a 5 for me.
It's Radiohead.
I don't know how to explain why I liked this so much ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Out of the 350+ albums on this list that I've listened to so far this one is by far the most pretentious. If this album were a person they would absolutely love the smell of their own farts.
Oei, Radiohead... In het verleden waren we niet echt vrienden. En dan vooral Thom, echt wie schrijft dat met een H er tussen, en ik. Ik kan zijn zang gewoon niet zo goed verdragen. Maar daarom ben ik meteen ook heel benieuwd naar dit album, omdat dit zijn zang schijnt te hebben opgeknipt en flink te hebben aangepast! Ok wat de fuck is dat gedoe met trompetten op The National Anthem? Doe ff normaal, en doe niet alsof dit bij Jazz hoort want dat is dus echt compleet gelul. Dit is gewoon belachelijk, niet experimenteel en het slaat ook helemaal nergens op. Ah fuck, is dit zo'n album voor mensen die alleen maar rock luisteren en het dus geweldig vinden dat er een keer andere instrumenten en OH NEE! Synths en computer?!?!? Want dan zijn er dus echt al veel betere albums uitgekomen... Naja, aan het einde kan ik wel zeggen dat ik me niet heeeeel erg heb geirriteerd aan Thommerd. Wel moet ik zeggen dat het instrumentaal soms heel vet was, maar ook grote delen niet zo bijzonder. Ik denk nogmaals dat dit album baanbrekend was voor iedereen die nog nooit een synth of iets gehoord had. Kraftwerk en Jean-Michel Jarre bestaan he lieve mensen? Of vlak daarvoor nog; Aphex Twin. Maar goed, het album was prima. 3 sterren, ik hoor gewoon niet het baanbrekende dat sommigen hierin horen. FAVO: Everything in its right place, Treefinger
yom thorke
i hadn't listened to the album in full before. thanks, 1001 albums
my favourite album oat.
Alright, let's talk about Radiohead's Kid A. This album? Absolutely brilliant. I'm talking 5 stars all the way. This record was the one that truly pulled me into the Radiohead universe, and what a band they are. Thom Yorke is nothing short of a genius; the sounds and ideas he brings to the table are just incredible. Kid A is a masterpiece. It's the kind of album that makes you rethink what music can be. If you haven't given it a deep listen, do yourself a favor. It's a game-changer.
I've listened to this so many times. Love Radiohead but much prefer In Rainbows or OK Computer. They are coming into their own with this album and finding their style. Everyone has the whimsical noise reverb in the background now so this isn't so out of place. They soon start crushing it with the drums and math tempo vocals.
This was one of the most anticipated albums ever following the phenomenal success of OK Computer. I know this because I was one of those counting down the days and buying Kid A on release day. What a disappointment it turned out to be. Radiohead certainly tested their fans here. Nothing at all like their previous releases. No singalongs at all and to me it sounded like one disjointed continuous racket. Things didn’t really improve either after seeing the album performed live but with one notable exception. Everything In Its Right Place was exceptional live and a memorable moment I still relish today. Like a good wine Kid A has matured and grown on me over the years. It has taken me over 20 years but I now view it very differently from when it was released. Even today putting it on to listen I heard new sounds and threads which I was previously unaware of. Each listen brings something new which I am sure Radiohead wanted to achieve. After Amnesiac which is just a continuation of Kid A, subsequent Radiohead releases reverted to more tuneful offerings. So Kid A is really a one off. I like to call it Radiohead’s Topographic Oceans which if you know that album sums up the concept of Kid A. 5/5 4/7/25
I like this album
Terrible
Album art: 4
I love everything about this album. That sentence wasn't an exaggeration by any means. I believe it to be on par with "OK Computer". "The National Anthem" is my favourite from "Kid A". There is no way I'm giving it a rating below the maximum score. 5 stars for "Kid A".
Is kid a
This would hit so hard if I was an annoying middle schooler. Also I hated this. Hearing the cigs after sex version of Motion Picture Soundtrack first and then this was horrific. Respectfully, you're getting blocked. Best: Worst: Kid A Added to Liked Songs:
Even better than I remembered it being. 5/5 Immaculate vibes.
Nah
A long time since listening to this, giving it an active listening was a pleasure. It remind me to Sigur ros and Mazy star, this one is dope.
Twenty seconds into the first song and I might have to get into Radiohead why tf is he talking about lemons so much At idioteque and I fear this is peak. Dear heavens. Reminds me of babbdi, though I’m probably biased. Very neat album art. I wish to listen to it again sometime. Very atmospheric. Quite fond. Just might be moved up to my favourite album of all time. But maybe that’s just recency bias. I literally finished it seconds ago. But still. Relistened. Added a couple songs to less general playlists. Abysmally good album. Good god. I’m starting to reckon it might be my favourite album of all time. Maybe another once over. I should listen to Amnesiac too. I can only hope it is also very sick. And very sad. The sadness is important. Joh cena, the little keyboard thing in Everything in Its Right Place absolutely gets me going. Nothing like Muse. I’ve listened to a lot of Muse. They’re my second favourite band. Nothing alike. Aside from being melodramatic (only in showbiz for Muse really) British rock. Both are good though.
i really enjoyed this album - made me feel like i was in twilight lol and then that one random one that felt like frequency music in spas
Hell yeah, I already like this one Feeling other radiohead stuff more now
more like mid a
Rien n'est egale a ca. Merveille
Très belle pièce.
I'd really like to help you man, I'd really like to help you man.
Classique du millénaire! Premiere fois que je l’écoute pour vrais je dois dire. C’est excellent. Meilleur que Hail to the Thief je dois dire.
2’5
Best Song: Optimistic I've listened to this album a handful of times. Great album and probably my favorite from Radiohead. Mellow with some great rock accents. Melodies, lyrics, production, all great!
One of the many remarkable things about Kid A is that it went platinum in multiple countries. Radiohead’s ‘we’re sick of being successful, let’s get experimental’ album was still an honest-to-God hit back in the days when people had to part with their hard-earned cash for a CD. So, although I can understand why someone wouldn’t like Radiohead in general and Kid A in particular (full disclosure: I'm a fan of both), I‘m less sure how anyone could argue that it doesn’t deserve a place on this list.
I feel like this might be one of my favourite things - not even having to study it at uni could kill it :) Definitely the sum of its parts though, it flows really nicely together
As someone whose musical taste growing up had been largely determined by video games and Capital FM, I am so happy I'm discovering Radiohead now. Both this album and its "sibling" Amnesiac are among my favourite albums on this list. I can see why most prefer this album between the two, it covers a wider emotional range, moving from uneasy to upbeat to uneasy again like lapping waves, wheareas Amnesiac is more "sedate", but as a result I see the two like opposing sides of coin. Experimental Radiohead is, in my opinion, the best Radiohead. I only wish I discovered this sooner.
5 5 5 5 5 Seminal Album - not sure it tops "OK Computer" but close enough to not argue
I can understand some of the negative reviews if this was the first time they had listened to this album. I believe this is my third time listening and the first time it really clicked. Partly that is due to listening with more rapt attention instead of casually listening at work. But I believe having some familiarity with the album allowed me to better digest it as a whole. That is an inherent flaw in listening to a new album everyday. Some albums require time and multiple listens for them to fully make sense.
More class from Radiohead.
Do I even need to write anything down? It’s Kid A. Like. Dude. EIIRP is one of the best openers of all time. One of the best needle drops man. And the whole album is so weird and great. Yowza. This is awesome.
10/10 no notes. How to disappear completely has been my mantra for decades.
can't believe it's taken me so long to sincerely listen to Radiohead, because this is just beautiful. devastating and brilliant. everything i love in a record.
