Editing Kid A (section)

== Legacy ==
{{Album reviews
| title = Retrospective reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-a-mw0000620999 |title=Kid A&nbsp;– Radiohead |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603193556/http://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-a-mw0000620999 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2score = A<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-ikid-ai-iamnesiaci-ihail-to-the-thief-de-32301 |title=Radiohead: Kid A / Amnesiac / Hail To The Thief (Deluxe Editions) |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=1 September 2009 |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Phipps |first=Keith |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009182623/http://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-ikid-ai-iamnesiaci-ihail-to-the-thief-de-32301 |archive-date=9 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev3score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tudor |first1=Alexander |title=Radiohead's Kid A - the DiS Reappraisal |url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4136425-radioheads-kid-a-the-dis-re-appraisal |website=Drowned in Sound |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225171222/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4136425-radioheads-kid-a-the-dis-re-appraisal |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|volume=6|chapter=Radiohead|page=736{{ndash}}7|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/737/}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev5Score = 9/10<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |date=2006 |publisher=Canongate Books |location=Edinburgh |isbn=1-84195-827-1 |chapter=Radiohead |page=888}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13385-kid-a-special-collectors-edition |title=Radiohead: Kid A: Special Collectors Edition |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=25 August 2009 |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Mitchum |first=Rob |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825105105/http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13385-kid-a-special-collectors-edition/ |archive-date=25 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Radiohead: Kid A |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=362 |date=August 2016 |page=107}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Radiohead: Kid A |journal=[[Record Collector]] |page=92 |quote=[S]uitably liberated... These are recordings with soul...}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Radiohead |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/671 671–72] }}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]''
| rev10score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Jim |title=Radiohead Kid A: Special Collectors Edition Capitol |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/kid_a_special_collectors_edition |website=Under the Radar |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=3 November 2009 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225171217/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/kid_a_special_collectors_edition |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

In the years following its release, ''Kid A'' attracted acclaim. In 2005, ''Pitchfork'' wrote that it had "challenged and confounded" Radiohead's audience, and subsequently "transformed into an intellectual symbol of sorts&nbsp;... Owning it became 'getting it'; getting it became 'anointing it'."<ref name="pitchfork-top">{{cite web|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|title=Top 100 albums of 2000–2004|date=7 February 2005 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5956-the-top-100-albums-of-2000-04-part-one/10/|access-date=15 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330001819/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5956-the-top-100-albums-of-2000-04-part-one/10/|archive-date=30 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2015, Sheffield likened Radiohead's change in style to [[Electric Dylan controversy|Bob Dylan's controversial move to rock music]], writing that critics now hesitated to say they had disliked it at the time.<ref name="Sheffield-2015">{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=2 October 2015 |title=How Radiohead shocked the world: a 15th-anniversary salute to ''Kid A'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-radiohead-shocked-the-world-a-15th-anniversary-salute-to-kid-a-20151002 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803130122/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-radiohead-shocked-the-world-a-15th-anniversary-salute-to-kid-a-20151002 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |access-date=24 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He described ''Kid A'' as the "defining moment in the Radiohead legend".<ref name="Sheffield-2015" /> In 2016, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' argued that ''Kid A'' was the first album since Bowie's ''Low'' to have moved "rock and electronic music forward in such a mature fashion".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lynch |first1=Joe |title=David Bowie Influenced More Musical Genres Than Any Other Rock Star |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6843061/david-bowie-influence-genres-rock-star |magazine=Billboard |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418011502/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6843061/david-bowie-influence-genres-rock-star |archive-date=18 April 2021 |date=14 January 2016}}</ref> In an article for ''Kid A's'' 20th anniversary, the ''[[The Quietus|Quietus]]'' suggested that the negative reviews had been motivated by [[Rockism and poptimism|rockism]], the tendency to venerate rock music over other genres.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cornish|first=Dale|date=2020-09-28|title=Talking Heads Gone Bleep Techno: Radiohead's Kid A Turns 20|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/28987-kid-a-radiohead-review-anniversary|access-date=2020-09-28|website=[[The Quietus]]|language=en-us}}</ref>

