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Radiohead - Kid A / Amnesiac
Radiohead - Kid A and AmnesiacReleased about six months apart the Warp influenced Kid A and its follow up Amnesiac are difficult buggers to get into. Radiohead had obviously sat down and decided that progressive rock just wasn’t progressive enough for them and that they would have to take things a step or five further. The results on Kid A (which is essentially a collection of tracks from Amnesiac reworked in an electronic stylee) are fairly patchy with most of it coming across as sub-Autehcre musings which really don’t go anywhere. The follow up Amnesiac sees the band in more familiar territory, albeit with New Orleans funereal jazz and the odd bleepy/burpy moment, and is an altogether more satisfying record to listen to. The vocal and guitar experimentation gives the whole thing more of a direction somehow. I tend to think that Kid A is really a B-Side remix record and Amnesiac is the A-Side. And every time I do I imagine Radiohead kicking my door in and giving me a right old battering in front of the three bar electric fire. Don’t ask me why.

Kid A Rating: 3 out of 5 (Bronze)
Amnesiac Rating: 3 out of 5 (Silver)
Reviewed by Gordon Peppard

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