This album was actually my introduction to Radiohead when I first heard it as a 14 year old. It always felt to me like "adult" music, you had to listen closely and pay attention not because of the complexity of the songs but because of the subtlety. It actually surprised me again that this was as intriguing as it was to me when I was young but somehow it hasn't lost a beat. Listening to this whole album in passing again reminded me to dig it out sometime again soon, with headphone and my undivided attention.
This has always been my favourite Radiohead album and I'm happy for an excuse to listen to it today! I fully understand that the shift from Ok Computer to a much more ambient, atmospheric, and experimental sound isn't going to be for everyone, but I absolutely love it! Favourite tracks: Everything in it's Right Place, The National Anthem, Idioteque
COOL
OH MY GOD
Is now a classic!!
This is right at the moment when I lost interest in Radiohead. Like, literally the first track is so good and then it all changes and I've never been quite into any of their albums after this after wearing out my CD player with OK Computer, Pablo Honey, etc.
Apsolutno neslušljivo. Ne razumijem ljude koji ovo slušaju i nikad neću, strašno. 1/5, 1/10
Load of shite
There was a thing around this period where middle aged rockers started feeling obsolete and going on about electronic music. Then they made albums which showed they didn’t really know anything about electronic music. This is like most Radiohead stuff, it’s Ok to quite good until Thom’s tuneless whining comes in.
I’m disappointed reading other reviews of this album. I’m a huge Radiohead fan but I understand why people wouldn’t like them. However, I feel like anyone should be able to recognize the genius of this album. It was such an important, impactful and brave album for it’s time.
Goated shit…best Radiohead
Good lord why
Noisy and not creative. Radiohead just doesn’t do it for me.
I love the way Radiohead makes noise, profound soundtrack-esque reflections, and normal indie music, all in the same album - and even sometimes in the same song. The arrangements are amazing here and they never let it get too stale. Not every song is a winner, but damn near.
Demasiado experimental para mi gusto, pero es radiohead
Not my favourite Radiohead album but a bloody good listen all the same!
A classic
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I am not typically a fan of Radiohead, and while I wouldn’t say this album made me one, it wasn’t bad. It was decent background music. I appreciated the chill on a Sunday morning.
Everything in its right place Idioteque
Electronic folk-y music, not bad. Chill vibes. 2.7
When those first few notes of Everything in its Right Place played, I knew I was in for quite the treat. Difficult to choose which of Kid A or OK Computer I would take to a desert island with me. Both are amongst the best albums I've heard (and in both cases, I went in thinking that there was no way Radiohead could live up to the almost mad hype that surrounds them). Thankfully, I don't live on a desert island and don't plan on moving to one where I'd have to choose between these two. I can listen to both 5* albums for the rest of my days. That fills me with joy. In a move reminimisent of bygone days, I actually went out to a media store (FNAC, Paris) just to buy this album. Had to try a few places before finding Kid A without Amnesiac. A great feeling when I finally found it and went home to listen to. Like going to the cinema to see the classics, this was fitting for such an album. Helped me savor this album for what it is (without new music playing immediately on its ending, as with popular streaming services...)
The second-best Radiohead album.
This is really good, but nowhere near as good as The Bends or OK Computer. A very high 4.like a 4.75.
Great album. Innovative and excellent. Gets a little lost in the ambience of it at points.
for me, it was fine. i'm not a huge radiohead fan and this didn't speak to me
Radiohead’s Aphex Twin period is probably my favourite of theirs. Wasn’t that into the indie guitar band stuff but this is full of invention, if not a sense of playful mischief. Some good tunes that fit together well as an album. Still not sure about the voice but it works in spots here.
The mix of Digital with Smiling Thom's 'soulful' voice doesn't quote cut it for me. He doesn't half drone on.
better than the other album
Not my thing. Can't get into the sound.
I think first half made for decent background music, either that or I wasn’t really listening to it. It got weird and annoying by the time I got to “In Limbo”. I guess Radiohead just isn’t my jam.
So pretentious. Couple of song fragments scattered over 47 minutes. Total waste of time.
IDK, I might like it more with repetition, but it won’t crack the rotation to get those spins. Pleasant and ethereal at times and then boring and drawn out at others..
I don’t get their popularity
Hmm, so the funny thing about this is I think that Radiohead is overdiscussed, overrated, and at least a little funny to jeer at, but you can see my score for this as plain as day. Overrated is relative, there are two Radiohead albums that I think are effectively perfect (the other is Ok Computer), but there seem to be a *lot* of people out there on the internet trying to convince me there more. Also, I will say that while I absolutely love Kid A and Ok Computer, I can't say that I *quite* love them equally. I think the last thing I'll say on this is that, in a nutshell, if you have more than one Radiohead album on your top 20 of all time, you should *probably* listen to more music. Anyways, that's enough of antagonizing people over the internet today, let's discuss the album. Firstly, you've heard the narrative "greatest album ever" "greatest left turn in music history", and so on and so forth. In short, a lot of people *really* like this album, and I am one of them. Kid A just does such a fantastic job of building a world and immersing you in it. Radiohead's further incorporation of electronics into Ok Computer's sound mutates this album into something really fascinating. The tone here is eerie and cold and apocalyptic, and it suits the themes here of irreversible environmental annihilation, anxiety attacks, and other such ideas. This album really sounds like its cover art, and it nails the tone immediately. If Everything In Its Right Place sounds like the surface of the moon, then the following title track could be sung by its denizens. The National Anthem then opens up the sound palette a little without sacrificing any immersion. This song is anchored by an incredible bassline, then slowly devoured by the brass section. How To Disappear Completely is an all-timer, a rare and bitterly sad moment of raw humanity on this project. And it never really lets up. Other highlights include the absolutely beautiful Motion Picture Soundtrack, and Idioteque, which may be the album's absolute best song. Idioteque combines a jittery, disorienting, evolving loop with Thom's vocals which ride on a razor's edge between being subdued and manic. The result is genuinely scary in a kind of way, if you are of a certain mind about it. Anyways, there isn't much on here that I can really consider a low point. A couple tracks are a little lower key, but they suit their purpose. I'm gonna say something controversial, these Radiohead guys may just be pretty good at making music.
A classic. Unique & very listenable
It's a good album with good beats and great production, yet I personally didn't like it. I felt asleep halfway through and I really fought myself to stay awake. For me, it was a really boring album, that I didn't expect to be so. I'm no stranger to music that is 'boring in an experimental way', but this was too much nothingness in the lyrics, lack of anything striking or hook-like in the vastness of the ambient soundscape. The songs I enjoyed the most are Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem and I Limbo. In my opinion Radiohead has better works in their catalogue. Overall, I don't think I'll listen to it again. Maybe this album someone's cup of tea but definitely not mine.
not for me. maybe when i'm wiser and more cultured
I knew how revered Kid A was, but I've never bothered listening to it because whilst I thought Radiohead were good, I didn't buy into them nearly as much as most do. Having heard it now, I like Kid A but clearly not as much as everyone else, I wish I got it in the same way. It's very good, but I'm kind of struggling to see how it's one of the best albums ever recorded It's labeled as rock but its not really that, it's not even conventional, mainstream music in terms of structuring which makes it pretty interesting I hope with time I'll come to love it the way others do Highlights: The National Anthem, Morning Bell
I mean. It’s Kid A
I know everyone raves about this album. I prefer Okay Computer. This is just too... mellow
Interesting
I've always looked at radiohead from the outside. Well im in now. And I always knew I would enjoy what they do. It met or maybe even slightly exceeded the expectations. Super super turn of the millennium. Its so hopeful for the future of sound at least. Can't speak on the lyrics but sonicly its very ahead of the times. Very spacey very ambient. Vocals are on point. Its every ever so slightly uneventful for my tastes but what a good album. And now I'll have to listen to more. Im sure half their output is on here
I’ve been resistant to Radiohead because of being put off by the cultiness of their fans. Well, sign me up for the cult. I’ve also thought highly of the single that leads off the album, possibly their biggest hit “Everything in its Right Place.” I’m impressed by the rest of the record. Creative, original, interesting, surprising, with some beautifully layered sonic soundscapes. I have to give it more listens, and I’m happy to.
