I think this album is cursed to forever live not in the shadow but as the shadow of Kid A by virtue of one coming first. I prefer Kid A, but it wouldn't be fair to characterize Amnesiac as simply its B-side album. Both present a stripped back version of the songwriting style that finally matured on OK Computer, but where Kid A is a polished marble obelisk of electronic production and vast ambient spaces, Amnesiac is a cloth effigy, a collage of acoustic recordings and harsh analog electronic sounds, rough, claustrophobic. Their similarities are obvious, but their differences are night and day. I want to say Amnesiac feels less focused, but after relistening to Kid A I think the same criticism can be levied if you aren't being dazzled by a first listen. It's not as immediately appealing to me, but as I relisten I'm beginning to appreciate it more. I hear a lot of CAN influence, smooth editing of extended live recordings into evolving soundscapes, although Selway is no Jaki Liebezeit (no one is). I love how these songs so often build up from very little to a thunderous climax so smoothly you barely notice anything is changing until you're enveloped, and I think the restraint in prolonging that climax compared to earlier albums is to this albums benefit.

Standout tracks

Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box is the shadow of Everything In Its Right Place, the two are perfect representatives to open their respective albums.

Pyramid Song and Knives Out are great Radiohead songs, but maybe the least indicative of this album's unique style.

I would place I Might Be Wrong as my favorite song, its classic Radiohead but with just the right fusion of real instruments and electronic components.

There's something very appealing to me about Hunting Bears, it's simple but somehow resonates.

Life In A Glasshouse is so out of place as to feel deeply uncomfortable, macabre even.

motion picture house. yes this is what i look like in real life

hello, my name is andrew. or asterion, or @mnesia, at least online. i like the minotaur and radiohead, and various other things. i am a rather typical teenage boy, i think. a bit of a misanthropist.

this place isn't how i primarily use the internet....much more active on sites like twitter.

he/ him/ his, please.

i suffer from autism, adhd, depression, ocd, and mild homosexuality.

sorry if i come across as aloof or pretentious. i'm not the best with people.

you can find me in a lot of places under the handle mnesia, .mnesia, 01_mnesia, m_mnesia, or some other variation. i also have a shitty website, if you'd like to see that.

saw motion picture house may 31st