It is certified platinum in the UK, the US and Canada, and gold in Japan. By October 2008, it had sold over 900,000 copies worldwide.
In June 2001, Radiohead began the Amnesiac tour, incorporating their first North American tour in three years.Īmnesiac debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number two on the US Billboard 200. Videos were also made for 'Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors' and 'Like Spinning Plates', and 'I Might Be Wrong', which was released as a promotional single. The final track, 'Life in a Glasshouse', is a collaboration with jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band.Īfter having released no singles for Kid A, Radiohead promoted Amnesiac with the singles ' Pyramid Song' and ' Knives Out', accompanied by music videos. As with Kid A, Amnesiac incorporates influences from electronic music, 20th-century classical music, jazz and krautrock.
It was recorded with producer Nigel Godrich in the same sessions as Radiohead's previous album Kid A (2000) feeling the work was too dense for a double album, Radiohead released it as two albums. Amnesiac is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on by EMI subsidiaries Parlophone and Capitol Records.
