Kid A to get 33 1/3 treatment

2010-10-01 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 45 Comments
To coincide with its 10th anniversary, Radiohead's landmark album Kid A (#2 on Sputnik's top albums of the '00s) will be the subject of the next edition of the 33 1/3 series on seminal rock and pop albums.

Marvin Lin's (editor of Tiny Mixtapes) retrospective has been scheduled for a December 2010 release, although a specific date has not yet been confirmed.

From the book's back cover: "It was virtually impossible to ignore Radiohead's Kid A when it was released in early October 2000. But the album was more than just a ten-track collection of songs written by five musicians from Oxfordshire, more than the 'weird' follow-up to the critics' fashionable go-to record of choice OK Computer, more than what the Village Voice described as 'the biggest, warmest recorded go-fuck-yourself in recent memory.' Kid A was an event.

"By pulling Kid A from its canonical status and grounding the album in various contexts, Marvin Lin explains not only why Radiohead suddenly adopted a new songwriting methodology, but also how properties like 'genre' and 'authenticity' distracted us from understanding our reactions to it. From bovine growth hormones and neurological impulses to Dada poetry and bandwidth throttling, the book articulates the politics behind both Radiohead's music and our listening experiences.

"But in a period of socio-political unrest, is listening to Kid A a waste of time? In and through the album, Lin seeks to answer this question by examining what Kid A does to us over time, what Kid A tells us about the future, and whether it's possible (or even desirable) to use Kid A to transcend time altogether."


Pre-order: http://www.amazon.com/Radioheads-Kid-33-1-3/dp/0826423434

Tagged: Radiohead

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Slum
October 2nd 2010
2580 Comments


This sounds cool, might actually buy a book for once

Counterfeit
October 2nd 2010
17836 Comments


sounds cool, might buy

Knott-
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
10259 Comments


sounds pretentious, might buy

luci
October 2nd 2010
12844 Comments


sounds pretentious, not gonna buy

ThePalestMexican
October 2nd 2010
2816 Comments


sounds like a self-indulgent cash-in, might lul

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


how is this a cash in palestbeaner? it's just part of a book series not like a reissue of the album or
anything. a
lot of highly respected albums have been written about and they are usually written by either a
musician or a highly touted critic. i have the one John Darnielle did about black sabbath. they're
cool books.

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


fuck the coding in the edits. god dammit mx

ThePalestMexican
October 2nd 2010
2816 Comments


Probably due to the fact I think Kid A is overrated
but I gotta admit that Black Sabbath book does sound interesting

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


that makes no sense. if this was being put out by radiohead themselves then it would be ok to call it out but since it's not and part of an ongoing book series you just end up sounding like a tool.

ThePalestMexican
October 2nd 2010
2816 Comments


I skimmed and thought it was being written by the management
I fully read and understand it's not

Big whoop wanna fight about it?

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


yes. i choose pistols at dawn.

ThePalestMexican
October 2nd 2010
2816 Comments


Beware Red
I duel a mean gentleman's duel

Captain North
October 2nd 2010
6793 Comments


It sounded cool up until "bovine growth hormones" when my douche radar went off.

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


i'm not afraid of you. i've seen enough westerns to know that the fat dude with a mustache always wins.

ThePalestMexican
October 2nd 2010
2816 Comments


I've seen Big Money Rustlas
I beg to differ

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


ROFL

astrel
October 2nd 2010
2615 Comments


fat dudes with painted on mustaches count too.

Ire
October 2nd 2010
41944 Comments


Some of these are good, some are worthless.

WeepingBanana
October 2nd 2010
11396 Comments


i have the 33 1/3 book for in the aeroplane over the sea. i read it here and there. pretty cool. also, i'm pretty sure i know the guy who wrote the one for bee thousand oddly enough

Spare
October 2nd 2010
5567 Comments


i have the one John Darnielle did about black sabbath.
least likely sabbath fan ever

also this looks good, want to get but won't because i don't have cash out the ass

couldwinarabbit
October 2nd 2010
6996 Comments


I love hearing over the top radiohead love.

Sevhead
October 2nd 2010
569 Comments


...huh.

Titan50
October 2nd 2010
4588 Comments


I should start getting these. A lot of the album they've written about I love

DeafMetal
October 2nd 2010
8598 Comments


John Darnielle's the fucking man. The Mountain Goats have a song about a Marduk t-shirt. He's a huge
metal fan.

Spare
October 2nd 2010
5567 Comments


what a fucking badass

Homunculusninja
October 2nd 2010
112 Comments


what was that one thing where they layered kid a?

Meatplow
October 2nd 2010
5523 Comments


I thought this had to do with The Naked Gun

a Kid A parody starring Leslie Neilsen as Thom Yorke

ThorntonReed
October 2nd 2010
34 Comments


^ That, I'd buy.

instantradical
October 2nd 2010
362 Comments


Yay three cheers for the most overrated album of all time!

Wizard
October 2nd 2010
20638 Comments


i have the one John Darnielle did about black sabbath. they're
cool books.


Great book.

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


least likely sabbath fan ever

if i remember right, his favorite band is Darkthrone so....

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 2nd 2010
31888 Comments


what other albums have gotten this treatment? linky?

Athom
Emeritus
October 2nd 2010
17249 Comments


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33%E2%85%93

syn71
October 2nd 2010
36 Comments


I have the one on Loveless. It's kinda interesting but overall isn't that great.

Tits McGee
October 2nd 2010
1874 Comments


yeah I like these books. I've read the "Highway 61 Revisited" and "If You're Feeling Sinister", and they're pretty good reads.

couldwinarabbit
October 3rd 2010
6996 Comments


@1 should have been kid a not jane doe

couldwinarabbit
October 3rd 2010
6996 Comments


@1 should have been kid a not jane doe

couldwinarabbit
October 3rd 2010
6996 Comments


double post ftw

whywontyoudie
October 4th 2010
3067 Comments


i have yet to actually listen to a Radiohead song that isn't Creep. so i'm starting listening to Kid A right now.

Ire
October 4th 2010
41944 Comments


bad choice

OK Computer is your best bet tbh

ShadowRemains
October 4th 2010
28785 Comments


i knew rabbit would jizz all over this...

whywontyoudie
October 4th 2010
3067 Comments


eh, i'm already into the 3rd song so i'll just let this finish then listen to OK Computer. then go back and listen to Kid A. i've had their discography on my system for a while now but never got around to listening to it.

Ire
October 4th 2010
41944 Comments


The reason why I say that is that KA took the most listens of any Radiohead album to appreciate.

I appreciate it the most but it took a long time for it to become what it is to me now.

whywontyoudie
October 4th 2010
3067 Comments


i'm enjoying it a little so far. i can definitely see why this shouldn't be the first exposure though.

usefulbattery
October 14th 2010
4 Comments


The 33 1/3 series is not a release by the band itself. The series has covered all kinds of acts over the years.



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