My favourite album of all time.
One of my favourite albums. Their more subtle, experimental records.
bomb
What can I say, I WAS a huge fan of Radiohead, weathered through OK computer loving its originality. But there is innovation and there is unlistenable. For me this is the latter and this ended my love affair with them.
Very hard to put into words the importance of this album to me. Probably the most influential album in opening my eyes to other genres than indie/alt rock. After absolutely replaying the shit out of all Radiohead albums in my teens this is the one which still feels the most fresh to come back to. It is texturally perfect and every song feels a necessary part of the whole. Special mention to ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’ which is still the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.
Yeah pretty good dont get me wrong. Rly like the synth/ electronic feel of it No In Rainbows mind
Mesmo adorando o Radiohead e conhecendo parte de sua discografia, Kid A seria um álbum que não me chamaria atenção pelo simples fato de ser experimental/instrumental demais para o meu gosto. Ele é estranho, mas é bom — me faz sentir no espaço (mesmo não tendo som lá) ou em uma série clichê de sci-fi. Já tinha ouvido Everything in Its Right Place por causa dos edits do TikTok, mas me surpreendi ao ver que a música era diferente dos trechos que tinha escutado. Vale salientar que as transições entre as músicas são MUITO boazudas, e só lamento por quem não ouve o álbum inteiro, e sim faixas soltas.
Little too sad but it's good.
Its my second favorite album by Radiohead. I still contend that Ok Computer is the more complete album, but this one has so many great tracks. Everything in its right place, idioteque, optimistic. On second thought it might be tied with Ok computer. It is really a special piece of music. They have an ability to capture something more than the material. It’s like they transcend into something spiritual with their music. I often listen to them when I’m lost in my life. I walk around at night and listen and allow my unconscious mind to connect the dots of this world I live in. I’m very grateful to have Radiohead to help me along in my journey.
I can't really put my finger on Kid A. It has its moments ("How to Disappear Completely", "Motion Picture Soundtrack"), but I can't help but consider it a bit of a letdown having just listened to OK Computer before it, and with that album being such a marked improvement over the likes of The Bends and Pablo Honey. Kid A might grow on me, but for now it sits "In Limbo" between like and dislike.
This album is great when listened to as a whole. Definitely a departure from OK Computer. How to Disappear Completely has always been a favorite, as a standalone though.
Sometimes chaotic, sometimes jazzy, sometimes both simultaneously. Ethereal. After about the 5th song , they all sounded alike. There wasnt one that stood out. Nothing memorable here.
Mein zweites Radioheadalbum auf der Liste und das sechste Album, das ich schon kannte. Es ist nicht mein Lieblingsalbum der Band, aber es hat mich heute so gepackt, dass ich es mir drei oder vier Mal hintereinader angehört habe. Die Songs an sich sind gut, aber wie sie sich zu dem Album zusammenfügen ist einfach unglaublich, vor allem, wenn man Kopfhörer anhat und in der Stimmung dafür ist. Das Cover ist auch 1a.
Enjoyed it way more than I expected. I have never listened to Radiohead before.
YEAH RADIOHEAD! (Laughs uncontrollably) (Begin to suck an imaginary piece of dried lemon) I’ve listened to Everything in its right place, optimistic and how to disappear completely before. They are all superb songs. The electronic flavour is beautiful. The drum is knocking my temples and kicking my brain. And the beeps and boops really turned me on and send me floating. “Motion Picture Soundtrack” is one of the most beautiful piece of music that human has ever created. this is now my second favourite radiohead album Solid 5/5
So much of this album feels like a trance album, but it's all real instruments. Even on their relative misses, Radiohead will still make their project interesting
I enjoy earlier Radiohead. I know this is an important album to some as it is a shift in direction but I did not find it enjoyable.
Whiny, boring and ZZZzzz...
Absolutely BRILLIANT album. I remember years ago when I first heard it I didn’t really like it but I grew to appreciate it over time. OK Computer will always be my favourite Radiohead album but this is a very close second. Top Track - Either Idoteque or How To Disappear Completely
Terrific album. Lots of Warp Records influence. My favourites are How to Disappear Completely, and Idioteque.
Not the ideal time to be considering Radiohead, alas. From Pablo Honey on, but especially on Kid A and OKC there is ample material expressing alienation. Socially, environmentally, personally. Lyrically, Yorke could be vague enough that he is speaking in koans, sometimes leaving the music to provide context, other times so specific that just about anyone anywhere at any moment could easily find relatable this guy so openly discontented with his station, job, society, etc. Plus, the rest of the guys could come off as gracious, shy, but mostly kind and supportive (especially of their frontman). If you, too, were faced with a kind of general unease and anxiety about life in the late 20th/early 21st century, well, here was a support group. And if not explicitly, implicitly associating your band identity with progressive causes and anti-capitalist figures and thinking, this gave fans another sense that these Oxfordshire lads were on your side. This is important stuff! You are responsible for fucking around with peoples’ emotions! It’s both a privilege and a burden to take this role on in peoples’ lives. Very few artists are fortunate enough to capture a zeitgeist and tower above their field, even if only for a handful of years. Casting that responsibility aside because...well, no one really knows (and Yorke and compatriots Nick Cave and Dylan would say they don’t owe you reasons), it retroactively hollows out and undoes all of the work you did. It’s a damn shame.
Somehow, I find 𝘒𝘪𝘥 𝘈 even better than 𝘖𝘒 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 — and I can’t fully explain why. Where 𝘖𝘒 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 looks outward, anxious and analytical, 𝘒𝘪𝘥 𝘈 turns inward, cloaked in abstraction. It’s more introverted, more distant, yet strangely more emotional. The sparse use of guitars makes room for eerie textures, built from electronic keys, glitchy beats, and especially the haunting tones of the Ondes Martenot. This isn’t an album that asks to be understood — it wants to be felt. A cold, alien fog you slowly learn to breathe in. Less protest, more dream. Less voice, more presence. And for reasons that bypass logic, it stays with you even longer.
The best intro track? The best left turn in music history? The best Radiohead album? There is an argument that the answer is yes. In such a subjective pursuit, that's the ball game. While not my favorite album, it is pretty fucking great. 9/10 Favorite Song: How to Disappear Completely
10/10 Perfection. Soundscape masterclass by a band operating at a level few if any ever replicate.
Great album, should listen to it more often
I think I would have to listen to this album many many times before I really “got” it. I can recognize that this is different and that what MAKES them, but I just can’t lock in with them. They’re so different especially this album and I wish I could understand why. Respect but not like.
Soon after the album's release we started calling our soon-to-arrive firstborn "Kid A" out of wit, convenience, or pure laziness. Not hyperbole to say this album changed the way I listen to music and/or altered my perception of it. The rapid transformation - and acceleration - of this band was and is almost unprecedented. I liked the Bends fine-enough, then loved OK Computer, but wasn't prepared for this - who was? As a guitar player, a nearly all-computerized sterile cold synthy studio-constructed album as a followup doesn't compute <pun definitely intended> to be a favourite but hell if this isn't a top 20 all time album for me. It also doesn't work fully unless you listen to the album as a whole - I've had songs pop up in playlists and it doesn't have the same effect. Headphones on, chills from the first creepy notes until the chilling end. 10/10 5 perfect stars.
Nothing to write other than this is an incredible work and maybe the most important record of the 00s. I listen to it on a regular basis.
