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Kid A by Radiohead

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Everything In Its Right Place 4:10 707,925
2 Kid A 4:43 530,041
3 The National Anthem 5:50 560,637
4 How To Disappear Completely 5:55 531,362
5 Treefingers 3:41 493,808
6 Optimistic 5:14 531,842
7 In Limbo 3:30 451,120
8 Idioteque 4:36 654,094
9 Morning Bell 4:34 474,039
10 Motion Picture Soundtrack 6:59 413,741
11 Untitled 0:52 21,169
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About this album

EMI UK (2008) Released: 2 Jun 2008 11 tracks (50:04)
Kid A is the fourth album by the band Radiohead, released on October 2, (2000-10-02) in the United Kingdom and on October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03) in the United States and Canada. A commercial success worldwide, Kid A went platinum in its first week of release in the UK. Despite the lack of an official single or video as publicity, Kid A became the first Radiohead release to debut at #1 in the US. This success was credited variously to a unique marketing campaign, the early Internet leak of the album, or anticipation after the band’s 1997 album, OK Computer.

Kid A was recorded in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxford with producer Nigel Godrich. The album’s songwriting and recording were experimental for Radiohead, as the band replaced their earlier “” rock style with a more sound. Influenced by , , and music, Radiohead abandoned their three-guitar lineup for a wider range of instruments on Kid A, using keyboards, the Ondes martenot, and, on certain compositions, strings and brass. Kid A also contains more and lyrics than the band’s previous work. Singer Thom Yorke has said the album was not intended as “art”, but reflects the music they listened to at the time. Original artwork by Stanley Donwood and Yorke, and a series of short animated films called “blips”, accompanied the album.

Kid A has been considered one of the more challenging records to have commercial success, and it polarized opinion among both fans and critics. The album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album and was nominated for Album of the Year.
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  • mitchfork

    85*

    Saturday evening

  • mitchfork

    wtf lol idioteque could just be SAW 95-92 with vocals

    Saturday evening

  • lewi91

    "If you listen to a lot of techno and idm and then listen to radiohead's idioteque it will appear to you that no idm artist manages to create this unique, emotional and perfect sound" just LMAO! heliosphan from 1985 or whatever it was sounds better...

    Saturday morning

  • TobiasJC

    thom yorke is a genious. this is the most original work ever. a must-listen to anyone who's got a pair of ears.

    Thursday morning

  • Lajon_

    I used to think that Kid A is so pretentious. Now I see how great album it is...

    last week

  • seannyboy76

    First time I heard this album was when it came out, tried so hard to not hear anything about the album so that when it came to actually going to buy it in stores I really wanted it to be a surprise. Was so ahead of its time when it came out, and I think still is.

    12 days ago

  • radiogra7

    am i allowed to show my appreciation for this album yet without people being pissing off about it

    13 days ago

  • juanfmonc

    I dedicated this pic (http://tinyurl.com/c5dmqmz) to Motion Picture Soundtrack. Yoy may like it :)

    14 days ago

  • tschubidi

    Your anti-techno friend read it, Moglacco!

    18 days ago

  • squalorsuburbia

    Kid A is a concept album where the concept is not having a concept. It is a rock opera where the lyrics add nothing to the story. It is so close to On Land And In The Sea for the title of my favourite album, but you can't half sing, half laugh along to any of the tracks on it, so it isn't.

    last month

  • me_araujo

    perfect

    last month

  • Moglash

    man, you guys are like to children arguing whose toy is the best :D

    last month

  • PrettyFlacko

    lol

    last month

  • Moglash

    If you listen to a lot of techno and idm and then listen to radiohead's idioteque it will appear to you that no idm artist manages to create this unique, emotional and perfect sound.. but thats just my opinion man :D anyway.. love idioteque so much, will play it in my next after hour set, and i'm really looking forward to surprise the people with radiohead in an idm set.. hopefully my anti-techno friend wont read this :D 'nough talking^^ check out tauter löne on facebook if you like different kinds of idm or edm or wtf

    last month

  • zhelnerovich

    There was rock, there was IDM. What experimental about it except the fact that they're together on this album?

    last month

  • sunheadbowed

    Surely not even close to one of the most experimental popular albums ever.

    last month

  • Callewaerty

    all these people with "that feel when listening to it for the first time" stop lying, please

    last month

  • mental-mystics

    this is the only album i ever want to listen to for the rest of my life

    March 2012

  • Pomo_00

    Join! https://www.facebook.com/radiohead.fanpage

    March 2012

  • minerfffa

    Surely one of the most experimental popular albums ever. [2]

    March 2012
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