"Kid A"


I've glommed a good deal of 'recommended music' off these forums and thought I'd return the favor to someone with one of my own.

I got a copy of Radiohead's 'Kid A' a few months back and have to say that this is *easily* one of the best albums I've aquired/listened to in the past 5 years.

From the first song "Everything In It's Right Place", with its mesmerizing layered and shifting keyboards and vocals, this recording sucks you in and won't spit you out until about a half hour after the last song is done. Pardon the cliched descriptives, but they all apply - Haunting, groundbreaking, melodic, fresh, ambient, ethereal....you become awash in its atmosphere. I am in awe of its beauty - in concept, performance and recording quality.

Certainly this will not appeal to everyone, but if you are a fan of ambient/electronic music, more cerebral popular music such as Peter Gabriel (like Security or Passion), just plain into great music and are always looking for something different - you MUST hear this!

Regards,
Chris
cdelplato

Showing 1 response by jimmyrod

I have been a long time fan of Radiohead. It took some time to get into 'Kid A' after OK computer and the Bends CD's. Even more time for 'Amnesiac', but I fine Thom Yorke style interesting. You kind of have to listen to the whole CD and be in the mood.

I saw Radiohead live a year ago at the Bay area Shoreline and they were fantastic.(My Seats were great). This weekend I am going to the KFOG Bridge school benefit concert and Thom Yorke will be playing, not sure if he will be there with the rest of the Radiohead band, but I look forward to the concert. There are so many performers like Ryan Adams, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, Niel Young an others that I doubt they will have time to play many of their songs.

If you like Radiohead check into Coldplay, Zero7 and another not really similar, but Goldfrapp for multilayer sounds. One more thing check out the 'Vanilla sky" soundtrack. You can pick that up from half.com for cheap and it's worth a listen. One more steal is Lyle Lovetts's Dr. T and the women sound track. Great reference recordings.

Enjoy the music.