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* UncommonTime: *deep breath*
** "Everything in Its Right Place" is in 10/4.
** "Morning Bell" is either in 5/4 or two bars of 4/4 followed by one bar of 3/4.\
** "Idioteque" uses 4/4, 7/8, and 6/8.
** "In Limbo" uses polyrhythms, with several time signatures at once.
** "Everything in Its Right Place" is in 10/4.
** "Morning Bell" is either in 5/4 or two bars of 4/4 followed by one bar of 3/4.\
** "Idioteque" uses 4/4, 7/8, and 6/8.
** "In Limbo" uses polyrhythms, with several time signatures at once.
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* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm, ambient interlude that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard rocker.
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* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm, ambient interlude that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad concluding the more emotionally strenuous first half and a straight-up hard rocker.rocker that kicks off the mostly less grueling second half.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, {{Ambient}} music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Magazine/RollingStone's Top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album -- at '''''#67'''''. [[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, {{Ambient}} music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Magazine/RollingStone's Top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album -- at '''''#67'''''. [[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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* TheStinger: The last 20 seconds of "Optimistic" turns the song's melodic structure into a jazzy piece, with the centerpiece being a drum solo.
* StylisticSuck: The jazzy outro to "Optimistic" is very notably looped in a shoddy manner at the halfway point.
* StylisticSuck: The jazzy outro to "Optimistic" is very notably looped in a shoddy manner at the halfway point.
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* TitleTrack: "Kid A", yet the AlbumTitleDrop is heard in "Everything In Its Right Place"
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* TitleTrack: "Kid A", yet the AlbumTitleDrop is heard in "Everything In Its Right Place"Place".
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* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard rocker.
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* InstructionalTitle: "How To Disappear Completely".
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* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack" sounds haunting.
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** "How To Disappear Completely" also has one of these. It's a gently melodic song for a while, with a violin backing that builds up during the piece, and then partway through the last chorus it ''collapses'' into random slides while the singer continues into the chaos.. which then in turn shuts down again and is replaced with a strong, pure chord for the final repeat.
** 'In Limbo' ends with a horrifying, electronically-modified wail of Thom Yorke screaming 'come back' as it fades into nothingness, alongside jittery feedback.
** 'Morning Bell' also deserves a mention with Jonny Greenwood's shrieking, coin-generated guitar outro. You know what, all of Kid A probably invokes this at some point, barring Treefingers, maybe.
** Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack" sounds haunting.
** "How To Disappear Completely" also has one of these. It's a gently melodic song for a while, with a violin backing that builds up during the piece, and then partway through the last chorus it ''collapses'' into random slides while the singer continues into the chaos.. which then in turn shuts down again and is replaced with a strong, pure chord for the final repeat.
** 'In Limbo' ends with a horrifying, electronically-modified wail of Thom Yorke screaming 'come back' as it fades into nothingness, alongside jittery feedback.
** 'Morning Bell' also deserves a mention with Jonny Greenwood's shrieking, coin-generated guitar outro. You know what, all of Kid A probably invokes this at some point, barring Treefingers, maybe.
** Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack" sounds haunting.
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-->''"I'm not here, this isn't happening."''
--->--'''How to Disappear Completely'''
-->''"I'm not here, this isn't happening."''
--->--'''How to Disappear Completely'''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''I'm not here, this
--->--'''How to Disappear Completely'''
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, {{Ambient}} music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album -- at '''''#67'''''. [[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, {{Ambient}} music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top Magazine/RollingStone's Top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album -- at '''''#67'''''. [[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
A''.
Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]]
Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]]
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!! Every trope in its right place:
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!! Every ''Every trope in its right place:place'':
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* ArcWords: Interestingly enough, the lyrics for most tracks on this album as well as ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' became this. Lyrics from all three albums appeared cryptically (and usually slightly altered) in the the Radiohead website's "maze" section.
** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies," which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?")
** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies," which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?")
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: "Optimistic"
--> ''The big fish eat the little ones''
* {{Ambient}}: "Treefingers"
* ArcWords: Interestingly enough, the lyrics for most tracks on this album as well as''Amnesiac'' ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' ''Music/HailToTheThief'' became this. Lyrics from all three albums appeared cryptically (and usually slightly altered) in the the Radiohead website's "maze" section.
** Phrases that would appear in''Amnesiac'' ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' ''Music/HailToTheThief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies," which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?")
--> ''The big fish eat the little ones''
* {{Ambient}}: "Treefingers"
* ArcWords: Interestingly enough, the lyrics for most tracks on this album as well as
** Phrases that would appear in
* ContinuityNod: ''Music/OKComputer'' had a track called "Exit Music (For A Film)", while "Kid A" has a track called "Motion Picture Soundtrack".
