Kid A 2000
By Radiohead
- electronic, art rock, experimental rock, alternative rock
- 50 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.
electronicart rockexperimental rockalternative rockpost-rockrockambientart pop
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Character
Character-led, grave, contemporary and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
13 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths.
Reviews
We read them all: the case for is beatsbyleo's. Marked below.
- beatsbyleoThe case forThe Formalist★★★★½
It sounds like the year 2000 was afraid of itself. Everything in Its Right Place is the best opener of the decade and the album never spends the goodwill cheaply.
- mara_kThe Empath★★★★★
Cold on purpose and warmer for it. An album that taught a generation what disquiet sounds like.
Tracks
- A1Everything in Its Right Place4:11
- A2Kid A4:45
- A3The National Anthem5:52
- A4How to Disappear Completely5:56
- A5Treefingers3:43
- B1Optimistic5:16
- B2In Limbo3:31
- B3Idioteque5:09
- B4Morning Bell4:36
- B5Motion Picture Soundtrack6:59
10 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Radiohead
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 2000
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- US
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Pairings
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