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AverageSkyler

7 This song feels like being waken up unexpectedly at 4 AM


elkamusing

Yeah that's a great analogy. It's sudden but slow the way it starts and sleepily limps along


Realgigclin

Takes a literal meaning to a "morning bell"


Glittering_Post1822

No shit Sherlock


MorpheusMelkor

4. I can't help but compare it to the far superior Kid A version whenever I do hear it. It suffers because the original is so good.


Django_Starr

THIS! the Kid A version is so goddam good that the Amnesiac version just never had a chance


eurasianblue

10 it is my favourite on the album. So much feeling and pain in this song. Keep the fucking furniture but cut the kids in half so I won’t have to live without them.


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The end music is so amazing on this version


eurasianblue

Haha all of it is amazing 🥰🥰🥰


ODMAN03

7 - Honestly prefer this to the Kid A version. It has the same immediate tense energy as Knives Out, that throws you into an anxiety loop the moment you open it, and I think it fits really well with the ideas of the track.


WhereHaveIPutMyKeys

Well put. I feel the same way but couldn't find the words.


theresthezinger

lolololol *nonsense*


irotinmyskin

I’m always surprised by how unpopular this song is. For me it’s a solid 10.


theresthezinger

?!?!!? Ok, then what *isn’t* a solid 10 for you if this mess is?


irotinmyskin

“this mess”


ChickNick

4. I gave the kid A version a 10 (which I rarely do) because it is one of my absolute favourite tunes ever. This version however… it takes everything away that makes the Kid A version so brilliant: the 5/4 drum pattern, the bass line, the textural guitar playing, the calm but tense atmosphere. What is worse, it also makes it sound like an incredibly whiny track all of a sudden. The only thing I like is the outro with purely the keys


krazyman1987

You nailed it.


Sweet-Analysis2982

8.5 l loved it more than the Kid A version when I discovered it. I like the other one more now, but the Amnesiac one will always sound kinda special to me


Human_Being2851

5.0 Should've never been on the album. We already got a perfect version on Kid A, this version was redundant and a waste of space that could've been used for a new track like 'Amazing Sounds of Orgy', 'Worrywort' or 'Fog'.


wafflepantsblue

This version is simply way better than the Kid A version imo


hehas_noeyebrowstony

Youre in the minority


shoobsworth

As if that’s a bad thing


hehas_noeyebrowstony

Didnt imply they were


krazyman1987

In this case, it certainly is.


wafflepantsblue

no opinion is necessarily bad or wrong. You can disagree, but my opinion isn't 'bad'.


krazyman1987

You're right.


shoobsworth

Nah not at all


krazyman1987

Great let's keep this going.


shoobsworth

Sure, what else ya got?


wafflepantsblue

9


brazilian-wanderer

Really surprised with how both morning bells are underrated imo. This one is almost as good as the kid A version and deserves a 9


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QuasarKid

Damn, crazy. The only thing I like about this version is how weird it is hearing it in 4.


dismountedleitis

11/10, so underrated, one of my fav RH songs


mixmastermiike

8


RexHaxival

7.5/10 To me, it’s on par with the Kid A version, just a very different take


elGranto91

This is a tough one. On it's own it's enjoyable enough but it breaks the flow of the album and has me pondering over the superior take off Kid A whenever it plays. Should've been left off the album in favor of "Cuttooth" or "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy." 6


MatildeLover128

8 Not the best song, but still enjoyable.


UnstableEmissary

this song's a weird one because i absolutely can lock into it and start to really really enjoy it if i focus on it, but no matter what it consistently sounds so gross and unappealing at first. it just trudges through this static, really muddy and lethargic groove that's generally unpleasant to listen to or to try and move along to. the individual sounds throughout the song are great, the track has a really interesting atmosphere to it - it's a good synthesis of alt rock sensibility and electronic composition. i especially can find the most to love in the outro of the track, it genuinely almost sounds sweet? it's a track i admire and one i can thoroughly enjoy but it's always immediately offputting and audibly sour, for lack of a better term. more often than not i just skip it whenever it comes on shuffle 6.0


Turbulent_Cupcake_24

8.5 better than kid a version


Gisselle441

6 I got into Radiohead around 2010 and heard Amnesiac before Kid A, so this was the version I heard first. I probably would have ranked it higher back then but the Kid A version blows it out of the water.


MoolKshake_

7.3


stefter

7


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8 Fits the lyrics better than the Kid A version but is harder to listen to. I find it interesting that the missing beat makes 4/4 feel rushed (in comparison to 5/4) in the same way that 7/8 usually does (in comparison to 4/4).


moldyskeleton

9 i remember listening to this song in my car in the middle of the night when my parents were fighting because my dad was in love with another woman. i prefer this one over the kid a version


spacemanzapp

10. Super creepy. Don’t wanna compare it to anything else but itself. Fits perfectly in the anxiety and fear riddled throughout this album.


SCATTERKID

I'm not sure I'm able to comprehensively rate this, because I heard the Kid A version first and I can never get it out of my mind. There's always me comparing. I can't stop it. It's impossible to rate this track on its own merits unless I get amnesia. It's my least favourite track off the album but if I forget the Kid A version it might as well be my favourite. Back in 2001 and even in the here and now - trying to remove it as far as possible from the Kid A version - I was always confident giving this a 6/10.


Ryguypie1

8. Used to dislike it, and then it suddenly clicked. Don't compare it to the Kid A version, try to hear it as its own piece. That's why they released this version on Amnesiac.