This is very experimental and trippy, different from other records released by them. I found it interesting.
This album did not grip me. I did hear echoes of Bowie's later albums, the haunting vocals and dark tones.
I didn't think I would have to justify my OK Computer rating so soon. How to explain the half a star of head room I left to afford Kid A and In Rainbows full marks? At first, I borrowed OK Computer from Peter Barronwell. I knew the singles, but it still amounted to a process of persuasion. The world was telling me that Radiohead was cool and I needn't to be convinced that they were more than that. With Kid A, there was a lot of expectation - studio blogs reprinted in music mags; live bootlegs slowly downloaded on dial-up - and it met that expectation. With In Rainbows, there was no expectation, only surprise, but it followed through on that surprise. I was already on the side of Radiohead for those records and each one reified that decision. More abstractly, OK Computer ends with the exhortation to 'slow down.' Thom Yorke calls you or someone like you an idiot. A warning against a possible accident. Kid A and In Rainbows are not so death adverse. Motion Picture Soundtrack, though maudlin promises a technicolour 'next life,' while Videotape images that, at the pearly gates, one might look back at and enjoy the best memories of your life. The movies may feed us on little white lies, but the movies of memory are true. That's life. People criticise Yorke as being whiny, but the possibility of an afterlife presented as the endpoint of both records seems pretty positive to me. I mention this because I think it would be easy too mistake the expectation for hype and dismiss Kid A, as some did, as overreaching, as "effect over content" (Mark Beaumont), as Thom Yorke escaping up his own hole. I'm just happy he escaped. The pressure after OK Computer was great. The black hole of its success and its morose themes could have been too much - every 90s alt-rock star had to deal with it, some did so better than others. But Kid A sees them shrugging off the implications of that success, shrugging off the identity of a band (is anyone else but Thom on the title track?), and I think, in that last line, shrugging off the miserablism of the 90s. There will be millennial problems going forward, but Thom Yorke has found ways out. It may not be a perfect record - Treefingers. Morning Bell goes round and round. The National Anthem is a bit stiff until the horns comes in. - but the effect is greater than the content. The effect is a feeling that there is a way out of the rockist, angst of the 90s, a sense of possible liberation from rigid roles and genres. Not every track may do this successfully. Other bands may pull off particular of the tricks better. But the album itself is Radiohead's best trick, reinvention into something that was less recognisable as a band but more themselves. 5 It’s hard to know what to say about Kid A because there is so much to say. OK Computer came up only a few weeks ago and I did a whole personal spill about it. It’s too soon for another one. It will have to do to say that the long run-up to the release of this album was the most excited I have ever been for the release of any artist’s album. I was very young and my unreasonable expectations were such that only one of the best albums ever made could have satisfied them. Well done Radiohead. 5/5
I feel like I was the only one (of my peers) who liked this when it came out. Hasn’t aged a day, great from start to finish, and a strong contender for their best album. Listen in a dark and cosy room when it’s wet, cold, and miserable outside for maximum effect.
A monument to Radiohead’s complete inability to turn influences into good music. It’s art for people who confuse references with substance—a chore to sit through. All the cool sounds are here, but they’re dead on arrival. It’s the thinking man’s Coldplay, an expensive wine with no taste. So smug, so shallow, and so sure of itself while delivering absolutely nothing.
Always good to hear this one.
This is a beautiful album , with a production value unmatched. High 4
I fully respect the fact that so many people love this record. Not their best in opinion.
The production and arrangements on Kid A are The production and arrangements on Kid A are unbeatable. The tracks ‘Kid A’ and ‘Treefingers’ put choice of instrumentation, detail and textures above everything else. This approach punishes passive listening but rewards active listening ten fold. This is true of the whole album. Even when Radiohead are kicking you in the teeth with ‘The National Anthem’, if you listen with the kind of focus required for the two aforementioned tracks, an incredible amount of additional beauty is revealed behind the focal points. Following OK Computer, which saw them master their craft, with Kid A is especially impressive because it sees them instantly master an entirely new craft. It’s the same band, yet entirely different.
A fantastic album that blew my mind and was my favourite Radiohead for some time, second to In Rainbows now but not by much.
Superior to everyone and everything.
Just amazing
Masterpiece
Another reminder about the fact that I just don't understand why Radiohead is so popular. They have maybe 2 songs in their whole discography that I like. Pass.
I still don't understand radiohead
Brilliant. I still remember buying this at midnight the day it came out.
Everything I’ve heard from them in the past never did much for me. But I really liked this one.
Idioteque is an undercelebrated song. The album art inspo is so eerie.
One of my favorite radiohead albums, and favorite albums of all time by that metric. it's cold, jagged and calculated. You may not get it at first but once you're hooked you won't be able to stop listening.
Not sure if this was an album or just meditation music. Either way, I nearly passed out by track three — and not in a good way.
Listens: 3 (and probably more in the past) Standout Tracks: Everything In It's Right Place, How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, The National Anthem. Added To Library: TRUE Kid A is a good album. No; it's a great album, but by no means is it my favorite, second favorite or even third, fourth or fifth favorite. In no particular order, In Rainbows, OK Computer, Hail To The Thief, A Moon Shaped Pool and The Bends and are better. The jazz and violin elements in The National Anthem and How To Disappear Completely are fantastic.
I wouldn't call it mid. It was fine. Reminded me of minecraft music, or some other kind of video game music. Not the kind of minceraft music that I would be interested enough in putting on a playlist. This music feels very passive. boring. 6/10
The accolades are excessive, but I’m hardly one to hate on experimental or electronic music.
1. right - 2.5 2. kid - 1.5 3. anthem - 1 4. completely - 1.5 5. fingerz - 2 6. optimiztic - 1.5 7. limbo - 2 8. idiot - 1.5 9. morning - 1.5 10. picture - 2 11. untitled - 1.5
Awesome atmosphere
Didn't like this one nearly as much as OK Computer
Each album in the late era Radiohead takes us to a completely new soundscape. Kid A is just brilliant in this regard. Favorite track: everything in its right place other picks: kid a, national anthem, how to disappear completely, idioteque
Might just be a little too esoteric and experimental for me. I admire but do not love. The album’s opening is pretty iconic, though.
This was not what I expected from Radiohead, the only record I had listened before this being The Bends and OK computer(also thru this system). Both of which not leaving me with too much of an impressed feeling, but I think I like this one a bit more, its more experimental and in terms of sound coherent yet all of the place, its quite unique, which I can respect, I'm still not blown away by these guys, but this was a step in the right direction for me. Favorite track: In Limbo. Overall score: 6,9/10
20th best album of all time??? No. I can’t agree. I respect what they did on this album, but I don’t enjoy listening to it. Maybe my music IQ isn’t great, but if I have to try to like the music, it’s not for me. It’s about liking it, not the best.
Sounded quiet
Прикол в том, что я только на середине альбома заметила, что это радиохэды. Ну такое...мне их стиль не особо, разве что если на фон или засыпать.
no-no (not for my ears)
Everything In Its Right Place: STRONG start! What a song. Title track's pretty dull. The National Anthem: Kind of cool? Like the rock elements, but bit too busy and dissonant towards the end. How to Disappear Completely: Not great but gorgeous key change at 4:55. Treefingers: Enjoyable ambience that reminds me of Eno. Optimistic: Pretty good. The start reminds me of Lana Del Rey's Heroin. Idioteque: This and 15 Step were the first songs I knew by them; love 'em. Love how this blends into the next song. Morning Bell: Love the key changes on 'release me'. Motion Picture Soundtrack: Very sweet tune. Untitled: Kind of sounds like a slow version of a computer start up tune. Pretty but not a great album ender.
