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Radiohead - Kid A Audio CD

A fair review of the Radiohead "Kid A" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Radiohead reviews here, or go back to the Radiohead tabs.

Radiohead Band: Radiohead
Title: Kid A
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-10-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Everything In Its Right Place 2: Kid A 3: The National Anthem 4: How To Disappear Completely 5: Treefingers 6: Optimistic 7: In Limbo 8: Idioteque 9: Morning Bell 10: Motion Picture Soundtrack

A+.
There is simply nothing else like this record in the rock canon, and the mere fact that these guys can experiment so freely, apparently with carte blanche from Capitol, gives me renewed hope that we will not be assimilated by the Clear Channel juggernaut currently assimilating radio stations worldwide. It's almost incomprehensible that "Kid A" came from the same guys that gave us "Creep" and "High and Dry"; Kid A's avant-garde electronica is so far removed from their earlier recordings that to say it sounds like a completly different band would be an oversimplification.


It's Radiohead. What more needs to be said?
Radiohead stormed on the scene with their highly impressive debut Pablo Honey and continued with classics The Bends and OK Computer. Another great album from a fantastic band. Now comes this animal. Another classic in the veins of the first two.

Kid A begins nicely where OK Computer left off. Not to say that this is a continuation of that album. This is something entirely different. Everything In Its Right Place does feel like it could've fit on OK Computer, but, after giving this entire album a listen, it more properly fits on this one. It gives way to the title track. The experimentation on this alone is worth a listen.

Reminding me of some of the techniques used on OK Computer, this is another standout track with a great melody that draws you in. Even if you can't understand what Thom's saying, the melody will have you hooked. Followed by The National Anthem and How to Disappear Completely, the CD starts on a high note.

The next song, an instrumental Treefingers, is a nice break, but I'm not too fond of it. The rest of the tracks are good as well, with a few I really like (In Limbo and Idioteque) and a few I don't (Motion Picture Soundtrack). In reality, there's not a bad song on the CD.

I give this my highest recommedation.
Must Buy.


a new world
simply revolutionary. This album breaks all the music listening habits and opens a door for a new world.


An incredible and unique sonic journey
After the tremendous commercial and critical success of OK COMPUTER, the band might have easily crafted a cybertronic Brit-Rock re-tread. Radiohead
Kid A; 2000
EMI/Capitol Records

My Rating: 10/10

KID A is the most controversial album in Radiohead's catalog. Instead, they chose to completely turn their songwriting and production process inside out, retreating into the studio for over a year and completely re-learning the art of rock and roll. Lots of people found OK COMPUTER difficult compared to the melodic Brit-rock of THE BENDS, but with this one, the band completely says goodbye to the past and announces to the world, "We are not resting on our laurels. " From the opening cascade of electric piano on track 1, KID A sounds numinous, cold, and chronic, perpetually avoiding the pop-music hook but all the while re-inventing it. The album cover features a digitally rendered mountainous landscape, which suggests that the band intended to make a grand and foreboding album. Well, all I know is that this album is a tough climb at first, but once you've struggled to the top, it all starts to make sense. An incredible and unique sonic journey.
TRACKS:

1. Everything In Its Right Place (5/5)
2. Kid A (5/5)
3. The National Anthem (5/5)
4. How to Disappear Completely (5/5)
5. Treefingers (5/5)
6. Optimistic (4/5)
7. In Limbo/Lost at Sea (3. 5/5)
8. Idioteque (5/5)
9. Morning Bell (5/5)
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack (4. 5/5).


RADIOHEAD - A Musician's Band
But as music is, I think of Radiohead as an evolving Pink Floyd. When I first heard Radiohead I immediately thought of Pink Floyd, and there is some Floyd in there. I just love Kid A. This CD shows the world what great musicians they are - the percussion, the chords, the keyboards. Radiohead is very much a fusion band, fused with so many kinds of bands and music. Thom's vocals are great. His vocals are used as an instrument through most of the CD along with great percussion. I hear Miles Davis in this album and many other influences. There could never be a Radiohead without Thom Yorke but then there could never be a Radiohead without the great musicians that make up this band. They are constantly on a journey and Kid A did not dissappoint me. How to Disappear Completely is one of my favorite Radiohead tunes. Other great tunes on this cd are, Everything in its Right Place, Optimistic, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack. If you are just starting to get into Radiohead, I would not start with this CD. I would start with OK Computer, then the Bends, then In Rainbows and by then Kid A should sound just great to you. This CD requires that you adjust your head and ears a little bit(in the open position) before going all the way in. :).


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