Posted by kid_A on March 26, 2002, at 13:55:10
In reply to Kid A: Radiohead Delivers, posted by trouble on March 26, 2002, at 13:11:42
here is a capsuel review of their albums, i've painstakingly collected all of them on vinyl, as for any besides, id say just about all of them are top notch work...
1993. Pablo Honey. (the title comes oddly enough fro a Jerky Boys prank fone call, which can also be heard on the track "How do You?" Lots of competing guitar work here, some shoegazer bsides like Coke Babies, etc... still a really good record with lots of variation in the songs.
1995. The Bends. the band is stilll rocking it, w/ three guitars and a heavy heavy drum section, this album has its quiet sides too, like Fake Plastic Trees + Street Sprit (fade out)
1997. ok computer, you know what this one sounds like, i think you can really see a turning point in the band here, moving towards a much more abstract landscape of sound...
2000. Kid A. this album was almost lauded as much as it was praised... nobody could deside exactly how original the band had become... the guitars are ditched for laptops, johnny starts playing with the Ondes Martinet...there is no decipherable singing untill around track 4 ...in my humble opinion it marks some of their finest work to date, though i will always have a soft spot in my heart for OK COMPUTER
2001 Amnesiac. this album was recorded at the same time of KID A and sounds quite similar to it's sister album... Personally between the two I think Id take Amnesiac over Kid A, just for its sheer oddness, but you can mix and match the two albums for nearly two hours of pure musical bliss... great album indeed. They should have made Cut tooth an inclusion to this album istead of a bside and ditched the new version of Morning Bell, which could have shown up on a Pyramid Song B side... just my opinion though...
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