It was fine. Not my style but The National Anthem was fantastic. Really brought down the score of the entire album from the first two tracks which were very aimless. Not recommended as a first Radiohead album.
I've always found Radiohead extremely boring, and nothing has changed.
Perfection, no notes
Die meischte lieder möched zwar e huere gutete Ufbau, es zied sech de aber scho rächt. Osserdem esch es mer de doch e chli sehr depressiv.
Amazing if left an instrumental lyrics just weren’t hitting
Meh. Give me a Creep.
musique parfaite pour 2h du mat
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Ah, as someone who considers OK Computer a damn near perfect album I still remember my disappointment when this was released. It's not a bad album by any means and I know it has received a lot of praise over the years which I understand....I just have difficulty connecting to the music in any meaningful level. There are a couple of exceptions: The simple bass and evolving drum groove in The National Anthem and the more straightforward Optimistic are highlights for me.
Loved it. The theme of the album makes so much more sense now; I had only heard the songs in isolation before. Not so perfect as to be a five, but still a great album.
really weird and i only enjoyed two songs.
Унылая, скучная хренотень, которую даже сложно назвать музыкой
i will see you in the next life
Brilliant. Astonishing. I really cannot comprehend how you can sit around, jerk off your little guitars and then just go and create something like this. The vocals are fitting, the ambient tracks are fitting, everything works towards making this trippy atmosphere. Everything in its right place I want to fuck this album
Listened to it on my phone speaker in the woods at 10 pm and thought it was boring as shit. Gave it one more shot on my headphones and it was better. A few boring songs brings it down but I liked the vibe
I LOVE RADIOHEAD! So ofcourse totally matches the picking vibe. I do get a bit sleepy from some of the songs but that is also partly because of the bad quality sleep I had last night. Oh en btw the album cover is also fantastic.
I used to go to bed listening to this album every night. It's not one I would necessarily bang going down the highway, but it's great in its own right. 4/5
It's a 4. I enjoy it, but it's not perfect. There are weird moments that don't jive, excessively slow moments, etc. But I liked it more than The Bends, and overall enjoyed it enough that I would want to listen again. - I'm excited. Haven't given this a good, focused listen yet - Ethereal. I like the sound so far, though 'Kid A' vocals are a bit overprocessed. - Hard to have an objective opinion when I'm so deep in Radiohead right now
I didn't get this. At times it sounded like the band had a fragment of an idea, recorded it and left it at that. Didn't bother to come back to it, add to it, make it better. It feels deliberately difficult to understand and obscure. They sound like a less good Muse and I'm being serious when I say that. The first three tracks sound a bit like what I think having a stroke would sound like. Or like dementia in music form. It's all a bit mumbly. The next four tracks are the best run, they're all pretty good to great. 'How To Disappear Completely' is quite a hauntingly beautiful track and 'Treefingers' is light, airy and Brian Eno-esque. The next two are also good. 'Idioteque' starts and is fairly catchy, but has this really annoying drum sound as the spine of the song which plays throughout. It's somewhat intriguing, but never quite interesting. It's like their previous two albums (the hugely popular and critically acclaimed 'OK Computer' and 'The Bends') allowed them to do whatever they wanted without consequence and this is what they decided to churn out.
Radiohead is always a 5
Some great tracks, some not so great tracks.
Honestly it wasn’t something I was crazy about. Few of the songs were good but idk just didn’t vibe with it
Didn’t have a ton of expectations going in, but this was a pretty solid album. Exited to hear the other Radiohead on the list, hopefully then I can make a more informed opinion on this album.
It was alright
4 stars for the 4th best Radiohead album
Radiohead has way better
It's not my preferred Radiohead, but it's still good.
Just so beautiful.
I was expecting angsty vocals and themes but was surprised by some really relaxing and ethereal tracks. Like meditation music with a little something extra. Some songs reminds me of Imogen Heap. I understand now why people would offer, “want to get high and listen to Radiohead”.
A life changing album when I first listened to it and remains incredible
The whole album just kind of blended together. Nothing stood out. It was fine background music, but not a big fan of the album overall. Didn't dislike it enough to just go 2 starts, but it was almost there. 2.5/5 (going to round this one up)
I can appreciate how innovative this was for it's time, and enjoyed some of the electronic layering over the traditional rock instruments. Potentially wasn't in the mood as in general found it slightly too moody / slow, couldn't really get into it. Would be a 2.75 but rounded up to 3
A modern classic, and a brilliant left turn for a band already firing on all cylinders. Still sounds as fresh and exciting as it did in my car's CD player on the drive home from the record store.
Six stars. Sheesh. This album was revolutionary at its time and today still sounds like it’s from another universe.
I've never listened to this album in its entirety, and the variety & overall quality was surprising. Really enjoyed my listen.
This was my first introduction to Radiohead (besides creep) and this group has become one of my favourites since then. I remember being extremely intrigued by the album and was really disturbed by the title track (I got goosebumps and wanted to play that track repeatedly after that to get the same feeling of eeriness, isolation, fear and disturbance which this song created) but for the most part found it unlistenable up to that point. I quit the album, wanting to get back to it again in the future and explored Radiohead’s incredible discography. Upon returning to this album time and time again I resonated with it more and more. I once felt that Treefingers felt kind of out of place and that overall this album didn’t feel extremely cohesive and inconsistent at some points. And although I still think that this is an album you have to listen to completely (so it’s more than the sum of its parts, in comparison to in Rainbows in my opinion), the feelings, emotions, atmosphere and thoughts this album provokes are completely unique to it. I think this is absolutely incredible, I really love this album.
It was underwhelming - they all sounded the same
It’s impossible to listen to this album and not hear the influence of bands that came after. But the one missing spot on this album for me is the miss with most Radiohead albums; what is thom yorke saying? It’s almost as if his voice is an instrument as to needing to write something with urgency and purpose. While this is common in rock, I think it’s why I fail to fully connect with this album.
One of the greatest albums of all time!
peak
Classic RH. Fantastic!
Interesting sound, low replay value
Radiohead is a band that never really caught my attention during their peak, but recently, I’ve found myself growing more interested in their music. Their 90s alternative rock sound is fine, but most of it doesn’t pull me back for more listens. Kid A, though, is a different story. This is where they really started branching out into a new direction, and it’s the direction that’s drawn me in. Radiohead always managed to push boundaries, finding creative ways to weave together both traditional and electronic instruments. But what sets them apart is their willingness to explore and experiment with any sound, no matter how unconventional, just to add new layers and textures to their music. With Kid A, they didn’t limit themselves, they embraced everything from synths to samples, creating something totally unique and different from anything else at the time.
10/10
Not bad, though the vocals are kinda whiney and a lot of this is relatively boring. Several really good songs though, so that helps pull the score up to a 3.5/5
Starts with "Everything in its right place", means it's wonderful.
dreamy and out of this world, and yet still so precise and focused. an absolute masterpiece
Better than Coldplay.
First Listen: Aug 22 2023 aw hell yeah. a good radiohead album i love to see it
You either love it or you hate it. The choice is yours. I pretty much ignored it when it came out but then listened to it on headphones years later and was blown away. The song titles add a lot more for me than they do with most albums. They recorded this at the same time they recorded Amnesiac, which is a lot more accessible, and I suspect the combo reissue where they combined it all into Kid A Mnesia is where it's at.
