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* {{Recut}}: An extended version of "Life in a Glasshouse" (billed as the "full-length version") is featured as a BSide to "Knives Out", clocking in at being roughly half a minute longer than the album version.
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* LonelyPianoPiece: "Pyramid Song", a melancholy, piano-driven song about the experience of dying.

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Recorded alongside its predecessor ''Music/KidA'' with the intent of releasing both as a double album (before being split in twain), the album is considered a companion piece-- if not a direct sequel-- to its [=Y2K=] counterpart. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation." Sonically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

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Recorded Mostly recorded alongside its predecessor ''Music/KidA'' with the intent of releasing both as a double album (before being split in twain), the album is considered a companion piece-- if not a direct sequel-- to its [=Y2K=] counterpart. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation." Sonically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having so. Like its predecessor, ''Amnesiac'' displays influences of from {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.
ClassicalMusic, and coalesces them into a mold that is predominantly PostRock, but compared to ''Kid A'' it is more eclectic in its mixture, placing greater emphasis on its jazz and classical elements while still prominently featuring an electronic rock edge. Of the eleven tracks featured on ''Amnesiac'', only the closer, "Life on a Glasshouse", had recording sessions progress after the release of ''Kid A'', with Radiohead inviting the Humphrey Lyttleton Band to perform with them on the track in the waning months of the 20th century.


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* StylisticSuck: Humphrey Lyttleton stated that he and his eponymous band's part on "Life in a Glasshouse" was recorded specifically to sound unplanned and unrehearsed, emphasizing the exploratory side of jazz instead of the slick side that endures in popular memory.

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Recorded alongside its predecessor ''Music/KidA'' with the intent of releasing both as a double album (before being split in twain), the album is considered a companion piece-- if not a direct sequel-- to its [=Y2K=] counterpart. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

While not the gargantuan success of ''Kid A'' and despite being received tepidly by those who expected Radiohead to return to the more rockist sound of ''Music/TheBends'' and ''Music/OKComputer'', it received favorable reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package, getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list, and generating multiple fan-favorite songs.

Like ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' was teased with a series of short animated "blips" that aired on MTV and were briefly made available online. However, ''Amnesiac'' featured a much smaller amount of blips (possibly because the novelty had already worn off by then) and featured actual singles, each with proper music videos. The singles in question are "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", and "Knives Out".

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Recorded alongside its predecessor ''Music/KidA'' with the intent of releasing both as a double album (before being split in twain), the album is considered a companion piece-- if not a direct sequel-- to its [=Y2K=] counterpart. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, explanation." Sonically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

While not the gargantuan success of ''Kid A'' and despite being received tepidly by those who expected Radiohead to return to the more rockist sound of ''Music/TheBends'' and ''Music/OKComputer'', their first three albums (particularly the arena-friendly style of ''Music/OKComputer''), it received favorable reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package, getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list, and generating multiple fan-favorite songs.

Like ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' was first teased with a series of short animated "blips" [[{{Blipvert}} "blips"]] that aired on MTV and were briefly made available online. However, ''Amnesiac'' featured a much smaller amount of blips (possibly because the novelty had already worn off by then) and featured actual singles, singles shortly after, each with proper music videos. The singles in question are "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", and "Knives Out".



* {{Blipvert}}: Like with ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' was originally advertised with a series of these. However, there were much less of them before the band decided to drop the act and return to the traditional singles & music videos model; while the ''Kid A'' blips tally up to nearly a quarter of an hour in total runtime, the ''Amnesiac'' blips in sum only reach 6-7 minutes. Incidentally, a small number of the ''Amnesiac'' blips actually use excerpts from "Everything in Its Right Place" and "The National Anthem" from ''Kid A''.



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* ALoadOfBull: The crying Minotaur, which serves as a visual motif for this album in the same manner as the Modified Bears for ''Kid A'', right down to appearing on the front cover (though the specific depiction of the minotaur on the cover.cover makes him appear more similar to a human).



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* YouAndWhatArmy: Invoked in the title and lyrics for "You and Whose Army?"
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The singles are "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", and "Knives Out".

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Like ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' was teased with a series of short animated "blips" that aired on MTV and were briefly made available online. However, ''Amnesiac'' featured a much smaller amount of blips (possibly because the novelty had already worn off by then) and featured actual singles, each with proper music videos. The singles in question are "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", and "Knives Out".
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* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: The album art for ''Amnesiac'' plays itself off of visual motifs from the artwork for ''Music/KidA''; the front cover reuses the title font and features similar black-and-red ColorMotifs, while the artwork in the liner notes depicts the same forest fire seen in the liner notes for ''Kid A'', but from within the forest this time rather than from outside.
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While not the gargantuan success of ''Kid A'', it received favorable reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package, getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list, and generating multiple fan-favorite songs.

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While not the gargantuan success of ''Kid A'', A'' and despite being received tepidly by those who expected Radiohead to return to the more rockist sound of ''Music/TheBends'' and ''Music/OKComputer'', it received favorable reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package, getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list, and generating multiple fan-favorite songs.



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''Amnesiac'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}.

Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000, alongside which it was originally recorded with the intent of being released as a double album before being split in twain. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

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''Amnesiac'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}.

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Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

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Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000.2000, alongside which it was originally recorded with the intent of being released as a double album before being split in twain. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take" on the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Done to [[MundaneMadeAwesome strangely]] [[TropesAreNotBad awesome effect]] in "You and Whose Army?"

