Kid A
by Radiohead

It is not their best album but I definitely give it credit for its sound. I think this is the bible of haunting, dark, uneasy and creepy music. They definitely achieved something monumental with this album, very striking and never repeated by anyone since. However, I wouldn't recommend listening on a daily basis.

I like Radiohead a lot and OK Computer is one of my favorite all-time records but I don’t get the hype over this one. No extra credit for being experimental. It’s weird.

From szoze 12/22/2025 21:20 | #312259

My favorite Radiohead album. Listening to this the first time in 2001 was like a smash in the face. After Bends and OK Computer this was a completely new and unforgettable experience. One of my all time favorites.

From nextorgd 08/07/2025 21:33 | #310471

Kid A is the echo of a future that has already reached us, a masterpiece that, with its cold, minimalist textures, compelled us to embrace the unknown. It is the silent cry after the analog storm, where the guitars became digital breezes and the voice a distorted lament floating in the ether.

The album takes us into a labyrinth of beauty and desolation, a dreamlike soundscape where the broken piano of "Everything in Its Right Place" welcomes us to a strange and icy peace. It whispers terrifying truths to us in a language of digital ghosts in "Kid A" and gives us the most heartbreaking elegy in "How to Disappear Completely." It is a piece of art that, in its coldness, is incredibly human, and with each listen, reveals a new corner of its immense and disturbing world.

more crap from radiohead

From snny 05/10/2025 22:57 | #308934

it's good but i hate how some people act like it's the most experimental thing in the world

Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 2001. The winner was Two Against nature by Steely Dan

There is a short section at the end of "Idioteque", which was unlistenable. The rest of the album-around 45 minutes-is superb. I liked "O.K.Computer", the much admired 1997 work, but I liked this more. The musicianship is supreme and the songs, without exception, are magically but composed and performed. When I come to choose my 50 favourite albums of all time, it will be very difficult to decide what to select and what to dismiss but this album will definitely be there. An absolute must in any decent record collection. I would give it a 4,80, as perfection is what we aim for, rather than what we achieve. A very very fine album.

incredible

Even speaking as a major Radiohead fan, I think Kid A is an easy contender for one of the most overrated albums of all time. My humble opinions: The Bends is still their masterpiece, while The King of Limbs and In Rainbows are probably the albums that strike the band's most exquisite balance between satisfying songcraft and noisy experimentation. Kid A is their version of The Emperor's New Clothes. It's been lauded with every accolade imaginable (the Pitchfork review is legendary for its raving, drooling hyperbole) but at the end of the day, it's weird for the sake of weird, only rarely stirring, and sometimes even boring.