Amnesiac
by Radiohead
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jun 5, 2001
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 559 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 528 out of 559
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 559
  3. Negative: 8 out of 559

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  1. Andy
    Aug 22, 2006
    6
    Too many medicore tracks muddle this record.
  2. Æ
    Oct 24, 2001
    5
    At best it's mediocre, very dull sounding, unlike their previous albums.
  3. nothalfbad!!!
    Mar 29, 2006
    5
    Pablo Honey>Amnesiac The Bends>Amnesiac Ok Computer
  4. MichaelE.
    Aug 3, 2002
    6
    Some great material, but it plays like what it is: a collection of "Kid A" b-sides.
  5. arov59
    May 6, 2011
    6
    I just don't feel this album like every other Radiohead album... Like Spinning Plates is by far the best from this album, including Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box and Life In A Glass House. Apart from that, I have very little else to say about this album... If you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all... I could never give this below six though, asI just don't feel this album like every other Radiohead album... Like Spinning Plates is by far the best from this album, including Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box and Life In A Glass House. Apart from that, I have very little else to say about this album... If you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all... I could never give this below six though, as I still have hopes that one day Amnesiac and I might click.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

89
#89 Best Album of 2001
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#8 Most Discussed Album of 2001
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#9 Most Shared Album of 2001

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Spin Cycle
    75
    "Amnesiac" deepens the mystery that Radiohead began with its curious, largely electronic 2000 release, "Kid A," and certainly won't satiate those awaiting the lauded band's supposed return to guitar-heavy epics.
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  2. Q Magazine
    80
    Either Yorke’s lyrics are better this time, or the comparative voluptuousness of the vocal performances make it easier to tune in, or we’ve finally grasped what he’s been getting at since abandoning OK Computer’s more straightforward man-vs-society musings.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    By the sound of it, Radiohead have strayed off into the same territory Yes did over a quarter century ago -- and two pieces of marginalia in a row don't bode well for the outcome. [8 June 2001, p.72]
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