Amnesiac (2009) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Amnesiac a score of 2.9410 out of 4

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Stylus Magazine

So is Amnesiac "Kid B" like everyone says? Not quite. Read more about Amnesiac on Stylus Magazine

PopMatters

This album is admittedly not as powerful as Kid A in many respects-nowhere are there songs as intense and bristling with action and desire as "Idioteque" and "National Anthem"; nowhere is there a song as sublimely beautiful and tragic as "How to Disappear Completely". Read more about Amnesiac on PopMatters

Rolling Stone

Amnesiac is full of computerized clicks and hums - the kinds of tracks made by geeks alone with their gizmos - and of instruments and voices so heavily filtered they sound alienated even from themselves. Read more about Amnesiac on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

In between arena tours and Number One albums, Radiohead want to get away from it all. Not a week in Goa or a summer in Provence but a more complete escape: oblivion. Read more about Amnesiac on Rolling Stone

All Music Guide

Faced with a deliberately difficult deviation into "experimentation," Radiohead and their record label promotedKid Aas just that -- a brave experiment, and that the next album, which was just around the corner, really, would be the "real" record, the Read more about Amnesiac on All Music Guide

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