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Kid A
Radiohead
Retail Price (not our price): $17.98
Release Date: 2000-10-03
Manufacturer: Capitol
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com's Best of 2000
How is it that Kid A's opening track, laden with an electronic vocal stuttering "bleh, bluh-bleh bleh bluh" is the most fascinating statement made in rock & roll this year? Because somehow, even when Radiohead blathers and blips nonsense, it's profound. The band's future-perfect musical grammar may be hard to decipher, and the melody is even more subliminal, but the journey traveled with Radiohead reveals them to be not only rock music's greatest adventurers in 2000, but teachers as well. --Beth Massa

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With every record, Radiohead jump off higher and higher cliffs, daring fans to take the plunge in their artistic feats of derring-do. The journey from that scratchy bit of raw guitar angst in "Creep" (from 1993's Pablo Honey) to any song on Kid A amounts to a high-wire act that few, if any, bands in popular music have ever attempted. It's hard to believe both records come from the same planet, much less the same band. Likewise, the grandiose, Pink Floyd-esque thematic scope of 1997's extraordinary OK Computer is nowhere to be found here. Quiet, contemplative, and less confrontational, it opens with a lack of bombast, as "Everything in Its Right Place" builds tension with ghostly voiceovers, a dry pulse, and a shadowy organ motif. That tension appears over and over on Kid A. On "How to Disappear Completely," the unsettled, atonal keyboard waxing in the background offsets the plaintive Thom Yorke vocal, and on "Idioteque," detached, inorganic rhythms make the melody's despondent aimlessness that much more nerve-racking. Throughout, Radiohead fearlessly explore dissonance and structure, melding twisted, Brian Eno-meets-Aphex Twin sonic landscapes with utter discontent in the world around them. They may sometimes overreach, letting artsy ambition prevent them from giving us the arena rock-god goodies. But their commitment to restless creativity also yields pleasures that don't fade but instead become more resonant upon repeated listenings. If OK Computer was rock's most relevant expression of millennial angst, Kid A is the opposite; it's the 21st century's first record that sounds like the future, barely caring what that Y2K fuss was all about and much more worried about what the hell we're all supposed to do now. --Matthew Cooke

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Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Radiohead - Continues Their Evolution   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
After the massive success of their big breakthrough album "Ok Computer" one might expect Radiohead to sit back and try to capitalize on it's success with a clone album. Instead the band gets even more experimental with "Kid A". They drop much of the guitar out of the mix and instead focus even more on electronic music. The result is another winner that is a treat to listen to on a good stereo system or especially with headphones. From it's opening line "today I woke up sucking on a lemon", to it's closing notes the album is another testament to modern intelligent progressive rock. The band even ad a horn section to the mix in songs like "A National Anthem" to mix it up even further. Although "OK Computer" remains the band's masterpiece I like this one almost as well. It is another step forward in the evolution of Radiohead.

2) Almost Everything In Its Right Place   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
When Kid A was first released, it was with alot of fanfare.I,personally didnt like or get it.But,over time,its been 7 years now,it has grown on me.The disc stands up well.I was literally blasting the tune Optimistic the other day and couldnt believe how great it sounded.I hit the repeat button and left it.The thing that I wasnt crazy about when I first heard this disc, was that the songs lacked punch.I was lucky enough to see the band live at Victoria Park,Warrington,England on October 2,2000.It was a kickoff gig for the disc.They opened with The National Anthem.I thought..wow,that first song totally blew me away and then I heard the disc version and well,the song wasnt as strong.Not even close.Live the bass riff came flying out at us in attendance.But the studio version is kinda flat.Wats with the horns?It sounds like a bad trip.The same goes for In Limbo.The punch,compared to the live versions from Warrington,are absent.Everything In Its Right Place sounds very good here as does Idioteque.Solid songs.Period.In my opinion,when performing live,Thom doesnt whine as much.(BBC Radio 1 recorded this show,as well as a gig from Oxford,07/07/01). Listen to the difference when you hear Everything,Idioteque and Morning Bell live,or Motion Picture Soundtrack,for that matter,compared to the studio version.If you can get your paws on either of those shows,do so.I know the band released I Might Be Wrong,but 8 songs is a waste of your money.The classic moment of this disc , without question, is the tune How To Disappear Completely.This is quite possibly their best song.When they played this song, on that Monday night in Warrington,all of us in Victoria Park froze.Its a slow song.So the amazing thing is you could here traffic outside the park,not the thousands of fans at the gig.The song is utterly fantastic.How it builds.Thom saying how in a lil while he will be gone...how he isnt here..and this isnt happening.Its sends chills up my spine when I think about that live performance on that night in Victoria Park.They also played a song that ended up on Amnesiac.Thom introduced it as Egyption Song(the title was latter changed to Pyramid Song).That song would have fit in so well on Kid A.Its possible the tune was done.I know Knives Out was recorded during the Kid A sessions,I have a live version from Holland,recorded 09/16/00.So in my opinion, it should have been on this disc, instead of the two boring intrumentals,Kid A and Treefingers.They are brutal.Treefingers does nothing for me,and Kid A is wacked out.Its not music.Its complete utter nonsense.If those two songs could have been replaced by say,Knives Out & Pyramid Song,(if ready),Kid A would very well be a true masterpiece.

3) with amnesiac, an important work which grew on my   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This album, along with Amnesiac (which was produced around the same time) is not easy to like. At first you probably won't get it. Listen to the album a few times. Let it sink in. This is not the Radiohead of The Bends. What started as an experimental direction in OK Computer gets more convoluted and further away from rock in this album. It took some time to grow on me--but now I think this album is amazing.

4) Just plain boring   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
More than 7 years have gone since this record was released and I still don't get it. I don't get the average Radiohead fan hype about something so daring and original, which it is, but in all honesty Kid A doesn't give me the one bit of thrill, emotion and the desire to keep listening to an album over and over again like it did with OK Computer. I've spent years and years expecting this album to "grow on me" because that's what everybody's been telling, and still Kid A is remains collecting dust in my shelf, and I've given it more than enough chances to prove me wrong.

5) Rock circa 2027   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Kid A was way ahead of its time when it was released in 2000. While not as highly regarded as OK Computer, it is an infinitely more rewarding, and therefore challenging, masterpiece that requires multiple listens, if not years of familiarity, to truly appreciate. Even now, Kid A sounds like a classic album released decades too early.