Kid A
by Radiohead
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Kid A is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Radiohead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Radiohead is OK Computer which is ranked number 1 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 59,152.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Kid A track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 88 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Kid A rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FelipeBoorkes | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 7/100 | 89 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 17/100 | 82 |
| 2026 | Shnopy | Top 25 Greatest Music Albums | 7/25 | 71 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 31 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/31 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Magnet Best Albums 2000 | 16/20 | - |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | BEA Top 400 Reorganized According To My Taste | 50/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3,243 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38,567 | |||
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Kid A ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/17/2026 15:34 | Mafedere | 801 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 14:47 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2026 14:08 | Neil_71 | 145 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 89.1/100, a mean average of 87.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Kid A forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 36 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV BestEverAlbums 09/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5441): By UnliveableWilts BestEverAlbums 09/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5437): By UntitledKid A comments
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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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
more crap from radiohead (Edited)
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