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* DarkReprise: "Morning Bell/Amnesiac" is a darker version of the song featured on ''Music/KidA''.
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Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take on ''Kid A'', a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

It received good reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package and getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list. Despite this and multiple fan-favored songs, it seems to have gone down in history as an inferior follow-up to ''Kid A''.

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Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take take" on ''Kid A'', a the album, as well as "a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A'', while just as experimental if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

It While not the gargantuan success of ''Kid A'', it received good favorable reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package and Package, getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list. Despite this list, and generating multiple fan-favored songs, it seems to have gone down in history as an inferior follow-up to ''Kid A''.
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* PostRock: Like its sister album ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' uses the same focus on timbre and texture over melody and lyrics; the jazz influences bring it closer to the sound of Music/TalkTalk's ''Spirit of Eden'' and ''Music/LaughingStock'' than to the more ubiquitous brand of ''Music/{{Spiderland}}''-esque post-rock.
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* UncommonTime: Subverted with "Pyramid Song." It sounds arhythmic, but is actually a heavily syncopated, 4/4 bossanova rhythm played ''really'' slowly.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: "Life in a Glasshouse" portrays life in the very public eye as not dissimilar to a domestic prison.



* LimitedLyricsSong: "Pyramid Song" has one verse of 8 lines repeated twice.



* MoodWhiplash: Due to the various genres utilized and the overall atmosphere of fear and confusion, the album has a lot of this. The paranoid, jittery "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" is followed by the smoother, sadder "Pyramid Song," which is then followed by the nightmarish "Pulk / Pull Revolving Doors," and so on.



* ParanoiaFuel: InUniverse; "Life in a Glasshouse" invokes this from the CelebrityIsOverrated angle, stating how confining vast amounts of fame can be for celebrities by means of privacy-breaching paparazzi, constant media scrutiny, and the self-imprisonment that comes with [[StepfordSmiler constantly keeping up a disingenuously perfect image]].
-->''Well, of course I'd like to sit around and chat,\\
but someone's listening in.''



* StepfordSmiler: The subject of "Life in a Glasshouse," implying great suffering in the privacy-lax and prison-esque celebrity lifestyle beneath the nice-looking surface.
-->''She is putting on a smile\\
Living in a glasshouse.''



-->We ride tonight\\
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: In "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy", a b-side, Thom sings in a pretty sensual way.
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''Amnesiac'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. This new record had big shoes to fill, as ''Kid A'' had all of the potential of being an extremely ToughActToFollow, considering it's hailed to this day as one of the greatest albums of the 2000's and of all time.

Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take on ''Kid A'', a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A''. It's just as experimental as its predecessor too, if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

It received good reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package and getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list. Despite this, it was ultimately seen as an inferior follow-up to ''Kid A''.

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''Amnesiac'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. Music/{{Radiohead}}.

Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. This new record had big shoes to fill, as ''Kid A'' had all of the potential of being an extremely ToughActToFollow, considering it's hailed to this day as one of the greatest albums of the 2000's and of all time.

Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take on ''Kid A'', a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A''. It's A'', while just as experimental as its predecessor too, if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

It received good reception, winning the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Recording Package and getting the #320 spot on ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s 2012-updated [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime "500 Greatest Albums"]] list. Despite this, this and multiple fan-favored songs, it was ultimately seen seems to have gone down in history as an inferior follow-up to ''Kid A''.
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'''''Amnesiac''''' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. This new record had big shoes to fill, as ''Kid A'' had all of the potential of being an extremely ToughActToFollow, considering it's hailed to this day as one of the greatest albums of the 2000's and of all time.

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'''''Amnesiac''''' ''Amnesiac'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. This new record had big shoes to fill, as ''Kid A'' had all of the potential of being an extremely ToughActToFollow, considering it's hailed to this day as one of the greatest albums of the 2000's and of all time.
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* LoudnessWar: As was the trend among music at the time, ''Amnesiac'' is louder than Radiohead's previous output. It's also the first album in their discography with clipping problems, which would plague most of their future releases from this point forward.
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'''''Amnesiac''''' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. Released in 2001, it's considered as sort of a companion piece to ''Music/KidA'', the previous album released in 2000. This new record had big shoes to fill, as ''Kid A'' had all of the potential of being an extremely ToughActToFollow, considering it's hailed to this day as one of the greatest albums of the 2000s and of all time.

Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take on ''Kid A'', a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A''. It's just as experimental as its predecesssor too, if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.

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Lead singer Thom Yorke described it as "another take on ''Kid A'', a form of explanation". Basically, the album could be considered as a "smoother version" of ''Kid A''. It's just as experimental as its predecesssor predecessor too, if not more so, having influences of {{Jazz}}, {{Krautrock}}, ElectronicMusic, and ClassicalMusic.









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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Hunting Bears"

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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Hunting Bears"Bears".



* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: This album is ''all over the place'' on this scale.

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* SiameseTwinSongs: Averted strangely with "Hunting Bears" / "I Might Be Wrong." They flow perfectly into each other, are in the same key, have the same tempo, harmonize perfectly when played on top of each other...but don't follow each other on ''Amnesiac''. Instead, "Hunting Bears" serves as more of a DarkReprise of "I Might Be Wrong," or an intro to "Like Spinning Plates."
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* YouAndWhatArmy: "You and Whose Army?"
-->''You and whose army?''\\
''You and your cronies''
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* WordSaladLyrics: Done to [[MundaneMadeAwesome strangely awesome effect]] in "You and Whose Army?"

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