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Kid A |  | Artist: Radiohead
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
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Rating:  399 reviews
Sales Rank: 845
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731452959027
EAN: 0724352959020
ASIN: B000025558
Release Date: October 2, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Everything In Its Right Place | | • | Kid A | | • | National Anthem | | • | How To Disappear Completely | | • | Treefingers | | • | Optimistic | | • | In Limbo | | • | Idioteque | | • | Morning Bell | | • | Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Radiohead may well be the most courageous band in Britain. Their second album, IThe Bends/I, was a success both critically and commercially, and they followed it up with an album of epic prog-rock, IOK Computer/I, that would have destined a lesser band to commercial failure and, eventually, obscurity. Instead, it was almost universally hailed as one of the finest albums ever recorded. So it should come as no great surprise that their fourth album, IKid A/I, is even more experimental, owing a debt to the studio-born soundscapes of Brian Eno, Aphex Twin and even later Talk Talk. IKid A/I is an album that would not sound out of place on the Warp Records roster, as keyboards, sequencers and electronic effects take the place of guitars on most tracks (particularly unusual for a band that boasts three guitarists). In fact, this is an album that succeeds without rock's bombast, from the looping keyboards of album opener "Everything In Its Right Place" to the bouncing, bass-led "The National Anthem" to the album's hauntingly atmospheric highlight, "Idioteque". Meanwhile, more traditional Radiohead tracks like "How To Disappear Completely" and "Optimistic" offer a natural bridge between the electronic noodlings of IKid A/I and the (slightly) more mainstream-sounding IOK Computer/I. Radiohead may well be the most innovative popular band since the Beatles; as such, IKid A/I represents the most successful evolution of a major British act since ISgt Pepper's/I. I--Robert Burrow/I
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 Not exactly what we expected? February 11, 2005
Karl G. Slender (Reading, UK)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Where are Radiohead coming from and why are we so passionate about them? I read somewhere once that Thom said "lets play something happy, we've got loads of them haven't we lads?" and to me that said it all. Radiohead's music embodies something else completely removed from pop and the the top 40 as it's as far to be.pAll of there albums portray life from a realist's point of view. Life isn't full of ABSOLUTE happiness for anyone ever - it is filled with lots of mundanity, fear, boredom and stacks of background noise. Radiohead describe this completely in Kid A.brWhen I first listened to this I thought avant garde bollocks to be honest, but repeated listens revealed a new world of music to me. I don't think it's something you could ever put on at a party to impress your mates but if you dig it then it will become something you treasure. It shows what Radiohead are all about - not misery and sorrow as it seems at first - but life at it's most raw. This is where we all live most of the time (even if we are having a great time in our life the news just tells us the horrible things happening elsewhere). Radiohead show life, musically, in a beautiful and profound way and for that I love and thank them.
Strange but great April 28, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought Kid A after buying and enjoying OK Computer, and at first I was a little disapointed. The style at first seemed very different from that of OKC, and the weird tunes and bizzare lyrics/vocals seemed baffling. I held this opinion untill about my 3rd listening of the album, when, and I know you've heard this 100+ times on this page already, but it really is true, it suddenly grows on you and you realise that you love this album. The songs are wonderful, not just because they are different, which is what people seem to praise it mostly for, but because they are excellent songs in themselves, whether they are as unique as they are or if it had been done 100 times before. The best tracks are probably 'How to dissapear completely', which is more traditional Radiohead quality, and 'Idioteque', perhaps the track which takes longest to appreciate, but it's bizzare lyrics and atmospheric sound make it a masterpiece of a song, and despite what some think, still sounding like Radiohead if you listen. Lots seem to hate this album, and I think it is just a case of personal preference, not a case of 'intellegence' or 'snobbery' as some argue. It is definately a 1 or 5 star album, and I would definately choose 5 stars. Weirdly brilliant.
