Amnesiac

Hesitation MarksNine Inch Nails(2013)

sound62% mood47% era57% phase80%

Shared mood: introspection, anxietyShared style: art rock, electronic

Los AngelesFlying Lotus(2008)

sound57% mood47% era90% phase30%

Shared mood: introspection, anxiety

MezzanineMassive Attack(1998)

sound54% mood47% era96% phase60%

Shared mood: paranoia, anxiety

sound64% mood47% era49% phase50%

ANIMAThom Yorke(2019)

Shared mood: paranoia, anxietyShared style: electronic

48%

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

PeteStrumentalsPete Rock(2001)

sound59% mood23% era100% phase90%

Same yearSimilar era stance

75%

Welcome 2 DetroitJ Dilla(2001)

sound68% mood18% era100% phase60%

Same yearSimilar era stance

74%

The UnseenMadlib(2000)

sound61% mood23% era99% phase60%

1 year apartSimilar era stance

73%

DiscoveryDaft Punk(2001)

sound60% mood0% era100% phase90%

73%

Metaphorical MusicNujabes(2003)

sound66% mood23% era97% phase30%

2 years apartSimilar era stance

72%

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

BlurBlur(1997)

sound59% mood18% era80% phase100%

Same career phase4 years apartShared mood: anxiety

79%

13Blur(1999)

sound48% mood0% era97% phase100%

Same career phase2 years apart

78%

PeepshowSiouxsie and the Banshees(1988)

sound54% mood23% era67% phase100%

Same career phaseShared mood: paranoia

77%

Year ZeroNine Inch Nails(2007)

sound49% mood23% era91% phase95%

Same career phaseShared mood: paranoia

77%

DrukqsAphex Twin(2001)

sound48% mood0% era85% phase100%

Same career phaseSame year

77%

Acoustic Profile

Production

Method: electronic-dominant

Fidelity: lo-fi-aesthetic

Kid A session material recontextualizedjazz-electronic fusionOndes Martenotfree-jazz horns

Vocal

Approach: mixed

Lyrical Abstraction:

7/10

Mood & Theme

paranoia introspection anxiety

Territory: memory-erosion, surveillance, labyrinthine-dread

Emotional Arc: paranoid-wandering

Era & Context

2001: post-Y2K, pre-9/11. The darker, more jazz-inflected twin of Kid A, mining the same sessions for different emotions.

Career Phase

Electronic Deconstruction 2000-2001

Demolition of rock form. Embrace of electronic, avant-garde, and jazz-inflected methods. Deliberate alienation of audience.

Distant Connections (13)

A second layer for farther resonances: connections that may not sound closest at first, but still point somewhere useful.

100th Window Massive Attack (2003)

technological-anxietytextural-explorationcontrol-obsession

Chiastic Slide Autechre (1997)

sonic-experimentationtextural-exploration

Geogaddi Boards of Canada (2002)

nostalgia-as-mediumtechnological-anxiety

On the Beach Neil Young (1974)

sonic-experimentationvulnerability-as-weapon

Confield Autechre (2001)

sonic-experimentationalienation-of-fanbase

Tomorrow's Harvest Boards of Canada (2013)

technological-anxietynostalgia-as-medium

Deftones Deftones (2003)

alienation-of-fanbasetextural-exploration

Different Trains Steve Reich (1988)

technological-anxietytextural-exploration

Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles (1967)

...I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin (1995)

sonic-experimentation

sonic-experimentationtechnological-anxiety

Nothing Meshuggah (2002)

sonic-experimentationalienation-of-fanbase

Petrushka Igor Stravinsky (1911)

sonic-experimentationalienation-of-fanbase

The Private Press DJ Shadow (2002)