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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing
If given a proper listen Kid A is a real sonic beauty. Just because it doesnt have any radio hits or catchy songs doesnt make it boring.
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There are many ambient-oritented albums that are a LOT more sonically beautiful than Kid A. If Kid A REALLY stood out among electro-ambient soundscape music and was the genuine bona fide flagship of its genre, then you'd have a point. The fact is, it isn't. It's not even among the top 20 or 30 electro-ambient albums in existence. I was never saying it was boring because it lacks radio hits. I say it's boring because it just isn't very engaging. I mean, 90% of the crap I listen to is completely devoid of anything that could ever even be construed as
potential radio music.
Seriously, to you and dac, this might sound arrogant but I'll say it anyway: I think the only reason that either of you really view Kid A as being something so amazing is that you are not, essentially, fans of that kind of electronic music in the broader sense.
Here's a great electro-ambient album from this year: Flying Lotus - Los Angeles. This knocks the socks off of Kid A and it wasn't even supposed to.