dirtysteve_99
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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
MySpace.com - radiohead - www.myspace.com/radiohead
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
MySpace.com - radiohead - www.myspace.com/radiohead
