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Radiohead used to be my favorite band but, in recent years, Sigur Ros has surpassed them simply by the fact that I listen to them far more but no album could ever take Kid A's place as my most favorite and beloved album.Every song is so much more different form the last and it is the subtle points in the album that I love the most: the point in "Everything is in it's right place" where the music begins to fade and how it begins to drift into the albums title track. It will go down in history along side albums the likes of Wish you were here and Meddle. I just could not say enough about how special this album is to me.If you have never heard it, what planet have you been on all these years. I am keeping this short and sweet.Kid A is a master peace of modern music. what else can really be said about it.
Then Second Probally The National AnthemOr Everything In Its Right PlaceThis CDs So Much Better Than Their PreviousOk Compter Was A Great CD,But It Was Really Missing SomethingIts Defenetly Worth Buying I Would Usally Recomend The Box-Set Version But You Only Get One B-Side The Rest Are Live TracksEither Ones Fine,If You're Going To Buy Amnesiac I Would Defenetly Recomend The Box-Set You Get The Full-Length CD,Disc 1Disc 2,All The B-Sides Live Tracks & An Alternate Version OfLife In A Glasshouse Disc 3,Its A DVD You Get A Live Performance Radiohead Are A Great Band,But I Dont Think They Could EverMake A Better CD (Amneisac Comes Close)The Whole CDs Great My Favorite Song Would Have To BeHow To Dissapear Completely.
On many, many lists as one of the best recordings of the decade. Nonetheless, i already own this CD, it's almost worth buying twice. I won't go quite that far but certainly a top shelf album. An amazing piece of work. Best taken with time between listenings or it can wear thin.
Depeche Mode, often viewed as a depressing band, find many of their own songs hopeful or even funny. (A little).So by the time the dead air at the end of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" bought the album to a close, I had made the following conclusions:1. The Beatles--who a few people seem to like--made a career out of typical, three-minute pop songs for the first half of their careers. Anytime someone says "Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon," you don't really know what to think.When the guitar riffs of "The National Anthem" or the subdued wailing of "How to Disappear Completely" kick in, you have something that begins to resemble "rock." And when the thundering beats of "Idioteque" hit, you finally have electronic music that actually makes sense.
I was not instantly blown away. Everyone connects differently with different records for different reasons, so to say that one album is "better" than all the others--or even "better" than another album--is kind of silly. Alas, these magazines or web services feel a need to publish these lists. My personal favorite from this decade is probably "A Rush of Blood to the Head," "Hot Fuss," "Origin of Symmetry," or the soundtrack to "Kingdom Hearts." But I'm certainly glad I gave Kid A a chance, as it probably isn't that far behind any of the others I've mentioned. I was barely familiar with Radiohead, only having purchased "Creep" and "Karma Police" for mixtapes in the past and not really knowing anything about the band. And I'll admit, the only reason I bought this album is because several critical sources listed Kid A as "the best album of the decade." Normally, I don't listen to critics (as most of musical opinion is just that--opinion), but I had meaning to check Radiohead out properly anyway.With no real expectations or preconceived notions, I popped the record in hoping merely to be entertained.I was a bit.taken aback when the album started. But something about the album--whether it was the catchy melodies, Yorke's bizarre vocal delivery, or the desire to decipher the lyrics through repeated listens--continued to draw me in until I could fully grasp the music.3. Does that take away from the song.
Despite appearing to tell a moving, intricate story (which it might), it is often stressed that the lyrics of the song may have been a random assortment of lyrics the band thought of while drunk or high. So you shouldn't dismiss an artist having fun or experimenting as being "not true to themselves" or "selling out." The only rule in music should be that there are no rules.5. I'm looking forward to checking out Radiohead as a whole--I'll probably start with Pablo Honey and go in order. My simple answer would be, I don't believe there's such a thing. My favorite track was "Everything in Its Right Place."4. Kid A is weird.So.is Kid A the best record of the decade, as is claimed.
From the opening chords of "Everything in Its Right Place", you have a bizarre track of whirling, swirling noise and odd vocals. Does that mean that they are mindless pop. Some would dismiss this as being pretentious--I saw one review compare it to "throwing paint on a canvas and calling it art, expecting that people would call it 'deep'." Might I remind these people that "Bohemian Rhapsody," a supposedly grandly artistic song lyrically, was likely a bunch of nonsense. Kid A is weird.2. A lot of the album seemed random and disorganized.
If you're an old school Pink Floyd space cadet like me, you will love Kid A. My favorites are the title cut Kid A and Treefingers, but actually all their songs are space trips. Ideal for driving or flying on a straight line. When I listen to Radiohead's Kid A, I feel like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. These are not your traditional rock or pop songs, but mood pieces that paint colors.
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