Amnesiac - Radiohead Reviews

Radiohead are not a band that I have ever really got. They've obviously done some good songs but in my opinion not enough to justify the acclaim from fans and critics alike as well as continual inclusion in all manner of top album countdowns. Often they are held in high esteem for their inventiveness and while I don't deny that they ...  Read the complete review

This is a quick review of Radiohead's fifth album, Amnesiac which was released back in 2001, only a year after the successful 'Kid A', which itself had taken three years to make. The answer to why Amnesiac came along so quick was that they recorded the albums at the same time but instead of releasing a double album, they spaced them out ...  Read the complete review

By the time I got into Radiohead, all the albums other than IN Rainbows were out. When I got into them, I got all the albums in one go essentially, and originally this is the one that disappointed me most. But I stuck with it, and this album truly is crazy. It's hard to review because every listener will feel differently about ...  Read the complete review

Radiohead are a band I only 'discovered' in 2002, by this time they had released ok computer, the bends, pablo honey, kid A and amnesiac. I believe that being able to listen to all of these albums in a short space of time gave me an objectified opinion on radiohead's legacy and musical progression. Noting the electronic influence in OK ...  Read the complete review

Amnesiac dark and wonderful - Advantages: Genre defining, Groundbreaking, Wonderful - Disadvantages: None

Radiohead have changed. Gone is the heavy rock guitar of Pablo Honey and the Bends. Radiohead have entered new musical realms. A soundscape of the infinite.One where Thom sits on a throne surrounded by manic depressive subjects who are hypnotized by his voice. O.K. Computer suggested the change. Kid A confirmed it. Radiohead ...  Read the complete review

Sorry, but Radiohead have become weird - and not in a good way. Listening to this, which is just as disastrous as Kid A, it is hard to believe that they are not serious manic depressives. Every track is exceptionally boring, and as hard as I have tried to find a deeper meaning, I’ve not been able to. Somebody, somewhere, has made ...  Read the complete review

Before anyone makes an opinion on amnesiac, people should realise that they should make an opinion on the music thats behind the awful noises, not the awful noises. What im saying is the music on amnesiac is good music, disguised behind out-of-tune bad music. It is a style not often used, especially the way radiohead have tried ...  Read the complete review

***CLAng- ClAnG – clang… The opening track spins into your ears in a drunken orgy of dizziness and claustrophobia. Soon, the electric hubbub slides in and Thom’s fragile voice beckons, almost threateningly: ‘I’m a reasonable man; get off my case…’*** Amnesiac, for any cave dwellers or ...  Read the complete review

Even though i only got the cd yesterday, i've already listened to this album many times over .... and after my first two hearings of the cd, my fears were sadly confirmed - Amnesiac is in the words of Radiohead a "Let Down". This album lacks the flow and wholeness that Kid A had in abundence. It's a terrible shame ...  Read the complete review

Whilst everyone was busy either saying Radiohead had betrayed their fans and that Kid A was rubbish (they didn't and it isn't) or hailing it as a masterpeice, the band set to work on preparing the follow up, Amnesiac. They took a long time on the track listing, and that time certainly paid off, because Amnesiac works beutifully ...  Read the complete review

From the opening seconds of AMNESIAC you know it's going to be great. "Packt..." is yet another perfect song with which to open an album. The clanging pot rhythm mixed with an electronic beat gets you moving and ready for more. The beautiful piano, sound effects, vocals, and drums of "Pyramid Song" reveal what ...  Read the complete review

On general release now is Amnesiac, the second of Radiohead's new agenda. The forgotten half of Kid A lives up to, and is just as fresh and exciting as its sister album. The two albums were recorded at the same time, and there are similarities, including a variation of Kid A song, Morning Bell. The overall feeling of the albums is ...  Read the complete review

The new CD from Radiohead is, in a word or two, weird. I've followed Radiohead for a few years and love them, but I honestly can't say I have any idea where the hell they're going after listening to this. But then, that's probably the point. That's not to say it's a bad album, because it's not, but my ...  Read the complete review

19th July Barcelona Airport 6:37, in a café tucking into a sandwich I gently press the CD into the beaten up, well-travelled old discman, careful not to get any crumbs into the system. I firmly close the plastic lid and press play. These simple actions are normally automatic and in every way thoughtless. However in this case ...  Read the complete review

Now before I go headlong into this opinion it's best to note how I stand on Radiohead and their albums. I wasn't too bothered about Pablo Honey I didn't really hear it until after the Bends, which incidently I thought was excellent, in turns strong, catchy and fun while at the same time powerfully melancholic. ...  Read the complete review

There's doing things the easy way, there's doing things the hard way, and then there's doing things the Radiohead way. Amnesiac, recorded during 2000's Kid A sessions, was nearly the Oxford, England band's undoing as they squabbled for over a year about everything from track listings to drum machines. All the under whelming Kid A ...  Read the complete review

Already known as "The Commercial Album", or better, the album where Radiohead would go back to some decent songwriting and the label 'guitar band' could be aptly used again. Two months before its official release, the complete album - of those songs, half were already known because they had been played at various ...  Read the complete review

Amnesiac, or as it has been called by some 'Kid B', follows in the footsteps of Kid A in terms of style, but the style has also evolved to be even more thoughtful and melodic than before. Yorke's nasal vocals aren't what you would traditionally say made good rock/indie vocals, but when backed by Radiohead's unique ...  Read the complete review

Well for starters I am listening to it again when I am writing this. I first discovered Radiohead when they brought out OK Computer. I had heard and liked many previous songs but never knew who had sang them as I must have been about 8 when they had Pablo Honey. But anyway I have loved everything they have ever done previous and since ...  Read the complete review