 | Kid A - Radiohead
Publisher: Parlophone
Released on 02 October 2000
List Price: £6.99
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,... Read More
| 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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