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Originally Posted by mr dave
nope. i've said it many times before in other threads. Kid A was meh, too much 'experimenting' for the sake of being 'experimental' and not enough about writing great songs.
i put Kid A and Amnesiac on the same level as the Use Your Illusion albums by GnR, only Radiohead got lucky and didn't implode following the release of their hubris. basically they're both two albums that really REALLY should have only been one. strip the filler from both and put all the good stuff on one disc and you would have had a GREAT album from start to finish, no skipping, and tons of material for b-sides/rarities/collectibles for the hardcore fans.
and the whole angle that Kid A was a great step forward for both the band and listeners reflects rather poorly on the listener.
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I don't think either album has a single duffer actually, they're the two most consistant records the band ever put out. I don't think they're too experimental and in fact I don't even find them that inaccessible.
Radiohead started going into Krautrock territory but they added something that most Krautrock didn't have and that's a very strong sense of melodicism and that's quite present on those two records.