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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 851 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2073
Category: Music
Artist: Radiohead
Publisher: Capitol
Studio: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Label: Capitol
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 32764
UPC: 724353276423
EAN: 0724353276423
ASIN: B00005B4GU
Publication Date: 2001
Release Date: June 5, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Packt like sardines in a crushd tin box | | • | Pyramid song | | • | Pulk/pull revolving doors | | • | You and whose army? | | • | I might be wrong | | • | Knives out | | • | Amnesiac/Morning bell | | • | Dollars & cents | | • | Hunting bears | | • | Like spinning plates | | • | Life in a glass house |
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Amazon.com's Best of 2001
More song-driven and acoustic than Kid A, Radiohead's Amnesiac isn't quite "Kid B," but it is unquestionably cut from the same far-out cloth, as the band revels in fascinating quirks and abject nihilism. It's also the first time in Radiohead's career that a new record hasn't meant a complete shift in artistic priorities. Surely, however, regardless of which was released first, they both deserve recognition; after all, Amnesiac, like Kid A, is an amazing piece of work. Only lightly augmented with electronics, songs like "You and Whose Army?" and "I Might Be Wrong" almost sound like they came from a typical five-piece rock band. You may even believe the band still employs a guitarist after hearing Jonny Greenwood's wistful surf-guitar lead on "Knives Out" or his subtle but noticeable contributions to the anticapitalist rant "Dollars and Cents." But inevitably, the band continually shifts gears, moving into Boards of Canada territory on "Like Spinning Plates" and delivering dark, bass-laden oddities like "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors," a fuzzed-out piece of avant-garde techno that could just as easily be on an Autechre or Aphex Twin record. The song's half-sung, half-spoken vocal was laid down by either a heavily distorted Thom Yorke or, just perhaps, a loquacious microwave oven. Either way, the music always has momentum, regardless of whether propelled by man or appliance. Radiohead as a band understand how to make rock interesting again, and in the end, that's all they set out to do when they recorded Amnesiac, as well as Kid A. It's more than can be said for the bad frat-punk, teen-pop and soulless techno that currently rules the charts, and for that alone, Radiohead's astonishing exploration of 21st-century anguish deserves credit. --Matthew Cooke
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Hard to Criticize July 3, 2009
This album is hard to criticize. It sounds droning, yet edgy; slow, yet catchy. The album is not the typical Radiohead at all, but it's a little gem. It's true that Amnesiac and Kid A were recorded at the same time, but they are from two distinctly different worlds.
 Radiohead Lover June 9, 2009
This album - fantastic! Deep, sometimes dark, one of my favorite purchases in the past month.
Amnesiac June 2, 2009
Amnesiac being Radiohead's 5th studio album and their 2001 release was a quick follow up to the album Kid A which had been released just one year before. The album was a smash hit in both the UK and peaked their at #1 and also did well on the Billboard 200 peaking at #2. Unlike the prior album which had released no singles this album had three singles released "I might be wrong", "Pyramid song" and "Knives Out". No lyrics are included in the booklet but we get a list of whom plays what on the album. 4/5.
It Moves Me to Cry, and I Love the Album for the Feeling April 27, 2009
Amnesiac is one of my favorite albums of all time. From :01 seconds to the end, the album is a total mystic trip. I love how acoustic and dreadfull it all sounds because I want music to affect me. Amnesiac is a real work of art and Thom is a genius songwriter. This album along with In Rainbows, were my first albums from Radiohead. I've listened to others over time and this one remains my favorite to this day.
It's slower than the other albums, but if sad songs sound better, than this one is in your favor. Favorites are Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, Knives Out, Morning Bell, Dollars and Cents, and especially Life in a Glass House.
If you like Radiohead in the least bit, pick up this album. It's one of those albums that suprises you with how different it sounds and how catchy it ends up being. I can listen to this thing over an over again, and it still does not grow old. This is when you know you have really found valuable music.
 Kid A's ugly cousin April 10, 2009
Kid A part 2 but not as good.
1. packt like sardines ok song...EiiRP is better
2. pyramid song.. thought it was great first few times but now i think its cheesy.
3. pulk/pull ok
4. you and whose army.. decent, maybe good.. but their live version messed up the image for me with colins ugly vocals.
5. i might be wrong.. i like this one
6. knives out.. i like this one
7. morning bell... again? was perfect the 1st time.
8. dollars and cents .. i like this one
9. hunting bears... fine i suppose
10. like spinning plates.. almost good but mostly just dribble.
11. life in glass house.. spinning plates part2..
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