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For fans of radiohead, lovers of alternative and experimental rock, listeners seeking emotionally profound music experiences
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THE REVIEW

49 minutes and 59, just one more second would have made the album last a perfect 50 minutes.

Perfection. What does this word represent for the human soul?
Security, tranquility, ordinariness?
Perhaps people are afraid to step out of the box and look beyond.

The first notes of "Everything In Its Right Place" speak clearly: our minds are overwhelmed by frenzy, phobias, and senseless obsessions; we need to drown in the depths of "How To Disappear Completely" to realize how useless it is to keep running so fast, without even knowing what we are chasing.

Kid A is truth, Thom Yorke is the messenger who has come from distant lands to reveal it to us; he rode the fog of "Optimistic" and faced the demons of "Idioteque" to get here.

For these almost perfect 50 minutes, close your eyes and open your heart... on the other side, someone is looking for you to take you away from this hell, reach out your hand to them.

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Kid A is praised as a nearly perfect album just shy of 50 minutes, symbolizing tranquility and emotional truth. The review highlights key tracks and portrays Thom Yorke as a visionary messenger guiding listeners beyond chaos towards peace. It invites the audience to embrace the music with open hearts.

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01   Everything in Its Right Place (06:04)

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02   How to Disappear Completely (06:37)

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04   The National Anthem (04:43)

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06   Morning Bell (04:25)

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07   The National Anthem (05:01)

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08   How to Disappear Completely (05:56)

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11   Everything in Its Right Place (06:42)

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12   Motion Picture Soundtrack (03:55)

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13   True Love Waits (05:04)

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Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The members are Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway. They evolved from guitar-based alternative rock into work that incorporates electronics and orchestration.
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By serestoppone

 "Kid A sounds like a fogged brain trying to recall a foreign abduction, and it has the effect of numbing it after listening."

 "Radiohead stages the crisis of artistic expression and, simultaneously, its rebirth."


By wheredowegofromhere

 That’s when I understood music that transcends all rhetoric, that frees itself from being just music to become a state of the heart.

 Thanks to the music of Radiohead, I turned the other cheek, and not only that, to all my cellmates.


By Mr_Iko

 Radiohead produce through irradiation up to the bones of the arm, the phenomenon of combustion (sometimes explosion) of the psychological states of the host organism.

 Prolonged use is not recommended.


By TheBlackAngelsDeath

 Kid A is a fresco of the postmodern era. The postmodern era is the ice age.

 The discordant note is represented by Kid A, an imperfect fruit of industrial production.


By JULIANHAMPSHIRE

 "Idioteque is the best track on the album, it’s one of the few that even made me cry."

 "Experimenting is fine, but with the right balance as they later did in the wonderful 'Hail to the Thief'."


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