So... Amnesiac

It flows better on CD, that is for certain. (I blame 10" vinyl for my initial complaints.) I think it is some of Thom's best vocal work for ages... I don't care if I can't make out the lyrics, as I said in that there other thread, it's the *tone* and expressiveness of his voice that intrigues me. Kid A's vocals were buried, treated and half hearted. These are fully out there, even if it does sometimes come across as whinging.

And oh, the textures. I've even grown to like Pyramid Song for the way those strings appear. I can't even tell you which song is which, or which is my favourite, because the album has become one long song. My only complaint is still the cod jazz at the end, that has *not* grown on me.

This is better than Kid A. Their B-sides are usually better than the singles anyway... "Meeting In The Aisle", "Palo Alto", "How Can You Be Sure", etc.

Contrary to Kate, the songs seem really distinct to me. Perhaps the middle 3 get a little blended together, but for the most part I had them sorted apart in my head pretty well right off.

Dear Radiohead fans: time's up, please bring your copies of Amnesiac back to the library today or face a fine.

http://sleevage.com/radiohead-amnesiac/

(If only they'd been able to see into the future to realise that National Library Day was at the weekend, not today.)

Oh I have that one!

It's alright, no-one put down that they wanted it next.

It's similar to the one for "Piper at the gates of Dawn" which had a copy of "Fart Enjoy" by Syd enclosed.

I have a completely different one! It says 30th May on it but I think that's the radio embargo date. Oddly I was just listening to this yesterday. It's the one I listen to the least, for deeply personal reasons. It's always better than I remember it bcuz of that.

The only one I 'love' is KidA.

The rest, I 'like' or even (sigh) Respect...

But K, I hear that opening arpegio and go "yes....!"

(K being short for "KidA" obviously, that reads somewhat unclear there)

Some albums become so entangled with the memories of yr life that listening to them again is like opening a snapshot of a scenario from yr own life. It's strange, I never think of RH as one of my "favourite" bands at all, but it's that way that specific albums became so entwined with certain periods of my life (bcuz that album was maybe the go-to comfort food while in that trauma or transitional period) that they've become entwined with the tentacles of mine own memory. It's not a question of love or even like, as, this thing has become a part of me.

Wish I'd picked a better band to be that collective subconscious thing, but oh well.

Well, is it like how the 'Beatles' were ever-present during the 60s?

For all that there were loads of bands and 'listeners' that did not like them, everything was based on the deviation from that 'normality'..

Massive generalisation, of course, but.

Funny, I just saw the entry for "Treefingers" on Wiki:

The ambient track "Treefingers" contains no melody and is completely instrumental. Ed O'Brien pointed out in an interview that no synthesizers were used to make the song, and that it was all recorded on a guitar, after which it was cut and paste onto a sampler.

.. which was pretty much how I recorded the track I supplied for the ILX one-minute compilation, which was recorded about 10 years before KidA.

Listening to this for the first time in probably a decade. What a killer album! Still far and away my favorite by them. "Knives Out" is the best kind of cloudy dour British anti-surf rock. Really looking forward to the last two tracks.

My least favourite between Ok Computer and In Rainbows, though I haven't given it as much attention as some of the others. Pyramid Song is incredible obviously, as is Dollars and Cents.

I love Kid A and all their guitar albums (minus Pablo Honey), so why did it take me over a decade to like this?.. Why am I such a jerk?

I forgot all about this album.

I see what you did there.