In a 2011 ''Guardian'' article about his negative ''Melody Maker'' review, Beaumont wrote that though his opinion had not changed, "''Kid A''{{'s}} status as a cultural cornerstone has proved me, if not wrong, then very much in the minority&nbsp;... People whose opinions I trust claim it to be their favourite album ever."<ref name="Beaumont-2010">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/oct/11/radiohead-kid-a-10-years|title=Radiohead's Kid A: still not much cop|last=Beaumont|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist)|date=11 October 2010|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165723/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/oct/11/radiohead-kid-a-10-years|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2014, Brice Ezell of ''[[PopMatters]]'' wrote that ''Kid A'' is "more fun to think and write about than it is to actually listen to" and a "far less compelling representation of the band's talents than ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]'' and ''OK Computer''".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/185769-is-everything-in-its-right-place-kid-a-and-the-problem-of-narrative|title=Is Everything in Its Right Place? A (Polite) Dissent to 'Kid A'|last=Ezell|first=Brice|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629135144/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/185769-is-everything-in-its-right-place-kid-a-and-the-problem-of-narrative/|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2016, Dorian Lynskey wrote in ''The Guardian'': "At times, ''Kid A'' is dull enough to make you fervently wish that they'd merged the highlights with the best bits of the similarly spotty ''Amnesiac'' ... Yorke had given up on coherent lyrics so one can only guess at what he was worrying about."<ref name="guardian-flawed">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/14/kid-a-to-straight-outta-compton-five-flawed-albums-became-classics|title=From Kid A to Straight Outta Compton&nbsp;– five flawed albums that became classics|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|date=14 January 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529084621/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/14/kid-a-to-straight-outta-compton-five-flawed-albums-became-classics|archive-date=29 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=24 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

''[[Grantland]]'' credited ''Kid A'' for pioneering the use of internet to stream and promote music, writing: "For many music fans of a certain age and persuasion, ''Kid A'' was the first album experienced primarily via the internet&nbsp;– it's where you went to hear it, read the reviews, and argue about whether it was a masterpiece&nbsp;... Listen early, form an opinion quickly, state it publicly, and move on to the next big record by the official release date. In that way, ''Kid A'' invented modern music culture as we know it."<ref name="Grantland" /> In his 2005 book ''[[Killing Yourself to Live]]'', the critic [[Chuck Klosterman]] interpreted ''Kid A'' as a prediction of the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name="Beaumont-2010" /> Speaking at Radiohead's induction to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] 2019, [[David Byrne]] of [[Talking Heads]], one of Radiohead's formative influences, said: "What was really weird and very encouraging was that [''Kid A''] was popular. It was a hit! It proved to me that the artistic risk paid off and music fans sometimes are not stupid."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |last2=Wang |first2=Amy X. |date=30 March 2019 |title=Read David Byrne's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tribute to Radiohead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-david-byrne-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-814063/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330195046/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-david-byrne-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-814063/ |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> In 2020, ''Billboard'' wrote that the success of the "challenging" ''Kid A'' established Radiohead as "heavy hitters in the business for the long run".<ref name="Billboard" />

=== Accolades ===
In 2020, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked ''Kid A'' number 20 on its updated "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" list, describing it as "a new, uniquely fearless kind of rock record for a new, increasingly fearful century ... [It] remains one of the more stunning sonic makeovers in music history."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-09-22 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200922150118/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/roberta-flack-first-take-1062782/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In previous versions of the list, ''Kid A'' ranked at number 67 (2012)<ref>{{cite magazine|date=31 May 2012|title=Radiohead, 'Kid A' – 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/radiohead-kid-a-20120524|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302053346/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/radiohead-kid-a-20120524|archive-date=2 March 2015|access-date=8 March 2015|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and number 428 (2003).<ref name="rockonthenet.com">{{cite web|title=RollingStone, '500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/rs500albums5.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905194438/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/rs500albums5.htm|archive-date=5 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2005, ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Burns |first=Todd |date=18 January 2005 |title=The Top 50 albums, 2000–2005 |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1430 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306095656/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1430 |archive-date=6 March 2005 |access-date=1 April 2007 |work=[[Stylus Magazine]]}}</ref> and ''Pitchfork'' named ''Kid A'' the best album of the previous five years, with ''Pitchfork'' calling it "the perfect record for its time: ominous, surreal, and impossibly millennial".<ref name="pitchfork-top" />

