i can't believe how i keep reading that a lot of people just consider this album a group of b-sides that didn't make it on the Kid-A album. this is far from that. this is far from sub-standard music of any variation. listening to Amnesiac is like listening to the audio equivelant of an epic drama film. it has the power to draw you in, subtly put you at peace, and then slap you straight across the fucking face and make you to pay attention. it'll repeat this process on you. a few times, in fact. until you've exhausted 80% of your emotional capacity.

my favourite track off the album is Pyramid Song. in fact, not just off the album, out of Radiohead's entire back catalogue, this is my favourite. and this is an incredible achievement, considering how many of their songs i absolutely love. it's just so bittersweet it becomes heart-wrenching, but in a manner so serene and peaceful you feel like you're listening to someone's heartfelt swan song. i heard the opening verse to the song:

i jumped in the river and what did I see?
black-eyed angels swimming with me

and i was just overcome by this desire to cry. i'm not sure what the fuck happened. i was fine before i heard those lyrics, but the gravity of them bore down on me like a truck falling from the sky, and i suddenly had this urge to just ball. in my opinion: an incredibly powerful song.

Pick up this album! it probably wont be for everyone, sure. but that applies to just about everything. so the least you can do is give it a try. ESPECIALLY if you're a radiohead fan. and DEFINATELY if you've heard, and loved, Kid A.