 | Amnesiac - Radiohead
Publisher: Parlophone
Released on 04 June 2001
List Price: £6.99
Though the songs on Amnesia were recorded at the same time as those on its predecessor, Kid A, the gap between the releases of the pair suggests a determination on Radiohead's part that the two should not be perceived as halves of the same whole. However, there is little in the way of meaningful stylistic divergence between the two albums--Amnesiac shares with Kid A an atmosphere of defeated, vengeful paranoia, a heavy reliance on electronic noises and distorted vocals, a somewhat frustrating absence of Jonny Greenwood's guitar and the song "Morning Bell", which reappears on Amnesiac in a slightly less mournful arrangement. It may just be that Radiohead felt that it might have been a bit much to ask anyone, even Radiohead fans, to consume this entire lugubrious trove at once. Amnesiac, like Kid A is heavy going. And, also like Kid A, Amnesiac rewards repeated listenings generously. The more acute Thom Yorke's lyrical... Read More
| Tracks |
| Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box | Pyramid Song | Pulk/pull Revolving Doors | You And Whose Army |
| I Might Be Wrong | Knives Out | Morning Bell/Amnesiac | Dollars And Cents |
| Hunting Bears | Like Spinning Plates | Life In A Glasshouse |
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