
Amnesiac
Having bloomed from the same recording sessions as *Kid A*, Radiohead’s fifth album offers an alternate angle on the restive experimentation of their post-‘90s phase. *Amnesiac* undoubtedly shares its predecessor’s electronic digressions (“Like Spinning Plates”) and jazz flourishes (most potently on the tumbling, percussive “Dollars & Cents”). But it also offers something even more challenging, replete with crumbling orchestral builds and—as on the plaintive “Morning Bell/Amnesiac”—invigorating bursts of Thom Yorke’s matchless falsetto.
After months of waiting, and several tentative release dates, Amnesiac finally hit store shelves last Tuesday. Since last October, we ...
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