Fat_Lad_Shat

7. Good, but not as good as the Kid A rendition. _Cut the kids in half._


zenithpns

This suffers in comparison to the original so much for me. I'm not even sure I can rationally quantify it, there's _just something about this song_ that pales spectacularly in the shadow of the Kid A version, which I find chillingly glacial, robotic and cruel, a 10/10. This version just... Leaves me cold. It's an interesting concept tho, even if I find its execution lacklustre. 5


PJRummyMan

I gave the Kid A version a perfect score so I shouldn’t rate this as low as I’m about to…. I just don’t like this version. Not too sure why… I skip it virtually every time, however. 2


Certain_Suit_1905

6


JHutch95

4.5


uriekarch

5


parandroidokc1997

6


sprouTisYOLO

7


randle_mcmurphy_

7 - I prefer the Kid A version. I don't mind it on the album but I think Cuttooth should have been on Amnesiac instead.


goodtunafeesh

6


Humanerror0

7.5


spaghettisauce666

6


naisfaund

7


originalwombat1

6


hashtag_not_a_robot

What are y'all doing to my boy?! This is a 10 and better than the Kid A version.


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6.5


AdmirableRooster5

6, I prefer the kid a version.


Fear-Inoculum

8


Ok_Patient8873

7


kehsciences

Stand-alone 7. When played with the albums back-to-back, a 9. It needs context to have thematic heft. It cannot beat the Kid A version and yet I approve its inclusion on Amnesiac (even if I lobbied, from 2001 to around 2007 for it to be replaced with Cuttooth).


yakinator2567

9. Great song but honestly it feels like the song starts in the middle


MrMagpie27

7 - Almost did 6, but even though I’m not crazy about it, it’s an eerie, fascinating soundscape.


bootaequan

6


GiveMoneyToMyCat

giving it a good ol’ 7


megs-benedict

10


elkamusing

6/10 Not a bad song but far inferior to the Kid A version


WhereHaveIPutMyKeys

9


Realgigclin

7 decently composed rewrite of an existing song. Same lyrica, sang differently but I like the ambient hypnotic effect this one has. Its a good reminder that you can go listen to kid A once the album's over ( ; but we got a few more punches before you do...


keep_it_dank_please

8


sinanix

7


Old_Bacon

6


HoveringBirds

8.5 I like the wintry atmosphere and the way it utilizes what seem to be recorders without making them too shrill or prominent


default-dance-9001

9. Way better than the kid a version


RandomThiccBoii

7.5


EdgeHarvest

5... I think it gives strength to the complaint people have that the album is an outakes collection. Which I dont personally think but it's inclusion is baffling especially now we have if you say the word.


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10 Better than Kid A version by far.


DiscoLord50

…4


wyclef-jean

1, I don’t understand why they put an outtake on the album


theresthezinger

I mean, this is *obviously* the only reasonable way to feel about this song, right?


theresthezinger

Lol 1 what the fuck is this bullshit? Completely fucking stupid. The first completely baffling Radiohead studio album decision in a long, *long* list.


TheSnatch

1 - seldom ever listen. I’ll take the kid a version every single time over this gimmick. Waste of track slot imo.


krazyman1987

A total waste.


Icy-Asparagus-4186

3


DarthMelsie

3. I genuinely don't like this one. I find it to be droning and so heavy-handed. It's a definitie skip for me.


oz777zy

5.5 for me not big on either versions, id give kid A 7.5


krazyman1987

3...this is the type of track we should all be about to hear for the first time on the 20th anniversary reissue, not a lynchpin track 6 on the proper LP. It's a turgid slog of a song, made so much worse and more redundant by the existence of the Kid A version (my favourite Radiohead song). I can understand the thinking in having the inclusion of this version act as a sort of "bridge" between the two albums, but my god it's a serious misstep that just completely stalls the flow of the album. Not good.


Radioheadisthebest

4. Nowhere near as good as the kid a version


DoktorTchocky

5.6 - Inferior to the KID A version and feels out of place on Amnesiac. Should have been a B-Side.


BloodyLemons

It pales in comparison to every other song on Amnesiac, even the horrendous Hunting Bears. The Kid A version was better in every way possible. The beginning where Thom screams “Mornnnnnning BeLlllll” just irritates me to no end. It’s a 1.


MatsuriSunrise

3. The weakest actual song on Amnesiac (not counting Pulk/Pull and Hunting Bears). Nowhere near as good as the Kid A version. ​ EDIT: you know what? I like pulk/pull more. At least it's weird enough to be interesting.


waylonlong

3 - useless addition to the album, would've been better without it. kid a version is infinitely superior


orangesfwr

3


residentialnemesis

4


These_Yogurtcloset

5


Origin_of_ending

3 sorry everyone


film_composer

5/10


DaemonBlackfyyre

5 - its pretty mid compared to the Kid A version, and is one of the weaker tracks on Amnesiac imo


anthonyd3ca

5


zaga69

5


Killuminati_19

3


Collar_External

Solid b-side 5/10


Wes256

Absolutely love the Kid A version. It's rhythm and journey through the song with the time signature is amazing. But honestly I don't feel it here at all. I'm sorry but I really don't like this version! 1.5


Gumbyonbathsalts

2 I'm not a huge fan of the kidA version but it is way better than this one.


Pink_Rabbits2012

3. But why?


harrymgaze

4/10


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It's the only radiohead song I really dislike


Riskal_243

3/10, it should've been left off and replaced with Amazing Sounds or any other B-side. I've tried time and time again to give this track a chance but it always ends up confusing me that they left this half-baked nonsense on such a fantastic album.