--> ''I'm lost at sea''
--> ''Don't bother me''
--> ''I've lost my way''
--> ''I've lost my way''
--> ''Don't bother me''
--> ''I've lost my way''
--> ''I've lost my way''
--> ''I slipped away''
--> ''I slipped on a little white lie''
--> ''You got ventriloquists''
--> ''We got heads on sticks''
--> ''You got ventriloquists''
--> ''Rats and children follow me out of town''
--> ''Rats and children follow me out of town''
--> ''Come on, kids''
--> ''Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed''
* InfantImmortality: "Morning Bell"
--> ''Cut the kids in half''
--> ''I slipped on a little white lie''
--> ''You got ventriloquists''
--> ''We got heads on sticks''
--> ''You got ventriloquists''
--> ''Rats and children follow me out of town''
--> ''Rats and children follow me out of town''
--> ''Come on, kids''
--> ''Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed''
* InfantImmortality: "Morning Bell"
--> ''Cut the kids in half''
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* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack."
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* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack."Soundtrack" sounds haunting.
* OneWordTitle: "Treefingers", "Optimistic" and "Idiotheque".
* SanitySlippageSong: "How To Disappear Completely"
--> ''I'm not here. This isn't happening. I'm not here, I'm not here''
--> ''I'm not here. This isn't happening. I'm not here, I'm not here''
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* ShoutOut: According to Stanley Donwood, the red swimming pool that appears on the spine of the CD case, the CD and in the booklet's artwork is a reference to the Creator/AlanMoore / Bill Sienkiewicz comic ''Brought to Light'', in which the CIA measures the deaths caused by its state-sponsored terrorism using the equivalent number of 50-gallon swimming pools filled with human blood. Donwood found the image horrifying, and was haunted by it throughout the ''Kid A''[=/=]''Amnesiac'' sessions.
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* ShoutOut: According to Stanley Donwood, the red swimming pool that appears on the spine of the CD case, the CD and in the booklet's artwork is a reference to the Creator/AlanMoore / Bill Sienkiewicz comic ''Brought to Light'', in which the CIA measures the deaths caused by its state-sponsored terrorism using the equivalent number of 50-gallon swimming pools filled with human blood. Donwood found the image horrifying, and was haunted by it throughout the ''Kid A''[=/=]''Amnesiac'' A''[=/=]''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' sessions.
* TitleTrack: "Kid A", yet the AlbumTitleDrop is heard in "Everything In Its Right Place"
--> ''Kid A, Kid A, Kid A, Kid A''
--> ''Everything, everything, everything in its right place''
--> ''Kid A, Kid A, Kid A, Kid A''
--> ''Everything, everything, everything in its right place''
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** Nearly literal example: Some of the lyrics on ''Kid A'' came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell:"
-->"Where'd you park the car? / Where'd you park the car? / Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture / And I might as well / I might as well / Sleepy jack the fire drill / Round and round and round and round and round and round and round..."
-->"Where'd you park the car? / Where'd you park the car? / Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture / And I might as well / I might as well / Sleepy jack the fire drill / Round and round and round and round and round and round and round..."
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** Nearly literal example: Some of the lyrics on ''Kid A'' "Kid A" came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell:"
-->"Where'd --> ''Where'd you park the car? / Where'd you park the car? / Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture / And I might as well / I might as well / Sleepy jack the fire drill / Round and round and round and round and round and round and round..."''
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-->I slipped away / I slipped on a little white lie / We've got heads on sticks / We've got ventriloquists / Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed / The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.
** From "Idioteque:"
-->Who's in a bunker? / Women and children first and the children first and the children / I laugh until my head comes off / Swallow 'till I burst / Who's in a bunker? / I have seen too much / You haven't seen enough / You haven't seen it / Laugh until my head comes off / Women and children first and the children first and the children / Here I'm alive / Everything all of the time.
** From "Idioteque:"
-->Who's in a bunker? / Women and children first and the children first and the children / I laugh until my head comes off / Swallow 'till I burst / Who's in a bunker? / I have seen too much / You haven't seen enough / You haven't seen it / Laugh until my head comes off / Women and children first and the children first and the children / Here I'm alive / Everything all of the time.
