Album Reviews – Radiohead's "Kid A (Reissue)"
Artist: Radiohead
Album: Kid A (Collector’s Edition)
Label : Capitol
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Decision: 5/5 Amazing
Favorite Tunes: All of them.
1. Background:
It’s been a big year for reissues. Along with the Beatles’ reissues last week, Radiohead has been staggering reissues of their entire discography all year. These special edition reissues have been double-sized affairs with the remastered original album and extra discs with live performance, b-sides, and a DVD with video performances.
When it comes to film, I’m not a fan of collector’s edition DVDs with extra material that wasn’t included with the first release so that fans have to buy their favorite movies twice. But when it comes to music, it actually makes sense. Remastering technology helps give listeners a new appreciation of the music they thought they were familiar with. And the extra material wasn’t really available when the albums were released since performances and music videos don’t often happen before an album is released. Still, I was skeptical about the Kid A collector’s edition CDs. Read the rest of this entry →