I feel badly for Radiohead that this collection has *so* many of their albums, as my initial reaction now is a mixture of dread and irritation, wondering just how long I'll have to sit through yet another Radiohead release. Thankfully, this seems like one of their stronger albums, and about the right length for what they're trying to convey (not that I'm ever quite sure what that message might be, I'll admit). It's hard to single out individual tracks as being particularly better or worse than the effect of the whole, but I was a bit partial to "The national anthem", the pseudo-single "Optimistic", and "Idioteque". I'm a bit disappointed that I want able to watch all the animated shorts that went along with most of the tracks, but not so much so that I'd brave listening to the album again, I'm afraid. Although I'm just not a big Radiohead fan, I can definitely see why this got such blistering reviews at the time and then rave reviews in retrospectives, as it's such a unique sound and approach in many ways, especially given when it was released (and *so* much better than "Amnesiac"). And I'm also glad for their sake that this album didn't break them up.
The first two tracks were lovely in a wallowing in my depression kind of way--actually--that's how the best of this album is, and it's pretty good. There are a few tracks where the sound gets a little dissonant (the Nat'l Anthem track in particular) but for the most part I enjoyed the sad reality.
Great band but this album did not do anything for me.
Solid, just not my favorite Radiohead album
One star, truly, truly awful
the first time i listened to this album i listened to it right next to in rainbows and i kept calling them "kid rainbows"
Great album, but honestly, it's not easy to get into Radiohead. It took me a long time to appreciate this band, and stillI find some aspects of their music grating and irritating. But every now and then I find a new song that I will force-listen on a loop for days, as it was with few from this album. In theory I like everything about this band, in practice few things are still missing - vocal is not always great and few songs are too overcomposed, whatever that means, honestly.
didn't expect another radiohead album so soon (fyi 13 days). they are geniuses at what they do for sure, but another mixed bag album similar to Amnesic, however at a higher quality for the highlights. so close to a 4
I had Amnesnic like two weeks ago, and this felt like the first part of that album. Fascinating music, just very unique and experimental but not in tune with the music I resonate with.
One of my favorite albums of all time that came to me at a moment of incredible growth as a young lad. Radiohead will constantly remind me of the best friend I lost in 2006, and it will never change. This album was Radiohead’s reprieve from the “norm” and marked a new path for them going forward. Mine too. I miss you, Gerard.
Love just one song "Everything In Its Right Place", but the album overall is great and sad... But do you expect from Radiohead?
Don't know them but the music was OK
Spectacular album! I’ve heard this one before but I didn’t really appreciate as much the first time around, this time though I really thought it was fantastic. There is a lot of things here anyone can interpret in their own way but I interpret this album as someone’s worst dreams coming true, if you listen to the lyrics with that concept in your head it makes a lot of sense, trust me. The album has a dreamy sort of sound to it and it puts you in a specific mood that only a few albums can do right. I have zero problems with this album so I won’t be saying anything negative, that’s all. Favorite Tracks:The Nation Anthem, How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque, Morning Bell, and Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Thought I would really like this one, but turns out I only know two Radiohead songs ('Creep' and 'Karma Police') and they are not on this album. 2/5
I can see the appeal for a certain mood but not for me. Makes me rather depressed
Legendary. Not much else to say on it, followed up one of their best with a visionary electronic album and killed it. Aphex Twin influence all over this record make it a winner in my book. Best Tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, Treefingers, Idioteque
Thought of giving it a 3. One I’ll need to revisit. Very depressing. the sounds are interesting. Feel like it’ll grow on me over time. Hard to take in all in one listening
Really good, out of all the Radiohead ones I’ve heard so far(all except moon shaped pool, king of limbs and amnesiac as of this point) this falls above Pablo honey and the bends but below in rainbows, ok computer and all hail to the thief(which is my personal favourite), still in the same ball park as them all though(other than Pablo Honey which is the only 3 star Radiohead album in my opinion as it’s the weakest). Favourite tracks were quite a lot of the album to be honest other than the first 3 tracks and in limbo but my favourite favourites were idioteque, HTDC, motion picture and untitled which was just a short closer but really good. The fact this album is the most experimental of the Radiohead albums I’ve heard so far means it has some of the highest highs of their discography(of which I’ve so far heard), and some (not necessarily lowest but lower) lows. Overall a strong 4 (7.5/10).
Great album, seriously Innovative.
Ok
92/100. A fantastic and emotional listen. From start to finish, the album continually impresses with its bold creativity, atmosphere, and depth. It’s the kind of record that pulls you into its world completely, and honestly, I’m a little disappointed I didn’t experience it sooner.
Not my favorite Radiohead album but a couple of bangers
3/5
Steven Hyden made me realize this album is outstanding and a massive leap forward sonically at the time
Фоном слушается нормально, а так особо не прислушивался. Поставлю оценку, согласно общему впечатлению об этой группе - 6 из 10.
I fell in love with OK Computer and then I struggled with this album. The hard jazz songs, after all these years, I still struggle with. But it is brilliant, even if not always to my taste. 4/5
I havent heard this album in a while. I think i like it more now than back then
D Radiochöpf zum vierte, dasmal mit Kid im Gepäck! E Radiohead-experimentelli Mischig us bewusstsiierwiiternde banger tracks, unentzifferbari experiemntal-Klamauke und trippende sphäreklang. Quasi d gheimzuetate für es funktionierends Radiohead Album. Radiohead love once again. 4 Süessigkeite woni vo 4 Brüelense Kids chlaue
sad sad band aber dasmal experimenteller als erwartet han nöd denkt dasi das no ah dem abed schaff, aber here we are 23:39 und ich mach mis review ready – was ein leben "everything in its right place" isch natürlich en abolute banger und en top start fürs album nachane isches au spannend witergange und zum schluss sind sogar 2 tracks ih minnere playlist glandet so i kid a u not – das git quatro puntos fürs radiohead album numero quatro
ui krass, jetzt hemmer glaub scho glii all namhafte radiohead albe dure oder? das isch glaub mis zweitliebschte – vieli bangers, aber irgendwie au viel verpackigsmaterial woni nöd bi jedem durchgang bruche ah anderne täg wür das glaub au es 5i becho, – mis buchgfühl hüt seid aber, dass ich uf es 4i abrunde sött
Okay this is my first time listening to any Radiohead album in full and I get it. After resisting all these years (for whatever reason), I have to admit this slaps.
Not enough stars to rate how high this one goes for me.
It's alright
Holy shit, now this whole album is iconic. The previous days have been collections of songs by artists. This album is an album of songs that play into each other, recurring themes and high-to-low energy transitions. Thom Yorke really made waves that appeared in other artists. I'm giving it 5 stars because it truly is one of the greatest of its kind.
Apart from one or two tracks this is a great album. 4/5
8/10
Not one of their best
First listen - have heard of them before Very well put together. Kinda haunting. Bassline does alot of work keeping these tracks held together
Not for me but not horrible
Cool shit periodically interrupted by spa music.
Solider unspektakulärer Britpop ohne Highlights.
Didn't listen to all of it, but most of what I heard BANGED
good
This is an interesting experience. It truly felt like this would be the soundtrack to a bonfire that you are impaired and its late at night having some talks with pals. I'm a big fan of the droning as it is reminiscent of Bell Witch. It all flowed together very nicely it was hard to actually tell where the track ended and the next one began. Probably would give it a 7
Nothing to add
YES! More nostalgia here. I love the opening track. This one really ventures into the electronic space and continues the separation from their early selves. I really like the atmospheric space on this album, especially on tracks 4 and 5. There's a sadness throughout the album that I feel, and that sadness warrants a 5.
