Kid A (2-10" LPs)
by: Radiohead
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Amazon.com's Best of 2000:
How is it that Kid A's opening track, laden with an electronic vocal stuttering "bleh, bluh-bleh bleh bluh" is the most fascinating statement made in rock & roll this year? Because somehow, even when Radiohead blathers and blips nonsense, it's profound. The band's future-perfect musical grammar may be hard to decipher, and the melody is even more subliminal, but the journey traveled with Radiohead reveals them to be not only rock music's greatest adventurers in 2000, but teachers as well.--Beth Massa
Amazon.com:
With every record, Radiohead jump off higher and higher cliffs, daring fans to take the plunge in their artistic feats of derring-do. The journey from that scratchy bit of raw guitar angst in "Creep" (from 1993's Pablo Honey) to any song on Kid A amounts to a high-wire act that few, if any, bands in popular music have ever attempted. It's hard to believe both records come from the same planet, much less the same band. Likewise, the grandiose, Pink Floyd-esque thematic scope of 1997's extraordinary OK Computer is nowhere to be found here. Quiet, contemplative, and less confrontational, it opens with a lack of bombast, as "Everything in Its Right Place" builds tension with ghostly voiceovers, a dry pulse, and a shadowy organ motif. That tension appears over and over on Kid A. On "How to Disappear Completely," the unsettled, atonal keyboard waxing in the background offsets the plaintive Thom Yorke vocal, and on "Idioteque," detached, inorganic rhythms make the melody's despondent aimlessness that much more nerve-racking. Throughout, Radiohead fearlessly explore dissonance and structure, melding twisted, Brian Eno-meets-Aphex Twin sonic landscapes with utter discontent in the world around them. They may sometimes overreach, letting artsy ambition prevent them from giving us the arena rock-god goodies. But their commitment to restless creativity also yields pleasures that don't fade but instead become more resonant upon repeated listenings. If OK Computer was rock's most relevant expression of millennial angst, Kid A is the opposite; it's the 21st century's first record that sounds like the future, barely caring what that Y2K fuss was all about and much more worried about what the hell we're all supposed to do now. --Matthew Cooke
Album Description:
180 Gram/Audiophile pressing
Two 10" discs in gatefold jacket
Printed sleeves
Album Description:
UK version of their highly anticipated fourth album with a limited edition 'special booklet'. 10 tracks including, 'Everything In It's Right Place','Kid A' and 'The National Anthem'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details:
The Most Anticipated and Uniquely Marketed Album of the New Millenium. Eschewing Most of their Conventions, Radiohead have Reinvented their Music from the Ground Up. Their Approach Has Been Hailed as Having Produced the First Masterpiece of the Year. While it May Take Some Time to Absorb, Repeated Listenings Yield Deep Aural Pleasure.
How is it that Kid A's opening track, laden with an electronic vocal stuttering "bleh, bluh-bleh bleh bluh" is the most fascinating statement made in rock & roll this year? Because somehow, even when Radiohead blathers and blips nonsense, it's profound. The band's future-perfect musical grammar may be hard to decipher, and the melody is even more subliminal, but the journey traveled with Radiohead reveals them to be not only rock music's greatest adventurers in 2000, but teachers as well.--Beth Massa
Amazon.com:
With every record, Radiohead jump off higher and higher cliffs, daring fans to take the plunge in their artistic feats of derring-do. The journey from that scratchy bit of raw guitar angst in "Creep" (from 1993's Pablo Honey) to any song on Kid A amounts to a high-wire act that few, if any, bands in popular music have ever attempted. It's hard to believe both records come from the same planet, much less the same band. Likewise, the grandiose, Pink Floyd-esque thematic scope of 1997's extraordinary OK Computer is nowhere to be found here. Quiet, contemplative, and less confrontational, it opens with a lack of bombast, as "Everything in Its Right Place" builds tension with ghostly voiceovers, a dry pulse, and a shadowy organ motif. That tension appears over and over on Kid A. On "How to Disappear Completely," the unsettled, atonal keyboard waxing in the background offsets the plaintive Thom Yorke vocal, and on "Idioteque," detached, inorganic rhythms make the melody's despondent aimlessness that much more nerve-racking. Throughout, Radiohead fearlessly explore dissonance and structure, melding twisted, Brian Eno-meets-Aphex Twin sonic landscapes with utter discontent in the world around them. They may sometimes overreach, letting artsy ambition prevent them from giving us the arena rock-god goodies. But their commitment to restless creativity also yields pleasures that don't fade but instead become more resonant upon repeated listenings. If OK Computer was rock's most relevant expression of millennial angst, Kid A is the opposite; it's the 21st century's first record that sounds like the future, barely caring what that Y2K fuss was all about and much more worried about what the hell we're all supposed to do now. --Matthew Cooke
Album Description:
180 Gram/Audiophile pressing
Two 10" discs in gatefold jacket
Printed sleeves
Album Description:
UK version of their highly anticipated fourth album with a limited edition 'special booklet'. 10 tracks including, 'Everything In It's Right Place','Kid A' and 'The National Anthem'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details:
The Most Anticipated and Uniquely Marketed Album of the New Millenium. Eschewing Most of their Conventions, Radiohead have Reinvented their Music from the Ground Up. Their Approach Has Been Hailed as Having Produced the First Masterpiece of the Year. While it May Take Some Time to Absorb, Repeated Listenings Yield Deep Aural Pleasure.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Wrong order...