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'''''Kid A''''' is the fourth album released by AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}} in fall 2000. Despite not having any music videos or singles, the album saw outstanding commercial success, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome debuting at #1 in the USA]] and becoming platinum in the UK during opening week. (Not surprising, considering the campaign the album was using and the hype that was made after their previous album ''Music/OKComputer''.) It has currently sold a total of four million copies[[note]]even though this is half of what ''OK Computer'' sold[[/note]]. Radiohead won its second Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and received a second Album of the Year nomination.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, ambient music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM, ambient music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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'''''Kid A''''' is the fourth album released by AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}} in fall 2000. Despite not having any music videos or singles, the album saw outstanding commercial success, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome debuting at #1 in the USA]] and becoming platinum in the UK [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} UK]] during opening week. (Not surprising, considering the campaign the album was using and the hype that was made after their previous album ''Music/OKComputer''.) It has currently sold a total of four million copies[[note]]even copies [[note]]even though this is half of what ''OK Computer'' sold[[/note]]. Radiohead won its second Grammy Award GrammyAward for Best Alternative Music Album, and received a second Album of the Year nomination.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM,ambient {{Ambient}} music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.album -- at '''''#67'''''. [[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
A''.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music styles]] such as IDM,
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* AlbumTitleDrop [=/=] SubliminalSeduction: The intro to "Everything its Right Place" features a distorted voice saying "Kid A." [[MindScrew It says the same thing when you play it backwards.]]
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* AlbumTitleDrop [=/=] SubliminalSeduction: The intro to "Everything its in Its Right Place" features a distorted voice saying "Kid A." [[MindScrew It says the same thing when you play it backwards.]]
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** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies", which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?".)
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard rocker.
* BrokenRecord [=/=] LoopedLyrics: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard rocker.
* BrokenRecord [=/=] LoopedLyrics: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
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** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies", cronies," which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?".)
Army?")
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion PictureSoundtrack", Soundtrack," which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hardrocker.
rocker.
* BrokenRecord [=/=] LoopedLyrics: "EverythingIn in Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion Picture
* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard
* BrokenRecord [=/=] LoopedLyrics: "Everything
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* ConceptAlbum: Due to popular fan interpretation, as with most of Radiohead's albums.
** ''Kid A'' and ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
** ''Kid A'' and ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
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* ConceptAlbum: Due to popular fan interpretation, as with most of Radiohead's albums.
albums.
** ''Kid A'' and ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("HuntingBears").Bears.")
** ''Kid A'' and ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting
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** When bootlegs of early live performances of ''Kid A'' songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC reporter:
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play in Israel the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful."
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (maybe).
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to kill themselves[[note]]the combination of these drugs can be lethal when enough is consumed[[/note]]. The last line ("I will see you in the next life") could mean that the narrator is dying and will finally find his lover in the afterlife.
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play in Israel the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful."
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (maybe).
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to kill themselves[[note]]the combination of these drugs can be lethal when enough is consumed[[/note]]. The last line ("I will see you in the next life") could mean that the narrator is dying and will finally find his lover in the afterlife.
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** When bootlegs of early live performances of ''Kid A'' songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] reporter:
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play inIsrael UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful."
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack"(maybe).
(maybe).
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to killthemselves[[note]]the themselves [[note]]the combination of these drugs can be lethal when enough is consumed[[/note]]. The last line ("I will see you in the next life") could mean that the narrator is dying and will finally find his lover in the afterlife.
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play in
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack"
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to kill
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", and the heavily processed, screechy violin-like loop at the end of "Idioteque" leads into "Morning Bell."
* GriefSong: "In Limbo".
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Kid A".
* InTheStyleOf: Hard as it may be to imagine, the arrangement of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" was [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm inspired]] by the soundtracks of 1950s {{Disney}} films.
* GriefSong: "In Limbo".
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Kid A".
* InTheStyleOf: Hard as it may be to imagine, the arrangement of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" was [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm inspired]] by the soundtracks of 1950s {{Disney}} films.
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", Anthem," and the heavily processed, screechy violin-like loop at the end of "Idioteque" leads into "Morning Bell."
* GriefSong: "InLimbo".
Limbo."
* IndecipherableLyrics: "KidA".
A."
* InTheStyleOf: Hard as it may be to imagine, the arrangement of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" was [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm inspired]] by the soundtracks of 1950s{{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} films.
* GriefSong: "In
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Kid
* InTheStyleOf: Hard as it may be to imagine, the arrangement of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" was [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm inspired]] by the soundtracks of 1950s
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* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack".
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* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack".Soundtrack."
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* LoopedLyrics: "The National Anthem"Anthem."
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows what the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was, or the horrible thing that inspired the song "Kid A".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As documented in ''Meeting People Is Easy'', Thom Yorke suffered a major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which led to a long period of writers block and the urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How to Disappear Completely" stem from this period.
* {{Sampling}}: "Idioteque" uses samples from Paul Lansky's "Mild und Liese" and Arthur Krieger's "Short Piece".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As documented in ''Meeting People Is Easy'', Thom Yorke suffered a major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which led to a long period of writers block and the urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How to Disappear Completely" stem from this period.
* {{Sampling}}: "Idioteque" uses samples from Paul Lansky's "Mild und Liese" and Arthur Krieger's "Short Piece".
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows what the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was, or the horrible thing that inspired the song "Kid A".
A."
