Kid A
With every record, Radiohead jump off higher and higher cliffs, daring fans to take the plunge in their artistic feats of derring-do. The journey from that scratchy bit of raw guitar angst in "Creep" (from 1993's Pablo Honey) to any song on Kid A amounts to a high-wire act that few, if any, bands in popular music have ever attempted. It's hard to believe both records come from the same planet, much less the same band. Likewise, the grandiose, Pink Floyd-esque thematic scope of 1997's extraordinary OK Computer is nowhere to be found here. Quiet, contemplative, and less confrontational, it opens with a lack of bombast, as "Everything in Its Right Place" builds tension with ghostly voiceovers, a dry pulse, and a shadowy organ motif. That tension appears over and over on Kid A. On "How to Disappear Completely," the unsettled, atonal keyboard waxing in the background offsets the plaintive Thom Yorke vocal, and on "Idioteque," detached, inorganic rhythms make the melody's despondent aimlessness that much more nerve-racking. Throughout, Radiohead fearlessly explore dissonance and structure, melding twisted, Brian Eno-meets-Aphex Twin sonic landscapes with utter discontent in the world around them. They may sometimes overreach, letting artsy ambition prevent them from giving us the arena rock-god goodies. But their commitment to restless creativity also yields pleasures that don't fade but instead become more resonant upon repeated listenings. If OK Computer was rock's most relevant expression of millennial angst, Kid A is the opposite; it's the 21st century's first record that sounds like the future, barely caring what that Y2K fuss was all about and much more worried about what the hell we're all supposed to do now. --Matthew Cooke more
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01:15Give Up
Postal Service - Give Up Music CD. cool emo electronic music, definitely indie, but very good and...
01:44Kid A
despite not having a single or a video, Kid A became Radiohead's best-selling album. And it...
01:15Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
A great Emo/Indie CD, recommended for anyone wanting to expand their taste in music.
01:02Hail To The Thief
Radiohead's most recent CD, Hail to the Thief. A great recording of the most recent...
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-02-2009
- Mix tape (Untitled)
Keep an open mind when you buy this. I did and I promise, my brains didn't fall out! I love this album, it's a breathtaking experience listening to it. buy it.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-25-2008
- buy it for the album cover alone
This is the best album cover ever in rock and roll history as far as I'm concerned, the music inside is just gravy. Nothing could top OK Computer, so Radiohead didn't even try - they very wisely went in a completely different direction...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-11-2008
- Music starts with Kid A
It's almost tragic, in a way, the first time you hear an album as magnificent, visceral, and life-changing as Kid A; tragic because you just know you're never going to get the same feelings from an album ever again. I was a casual...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-07-2008
- The decade of minimalism begins...
To examine Kid A's influence (and it is influential), let's look at "The National Anthem." This song starts with a simple bass line, not even a bass line so much as a very basic bass rhythm. This rhythm is then played unswervingly for...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-02-2009
- Mix tape (Untitled)
Keep an open mind when you buy this. I did and I promise, my brains didn't fall out! I love this album, it's a breathtaking experience listening to it. buy it.
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-07-2008
- The decade of minimalism begins...
To examine Kid A's influence (and it is influential), let's look at "The National Anthem." This song starts with a simple bass line, not even a bass line so much as a very basic bass rhythm. This rhythm is then played unswervingly for...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-10-2008
- Just plain boring
More than 7 years have gone since this record was released and I still don't get it. I don't get the average Radiohead fan hype about something so daring and original, which it is, but in all honesty Kid A doesn't give me the one bit of...
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