While they were both from pretty much the same recording session. They are distinct differences in the feel of Kid A and Amnesiac. The tracks that make Kid A for me are Kid A, How to dissappear completely, treefingers, idioteque and especially Motion Picture Soundtrack. Each of them are both unique and very immersive.

What's best on Kid A?

 

 

I personally say Idioteque and How to Disappear Completely are the absolute best, but the whole album is ridiculous

 

for me it's "The National Anthem" and "How to Disappear Completely"

 

i will say that "Treefingers" is such an important song on the album. by following HTDC it works perfectly!

What's best on Kid A?

 

 

I personally say Idioteque and How to Disappear Completely are the absolute best, but the whole album is ridiculous

my favorite on kid a IS kid a. its kinda like what briggins said for pyramid song.. it just takes me somewhere else. after that its close between national anthem and everything in its right place...

the whole thing maaaan

Kid A :heart:

Idioteque... well, Thom goes ballistic when he performs live... I saw him do it 3X last yr... totally crazy spastic dancing...and lights... just lots of fun! And National Anthem is cool live too... no brass instruments, just Thom's voice doin ahahahahah part...

It so different to hear these songs on the album after listening to all the live stuff... I guess I am used to the llive stuff moreso, but is good to pop the albums version once in a while.

 

You And Whose Army... Thom, this crazy guy had his eye up to the camera and was so comical. Just loved his live version of this. :)

don't kill me but I don't like kid a nor amnesiac... well kid a has very good songs (idioteque, optimistic, everything in its right place) and some excellent ones <how to disappear completely> and amnesiac's pyramid song is just another thing, I wonder how someone could make that song, but I still prefer in rainbows, ok computer and the bends, where they rely more on their instruments and the sounds they can produce with them rather than electronics, but that's just me, with my opinion which is of no consequences

^ I prefer those three albums as well, but Kid A is amazing in a unique, much less accessible way.

yes, kid a is quite impressive, I doubt any other band can do an album like that one... but still I don't like much jazz and electronics, I prefer their rock and classical influences

^^ I understand you cos i'm an old school radioheader and i was used to their old sound and i was expecting a similar album but when Kid A came out , it was just so different! It didnt sound like radiohead at all to me at first and i didn't really liked it. I was just so used to pablo honey, the bends and ok computer but then after lots of listens i got addicted.I liked it even more than Ok computer ( which was my fav rh album so far). And i love the fact they didn't get stuck with their old sound and dared to explore new things and challenge their fans with their new sound. Not many fans got it at that time cos i remember rh fans who only loved the first 3 albums pretty much turned their backs on them but they also had new fans from the Kid A era.

 

I still love Kid A with a passion :heart:

And totally offtopic but how i love playing fog on piano haha :heart:

Pablo Honey....To me is an ok album....

yes, kid a is quite impressive, I doubt any other band can do an album like that one... but still I don't like much jazz and electronics, I prefer their rock and classical influences

 

Kid A was the album that single handily got me into genres different from rock/pop. Without that I wouldn't have checked out electronica or ambient style music.

Kid A was the album that single handily got me into genres different from rock/pop. Without that I wouldn't have checked out electronica or ambient style music.

 

i feel the same way but with Radiohead Kid A-present (including The Eraser)... because of Radiohead i've definetly widened my music taste

Without Kid A I don't think I would have been able to listen to and appreciate something like Aphex Twin...or Animal Collective.....well just things that are so "different"

i completely, 100% agree with the past 3 posts.

And totally offtopic but how i love playing fog on piano haha :heart:

 

do you know where i can find the piano tab for fog?? i want to play it ;(

Kid A was the album that single handily got me into genres different from rock/pop. Without that I wouldn't have checked out electronica or ambient style music.

I don't mind that kind of music, I don't care if its on the airport or while chatting in a restaurant but I still prefer listening to other kind of music....

briggs, same here

Kid A was the album that single handily got me into genres different from rock/pop. Without that I wouldn't have checked out electronica or ambient style music.

 

Exactly.

 

i feel the same way but with Radiohead Kid A-present (including The Eraser)... because of Radiohead i've definetly widened my music taste

 

Yes.

 

Without Kid A I don't think I would have been able to listen to and appreciate something like Aphex Twin...or Animal Collective.....well just things that are so "different"

 

Yes.

 

 

 

 

Random....but I've been obssesively listening to Like Spinning Plates lately. It happened to me over the summer too, around the time I went to the concert. Obviously all those Amnesiac tracks you guys listed are amazing, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, but sometimes more than others i realize the brilliance of LSP. It sounds great loud, in darkness, at night, with the bass turned way up. I love the sound at the very end that's almost like a motorcycle zooming away in the night...

oh, and I like the full version of Life In A Glasshouse a lot. anyone who hasn't listened to it really should.

Pyramid Song.....Who else is in LOVE with that song????

Any Amnesiac song, and I'm in love with it.

 

Yeah Pyramid Song is fantastic. The ending is so... can't find a word, but it always gives me thrills. Always.

 

And anna111 : it's funny, because I've had sort of the same phase as you (if you go to my Last.fm profile, you'll see LSP is my most listened song ever). I think I get what you mean about its brilliance. I think it towers above the other Radiohead songs, because it's something really unique, and it sounds like the song Radiohead spent the most time working out (even if I don't think it is, but it sounds like it), and the fact that it was made almost by accident makes it seem like a scientific discovery. Plus, there's no way you could give it a genre tag, well, other than "Experimental".

It is not my favourite, but I think Like Spinning Plates is their absolute masterpiece.

the one song that i've really been into the last few months has been Dollars and Cents... seeing it live right after Paranoid Android was one of the greatest concert experiences ever! those two songs work really amazing back to back

4 minute warning is my favourite atm