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Kid A by: Radiohead List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £9.01 (64%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724352959020 Label: Parlophone Manufacturer: Parlophone Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Parlophone Release Date: October 02, 2000 Studio: Parlophone Sales Rank: 2362 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Believe the hypePretentious or brilliance? This is one of the most divisive albums of the decade, amoung both critics and fans. One thing is for sure though, this album will make no sense to you on first listen. Nor the second, third or fourth listen for that matter. But listen to it and eventually it will unfold in front of. Lush sonic sounds, eerie vocals and minimalist lyrics make for a haunting and emotional listen. Kid A, once understood, is captivating, listenable and capable of giving you that funny feeling you get when you find an album that really takes you. This album will always have its haters, but that is to be expected when such a large band make such a drastic musical change. Everyone, even those who exclusively listen ... Read More: Rating: - It is good.I was in a dark back-street bar in St.Malo last month, and Kid A was playing. Man, and were those crazy French pseudo-intellectuals loving the avant-garde stylings of the 'Head? Yes, they were. And so was I. It suddenly dawned on me that Kid a ROCKS! and does not SUCK! as I heretofore believed. It's been on repeat on my mp3 machine since. Loses a star for ripping off Aphex Twin a tiny bit too much Rating: - Classic Radiohead!Rating: 9/10 Best tracks: "How to Disappear Completely", "Everything in its Right Place", "Treefingers", "In Limbo", "Morning Bell" Some people didn't like Kid A at all when it was first released. Some of those people who hated it grew to like it. Some turned their back on Radiohead forever. Some, like me, wondered what all the fuss was about. Not in terms of the quality of the record, which was terrific, but in terms of the way people were going on about how Radiohead wilfully made an uncommercial, horrible record that had no normal vocals or guitars, just a bunch of jazz noodling and dance beats, how they should have made another OK Computer or The Bends....for me, Kid A felt like the most natural progression from OK ... Read More: Rating:  - EMPERORS NEW CLOTHESA five star masterpiece? Somebody please, please, please, tell me why this CD isn't exactly what is sounds like, which is nothing more than good old Thom warbling his falsetto meaningless lyrics over aimless electronic noodling. It's drivel !!!!! Rating:  - 8 years of objectivityI was one of those fans who didn't quite understand what Kid A was all about after buying it - and at that time (on it's release) I would probably have given it one star. I guess that was mostly down to my expectations, and there's no point elaborating on that now. Eight full years later and I can say that the album has certainly grown a lot on me - I listened to it again last night after enjoying In Rainbows. I have to say I enjoyed it more than I ever have done in the past - however I still find some of the tracks are a bit hard work to listen to. No bad thing if you have a reward at the end of it - but that isn't there yet for me. There are some fantastic moments throughout the album - and some of the soundscapes are fantastically well arranged ... Read More: |
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