![]() ![]() Still, Radiohead’s fourth album debuted at no. Chuck Klosterman wrote that it predicted 9/11 (more on that later). Upon its physical release, Kid A was considered “ornery.” Nick Hornby hated it. The record was streamed in its entirety on channels like MTV2, and through the band’s own website media player, iBlip. The Myth of ‘Kid A’ Has Existed As Long As ‘Kid A’ ItselfĪt first, the question proved difficult to answer since Kid A had no singles or pre-release videos. Anticipation for the OK Computer follow-up built a comparable head of buzz to Britney Spears doing it again, Eminem threatening moms, and Mystikal yelling, “Shake ya ass, but watch yourself.” Amid the pop noise, one of the more intriguing questions in music in 2000 was, “What will Kid A sound like?” For the past 25 years, these five creeps have defined alternative rock.Ĭonsider Kid A, which turns 20 this week. Similar to predecessors like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and R.E.M., Radiohead has legions of fans, and endless cycles of rereleased, remastered, and reappraised albums. I don’t get it,” like Kid Rock did in 2001, and … well, who is going to argue Radiohead with the guy who wrote “Bawitdaba”? The fact is Radiohead is Radiohead, existing in its own musical world. Many will say “Radiohead is the soundtrack to my life,” and those people aren’t wrong. To mark the occasion, The Ringer is putting everything in its right place, ranking the band’s best tracks and exploring the myth of Kid A. : PASTE.Twenty years ago Friday, Radiohead released Kid A, the landmark experimental record that declared the most interesting rock band in the world wanted to do more than just rock. The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement : Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license Discographyĥ Album Set ( Pablo Honey / The Bends / OK Computer / Kid A / Amnesiac) Radiohead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.Ĭontinue reading at Wikipedia. ![]() Five Radiohead albums have been included in Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time lists. Rolling Stone named Radiohead one of the 100 greatest artists of all time, and Rolling Stone readers voted them the second-best artist of the 2000s. "Creep" and "Nude" (2008) reached the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Seven Radiohead singles have reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart: "Creep" (1992), "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (1996), "Paranoid Android" (1997), "Karma Police" (1997), "No Surprises" (1998), "Pyramid Song" (2001), and "There There" (2003). Their awards include six Grammy Awards and four Ivor Novello Awards, and they hold five Mercury Prize nominations, the most of any act. ![]() Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Selway, and O'Brien have released solo albums in 2021, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile.īy 2011, Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestral arrangements. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Hail to the Thief (2003), with lyrics addressing the War on Terror, blended the band's rock and electronic sides, and was Radiohead's final album for EMI. It was followed by Amnesiac (2001), recorded in the same sessions. Though Kid A divided listeners, it was later named the best album of the decade by multiple outlets. Radiohead's fourth album, Kid A (2000), marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, jazz, classical music and krautrock. Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), brought them international fame noted for its complex production and themes of modern alienation, it is acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the best albums in popular music. Radiohead's popularity and critical standing rose with the release of The Bends in 1995. Their debut single, "Creep", became a worldwide hit. Radiohead signed to EMI in 1991 and released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in 1993. Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock. ![]() They have worked with the producer Nigel Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards) brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals) and Philip Selway (drums, percussion). Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. ![]()
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