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As documented in''Meeting People Is Easy'', Film/MeetingPeopleIsEasy, Thom Yorke suffered a major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which led to a long period of writers block and the urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How to Disappear Completely" stem from this period.
* {{Sampling}}: "Idioteque" uses samples from Paul Lansky's "Mild und Liese" and Arthur Krieger's "ShortPiece".Piece."
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** Other samples floating through the album include the echo-laden snippet of an orchestral performance that appears in the noisy conclusion of "The National Anthem", all of "Treefingers" (which was created by Thom sampling Ed's guitar improvisations and processing them until they didn't sound like a guitar) and the looped jam at the end of "Optimistic"
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** Other samples floating through the album include the echo-laden snippet of an orchestral performance that appears in the noisy conclusion of "The National Anthem", Anthem," all of "Treefingers" (which was created by Thom sampling Ed's guitar improvisations and processing them until they didn't sound like a guitar) and the looped jam at the end of "Optimistic""Optimistic."
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* ShoutOut: According to Stanley Donwood, the red swimming pool that appears on the spine of the CD case, the CD and in the booklet's artwork is a reference to the AlanMoore[=/=]Bill Sienkiewicz comic ''Brought to Light'', in which the CIA measures the deaths caused by its state-sponsored terrorism using the equivalent number of 50-gallon swimming pools filled with human blood. Donwood found the image horrifying, and was haunted by it throughout the ''Kid A''[=/=]''Amnesiac'' sessions.
** "How to Disappear Completely" pays homage to both Music/{{U2}} ("the Liffey" that Thom floats down runs through U2's hometown of Dublin) and Music/{{REM}} (saying "I'm not here, this isn't happening" is a meditative exercise that Michael Stipe recommended to Thom Yorke).
* SingleStanzaSong: "Kid A".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica, while retaining the ProgressiveRock elements from before ("How to Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", "In Limbo", "Morning Bell").
* SoundtrackDissonance: "The National Anthem" doesn't sound like a national anthem at all.
* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait of TonyBlair and RoomFullOfCrazy-styled text warning about demagoguery and betrayal.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** Nearly literal example: some of the lyrics on Kid A came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell":
** "How to Disappear Completely" pays homage to both Music/{{U2}} ("the Liffey" that Thom floats down runs through U2's hometown of Dublin) and Music/{{REM}} (saying "I'm not here, this isn't happening" is a meditative exercise that Michael Stipe recommended to Thom Yorke).
* SingleStanzaSong: "Kid A".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica, while retaining the ProgressiveRock elements from before ("How to Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", "In Limbo", "Morning Bell").
* SoundtrackDissonance: "The National Anthem" doesn't sound like a national anthem at all.
* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait of TonyBlair and RoomFullOfCrazy-styled text warning about demagoguery and betrayal.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** Nearly literal example: some of the lyrics on Kid A came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell":
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* ShoutOut: According to Stanley Donwood, the red swimming pool that appears on the spine of the CD case, the CD and in the booklet's artwork is a reference to the AlanMoore[=/=]Bill Creator/AlanMoore / Bill Sienkiewicz comic ''Brought to Light'', in which the CIA measures the deaths caused by its state-sponsored terrorism using the equivalent number of 50-gallon swimming pools filled with human blood. Donwood found the image horrifying, and was haunted by it throughout the ''Kid A''[=/=]''Amnesiac'' sessions.
** "How to Disappear Completely" pays homage to both Music/{{U2}}("the Liffey" (The "Liffey" that Thom floats down runs through U2's hometown of Dublin) and Music/{{REM}} (saying "I'm not here, this isn't happening" is a meditative exercise that Michael Stipe recommended to Thom Yorke).
Yorke.)
* SingleStanzaSong: "KidA".
A."
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound ofelectronica, [[ElectronicMusic electronica]], while retaining the ProgressiveRock elements from before ("How to Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", Completely," "Optimistic," "In Limbo", Limbo," "Morning Bell").
Bell.")
* SoundtrackDissonance: "The National Anthem" doesn't sound like a national anthem atall.
all.
* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait ofTonyBlair UsefulNotes/TonyBlair and RoomFullOfCrazy-styled text warning about demagoguery and betrayal.
