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I was just wondering what you guys (being largely electronic music fans/experts)thought of this album as it is probably my favorite of all time. It was billed as an "electronic" album and a Aphex copy but i don't see it like this at all. It has loads of guitar on it they are just used in a different more subtle way, the textures and production are mesmerising. It has wonderful flow, split up nicely by Treefingers. It is the most complete record i have heard and has no flab or duff tracks, 49 minutes of perfection from one of the greatest bands of all time. The standout tracks for me are the brooding National Anthem and the beautiful In Limbo. This album takes me somewhere else. So what is the general concensus? |
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I like Radiohead a lot and this is one of my favorite albums from them. I'm not sure if many here share my view... |
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it was my first radiohead album, I'm probably one of hte few people that got into radiohead not knowing that: a) they were a rock band b) they were popular and it wasn't until I got ok computer that I realised they were actually a fully fledged rock group. I love the album, optimistic can have my children. |
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Brilliant. And it's extremely far from Aphex, I don't really see much likeness at all. |
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Theres something about it that has my jaw hitting the floor, it's definately a headpones record. |
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Yes. I don't like Radiohead when they go all out electronic (The Gloaming, Where Bluebirds Fly) because the beat programming is really quite simple and not interesting to me, I can see why Aphex called it 'cheesey' however I love it when they mix the synths with guitars/voice/saxamophones etc. It annoys me when people say the song Kid A is a rip-off of Flim cause i really dont hear it. |
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I would assume it would have been rock reviewer saying that, and that they didn't know what they were on about, so they referenced the only electronica act they knew. |
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Yeah, it's a pretty moronic comparison, but it's a pretty classic one as well. |
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I heard that aswell Key, or was it fingerbib? Someone also said it was out of date which i dissagree with because its not a sonic experiment its just a great record.. |
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I think you could call it cheesy if all the songs were like the opening two, but there is funky shit like The National Anthem and Optimistic which are really nasty and angry which stop it sounding like Krafwerk with unemotional vox and stylings |
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I think of this album that Amnesiac is better |
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I think they are two sides of the same coin and really compliment each other thematically and sonically. |
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I found "Kid-A" too depresing for me. however innotive they may be my fragile existence can do without lines like "lemon juice on my wounds" |
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I don't recall that line?! he sings "yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon" quite a funny line i thought... |
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that's probably the line, strange I always remember it going on my wounds. Still, sucking a lemon at the first light of day is depressing, I mean waking up sour is not somthing I want my subconcious to be listening to. |
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I think he's referring to a facial expression he's waking up with, well i thought it was a funny image! |
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I generally don't gel too much with radiohead so I probably make them out to be more depressing than they are but still.... |
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I guess they are an aquired taste.. live anyone can like them though. Melt your face off. Took a few haters along with me to a gig in cardiff and converted them instantly |
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ohh believe me people tried to convert me and i still dislike them. I'm having a hard time getting people to convert to techno, but it's all in a days work for the Missionaries of Techno. |
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I liked it back in the day but I don't listen to it now. I think Idioteque is an important song though. |
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I have a hard time liking them. Sometimes I can enjoy Kid A and Amnesiac. but Ok Computer and Hail to the Thief I honestly hate. Anyone want to buy a copy of Ok Computer from me? |
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oh, and it's all because of thom yorke |
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i don't like radiohead at all |
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ok |
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kid a amnesia (live cd) hail to the thief are perfect, only radioheads i really like though |
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Yes, I love Hail To The Theif. Even more then OK Computer I'd say. |
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it's their worst album. there's a couple of good tracks on there, that's all. |
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I like all the albums. Even gotten used to Pablo Honey by now. The Bends beats OK Computer, I think. |
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there are probably tons of topics already just about this album alone... i love radiohead but it's hard for me to pick between amnesiac, kid a, and ok computer..... i just can't... |
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oh go on. try harder. |
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i just can't! this has been a problem of mine for 3 years now!! |
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I COMMAND YOU! DO IT! :-) |
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loved it - went off it because my head was too farr up my arrse - now i love it again. |
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I always love it when i'm drunk. it's good when i'm not. |
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my favorite.. radiohead album. |
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i think it's shit..i dislike radiohead deeply. |
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don't mince your words, just be frank and tell us how you feel....:) |
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why would you want to convert someone? let people discover for themselves. |
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Thom Yorke walked past my car in Cornwall, true story. I then met his next door neighbour the next day, he was a surfboard-rental dude. It was somewhat surreal. |
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..erm, right. Anyway, Kid A is a great post rock related album, and probably there most textured and experimental. I'm waiting for them to make an album to top it, but I doubt they will although I'm sure they have a lot of good music in them still. |
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Its good, but it goes side-by-side with Amnesiac. |
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For years the only Radiohead record I had was Pablo Honey and then last year I bought Hail to the Thief, Kid A and the Bends, and I was given Amnesiac. I was pleasantly surprised. I don't really care how technically acomplished a record is, as long as it sounds good. They sound good. |
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Oh, I also had the Paranoid Android double CD single for ages too. Also, I don't really get the "Radiohead are depressing" thing. They're not. They're just Radiohead. |
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i think i prefer kid a and amnesiac to all the other radiohead albums. you can definately hear some small afx,autechre&co influences - but mainly in the sounds they use, and not in the way they use them. the track kid a gets my top spot on there, i think - probably because they've masked thom yorke's occasionally-annoying voice. ;) motion picture soundtrack could easily take that spot away from kid a, depending on which i've most recently listened to. |
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i heard that for kid a (the track) he just spoke it and pitch shifted it. hey, i used to a big radiohead fan (check out my collection, ok computer, running from demons, kid a lmt, amnesiac, i might be wrong, hail to the theif, comlag) but after i saw em live at their Melbourne show (the one where thom had his throat infection :S ) i started to listen to other stuff. Thanks to radiohead i got into electronic music. cheers |
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The purely electronic tracks on this album are pretty useless (but atleast they show they're not afraid to experiment - which is one of the main reasons why i like them). The electronic-rock crossover tracks are fantastic. Those are what electronic-rock crossover tracks should sound like. And they seem to be getting better at it with each new album. |
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i had this pretty good post about how good i think this album is, but the page refreshed and all was lost- kid a is a good album |
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love kid a. i'd never listened to radiohead until there was a discussion on here about the track idioteque and how electronic it was :) i severely dislike hail to the thief, and the rest of their records fall in between those two extremes. it's hard to not have respect for some of the stuff they've done, even if you're not crazy about how it sounds. |
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i love it and i have done ever since i bought it. The feeling i get from it is really intense. Everything in it's right place is one of my fave songs. |
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try and track down the bootleg of Thom solo on Oct 26th/27th '02. Great pared down version of Everything in it's right place, but his singing is better than on the record. Amazing stuff. |
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