Amnesiac by Radiohead

Amnesiac, Radiohead's fifth album, came out on 30 May 2001, cut from the same Nigel Godrich sessions that produced Kid A the year before; the band split the haul in two because it felt too dense for a double album. Like its sibling, it pulls from electronic music, 20th-century classical, jazz and krautrock, and it closes with "Life in a Glasshouse", made with jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band. Thom Yorke, Jonny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway sound like they're decoding a haunted radio signal.

This time they put out singles, "Pyramid Song" and "Knives Out", both with videos, and fans could chat with a bot called GooglyMinotaur on AIM. It debuted at number one in Britain and number two in America. Reviews were warm, though some critics heard it as Kid A leftovers, and the special edition won a Grammy for Best Recording Package.

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