*WordSaladLyrics:
WordSaladLyrics:
** Nearly literal example:some Some of the lyrics on Kid A ''Kid A'' came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell":Bell:"
** "How to Disappear Completely" pays homage to both Music/{{U2}}
* SingleStanzaSong: "Kid
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of
* SoundtrackDissonance: "The National Anthem" doesn't sound like a national anthem at
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** "Kid A", which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing, Jonny processing his voice with an ondes Martenot to produce the melody. There's definite Pied Piper imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
-->I slipped away/I slipped on a little white lie/We've got heads on sticks/We've got ventriloquists/Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed/The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.,
-->I slipped away/I slipped on a little white lie/We've got heads on sticks/We've got ventriloquists/Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed/The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.,
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** "Kid A", A," which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing, Jonny processing his voice with an ondes Martenot to produce the melody. There's definite [[Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin Pied Piper Piper]] imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
-->I slippedaway/I away / I slipped on a little white lie/We've lie / We've got heads on sticks/We've sticks / We've got ventriloquists/Standing ventriloquists / Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed/The bed / The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.,
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-->Who's in a bunker?/Women and children first and the children first and the children/I laugh until my head comes off/Swallow 'till I burst/Who's in a bunker?/I have seen too much/You haven't seen enough/You haven't seen it/Laugh until my head comes off/Women and children first and the children first and the children/Here I'm alive/everything all of the time
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-->Who's in a bunker?/Women bunker? / Women and children first and the children first and the children/I children / I laugh until my head comes off/Swallow off / Swallow 'till I burst/Who's burst / Who's in a bunker?/I bunker? / I have seen too much/You much / You haven't seen enough/You enough / You haven't seen it/Laugh it / Laugh until my head comes off/Women off / Women and children first and the children first and the children/Here children / Here I'm alive/everything alive / Everything all of the timetime.
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-->Who's in a bunker?/Women and children first and the children first and the children/I laugh until my head comes off/Swallow 'till I burst/Who's in a bunker?/I have seen too much/You haven't seen enough/You haven't seen it/Laugh until my head comes off/Women and children first and the children first and the children/Here I'm alive/everything all of the timetime
-->''"[[TheStinger I will see you... in the next life.]]"''
-->''"[[TheStinger I will see you... in the next life.]]"''
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!! Tracklist
# "Everything In Its Right Place" (4:11)
# "Kid A" (4:44)
# "The National Anthem" (5:51)
# "How To Disappear Completely" (5:56)
# "Treefingers" (3:42)
# "Optimistic" (5:15)
# "In Limbo" (3:31)
# "Idioteque" (5:09)
# "Morning Bell" (4:35)
# "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (7:01)
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!! Every trope in its right place:
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** ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
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** ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
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* CreatorBreakdown: As documented in ''Meeting People Is Easy'', Thom Yorke suffered a major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which led to a long period of writers block and the urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How to Disappear Completely" stem from this period.
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** When bootlegs of early live performances of Kid A songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC reporter:
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** When bootlegs of early live performances of Kid A ''Kid A'' songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC reporter:
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As documented in ''Meeting People Is Easy'', Thom Yorke suffered a major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which led to a long period of writers block and the urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How to Disappear Completely" stem from this period.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], music styles]] such as IDM, ambient music & freeform jazz, and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]]
[[/note]] It was followed six months later by another album called ''Amnesiac'', featuring tracks culled from the same recording sessions as ''Kid A''.
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* BreatherEpisode: "Treefingers" is a calm Ambient piece that's sandwiched between a depressing ballad and a straight-up hard rocker.
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** "How to Disappear Completely" pays homage to both Music/{{U2}} ("the Liffey" that Thom floats down runs through U2's hometown of Dublin) and Music/{{REM}} (saying "I'm not here, this isn't happening" is a meditative exercise that Michael Stipe recommended to Thom Yorke).
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* MyGreatestFailure: YMMV; some fans of Radiohead during their 1990s heyday believe that this album single-handedly ruined the band.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Thom Yorke suffered a massive case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which inspired the lyrics for "How the Disappear Completely".
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* CreatorBreakdown: As documented in ''Meeting People Is Easy'', Thom Yorke suffered a massive major case of this during the ''OK Computer'' tour, which inspired led to a long period of writers block and the lyrics for urge to seek a brand new approach. The words to "How the to Disappear Completely".Completely" stem from this period.
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* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait of TonyBlair and
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* InTheStyleOf: Hard as it may be to imagine, the arrangement of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" was [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm inspired]] by the soundtracks of 1950s {{Disney}} films.
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** Various interviews with the band members have hinted that the harp glissandos from "Motion Picture Soundtrack" are sampled and processed from old {{Disney}} films. (Thom compared the moment they appear into the song with the moment a black-and-white movie suddenly switches to colour.)
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** Various interviews with the band members have hinted that the The harp glissandos and double bass sounds from "Motion Picture Soundtrack" are were sampled and processed added by the other band members, though where they got them from old {{Disney}} films. (Thom compared is unclear. (Jonny [[http://radiohead1.tripod.com/songs/album/motionpic.htm compared]] the moment they appear into the song with the moment in a black-and-white movie suddenly switches to colour.fifties Disney film where the colour fades slightly.)
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** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet.
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** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet. (For example, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Kid_A_Hidden_booklet.gif here]] you can see the phrase "you and your cronies", which later became a lyric in "You and Whose Army?".)
