Amnesiac
| Radiohead
Amnesiac
Amnesiac is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in June 2001 by Parlophone. Recorded with producer Nigel Godrich during the same sessions as Radiohead's previous album Kid A (2000), Amnesiac incorporates similar influences of electronic music, 20th-century classical music, jazz and krautrock. Only one track was recorded after Kid A: "Life in a Glasshouse", a collaboration with the Humphrey Lyttelton Band. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Amnesiac's highlights were undeniably worth the wait, and easily overcome its occasional patchiness.
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Rolling Stone
With Amnesiac, Radiohead tumble further away from their old reflexes.
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SPIN
Radiohead serve up the warm and fuzzy.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
I am most amazed by the courage and boldness of Amnesiac.
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Drowned in Sound
Gorgeous stuff indeed... if, well, darker.
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BBC
Yorke's anger and confusion has weathered well.
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Sputnik Music
Amnesiac's ghostly ambience music is rarely found in pop today.
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All Music
Proof positive that Radiohead are one of the best bands of their time.
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Consequence of Sound
Yorke elevates the potentially singular lyrical content by bringing the words to a more spiritual yet still scientific place.
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Alt Rock Chick
Even though Amnesiac is not my favorite Radiohead album, it’s still Radiohead, and I’d rather listen to a less-than-perfect Radiohead effort than 99% of the music produced in the 21st Century.
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Wired
One of the group’s most pleasingly unsettling efforts.
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RTE
Radiohead recoil into their cocoon of self-indulgent experimentation.
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Music OMH
Indulge Radiohead’s weird genius, peculiarly personified by Thom Yorke looking as out of place as is possible at an upright piano on Top of the Pops, losing himself in his own weird little world while enchanting us with Pyramid Song.
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Hybrid Magazine
In effect they've created the soundtrack for the movie in your head. I'm sure this record will only get better with time.
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Opus Zine
Amnesiac proves that Radiohead have nothing to prove.
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Cluas
All in all I'm a little disappointed that this isn't a return to simpler times, but on the same note I'm also glad it's original and more approachable than 'Kid A'. It may take a while, but I think I might like this one.
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Something Awful
After listening to "Amnesiac," you'll wish you'd catch Amnesia. That way you would lose your memory and still think Radiohead was a cool band.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
It’s weak enough to make Amnesiac the least essential Radiohead studio album since Pablo Honey, but it still has its share of highlights and anyone who enjoys their other key albums would be foolish to pass it up.
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The Revenge of Riff Raff
Recorded at the same time as Kid A, Amnesiac is more of the same by way of being different, hence its nickname Kid B.
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Long Live Vinyl
The band’s vaults are finally about to open.
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4 out of 5 Reviews
Their most frightening, musically challenging album to date. This is one heck of a sequel.
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Albumism
If Kid A and Amnesiac don’t currently reside in your collection, there’s no better time than now to pick them up and give ‘em a proper spin.
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Thrillist
Amnesiac may not be the most talented in the family, but it's still pretty freakin' good.
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Soundblab
Amnesiac is another giant leap.
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