The high point July 12, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a huge Radiohead fan, I would appoint 5 stars to The Bends and OK Computer as well as this one, with 4 stars to the rest. However, it's Kid A that stands out for me.pNothing in the world of Radiohead is simple, it seems. Every album recording session produced something very different each time (this and Amnesiac were made at the same time so they don't appear to be so different). You never quite know what your going to hear each time they produce something. Kid A, to both the fan and the outsider, is a strange composition. Something difficult to get your head around, something difficult to get into. If it's not your scene, then you simply won't have time to let it sink in. If your willing to give it a go, then it grows on you. Well, not so much grow on you, more as to slowly suck you in.pNeed an example? Take "Everything in it's right place" and "Optimistic". Upon first hearing I thought "is this really Radiohead!?". Took a few listens to let it sink in. But it grows on your mind, it becomes lodged in your head. Your not sure what the band are trying to do, but it's hard not to stop listening to it. Not all tracks do this. The likes of "The National Anthem" and "Idioteque" hit me immediatley. Both with such simple yet catchy basic beats and rhythms, the two are amongst my favourite songs from Radiohead. Amnesiac didn't quite have the same effect, and there wasn't as much "hidden" depth to the songs in earlier albums, and Hail to the Thief (along with ComLag - 2+2=5) is a step in another direction.pDespite being a huge fan of the guitar, I find my favourite Radiohead album being one which seemingly lacks any in most of the music. It's just so intriguing and almost disturbing, that it hacks it's way into my head and won't let go. Hard to explain in words the effect it had on me.pFan of simple music? Stay away. Fan of anything other than indie and rock and Radiohead? Go listen to some intelligent music for a change, instead of your repetitive annoying nonsense dance/RnB rubbish. Kid A is intelligent, and is not for someone who has no time to sit and listen. Kid A also happens to be complete and utter genius. Cheers, Thom and the gang!
Kid is A+ February 12, 2006
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
In the year 2000, Radiohead ditched its former "real" rock sound for Pink-Floydian, electronic post-rock. The result was "Kid A," where they relearned everything they knew about music from scratch. Some people loved it. Some didn#x27;t get it, and felt it was "pretentious." But there#x27;s one undeniable thing -- this chilly, eerie collection is a marvelously complex piece of work. pAn ominous keyboard melody and gibberish vocals open the album in "Everything In Its Right Place," sounding a bit like a possessed radio. Then the fuzz and hums kick in, adding a spacey dimension to an already strange melody. A drum melody kicks in in the title track, followed by the ghostly rock of "National Anthem" and unearthly lament of "How to Disappear Completely." pAnother "real" rock song kicks in with the darkly desperate "Optimistic," flanked by a pair of softer, eerie songs. "Idioteque" throws all the rules out the window with sharp percussion backed by weird waves of sound and Thom Yorke#x27;s high vocals. And finally it ends on the same note it began -- a stately organ -- in the harp-accented "Motion Picture Soundtrack." pIn a musical world where anything that has a guitar can be called "rock," it#x27;s difficult to find music that is really creative. It#x27;s even harder to find a band that is willing to take risks, and expand their art. But those things can be found in Radiohead, and the evidence is in "Kid A" -- whether listeners think it#x27;s a wild success or a pretentious failure, it has to be admitted that it takes guts to try out something this different. pThom Yorke#x27;s vocals are often described as whiny, but they are suited to the music here. Sometimes it#x27;s as little as backing "ooh oohs," and sometimes he#x27;s lamenting about ice ages and suicidal cries of "This isn#x27;t happening/I#x27;m not here." Do the lyrics make sense? Not at first glance, at least -- they#x27;re more like a part of the music than lyrics in themselves. pAnd hoo boy, the music. Few bands do panoramic electronic soundscapes as Radiohead does here, scratched with wailing voices and eerie noises. More ordinary instruments are included, but add to the strange atmosphere rather than grounding it -- razor-sharp percussion, mellow organ, rippling harp strings, and subtle, swelling strings. pThe Radiohead of "Kid A" is looking at a bleak, cold place, but not one that is ugly or alienating. Instead, you just want to sink into it and experience its beauty, no matter how cold or bleak it is. A true modern classic.
LISTEN UP! October 4, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Those of the other reviewer's here who rated this 1 or 2 stars can only have listened to it a couple of times.pKid A has been slagged off in the majority of the music press because it's not a direct copy of The Bends or OK Computer... and okay, I DID feel very disappointed when I first heard it, but I've not stopped listening to it. The songs I hated first I'm getting into now in a BIG way (The National Anthem and Optimistic), and the songs I loved (How To Disappear Completely and In Limbo) I now rate as Radiohead classics.pIt's a classic grower, in true Radiohead style. Music that lasts is great music, and this is great music.pBuy the album, listen to it, digest it, love it.pM
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