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** Kid A and Amnesiac are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of Kid A and Amnesiac, and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened during Kid A and that Amnesiac is "trying to piece together what has happened." Both albums feature artwork of forest fires; for Kid A it's in the distance, while Amnesiac's perspective is from within the forest.
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened during Kid A and that Amnesiac is "trying to piece together what has happened." Both albums feature artwork of forest fires; for Kid A it's in the distance, while Amnesiac's perspective is from within the forest.
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** Kid A ''Kid A'' and Amnesiac ''Amnesiac'' are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of Kid A ''Kid A'' and Amnesiac, ''Amnesiac'', and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened duringKid A ''Kid A'' and that Amnesiac ''Amnesiac'' is "trying to piece together what has happened." Both albums feature artwork of forest fires; for Kid A ''Kid A'' it's in the distance, while Amnesiac's ''Amnesiac'''s perspective is from within the forest.
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened during
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", and the chirping noises at the end of "Idioteque" lead into "Morning Bell."
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", and the chirping noises heavily processed, screechy violin-like loop at the end of "Idioteque" lead leads into "Morning Bell."
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* MadnessMantra: The TitleTrack off of this album consists, for the most part, of Thom muttering "standing in the shadows at the end of my bed" over and over through a vocoder.
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* MadnessMantra: The TitleTrack off of this album consists, for the most part, of Thom muttering "standing in the shadows at the end of my bed" over and over over, vocoded through a vocoder.an ondes Martenot.
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that what the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.was, or the horrible thing that inspired the song "Kid A".
* {{Sampling}}: "Idioteque" uses samples from Paul Lansky's "Mild und Liese" and Arthur Krieger's "Short Piece".
** Various interviews with the band members have hinted that the harp glissandos from "Motion Picture Soundtrack" are sampled and processed from old {{Disney}} films. (Thom compared the moment they appear into the song with the moment a black-and-white movie suddenly switches to colour.)
** Other samples floating through the album include the echo-laden snippet of an orchestral performance that appears in the noisy conclusion of "The National Anthem", all of "Treefingers" (which was created by Thom sampling Ed's guitar improvisations and processing them until they didn't sound like a guitar) and the looped jam at the end of "Optimistic"
* {{Sampling}}: "Idioteque" uses samples from Paul Lansky's "Mild und Liese" and Arthur Krieger's "Short Piece".
** Various interviews with the band members have hinted that the harp glissandos from "Motion Picture Soundtrack" are sampled and processed from old {{Disney}} films. (Thom compared the moment they appear into the song with the moment a black-and-white movie suddenly switches to colour.)
** Other samples floating through the album include the echo-laden snippet of an orchestral performance that appears in the noisy conclusion of "The National Anthem", all of "Treefingers" (which was created by Thom sampling Ed's guitar improvisations and processing them until they didn't sound like a guitar) and the looped jam at the end of "Optimistic"
* ShoutOut: According to Stanley Donwood, the red swimming pool that appears on the spine of the CD case, the CD and in the booklet's artwork is a reference to the AlanMoore[=/=]Bill Sienkiewicz comic ''Brought to Light'', in which the CIA measures the deaths caused by its state-sponsored terrorism using the equivalent number of 50-gallon swimming pools filled with human blood. Donwood found the image horrifying, and was haunted by it throughout the ''Kid A''[=/=]''Amnesiac'' sessions.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica. electronica, while retaining the ProgressiveRock elements from before ("How to Disappear Completely", "Optimistic", "In Limbo", "Morning Bell").
* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait of TonyBlair and
* TakeThat: The additional artwork booklet that was hidden under the CD tray of early pressings includes a demonic-looking portrait of TonyBlair and
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** "Kid A", which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing (and used vocal distortion to make the song a bit creepier). There's definite Pied Piper imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
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** "Kid A", which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing (and used vocal distortion playing, Jonny processing his voice with an ondes Martenot to make produce the song a bit creepier).melody. There's definite Pied Piper imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its previous ranking was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]]
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its previous ranking before the 2012 update was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]]
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It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.
'''''#67'''''.[[note]]Made even more awesome since its previous ranking was ''#428'', which indicates a jump of '''361 spots'''.[[/note]]
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** [[TearJerker Damn.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BrokenRecord: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
* BrokenRecord: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
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* AlbumTitleDrop [=/=] SubliminalSeduction: The intro to "Everything its Right Place" features a distorted voice saying "Kid A." [[MindScrew It says the same thing when you play it backwards.]]
* ArcWords: Interestingly enough, the lyrics for most tracks on this album as well as ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' became this. Lyrics from all three albums appeared cryptically (and usually slightly altered) in the the Radiohead website's "maze" section.
** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet.
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
*BrokenRecord: BrokenRecord [=/=] LoopedLyrics: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.''''''
** "Kid A" as well, although it devolves more into a MadnessMantra.
* ArcWords: Interestingly enough, the lyrics for most tracks on this album as well as ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' became this. Lyrics from all three albums appeared cryptically (and usually slightly altered) in the the Radiohead website's "maze" section.
** Phrases that would appear in ''Amnesiac'' and ''Hail to the Thief'' appeared in this album's hidden booklet.
* BittersweetEnding: The final track "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
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** "Kid A" as well, although it devolves more into a MadnessMantra.
* DerangedAnimation: Any of the album's short "blips" could qualify for this. They're either [[NightmareFuel downright horrifying/disturbing]] or [[SurrealHorror simply weird]].
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: A counterexample, since this album was available for streaming from their website before its official release.
** When bootlegs of early live performances of Kid A songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC reporter:
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play in Israel the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful."
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (maybe).
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to kill themselves[[note]]the combination of these drugs can be lethal when enough is consumed[[/note]]. The last line ("I will see you in the next life") could mean that the narrator is dying and will finally find his lover in the afterlife.
** [[TearJerker Damn.]]
* EasterEgg: Early pressings of this album had an extra booklet of art and text hidden under the CD tray.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", and the chirping noises at the end of "Idioteque" lead into "Morning Bell."
* GriefSong: "In Limbo".
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Kid A".
* JustBeforeTheEnd: Incorporated to different extents by the album artwork and the blips.
* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack".
** In fact, the latter has [[SweetDreamsFuel the exact opposite of a nightmare]].
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: A counterexample, since this album was available for streaming from their website before its official release.
** When bootlegs of early live performances of Kid A songs made their way to the internet, the members of the band were both surprised and pleased when fans at concerts already knew the words to these new songs that had only been played once or twice previous. Colin Greenwood told a BBC reporter:
-->"We played in Barcelona and the next day the entire performance was up on Napster. Three weeks later when we got to play in Israel the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful."
* DrivenToSuicide: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (maybe).
** [[BookEnds The first and last lines sort of intertwine]]; the first line ("red wine and sleeping pills") could mean that the narrator is trying to kill themselves[[note]]the combination of these drugs can be lethal when enough is consumed[[/note]]. The last line ("I will see you in the next life") could mean that the narrator is dying and will finally find his lover in the afterlife.
** [[TearJerker Damn.]]
* EasterEgg: Early pressings of this album had an extra booklet of art and text hidden under the CD tray.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The phasing synth sound at the end of "Kid A" continues into the very beginning of "The National Anthem", and the chirping noises at the end of "Idioteque" lead into "Morning Bell."
* GriefSong: "In Limbo".
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Kid A".
* JustBeforeTheEnd: Incorporated to different extents by the album artwork and the blips.
* LastNoteNightmare: Every song save for "Treefingers" and "Motion Picture Soundtrack".
** In fact, the latter has [[SweetDreamsFuel the exact opposite of a nightmare]].
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.
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* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.was.
* SceneryGorn: Parts of the album artwork incorporate this to varying degrees, the blips especially. Stick figures bleed to death in the snow, their corpses are tossed into pools of blood, distant fires rage across frigid mountainous landscapes, and there is a strong general implication that [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is falling to pieces]].
* SingleStanzaSong: "Kid A".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** Nearly literal example: some of the lyrics on Kid A came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell":
-->"Where'd you park the car? / Where'd you park the car? / Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture / And I might as well / I might as well / Sleepy jack the fire drill / Round and round and round and round and round and round and round..."
** This song isn't nearly as random as it appears, however, as it's about the dissolution of a marriage, and most of the imagery connects to this.
** "Kid A", which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing (and used vocal distortion to make the song a bit creepier). There's definite Pied Piper imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
-->I slipped away/I slipped on a little white lie/We've got heads on sticks/We've got ventriloquists/Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed/The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.,
** From "Idioteque:"
-->Who's in a bunker?/Women and children first and the children first and the children/I laugh until my head comes off/Swallow 'till I burst/Who's in a bunker?/I have seen too much/You haven't seen enough/You haven't seen it/Laugh until my head comes off/Women and children first and the children first and the children/Here I'm alive/everything all of the time
* SceneryGorn: Parts of the album artwork incorporate this to varying degrees, the blips especially. Stick figures bleed to death in the snow, their corpses are tossed into pools of blood, distant fires rage across frigid mountainous landscapes, and there is a strong general implication that [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is falling to pieces]].
* SingleStanzaSong: "Kid A".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Took the spacey electronic sounds of ''OK Computer'' and practically created a wholly experimental sound of electronica.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** Nearly literal example: some of the lyrics on Kid A came from Thom picking random words and phrases out of a hat. The most Egregious example would probably be "Morning Bell":
-->"Where'd you park the car? / Where'd you park the car? / Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture / And I might as well / I might as well / Sleepy jack the fire drill / Round and round and round and round and round and round and round..."
