Radiohead - Amnesiac - 2001, A+ Speechless, this album takes experimentation to a whole new level. The sounds themselves are graphic and each song takes the cake in it’s own way. It’s a psychotic rollercoaster that will de-rail throughout it’s trek. Pakt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box, one of the more up beat cuts opens the record with robotic and otherworldly sounds. Pyramid Song, written at the same time as Everything In It’s Right Place, is a piano ballad that starts soft but then meshes so smoothly with the Phil Selway’s cloudy drums. Dark yet soothing at the same time. Pulk/Pulling Revolving Doors, easily the weirdest track on the record, maybe the most startling and weird track they have written. Incorporating heavily synthetic Thom Yorke vocals, and the sound of abrupt reverbs and sudden sparks of light that quickly disappear. You And Who’s Army? Art Jazz, I think that’s a thing? I Might Be Wrong, Who let Radiohead get there grabby paws on a country melody, And nail it perfectly, with a techy synthetic interlude? Knifes Out, A song about social cannabalism, and revealing the underlying truth behind big brand corporations. Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Again a more positive slower upbeat version of the original Kid A song. Dollars & Cents, Jazzy and suave, with a beat that will easily hook you and reel you into the rest. Hunting Bears, The shortest cut, played in a traditional Japanese and Chinese sitar technique. Like Spinning Plates, close to abnormality of Pulk/Pulling Revolving Doors, The beat is kept with reversed drum loops. Impossible to dance to, But possibly a sane listen. Finally Life In A Glasshouse, the unique Miles Davis inspired number. Though it is a strange way to end the record, but in the way that the lyrics and melody come to a part, it sums up the theme magnificently! The album is an amazing sequel to their 2000 effort. Like being on the dark side of the moon, this is the dark side of Kid A.
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