I didnt order this.and I dont remembering order this cd ....what for? I already have one.
But this is a great minimal album I dont mind having the second cd. But dont let it happen for next time ok.
Rating: - Kid A
Kid Abeing Radiohead's 4th studio album and their 2000 release is a very experimental album that can be called both alternative rock and electronic music. The album met with mixed reviews but was a massive hit in many countries. The album peaked at #1 in the UK chart, Billboard 200, Ireland, Canada, France and in New Zealand. The booklet is very avantgarde and contains no lyrics and many strange paintings. I am very impressed by this album and it is one of the better albums that I have heard for ... Read More
Rating: - Sounds of the Future
Kid A was realesed right at the turn of the millenium and sounds like the music of the 21st Century and is one of the few albums of this millenium and century that have become truly classic albums yet. Kid A takes a huge experimental leap from the bands, "OK Computer", realesed three years before this album. Kid A combines rock with music like, ambient, electronic, and space music and combines it to make one of the most interesting albums ever realeased. The album starts out with, "Everything In ... Read More
Rating: - Great Album and Fantastic Artwork
While this has no additional songs, the album is enhanced!! Artwork is amazing but I would not recommend this to anyone who is a casual fan though.
Rating: 
- For the Masses
Really, I don't get Radiohead's appeal. At all.
I don't get why this *WAY* over-hyped mediocre alt-rock rock band from the 90s can incite such absurd, obnoxious fanboy behavior from the 15-35 (mostly male) demographic (just look at the 2000+ reviews here). I'm tempted to ask folks who say this is 'brilliant' or 'genius' (the two most common adjectives signifying fanboydom): HAVE YOU EVER HEARD MUSIC BEFORE???
It's OK; it's AVERAGE. It's better than Britney Spears' early work. ... Read More
- Wrong order...I didnt order this.and I dont remembering order this cd ....what for? I already have one.
But this is a great minimal album I dont mind having the second cd. But dont let it happen for next time ok.
- Kid AKid Abeing Radiohead's 4th studio album and their 2000 release is a very experimental album that can be called both alternative rock and electronic music. The album met with mixed reviews but was a massive hit in many countries. The album peaked at #1 in the UK chart, Billboard 200, Ireland, Canada, France and in New Zealand. The booklet is very avantgarde and contains no lyrics and many strange paintings. I am very impressed by this album and it is one of the better albums that I have heard for ... Read More
- Sounds of the FutureKid A was realesed right at the turn of the millenium and sounds like the music of the 21st Century and is one of the few albums of this millenium and century that have become truly classic albums yet. Kid A takes a huge experimental leap from the bands, "OK Computer", realesed three years before this album. Kid A combines rock with music like, ambient, electronic, and space music and combines it to make one of the most interesting albums ever realeased. The album starts out with, "Everything In ... Read More
- Great Album and Fantastic ArtworkWhile this has no additional songs, the album is enhanced!! Artwork is amazing but I would not recommend this to anyone who is a casual fan though.
- For the MassesReally, I don't get Radiohead's appeal. At all.
I don't get why this *WAY* over-hyped mediocre alt-rock rock band from the 90s can incite such absurd, obnoxious fanboy behavior from the 15-35 (mostly male) demographic (just look at the 2000+ reviews here). I'm tempted to ask folks who say this is 'brilliant' or 'genius' (the two most common adjectives signifying fanboydom): HAVE YOU EVER HEARD MUSIC BEFORE???
It's OK; it's AVERAGE. It's better than Britney Spears' early work. ... Read More
