The Crowquill 100

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6. Radiohead "Kid A"


I did not like Kid A when I first heard it. The second time I liked a few songs, the third time still those few songs, same with the fourth time and fifth time and so on. However one night it was late, I couldn't sleep and I felt like listening to Idioteque and How To Disappear Completely however after Idioteque I had this weird urge to listen to Everything In Its Right Place and eventually that led into Kid A which led into the National Anthem and it just seemed to click with me then and I listened to it until I left for school (and what a happy day that was.)

This album is much more inaccessible then OK Computer which seems an odd way to follow up what is arguably (or annoyingly unarguably depending on your point of view) their masterpiece but it was a stroke of genius really. I wouldn't have wanted another OK Computer and obviously Radiohead didn't either.

Right from the start you can tell Radiohead threw away the guitar rock of their early days, in fact Kid A doesn't ever really rock out. It does in the National Anthem and sort of does on Optimistic but overall they dropped the basic song structure and got even more electronic and arabient. It's almost like a lullaby at times, but not a happy one. In fact it sounRAB like a lullaby written by a very sad robot. Kid A isn't just an album you throw on and chill to, it really does take attention to appreciate the beauty of it and like most Radiohead albums it takes a few listen but when it finally clicks you'll wonder why it didn't sooner. Kid A is an amazing story set to music. Radiohead created a beautiful portrait; hauntingly beautiful, at times bleak or vague and almost unbearably sad.

Favorite Songs: Idioteque, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, Everything In Its Right Place



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[Future Reflections]

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If you like this song yes.

[jamis]

There are a lot of albums that I have not heard or do not interest me, but I have to say that it's an intelligent and well thought out list considering your tender years.

[MIKE!]

Yeah, I know what you mean, but this album is just so complete, flows so well from track to track, plus "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" just has a lot of personal stuff for me. And with lines like, "On the night you left I came over/ And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders/ Our brand new coats so flushed and pink/ And I knew your heart I couldn't win." Ben develops so much with each passing album, and the music gets catchier and more intimate as well.

[Z J]

I hated Kid A for ages but when I saw them live the Kid A/Amnesiac stuff really stood head & shoulders above the rest of their stuff.

[fab@50]

I have to tell you that I just listened to Okkervil River,
And, well, I think I might be in love.:love:
I think that you should let me know some of your recommendation for other amazing artists.
Whaddaya say?
Hmm?

[Jazzy_Rocks]

Bit unfair seeing as Mick Jones wrote practically all the music in The Clash.

[RIP Billy Mays]

Agreed.

I almost thought you would have put Vashti higher.

[Rosalie M]

I almost thought it was physically impossible for someone to enjoy antony's singing, he wails like someone's tied him to a gurney and castrated him with a fish knife. Only giving him kievs to choke as an anaesthetic.

[XAthleteX]

Ghost Mice definitely covers that song.