Amnesiac (Limited Edition) [Limited Edition]

Radiohead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005BJC7
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,785 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative > General

Track Listings

1. Packt like sardines in a crushd tin box

2. Pyramid song

3. Pulk/pull revolving doors

4. You and whose army?

5. I might be wrong

6. Knives out

7. Amnesiac/Morning bell

8. Dollars & cents

9. Hunting bears

10. Like spinning plates

11. Life in a glass house

Editorial Reviews

RADIOHEAD Amnesiac (Deleted 2001 UK limited edition 11-track CD album including the complex and otherworldly Pyramid Song presented in a fantastic 36-page 7? x 6 red textured notebook featuring drawings and graphics from Stanley Donwood with the CD housed in a library book sticker style pouch at the front! CDSFHEIT45101)

Customer Reviews

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85 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why "Limited"?, June 7, 2001

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Jonathan Schaper (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amnesiac (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

This review is for those of you wondering what is different about the limited edition and if it is worth shelling out the extra money for (since it isn't apparent from this listing, and the above photo is actually of the regular edition). Look elsewhere for reviews of the music (which is excellent).

There is not a second of additional music in the limited edition. No hidden tracks, remixes, etc. Just the exact same musical content on the exact same cd (except it is printed in Europe). The only difference is in the packaging.

With the limited edition import, the cd comes inside of a bright red hardcover book. This book is basically the same one pictured on the cover of the regular edition (without the wear and tear). The book has a dimension approximately four times the size of the one depicted on the cover of the regular edition (the actual cd booklet, not the photo above).

Attached to the inside front cover of the book is a library jacket which contains a sign-out card and is also used to hold the cd. The remainder of the book reprints all of the artwork from the regular edition's booklet, with the exception of the last page (which lists the recording credits), but at a larger size, with the sides cropped to various degrees to allow for the book's different shape (but, consequently, there are sometimes details visible at the top and bottom of each page of artwork that gets cut out of the regular ed.'s booklet). The artwork underneath the cd tray in the regular ed. is also reprinted as one of the pages, and there are four additional pages of artwork nowhere to be found in the regular ed.

So is it worthwhile? Only if you want to get an interesting collectible or invest in something that might increase in value, or if you are a huge fan of the artwork on Radiohead's other albums such as Kid A and OK Computer. Personally, I found it to be quite cool, but I wish there was also bonus music.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radiohead Can't Miss, June 5, 2001

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Nick (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amnesiac (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

After Radiohead lost some fans over the electronic, experimental feel of Kid A, they had to convince those lost fans that this would be more like "old radiohead", less experimental and more direct. well, this album is a mix between both ok computer and kid a. there are some songs that sound like they come from kid A- like the first track- Packt like Sardines in a Crushd Tin- with a banging kettle drum and electonic beats. It sounds somewhat like Kid A's first track, Everything in its Right Place. Packt like Sardines is a great way to start off the album. Then we get into the Pyramid Song, a song in heavy rotation on MTV2. The song is just as abstract as the video. It ranks on my list as one of the top "easier" radiohead songs, with "how to disapppear completely", my all time radiohead favorite song, and "exit music (for a film)". It then goes into the next song with a heavy, thumping beat. Its somewhat of a trance-like song, something that sounds like a normal radiohead song with a massive attack remix. There is alot of variety on this album- it has the same atmosphere as it did on Kid A- dark, mysterious, intricate, spacey, and moody. Yet there isnt really a song on here that is as emotional or as intense as "Climbing Up The Walls" from Ok computer. Its a great album all around, and it fails to disappoint from all the anticipation and the hype. Die hard radiohead fans as myself (i got it at midnight) will embrace this album like every other radiohead album. We better learn to enjoy it, because they probably wont release another album in about 3 or 4 years, we just got lucky this time.

Yet just like Kid A, (and with all other radiohead albums), you cant judge by your first listen. Allow the cd to grow on you. This album, along with Tool's Lateralus, is the best album to come out this year so far, and will definately be on some critic and fan's top ten year lists.

The special edition is definately worth investing in- its about 3 times better than the disappointing Kid A special edition. It is the book that is on the front of the normal CD cover. It has 32 pages of brilliant artwork in a hardcover book. Get this special edition if you can find it- its definately worth it....

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Less Optimistic Than Kid A, June 16, 2001

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J. Sutherland "zeppfan" (Southport, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amnesiac (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

After listening to this album many times I have found that it is an excellent piece of music just as I would expect from Radiohead. This album sounds alot like Kid A but it's definitely not composed of throwaway songs from the Kid A sessions. Amnesiac is different than Kid A because it has a different mood and if any of these songs were put on Kid A instead of this album it wouldn't sound right. I think this album is more sombre and depressing than Kid A. Songs like "Pyramid Song" and "Life in a Glasshouse" are so powerfully melancholic that they harken back to the OK Computer days. Alot of people seem to like or totally dislike this album and the reason is that people are divided between those who like Radiohead's new electronic sound and those who don't. I don't care whether it's electronic or Ok Computer-like, I just like good music. This is good music in my opinion. In comparing this album to Kid A I think that a couple of individual songs are better than any of the songs on Kid A ("Pyramid Song", and "I might be wrong") but, Kid A is more consistent as a whole than this. If you're a Radiohead fan I don't know how you couldn't like this album. I really don't know why anyone would give it any less than 4 stars. The Limited Edition CD is probably not worth your money unless you want to look at some weird pictures that have showed up on Radiohead albums ever since OK computer. Definitley buy this album if you liked Kid A. If you didn't like Kid A I'm not sure if you'll like this one or not because it definitely has some OK Computer-like songs on it. But, in my opinion I think it's a great album so I would reccommend it to anyone.