Title: New Misadventures in Hi-Fi
Product review: Jesus. As someone who warmed to the difficult, but strangely beautiful "Kid A," I eagerly awaited this title, particularly as the buzz indicated a more "song oriented" spin on the previous work. "Amnesiac" is a bin of cast-offs from the "Kid A" sessions, and is the most tedious album I've heard since Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans" way back in my teen years in the '70s. Boring drones dominate the proceedings, with even more filtered vocals and obtuse melodies. It's all well and good for Thom Yorke to feed his Brian Eno jones. It's quite another thing to confuse ambience with art; creating one doesn't guarantee the other. Excellent production rates it two stars.
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