I got Kid A the week it came out; I was one of the many people eager to hear how the experimental guitar rockers were going to follow up the massively successful and deservedly lauded OK Computer. It was a bitter pill. The people I talked to were reluctant to call it bad and simply pushed the argument to "well, what do YOU think about it?" Luckily, by the time the week completed I found it more palatable if I started listening from "Optimistic" onwards, letting the whole album repeat and complete with "How To Disappear Completely" into "Treefingers." I suggested others do the same, and eventually became comfortable enough with the earlier tracks to appreciate it start to finish as Radiohead intended. At the time of Kid A's release, Radiohead were three albums deep, and they had proved that they understood songwriting, melody, atmosphere, and instrumentation, and they weren't afraid to experiment with textures, sounds, time signatures, and song structure. So when Kid A came out of left field by practically ditching all of the guitars (in a band with three guitar players), people were taken aback but gave it an honest consideration. If nothing else, it was created with intent; it was a statement. It's similar to how the Beatles' "She Loves You" and "Yesterday" crowd were exposed to "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "I Am The Walrus." Such songs reached a crowd that may have otherwise never gave it a fair listen; the band transformed itself and brought the people with them. When OK Computer came out, the Radiohead impersonators came out, and when Kid A threw a Hail Mary curve ball, new impersonators followed. Ultimately, the beauty in Kid A is the alienation and isolation of the modern world. The glut of sounds and the disorienting cacophony of life and technology; embracing it, criticizing it, self-aware, and yet in denial. "Look at me, don't look at me." It manifests these ideas physically as much as musically. If this were a first album, we'd never hear of this group again; it does require a buy-in that they know what they're doing and are making this music on purpose. Once you fully open yourself and let it in, you are transported to a manic-depressive world with nervous and uneasy highs and wallowing, disassociative lows. True art makes you feel something, and Kid A puts heavy feelings front and center, uncomfortably comforting.
Music for sad, drunk robots. Music for anemic, overwhelmed men.
This one brings back memories. I did not really know what to think of it when it first came out and did not really like it. As I listened to it more though it grew on me. National Anthem and Optimistic are my favorites. Idioteque jams also.
I actually didn’t mind this one as much, but less stars because it seemed to stress my cat out
I love Radiohead so much, but this album is just a less good Pink Floyd album. Ok computer and the bends clears, so does in rainbows
Pretty good, few bad tracks but some excellent ones.
Peak
Music is good, kind of blends song to song.
Interesting soundscapes, some solid beats... BUT... no decent songs. Not that an album cannot survive on ideas and experiments alone, but Kid A really isn't anywhere near as great as some would have you believe. It's ok, nothing more.
A bit slow, but deliciously soundscapy. I prefer the others over this one.
One of the best musical left turns of all time. Favourite Songs: YES Least Favourite Songs: NO
As an album it's close to perfect - every track is in its place. Some songs don't hold up on their own necessarily (looking at you Treefingers) but are excellent to set the mood. I think taking this album away from the Radiohead oeuvre and looking at it on its own only makes it better.
Anxiety-inducing cacophanous sound. I thought this was going to be more along the lines of Coldplay, it was very unique, but not something I will listen to again most likely. 3/5.
The Good: We’ve got Radiohead! The Bad: They are too Radiohead… The Ugly: Wondering if a radio can give head… Like many people of my generation, I found out about Radiohead via the musings of those two intellectuals called Beavis and Butthead. Need I say more? My brother bought Pablo Honey, I bought OK Computer… Kid A was never part of the collection. Though I can’t pin-point the reason why neither of us had the album, based on my listening to the album, I would say that for me, it is too experimental; and I am finding out, via this 1001 list, that I am a down-the-middle kind of music person. I probably need to give this album another spin to really get a better grip as to what rating I should give it, but my gut feeling tells me that I am not going to appreciate it more than the 2 1/2 * I am giving them now… upgraded to 3
Some more of these wild and crazy sounds I’ve been hearing about - I like it! Idioteque does go nutso, and that opening sound on Everything in its Right Place sets you up from the get go
On July 21st, 2014, I scrobbled Idioteque 4 times between the hours of 2:20 & 4:13 a.m.. I have a memory of hanging out with my friends nick and sameen and listening to the song on repeat over and over with sameen skipping over anytime the breakdown began. No other recollection of the night and those scrobbles might not even be the same night but that is a fond memory for me.
Ice age coming, ice age coming… tell your familyyyy… march 15th two thousand and twoooooo
As per previous reviews it is only relatively recently that I have opened myself up to Radiohead. Have very much enjoyed this album - particularly Everything in its Right Place. Not sure album maintains that quality throughout but certainly no bum tracks. Not quite a 5 for me.
Kid A I’d been living in Japan for about 6 weeks when this came out, and I remember being extremely excited about it, the anticipation of their new direction (you are witnesses to the birth of Radiohead mark 2) and how different it would be. I think I bought it in the music section of the small department store above the station in Hanno (Don't look for it, it's not there anymore). I was still a bit homesick and slightly dislocated, which, looking back, probably matched the tone of the album much more than I realised at the time. But I loved it immediately and I still love it now. I didn’t know many of the bands they were taking inspiration from back then but I’ve come to know some of them in subsequent years, so it doesn’t quite have the arrived out of nowhere mystique it had 25 years ago, you can piece together the influences more easily now, but it still holds up as a superb album, and the fact they made such a sharp turn after OKC I still love. The surge of synthesisers and cut up noises in the build to the release at 2.51 in Everything in its Right Place is superb, but the whole song is excellent, I love the main riff and how it sounds claustrophobic but also like you are simultaneously standing on a glacier. The National anthem is one of many great bass lines on the album, although I didn’t realise until now it’s Thom playing it, and along with Optimistic and How to Disappear Completely one of the most immediate tracks, despite the cacophony of horns and noises. Treefingers is very Eno, and after the tumult of the National Anthem and the spectral, sad How to Disappear and before the more traditional sounding Optimistic it’s a great little pause. Idioteque I remember liking straight away and it’s still fantastic, the patchwork imagery in the lyrics and the drum pattern are superb together. Morning Bell feels quite OKC, and the skittery snares are great. It definitely seems like the foundation for quite a few of their songs after Amnesiac, and there is some great guitar and arpeggios in the last minute or so. Motion Picture Soundtrack I have always loved, the pedal organ, the bleak words and the disney-esque harps, strings and choral effects is a great pairing. Although I was a massive fan of OKC, this is the point where I started to really love Radiohead, finding everything they did from this point on more interesting and exciting, even if there were some patchy moments to come here and there. Along with In Rainbows and possibly A Moon Shaped Pool this is my favourite of theirs, it really is a wonderful album. 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻 Playlist submission: Everything in its Right Place
Innovative album, drawing on minimalist electronic genres and peppered with remnants of rock to create an emotionally detached masterpiece, brimming with unease.
There are some good tracks here like Treefingers, Optimistic, and Idioteque, but I'm going to be honest, Thom Yorke's vocals bore me.
I’m embarrassed that this album disappointed me when I bought it in the early 2000s because it wasn’t enough like OK Computer. It’s delicate and powerful, and reveals more details in each listen.
This is my third Radiohead album here, and none of them have been what are apparently my two favorites. Meaning maybe I don’t like Radiohead as much as I thought? This has happened with Led Zeppelin, too. Something about focused listening …
I’ve listened to this album many times before. Upon first listen it brought a lot of confusion and to be honest I still don’t understand some songs. But I don’t think I need to understand. There’s a beauty in confusion slowly turning into appreciation into love. After ever listen something clicks a little more. How To Disappear Completely was the song that made me deep dive into Radiohead. I cried the first time I heard it and never felt so moved by a piece of music before. I got way into Radiohead, and then way into music in general. I started learning guitar and listening to more and more music I’d never fully appreciated before. So really this album is the reason I’m even doing this challenge at all.
Yeah, no shit
Wow, for all the acclaim for this album I was underwhelmed. A few of the tracks were engaging but most of the album left me cold.
I see this album as a necessary step in Radiohead's evolution, but I don't believe it represents the band at a pinnacle. There are amazing compositions on here, but there are also many skips. The transition from rock to electronic music is admirable, but it is when they are able to fuse the two, like they do on In Rainbows, that I enjoy radio head the most.
