Today is the 10th Anniversary of one of my favorite albums of all time! ! 10 years ago on this very day, Radiohead unleashed their 4th studio album, Kid A, on the world. It’s not so much an album as it is one of the most creative and emotive collections of art that I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing. Even though it wasn’t until YEARS after its release that I’d actually heard it, it single-handedly helped mold my musical tastes into what they are today and ultimately changed my life.
A modern masterpiece, this album challenged everything I thought I knew and loved about music. It’s made me cry, laugh, and sit in silence bewildered at how listening to a handful of songs can create such vivid, beautiful imagery. I can still remember lying in my bed in my dorm, listening to this album for the very first time. I still have yet to find a record that can match that experience!
So, for Kid A, I say thank you to Radiohead for instilling in me an interest, an appreciation and an obsession for music that completely turned my world upside down.
I leave you with the music video for the most hauntingly beautiful songs every created; quite possibly my favorite song of all time, “How to Disappear Completely.”
/Fanboy rant out of system.