In 2006, [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] named ''Kid A ''one of the 100 best albums, calling it "the opposite of easy listening, and the weirdest album to ever sell a million copies, but ... also a testament to just how complicated pop music can be".<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|date=13 November 2006|title=The All-Time 100 Albums|url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424141858/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|archive-date=24 April 2011|access-date=3 March 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> At the end of the decade, ''Rolling Stone'',<ref name="100 Best Albums of the Decade">{{Cite magazine |date=2011-07-18 |title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-date=1 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701005627/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Pitchfork''<ref name=":3" /> and the ''[[The Times|Times]]''<ref name="The Times-2009" /> ranked ''Kid A'' the greatest album of the 2000s. ''The Guardian'' ranked it second best, calling it "a jittery premonition of the troubled, disconnected, overloaded decade to come. The sound of today, in other words, a decade early."<ref name="Guardian decade" /> In 2021, ''Pitchfork'' readers voted ''Kid A'' the greatest album of the previous 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=The 200 best albums of the last 25 years, according to ''Pitchfork'' readers |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/peoples-list-25th-anniversary/ |access-date=2021-10-15 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US |archive-date=15 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015193750/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/peoples-list-25th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, ''Rolling Stone'' named it the second-greatest album of the century so far, writing that it "foresaw a darker 21st century, one marked by fear, loneliness, dislocation, and technological advancements that only divide us further ... And 25 years later, there's near-universal sentiment that ''Kid A'' is not only a towering achievement by the greatest band of its time, but also a warning call that went completely unheeded."<ref name="rollingstone2025"/>

