Amnesiac

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Amnesiac came out on 30 May 2001 and arose from the same sessions as Kid A, between January 1999 and mid-2000 in Paris, Copenhagen and a new studio in Oxfordshire, with producer Nigel Godrich. Radiohead found the material too dense for a double album and split it in two. The music draws on electronics, twentieth-century classical music, jazz and krautrock. Thom Yorke treated his voice with AutoTune, and for Life in a Glasshouse the band of the trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton played along.

Pyramid Song is a swinging ballad with piano and strings, inspired by a piece by Charles Mingus. Knives Out was called the most conventional song. The record topped the chart in England and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Some critics found it less cohesive than Kid A, but the band saw it as an album in its own right. Rolling Stone, NME and Pitchfork later named Pyramid Song one of the best tracks of the decade.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box4:00Apple Music ↗
2. 2Pyramid Song4:49Apple Music ↗
3. 3Pulk / Pull Revolving Doors4:07Apple Music ↗
4. 4You and Whose Army?3:11Apple Music ↗
5. 5I Might Be Wrong4:54Apple Music ↗
6. 6Knives Out4:15Apple Music ↗
7. 7Morning Bell / Amnesiac3:14Apple Music ↗
8. 8Dollars & Cents4:52Apple Music ↗
9. 9Hunting Bears2:01Apple Music ↗
10. 10Like Spinning Plates3:57Apple Music ↗
11. 11Life in a Glasshouse4:37Apple Music ↗

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