Interesting record, almost ambient at times, lots of electronica, not a lot of memorable songs (at least after one listen)
i love how each song has its own vibe and i already love radiohead so this is just perfect. gosh i've never listened to this album from start to finish before and this is just a whole other experience makes me appreciate this album a lot more than i already did. for sure one of if not radioheads best album.
I walked into this wanting to hate it, but I didn’t. The tone on every keyboard in this record is perfect. I don’t know why those horns are there, or why Thom is that whiny on the first half of the record, but the last half of this record is as perfect as you’re going to get in some cases.
OH! I used to think it was bad. 5 stars
Decent. Not really a huge fan of ones I hadn’t already heard.
Much better than Rainbows.
C'était : chiant.
The turn of the millennium was a really strange time. It felt as if we had all been holding our breath as the clock ticked over and we had no idea what to expect from the 21st century. This album arrived at exactly the right moment, mixing weird, glitchy beats, ambient noodling, abstract vocals and discordant jazz breakdowns. I can see why it took some people by surprise, but would you really have preferred another by-the-numbers collection of rock songs? I’m glad when musicians produce experimental work, even if it doesn’t always land. It took me a while to get into this album, but it’s definitely one that bears repeated hearings, revealing new facets every time.
After a series of not-so-memorable albums, this is a treat. I already wrote the story here, but younger me lost track with Radiohead starting here. I couldn't get the direction they were taking. Older me re-discovered them some time ago with this record (giving a second chance to albums/bands is something I sometimes do) and was surprised by what I heard, far from the memory I had. I love every bit of this album now, how they mix genres, try new paths, broke their identity to start anew.
7 out of 10
9.3/10
It takes something really special for me to like ambient music, and this album just doesn’t have it. It’s still enjoyable, but very forgettable. Considering none of the songs are big hits individually, I wonder how much of the album’s success came down to marketing it using the internet and riding on the popularity of OK Computer
Häpnade världen, men det är ju i all ärlighet bara pga av popläriteten det här är egentligen inte så ny tänkande enligt mig. Men rätt bra är det
Every album is just sad and depressing. Raidohead is not my type of music evidently as I have not like any of their albums yet. 1 star
Inte min stil
“More drones than the Obama administration”: guy who had to sit through a single four-minute ambient track this was my favourite album of all time at age 15 and it still holds up
I can’t believe I listened to this in 2000 and thought it was just ok. 😆 It is phenomenal. So many layers. I am in love, in 2025.
this is my favorite album by radiohead out of the two others i have listened to so far. i loved all of the experimental sounds, and it all reminded me of space. i listened to this while running, and it was the perfect mood for letting out my feelings. i loved every song, and it was difficult to choose, but my top three favorites were “everything in its right place,” “idioteque,” and “motion picture soundtrack.” i will definitely replay this when i run in the future or when i am feeling down, but this really was a beautiful album. i wanted to give it a 5, but right now, i am going to leave it at a 4.5 until i relisten to it again. ❤️💙🖤
Radiohead is a unique band. I feel like no musical act combines commercial and critical success like they do. They make weird, experimental music that somehow has mass appeal. It seems like everyone loves them, but for some reason, I consistently fail to understand why. Even though I already decided that I’m not a fan of their music a long time ago, this overwhelming praise makes me relisten to Ok Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows on a semi-regular basis in case I start to “get” them someday. And here I am, sitting down to listen to Kid A again, thinking, like the clown I am, “This time for sure”… And for what seems like a hundredth time, I once again can only come up with a single compliment—it’s good… But that’s kind of it. I don’t think I’m weird for thinking that Radiohead’s popularity makes no sense. They’re not making music to appeal to the masses and constantly experiment with their sound. Their songs are sophisticated and artsy, and you can’t dance to them. Like, this is the last band among the ones that don’t make their sound repulsive on purpose you’d expect to be popular. Yet they are. Radiohead make unusual music, but I wouldn’t call it challenging. They’re kind of a gateway drug into experimental music, but since a lot of the experimental stuff tends to be significantly more abrasive than Radiohead, most of their fans don’t seem to move past them. I'm certainly not inclined to call Radiohead fans pretentious losers (that would be friendly fire), but I get the impression that at least some of them say they like the band only because everyone else seems to. This is not meant as an insult to Radiohead fans. I don’t think liking them necessarily says something about your character, nor am I trying to spew some elitist bullshit about what bands people can’t like to not seem stupid to me (unless the band in question is, like, Imagine Dragons or something). Radiohead is just not a band I would expect to be popular, so the praise they get seems somewhat inflated to me. There probably is not an insignificant amount of people that conditioned themselves into enjoying them significantly more than they otherwise would have after seeing the overwhelmingly positive reviews. But I might totally be projecting, since the reason I constantly return to Radiohead is because the reviews totally conditioned me into feeling I’m missing something. There’s also not a single band I’m aware of that even remotely replicates the feel of Radiohead, and that may also be a factor. I don’t know for sure. And the thing is, I don’t really understand why I’m not a fan of them. I like well-produced atmospheric experimental music, so they should be right up my alley. But somehow they’re not. Maybe it’s the focus on vocals, maybe it’s the dark, melancholic vibe. There’s not a single thing I can point at and confidently say, “That’s what ruins it.” This is especially true for Kid A, which is my favorite Radiohead album. The music here is good, even occasionally amazing. I like every song here, except that ambient one, but we don’t talk about that (and if you like it, I get it—I also think sex is kinda gross). Everything In Its Right Place is a fantastic album opener, and its first few notes have been stuck in my head since the first time I heard it; the lyrics of Optimistic and the melody of In Limbo are so unbelievable memorable; even the more industrial sound of Idioteque somehow appeal to me besides the fact that I don’t like electronic music that much; and The National Anthem is quite possibly one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. With this album more than any other one from them, I feel like it’s going to “click” eventually, but it’s been so long that I’m not that sure anymore. Radiohead’s songs are anything but forgettable, but at the same time, most of them are not that fun for me. I can appreciate the effort and talent that went into creating this; I get that probably some very specific mood I've apparently never been in would make this the most ethereal experience ever. But I just don't enjoy it that much on its own merit. I don't fully get it and don't know why. I can with utmost confidence say that this is good music, but for me, it doesn't cross the line of being something truly special. Okay, Radiohead... next time for sure... 7/10
Considered one of the best albums of the decade, I never really understood why. It’s okay, but I loved the Radiohead of the 90s. “How to Disappear Completely” and “Morning Bell” are good, the rest is just too different from what I associate with Radiohead. The chill out vibe is kinda cool, but I can’t say it enough, it’s just not the Radiohead of the 90s.
What an album to drop at the turn of the 21st century. Still holds up completely 25 years later. This is one of the best of the best, no notes.
Okay as background music I guess, whilst getting ready for the day. And not too loud. Preferably on mute....
When can we, as a society, stop pretending like Radiohead makes good music? Holy shit this is horrendous slop. Hard to understand the lead singer when his head is so far up his ass. If a band has a successful album, and they get pissy and make their next album "to change up their sound to something they like" there is a 100% chance it will be self-indulgent garbage. If you can't tell I hate Radiohead's Kid A. Best Song: How To Disappear Completely Rating: 2/10 Stars: 1/10
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This one's tough. I guess I want to like it more than I do.
This is the hardest this one ever hit for me. Especially keyed into Thom Yorke’s vocal delivery and melodies on this listen. Somehow both so vulnerable and at arms length.
insoportable
Very good, not the best
Cool overall sound but few memorable tracks…
Thanks to this challenge, I learned that my dog really liked Radiohead. 4.5 stars.
Never got into Radiohead. I thought maybe it was just Fake Plastic Trees. Nope. This one too.