I don't see the resemblance of Kid A in this record. It's (literally) an absolutely shrunken down version of Radiohead.
It sounds empty and minimal, constantly making Yorke sound utterly alone. But this is a vital milestone in his great career, the time he began to once again value and love his voice. It's flaunted here in an interesting way: by taking everything else off the stage, just he and a little background blip for company. He sounds incredible, and holds the entire album aloft with just his voice, whether with the falsettos in Atoms For Peace or the deep mumbles of Skip Divided.
He seems to relieve all his techno obsessions here, before the far more acoustic and airy In Rainbows. But you can find a lot more substance to the skeleton that is The Eraser. The likes of Cymbal Rush builds on a simplistic beat as the song progresses, until it fills the speakers with its little dark tones. There are also moments of real instruments (said to be played by Jonny Greenwood)… more »

I don't see the resemblance of Kid A in this record. It's (literally) an absolutely shrunken down version of Radiohead.
It sounds empty and minimal, constantly making Yorke sound utterly alone. But this is a vital milestone in his great career, the time he began to once again value and love his voice. It's flaunted here in an interesting way: by taking everything else off the stage, just he and a little background blip for company. He sounds incredible, and holds the entire album aloft with just his voice, whether with the falsettos in Atoms For Peace or the deep mumbles of Skip Divided.
He seems to relieve all his techno obsessions here, before the far more acoustic and airy In Rainbows. But you can find a lot more substance to the skeleton that is The Eraser. The likes of Cymbal Rush builds on a simplistic beat as the song progresses, until it fills the speakers with its little dark tones. There are also moments of real instruments (said to be played by Jonny Greenwood) in a some tracks, subtly filling the space beneath the chattering rhythms, or beginning to threaten a melody before the end. The sound is quite unique, and I was impressed how not Radiohead it could be at times. It's in terms of the politically based lyrics that it tends to echo Hail To The Thief.
This was the last big push of electronically-driven music and, despite sometimes being a reminder that the five are best off together, a very enjoyable album. Yorke does well on his 'own', and it would be nice to hear another solo album.