** This song isn't nearly as random as it appears, however, as it's about the dissolution of a marriage, and most of the imagery connects to this.
** "Kid A", which was apparently created by Jonny on the piano while Thom talked through what he was playing (and used vocal distortion to make the song a bit creepier). There's definite Pied Piper imagery in the song and futuristic elements.
-->I slipped away/I slipped on a little white lie/We've got heads on sticks/We've got ventriloquists/Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed/The rats and the children follow me out of town, etc.,
** From "Idioteque:"
-->Who's in a bunker?/Women and children first and the children first and the children/I laugh until my head comes off/Swallow 'till I burst/Who's in a bunker?/I have seen too much/You haven't seen enough/You haven't seen it/Laugh until my head comes off/Women and children first and the children first and the children/Here I'm alive/everything all of the time
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-->''"I'm not here, this isn't happening."''
--->--'''How to Disappear Completely'''
'''''Kid A''''' is the fourth album released by AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}} in fall 2000. Despite not having any music videos or singles, the album saw outstanding commercial success, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome debuting at #1 in the USA]] and becoming platinum in the UK during opening week. (Not surprising, considering the campaign the album was using and the hype that was made after their previous album ''Music/OKComputer''.) It has currently sold a total of four million copies[[note]]even though this is half of what ''OK Computer'' sold[[/note]]. Radiohead won its second Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and received a second Album of the Year nomination.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.
!!Tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BrokenRecord: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
* ConceptAlbum: Due to popular fan interpretation, as with most of Radiohead's albums.
** Kid A and Amnesiac are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of Kid A and Amnesiac, and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened during Kid A and that Amnesiac is "trying to piece together what has happened." Both albums feature artwork of forest fires; for Kid A it's in the distance, while Amnesiac's perspective is from within the forest.
* MadnessMantra: The TitleTrack off of this album consists, for the most part, of Thom muttering "standing in the shadows at the end of my bed" over and over through a vocoder.
* MyGreatestFailure: YMMV; some fans of Radiohead during their 1990s heyday believe that this album single-handedly ruined the band.
* NewSoundAlbum [=/=] NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Introduced an acclaimed experimental/electronic sound (even more so than ''OK Computer'').
* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.
-->''"I'm not here, this isn't happening."''
--->--'''How to Disappear Completely'''
'''''Kid A''''' is the fourth album released by AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}} in fall 2000. Despite not having any music videos or singles, the album saw outstanding commercial success, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome debuting at #1 in the USA]] and becoming platinum in the UK during opening week. (Not surprising, considering the campaign the album was using and the hype that was made after their previous album ''Music/OKComputer''.) It has currently sold a total of four million copies[[note]]even though this is half of what ''OK Computer'' sold[[/note]]. Radiohead won its second Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and received a second Album of the Year nomination.
It received praise for [[GenreBusting introducing rock listeners to more experimental music]], and while [[NewSoundAlbum its new sound]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks alienated some]], it is recognized to this day as one of the best albums of the 2000s if not of all time. On Rolling Stone's top 500 albums list, ''Kid A'' not only got the highest ranking of a Radiohead album but also the highest ranking of a 21st century album--at '''''#67'''''.
!!Tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: "Motion Picture Soundtrack", which is one of the most simultaneously [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] and [[SweetDreamsFuel uplifting]] songs of all time.
* BrokenRecord: "Everything In Its Right Place". '''ALL OF IT.'''
* ConceptAlbum: Due to popular fan interpretation, as with most of Radiohead's albums.
** Kid A and Amnesiac are suspect, too. The theorizing stems mostly from Thom's suggestion that the former could be about the first human clone, but he denies any intentional meaning. The two albums are clearly counterparts with similar themes (they were recorded at the same time) and it doesn't hurt the concept album theory that the genetically modified bear characters recurred throughout the "blips" of Kid A and Amnesiac, and a track on Amnesiac was named after them ("Hunting Bears").
** Thom has also said that "something traumatic" happened during Kid A and that Amnesiac is "trying to piece together what has happened." Both albums feature artwork of forest fires; for Kid A it's in the distance, while Amnesiac's perspective is from within the forest.
* MadnessMantra: The TitleTrack off of this album consists, for the most part, of Thom muttering "standing in the shadows at the end of my bed" over and over through a vocoder.
* MyGreatestFailure: YMMV; some fans of Radiohead during their 1990s heyday believe that this album single-handedly ruined the band.
* NewSoundAlbum [=/=] NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Introduced an acclaimed experimental/electronic sound (even more so than ''OK Computer'').
* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows that the horrible thing that this album represented to Thom was.