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Kid a |  | Artist: Radiohead
Label: Parlophone
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Rating:  403 reviews
Sales Rank: 1386
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, The Bends, was a success both critically and commercially, and they followed it up with an album of epic prog-rock, OK Computer, 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, Kid A, is even more experimental, owing a debt to the studio-born soundscapes of Brian Eno, Aphex Twin and even later Talk Talk. 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 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 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. --Robert Burrow
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 Give Kid A a chance cause its a masterpiece May 2, 2010
S. Hart (liverpool, england)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a big Radiohead fan i greatly enjoyed The Bends and thought that Ok Computer was absolutly suuperb. On first listen to i was shocked by the change in style. But it soon turned into a extremely happy suprise. Yes it's different from any other Radiohead work, but is that a bad thing? Especially considering how talented the band is.
Kid A starts with the unusual 'Everything in it's Right Place'.'The National Anthem' is just incredible, starting with a powerful bassline it transforms into a acid jazz, cymbal crashing meltdown.'Treefingers' is unique. 'Optimistic' is the most Radiohead-like song and it is excellent. Driven by powerful guitars, Thom Yorke's great voice and atmospheric drumming.'Idioteque' really shouldn't work, but it does and is certainly the standout track. The electro drum beat mixed in with Yorke's beautifully desperate voice makes it a very addictive song. Kid ends on a high with the excellent 'Motion Picture Soundtrack'.
So Kid A is a classic but it does take patience for it to grow on you and it is certainly worth it.
 a modern satanic request May 1, 2010
Lenny (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Okay, so you've got "The bends" and "Okay computer". What next? This. Non essential but cool. The Stones went down an interesting cul-de-sac with "At her satanic majesties request" and Radiohead have done the same. Mortgages paid and artistic credibility secured they listened around and heard Warp records, the Aphex Twin and late nineties electro generally. Why not they thought, why not indeed. It's good (very good on one or two songs). Interesting, worth a listen, got a fiver spare and pondering this or "Rainbows". No contest. A band scratching an itch and enjoyable to all involved.
401 REVIEWS ALREADY WELL HERE 402 March 25, 2010
Stephen (Nottingham UK)
I think its probably already been said, but any way this is worth buying for the track How To Disappear Completely the best Radiohead song so far.
Even better after ten years February 13, 2010
Louis Vallance (Sheffield, SY UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, amazon.co.uk only allow for a maximum of 5 stars on their rating system. I believe this is the 401th review of Kid A since its release ten years ago. What an album to look back on; Kid A marked the end of Radioheads mainstream success as one of the best rock bands of all time, and the beginning of something much more profound and beautiful.
It really could have gone either way: O'Brien wanted the band to reverse back into snappy three-minute pop songs, whilst Yorke had different plans for their future. Kid A really can't be placed in any particular genre of music. It sits there all alone in its dreamy world. This is an album of truly unique, and in my humble opinion, unrivalled since its release in 2000.
Their greatest album February 5, 2010
Mr. Blu (Europe)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is such a great album. The opening track is beautiful, haunting and unforgettable. The title track starts well, although the heavily distorted vocals are not really my cup of tea, and the track eventually loses momentum. But then comes "The National Anthem", absolutely phenomenal. It opens with a grungy sound reminiscent of Mudhoney, and towards the end seems to get taken over by Frank Zappa's ghost with crazy horn sounds and musical landscapes that could only have come from "Hot Rats".
"How to Disappear Completely" is supremely ethereal, "Morning Bell" is the absolute apex of the album, pointing towards the limitless soundscapes of "Pyramid Song" on "Amnesiac". In between there is the superb instrumental "Treefingers" and the strangely compelling "Idioteque". "Optimistic" is a bit of a lull for me, but "In Limbo" restores the mood adeptly. "Motion Picture Soundtrack" is maybe not the best closing track imaginable, but it does the album no serious disfavours. Of all Radiohead albums this maybe had the fewest obvious single mega-hit candidates, but the most unified sound, the most invention and it was absolutely, definitively the first 21st century album, and still the best.
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