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Track Listings
| 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 |
Product Description
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Kid A 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 It's 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 Kid A and the (slightly) more mainstream-sounding OK Computer. Radiohead may well be the most innovative popular band since the Beatles; as such, Kid A represents the most successful evolution of a major British act since Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. --Robert Burrow
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With 'Ok Computers' good overseas reception Radiohead had the world at their feet, and for them it was just a matter of producing a sub par rock album and relying on the fan base, or making the progressive effort to increase that fan base.
Radiohead chose to "diversify", replacing edibly good riffs with barely digestable synthesized sounds.
Kid A is average at best, and is mostly failed at Radioheads inability to decide which mood the album is focussed in, tracks such as 'Optimistic' are true to form throughout but the rest of the album is a step back in quality from past recordings (Namely Ok Computer).
Instead of answering the question of the mass media, Radiohead decided to ignore it completely and change direction (musically) this may be appreciated by some, but those in search of quality rock music should look elsewhere.
One has to hope that for Radioheads future efforts they put away the beat box's and synthesizers, and pick up where they left off at the end of 1997.
The truth about this album is that for the music listener, it's absolutely boring. With the exception of "How To Disappear Completely", there is nothing that could really be considered a song. Sure, the first few listens make any Radiohead fan certain that there's so much subtlety in this album that it'll take many, many listens to appreciate everything it has to offer. But after 100 or so listens, you realize that it's not subtlety, it's lack of coherence. If Thom Yorke is considered a genius, then the fine line between genius and insanity is much finer than anyone thought. In fact, this album actually gets irritating the more you listen to it and you'll find yourself skipping tracks to get to something interesting. It's background music at best.
The rumors are that Radiohead has another album waiting in the wings to be released next spring. My theory is that "Kid A" (maybe it should have been called "Kid U") is a spoof and Radiohead will pull the real album out to show the world how lame music critics are. At least, that's what I'm hoping.
Just brilliant - one of those albums that manages to equate to much more than the... Read more
Let's set the record straight:
This is one overbloated, over hyped horrible album. Read more
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