Radiohead - Kid A
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Track List: Kid A
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- Everything In It's Right PlaceDownload & Buy
- Kid ADownload & Buy
- The National AnthemDownload & Buy
- How To Disappear CompletelyDownload & Buy
- TreefingersDownload & Buy
- OptimisticDownload & Buy
- In LimboDownload & Buy
- IdiotequeDownload & Buy
- Morning BellDownload & Buy
- Motion Picture SoundtrackDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Kid A
- Release Date:
- 10/03/2000
- Label:
- Capitol
- UPC:
- 724352775323
User Reviews: Kid A
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, June 6, 2003Reviewer: spacefluid_k2 - See all spacefluid_k2's reviews -
It's a new sound by them, but change is
, January 19, 2003Reviewer: Cody Murray - See all Cody Murray's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Kid A review helpful It's a very good album:
Ideoteque, Morning Bell, Kid A and Everything in its right Place. I haven't decided if it's better than OK Computer. I think it's more original, but I don't think the content is better, and it's definately not better musically. It still gets a 5 though, because goos albums are hard to find... especially these days.
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Pro Reviews: Kid A
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Instead of simply adding club beats or sonic collage techniques, Radiohead strives to incorporate the unsettling "intelligent techno" sound of Autechre and Aphex Twin, characterized by its skittering beats and stylishly dark sonic surfaces, for Kid A. To their immense credit, Radiohead don't sound like carpetbaggers, because they share the same post-post-modern vantage point as their inspirations. As a result, Kid A is easily the most successful electronica album from a rock band -- it doesn't even sound like a rock band, even if it does sound like Radiohead. So, Kid A is an unqualified success? Well, not quite. Despite its admirable ambition, Kid A is never as visionary or stunning as OK Computer, nor does it really repay the time it demands. OK Computer required many plays before revealing the intricacies of its densely layered mix; here, multiple plays are necessary to discern the music's form, to get a handle on quiet, drifting, minimally arranged songs with no hooks. Of course, the natural reaction of any serious record geek is that if the music demands so much work, it must be worth it -- and at times, that supposition is true. But Kid A's challenge doesn't always live up to its end of the bargain. It's self-consciously alienating and difficult, and while that can be intriguing, it seems deeper than it actually is. Repeated plays dissipate the mystique and reveal a number of rather drab songs (primarily during the second half), where there isn't enough under the surface to make Radiohead's relentless experimentation satisfying. But mixed results are still results, and about half of the songs positively shimmer with genius. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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But to come back to my point, I think a well calculated amalgamation of the two albums makes a considerable difference to the effect on the listener, the reason being that each one put aside may seem too incomplete.Further to Radioheads talented creativity, the idea and imagery is deeply explored in both albums but Kid A is too short lacking too many "songs", and Amnesiac too unfinished, presenting itself as a leftover from its predecessor.On the other hand, balancing tracks such as the triumphant "National Anthem" with the inspired melodic "You And Whose Army?" and contrasting the deep silent pause of "Treefingers" with the rythmic "I Might Be Wrong" and tribal "Optimistic" fulfills that extra pleasure.
There are many ways Kid A and Amnesiac can be intertwined in one another beautifully, but opening with "Everything in its right place" and closing with "Dollars and Cents" and "Spinning Plates" works well for me.
Try it.You will then realise how addicted you can become to Radioheads passage from contemporary rock to highly developed electronic and experimental influences.
In short, a fantastic musical achievement. ...