release date: Jun. 4, 2001
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,58]
producer: Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
label: Parlophone - nationality: England, UK
5th studio album by Radiohead are in fact compositions recorded at the same session as Kid A. Thom Yorke has also described it as "another take on Kid A, a form of explanation." Or one could argue that these recordings are much as the other disc of what could have been a double cd release, only this is even more experimental in style. The album was met by positive reviews and also topped the album charts list in the UK and making it to top 3 in many countries around the world, and it's also included in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
I like it and find it one of the band's better albums but don't see it on par with Kid A.
[ allmusic.com, Slant, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5, NME, Sputnikmusic 4 / 5 stars ]
