![]() ![]() KEY TRACK: How To Disappear Completely 01. Yet for all its complete lack of compromise, Kid A packs a mighty and timeless punch, be it on the lavishly layered How To Disappear Completely, the title track’s distorted electronica or Optimistic, the closest Kid A actually came to conventional pop song. That the same album entered the British and American charts at Number 1 continues to raise a smile. Kid AĮven now, the bravery of following 1997’s all-conquering OK Computer with what was effectively a Krautrock album with added beats and lyrical paranoia still staggers. Ultimately, In Rainbows was the sound of Thom York falling back in love with the song. The sonic innovation remained intact, but the glorious melodies had returned as heard in the soaring beauty of Nude, the spiraling surrealism of Weird Fishes/Arpeggi and the brooding House of Cards. No matter whether you paid pounds, pennies or absolutely nothing for the album on its initial digital release via Radiohead’s website (or waited for the physical versions), In Rainbows quickly revealed itself to be the band’s most tune-friendly release since OK Computer.
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