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Kid A es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda inglesa de rock alternativo Radiohead, lanzado en octubre de 2000. Fue un éxito comercial a nivel internacional, llegando a obtener un disco de platino una semana después de su lanzamiento en el Reino Unido. Pese a la falta de un sencillo oficial o videoclip que sirviera como publicidad, Kid A fue el primer álbum de Radiohead en debutar en el primer puesto en Estados Unidos. Su éxito pudo haberse debido a una campaña única de mercadotecnia, su previo lanzamiento por Internet, o a la expectación generada por su álbum anterior, OK Computer.

Producido por Nigel Godrich, Kid A se grabó en París, Copenhague, Gloucestershire y Oxford. El proceso de composición y grabación del álbum fue experimental para Radiohead, ya que la banda cambió su sonido de antaño por otro más electrónico. Con influencias del krautrock, jazz, y la música clásica del siglo XX, Radiohead abandonó su instrumentación de tres guitarras para incorporar una mayor diversidad, empleando teclados, ondas Martenot y, en ciertas canciones, instrumentos de cuerda y de viento-metal. Kid A contiene además letras más abstractas y minimalistas que las de trabajos anteriores de la banda. El cantante Thom Yorke ha afirmado que el álbum no fue pensado como «arte», sino que refleja la música que los integrantes de la banda escuchaban en aquel momento. Acompañando al álbum se incluyeron diseños de Stanley Donwood y Yorke, junto a una serie de pequeños videoclips, llamados blips.

Kid A está considerado uno de los álbumes de música popular más desafiantes jamás grabados en tener éxito comercial, y generó opiniones polarizadas entre los seguidores y la crítica. El álbum ganó un premio Grammy al mejor álbum de música alternativa y obtuvo una nominación en la categoría de álbum del año. Además, recibió elogios por introducir a los oyentes a la música alternativa. Pese a que el nuevo rumbo que tomó la banda alejó a algunos seguidores y disgustó a algunos críticos, Kid A recibió críticas en general positivas de notables medios dedicados a la música. Ha figurado en sucesivas listas de múltiples publicaciones como uno de los mejores álbumes de los últimos años y en 2009 fue elegido el mejor álbum de la década de 2000, justo delante del Is This It de The Strokes por Pitchfork Media, Rolling Stone y The Times.
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By 1998 Radiohead were at breaking point. Mentally and physically exhausted, Thom Yorke ”“ forever the sickly Victorian child ”“ had been pushed too far by fame and adulation. Like many before him, the thrill of playing to a stadium full of unquestioningly adoring fans had become soured by the sheer numbing quality of constant public scrutiny. In a way, Radiohead had, with OK Computer, peaked a little early.

Unlike Roger Waters’ similar plight with stadium-filling Pink Floyd, Thom didn’t get all messianic and self-pitying. He got angry and perverse: A much better solution.
The fact was that writer’s block had (understandably) descended. In the initial sessions with producer Nigel Godrich, Yorke arrived with half-finished lyrics and little else. A radical shift was needed. But instead of retreating into what the band knew best ”“ era-defining indie rock - they took a leaf out of what was intriguing them at the time. And that was jazz, classical music and modern electronica in the guise of the Aphex Twin and his cohorts on Sheffield’s Warp label.

Suddenly, as Ed O’Brien’s now-famous blog of the recording process related, things started getting weird. Primarily a guitar and drums-driven band, suddenly they were producing songs with little of either. What’s more the whole shape of such ‘songs’ was being lost.

Instead the band began each song as an experiment on how to work in new ways. They sampled other artists ("Idioteque") themselves. They conducted a brass ensemble ("The National Anthem"). They tried to transmute their previous dread into art ("How To Disappear Completely"). This was rock finally growing out of its six-string straightjacket and embraciong cutting-edge advances in sound. Vaguely concerning itself with anti-commercialism and globalism in general, it left all listeners with a sense of the madness of modern life. Job well done!

And just as the band were about to unleash this monster on the world they nearly fell at the last hurdle; falling out badly over the running order. But more remarkable was the way in which Kid A was unveiled. Playing new songs live, they freely allowed fans to record and share their bootlegs on the web. After a couple of gigs the rabid masses who had nearly torn Radiohead apart were singing along to some of the most wilfully un-commercial music to reach #1 on the album charts. Having broken this barrier, the world really was their oyster.


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