In 2011, ''Rolling Stone'' named "Everything in Its Right Place" the 24th-best song of the 2000s, describing it as "oddness at its most hummable".<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=17 June 2011|title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/radiohead-everything-in-its-right-place-20110616|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616080415/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/radiohead-everything-in-its-right-place-20110616|archive-date=16 June 2018|access-date=16 June 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> "Idioteque" was named one of the best songs of the decade by ''Pitchfork''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-08-21|title=The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7693-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-20-1/2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525092629/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7693-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-20-1/2/|archive-date=2012-05-25|access-date=2010-03-13|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|publisher=}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/radiohead-idioteque-20110617|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106234310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/radiohead-idioteque-20110617|archive-date=6 November 2012|access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it #33 on its 2018 list of the "greatest songs of the century so far".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Songs of the Century - So Far|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/idioteque-radiohead-667067|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029193324/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/idioteque-radiohead-667067/|archive-date=29 October 2019|access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Accolades for ''Kid A''
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Year
! Rank
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
| US
| Top 100 Albums Ever<ref>{{cite web |title=Consequence of Sound's Top 100 Albums Ever |url=https://consequence.net/2010/09/consequence-of-sounds-top-100-albums-ever/full-post/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116161753/https://consequence.net/2010/09/consequence-of-sounds-top-100-albums-ever/full-post/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |date=15 September 2010 }}</ref>
| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| 73
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]''
| UK
| The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s|url=http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/01/100-best-albums-of-the-decade/10|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|date=1 December 2010|access-date=25 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719225833/http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/01/100-best-albums-of-the-decade/10/|archive-date=19 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rowspan=2| UK
| Albums of the decade<ref name="Guardian decade">{{cite news |last=Thomson |first=Graeme |date=27 November 2009 |title=Albums of the decade: No 2: Radiohead&nbsp;– ''Kid A'' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/28/album-decade-radiohead-kid-a |url-status=live |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908071257/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/28/album-decade-radiohead-kid-a |archive-date=8 September 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
| The 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century|title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century|date=13 September 2019|website=[[The Guardian]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913091456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century|archive-date=13 September 2019|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>
| 2019
| style="text-align:center;"| 16
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| UK
| The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993–2006<ref>{{cite web|url = http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=0&msgid=0|title = The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993–2006|year = 2006|access-date = 25 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120429094515/http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=0&msgid=0|archive-date = 29 April 2012|url-status = live}}</ref>
| 2006
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[NME]]''
| rowspan=2| UK
| The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmes_100_best_albums.htm#Greatest%20British%20Albums|title = The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever|work = NME|year = 2006|access-date = 25 April 2007|url-status = usurped|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150202225144/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmes_100_best_albums.htm#Greatest%20British%20Albums|archive-date = 2 February 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2006
| style="text-align:center;"| 65
|-
| The Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381|title=The Top 100 Greatest Albums of The Decade|work=[[NME]]|date=11 November 2009|access-date=25 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711220245/http://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-1381|archive-date=11 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 14
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
| US
| The 50 Best Albums Of The Decade<ref>{{cite web |last=Brandon Stosuy |title=Paste's 50 Best Albums Of The Decade |url=https://www.stereogum.com/98731/pastes_50_best_albums_of_the_decade/franchises/list/ |website=Paste |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503021702/https://www.stereogum.com/98731/pastes_50_best_albums_of_the_decade/franchises/list/ |archive-date=3 May 2019 |date=2 November 2009}}</ref>
| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| US
| Top 200 Albums of the 2000s<ref name=":3">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=The top 200 albums of the 2000s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045640/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=2 |archive-date=14 March 2016 |access-date=19 October 2009 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''Platendraaier''
| The Netherlands
| Top 30 Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platendraaier.nl/toplijsten/top-30-albums-van-de-jaren-00/|title=Top 30 albums van de jaren 00|publisher=Platendraaier|year=2015|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420142137/https://www.platendraaier.nl/toplijsten/top-30-albums-van-de-jaren-00/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[PopMatters]]''
| UK/US
| The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 5-1 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/186499-the-100-best-albums-of-the-00s-20-1-2495607673.html?rebelltitem=4 |website=PopMatters |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101031349/https://www.popmatters.com/186499-the-100-best-albums-of-the-00s-20-1-2495607673.html?rebelltitem=4 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
| 2014
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
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! scope="row" |''Porcys''
|Poland
|The Best Albums of 2000-2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porcys.com/ranking/100-plyt-2000-2009-na-swiecie/10/|title = 100 Płyt 2000-2009 Na Świecie|publisher=Porcys|year=2010|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>
|2010
| style="text-align:center;" |2
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! scope="row" rowspan=4| ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rowspan=4| US
| The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/radiohead-kid-a-4-1063213/|title = The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine = Rolling Stone|year = 2020|access-date = 2 October 2020|df = dmy-all|archive-date = 1 October 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001120559/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/radiohead-kid-a-4-1063213|url-status = live}}</ref>
| 2020
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|-
| The 100 Best Albums of the Decade<ref name="100 Best Albums of the Decade"/>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
| The 40 Greatest Stoner Albums<ref name=":1" />
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
| The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century<ref name="rollingstone2025">{{cite magazine|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/radiohead-kid-a-6-1235188695/|title = The Best Albums of the 21st Century So Far|magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]|year = 2025|access-date = 11 January 2025|df = dmy-all|archive-date = 10 January 2025|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250110220203/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/radiohead-kid-a-6-1235188695/|url-status = live}}</ref>
| 2025
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| US
| Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |title=100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 |work=Spin Magazine |year=2005 |access-date=14 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804123605/https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |archive-date= 4 August 2009 }}</ref>
| 2005
| style="text-align:center;"| 48
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
| US
| The 50 Best Albums of 2000–2004<ref name=":2" />
| 2005
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
| US
| The All-Time 100 Albums<ref>{{cite news|url = https://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/slide/turn-back-the-years-essential-hank-williams-collection/#kid-a|access-date = 5 May 2007|title = The All-Time 100 albums|last = Tyrangiel|first = Josh|author2 = Light, Alan|date = 13 November 2006|magazine = Time|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021213318/http://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/slide/turn-back-the-years-essential-hank-williams-collection/#kid-a|archive-date = 21 October 2011|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
| 2006
| style="text-align:center;"| *
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Times]]''
| UK
| The 100 Best Pop Albums of the Noughties<ref name="The Times-2009">{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece?offset=180 |title=The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties |date=21 November 2009 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=26 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''
| US
| 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die<ref>{{cite book|last=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>
| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| *
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Musikexpress]]''
| Germany
| The 50 Best Albums of the New Millennium<ref>{{cite web |title=2000-2015: The 50 best albums of the new millennium |url=https://www.musikexpress.de/2000-2015-die-50-besten-alben-des-neuen-jahrtausends-291037/8/ |website=Musikexpress |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624194423/https://www.musikexpress.de/2000-2015-die-50-besten-alben-des-neuen-jahrtausends-291037/8/ |archive-date=24 June 2019 |date=23 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[La Vanguardia]]''
| Spain
| The Best Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web |last=Josep Massot |title='La Vanguardia' elige los álbumes de la década |url=http://www.lavanguardia.es/cultura/noticias/20091227/53854202399/la-vanguardia-elige-los-albumes-de-la-decada-bob-dylan-lou-reed-myspace-devendra-banhart-billie-holi.html |website=La Vanguardia |access-date=4 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405060802/http://www.lavanguardia.es/cultura/noticias/20091227/53854202399/la-vanguardia-elige-los-albumes-de-la-decada-bob-dylan-lou-reed-myspace-devendra-banhart-billie-holi.html |archive-date=5 April 2010 |language=es |date=27 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| US
|The Best Music of the Decade<ref name=tavc09>{{Cite news| last=Murray| first=Noel| title=The Best Music of the Decade| url=https://music.avclub.com/the-best-music-of-the-decade-1798221680,35540/5/| magazine=[[The A.V. Club]]| access-date=July 14, 2013| date=November 19, 2009| publisher=The Onion, Inc.| location=[[Chicago]]}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|}

