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Kid A
by Radiohead
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.3526
Avg. Critic Score:
3.2317
Kid A Album Reviews
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Entertainment WeeklyRadiohead's latest, Kid A , makes the daunting ''OK Computer'' seem as accessible as a sitcom theme song. Much of ''Kid A'' doesn't sound like Radiohead at all. ...more
Entertainment WeeklyOn first listen, ''Kid A'' sounds like doggerel -- effects with beats, and off putting effects at that. Only after a dozen or so attentive listens does the album reveal itself as sublimely restless mood music. And even then, it remains elusive and aloof: Some songs are beautifully ambient, others are filler, and some are one and the same. ...more
Rolling StoneIt is a kind of virtual rock in which the roots have been cut away, and the formal language -- hook, riff, bridge -- has been warped, liquefied and, in some songs, thrown out altogether. If you're looking for instant joy and easy definition, you are swimming in the wrong soup.... Kid A is a work of deliberately inky, often irritating obsession. ...more
Rolling StoneThe first track on Radiohead's fourth album is called "Everything in Its Right Place." Actually,nothingin the song sounds like it is in its proper place. ...more
Yahoo! MusicRadiohead have been acutely detached from the supposed joys their position commands for so long now that the predictably difficult 'Kid A' should come as no surprise. ...more
Reviews by score:
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The Wire
The sonic scribbles of Kid A are far more stimulating than their regular grind.... Along with Primal Scream's Exterminator, Kid A is a vital work. Anyone remotely interested in contemporary music should listen to it at least...read the complete review at The Wire
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Nude As The News
As musically far away as it is from OK Computer, the record is actually a logical progression....read the complete review at Nude As The News
See all (4) "Good" Reviews
Mojo
Kid A is intriguing, eccentric, obviously a grower, but by Radiohead's standards it can't help but disappoint....read the complete review at Mojo
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Resonance
A record that might've been amazing if the band had only bothered to write some actual...read the complete review at Resonance
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musicOMH.com
An interesting musical study would be to compare the directions of Parlophone bands Radiohead andBlur. The latter's last album, 13, was so obscure that some critics were writing the band off as past it and artsy-fartsy. Others, myself included, loved it...read the complete review at musicOMH.com
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