Kid A: Follow up to Ok Computer???

Radiohead first appeared in 1993 with their debut album "pablo Honey" and single "creep", which entered charts at no 7. they then released "The Bends" in 1995, and "OK Computer" in 1997. these two albums have recently been voted no 1 and 2 of all time in Q music Magazine. Clearly, the follow up would have been difficult. Radiohead were faced with the following dilemna, what do you do once you have written the best album the world has ever seen (in several critics opinons).
The Answer, take a radical about face, erase all pre-conceptions of yourself, and release an album with more experimentation than anyone could have predicted. Radiohead did not even try to follow Ok Computer, they turned around, and led themselves in new directions, a move that no-one saw coming.
The important thing though, is the experimentation really works. Radiohead have gone into new pastures, and found they are just as good an experimental band as they are a rock one. Nothing somes the album up better than opener "everything in its right place" which before Thom even starts singing, has identified the album as different, and is a piece of melodic genius. The invented instruments, and synthesizers, are just as moving as the singing and guitar in Ok Computer, and make for a brilliant album.
Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar) may be seen to be getting rather bored in the recording of this album, as his guitar is very much pushed into the background, but he deals with the synthezizers, and is the most imporant person in this album.
Of cause, the album does not rely on this new direction, Thom Yorkes singing and lyrics have also been Superb for radiohead, and Kid A is no different, with song like "idioteque" and "Everything in its right place" being sung using Thoms most impressive forsetto.

The national anthem: With an underlying and solid bass riff, the national anthem embodies everything that is Kid A. There is only one verse in the song, that is repeated over and over, but the dividing bridges are what make the song what it is, with trumpet, and a whole lot more brass, and a whole range of weird and wonderful instruments, the national anthem shows what this album is all about.

In Limbo:
A quiet song, almost like optimistc, except much quiter, and with not as outstanding chorus, in limbo nevertheless is a good song which helps the album move along.

Morning Bell:
Again, using Thom Yorke's great vocals, morning bell does not use a conventional drum beat, and the instrument that backs up thom is the same one used on second track: Kid A, an almost haunting song, which is very similar, although somewhat better, than Kid A, morning bell is a good penultimate song.