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=== Later releases ===
Radiohead left EMI after their contract ended in 2003.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=8 November 2007 |title=EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher= |location=London |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2207489,00.html |access-date=22 November 2007 |archive-date=19 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519013024/http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2207489,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After a period of being [[out of print]] on vinyl, ''Kid A'' was reissued as a double LP on 19 August 2008 as part of the "From the Capitol Vaults" series, along with other Radiohead albums.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2008 |title=Coldplay, Radiohead to be reissued on vinyl |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-396-1336094 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216012653/http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/37969 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |access-date=2 November 2011 |work=[[NME]] |df=dmy}}</ref> In 2007, EMI released ''[[Radiohead Box Set]]'', a compilation of albums recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI, including ''Kid A.<ref name="Guardian" />'' On 25 August 2009, EMI reissued ''Kid A'' in a two-CD "Collector's Edition" and a "Special Collector's Edition" containing an additional DVD. Both versions feature live tracks, taken mostly from television performances. Radiohead had no input into the reissues and the music was not remastered.<ref name="MCCARTHY2">{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Sean |date=18 December 2009 |title=The Best Re-Issues of 2009: 18: Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey'' / ''The Bends'' / ''OK Computer'' / ''Kid A'' / ''Amnesiac'' / ''Hail to the Thief'' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-album-re-issues-2009-2496140735.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220175703/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009/ |archive-date=20 December 2009 |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref> 

The EMI reissues were discontinued after Radiohead's back catalogue transferred to [[XL Recordings]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7318966/radioheads-early-catalog-moves-from-warner-bros-to-xl|title=Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL|last=Christman|first=Ed|date=4 April 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410121349/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7318966/radioheads-early-catalog-moves-from-warner-bros-to-xl|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2016, XL reissued ''Kid A'' on vinyl, along with the rest of Radiohead's back catalogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/|title=Radiohead to reissue entire catalogue on vinyl|last=Spice|first=Anton|date=6 May 2016|website=thevinylfactory.com|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093045/http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> An early demo of "The National Anthem" was included in the special edition of the 2017 ''OK Computer'' reissue ''[[OKNOTOK 1997 2017]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Atkins|first=Jamie|date=22 June 2017|title=''OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017''|url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/ok-computer-oknotok-1997-2017|access-date=23 June 2017|website=[[Record Collector]]|archive-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625083556/http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/ok-computer-oknotok-1997-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2020, Radiohead released an extended version of "Treefingers", previously released on the soundtrack for the 2000 film ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'', to digital platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|title=Radiohead share extended "Treefingers" and rare remixes to digital archive|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/radiohead-share-extended-treefingers-rare-remixes-to-digital-archive/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=22 February 2020|language=en|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209194943/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/radiohead-share-extended-treefingers-rare-remixes-to-digital-archive/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 5, 2021, Radiohead released ''[[Kid A Mnesia]]'', an anniversary reissue compiling ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac''. It includes a third album, ''Kid Amnesiae'', comprising previously unreleased material from the sessions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|date=2021-11-04|title=Radiohead – ''Kid Amnesiae'' review: a haunting secret history of two classic records|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/radiohead-kid-amnesiae-review-3087188|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[NME]]|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104114425/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/radiohead-kid-amnesiae-review-3087188|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead promoted the reissue with singles for the previously unreleased tracks "[[If You Say the Word]]" and "[[Follow Me Around]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=2021-11-01|title=Radiohead's 'Follow Me Around' is a holy grail for fans. 20 years later, it's here|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-follow-me-around-video-guy-pearce-1251279/|access-date=2021-11-01|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116033602/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-follow-me-around-video-guy-pearce-1251279/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Kid A Mnesia Exhibition]]'', an interactive experience with music and artwork from the albums, was released on November 18 for [[PlayStation 5]], [[macOS]] and [[Windows]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tarantola|first=A.|date=9 September 2021|title=Radiohead and Epic Games team up for a virtual ''Kid A Mnesia'' exhibit|url=https://www.engadget.com/radiohead-and-epic-games-team-up-for-the-kid-a-mnesia-exhibit-215738766.html|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Engadget|language=en-US|archive-date=9 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909234920/https://www.engadget.com/radiohead-and-epic-games-team-up-for-the-kid-a-mnesia-exhibit-215738766.html|url-status=live}}</ref>