When the album came out in October 2000, many critics (like the one from Pitchfork) hailed it as the Second Coming, which prompted an immediate backlash. I was skeptical about Kid A initially, but have grown to appreciate it. It sounds a lot more mainstream now than it did when it came out, and is almost a "safe" pick for album of the decade. The Nevermind of the 2000s.
A few months after Kid A, Radiohead put out an album of more "conventional" song from the same period called Amnesiac. They did this in part to appease the Kid A naysayers, and in part because they had more material than they knew what to do with, but nine years on Kid A is the one that's hailed as a masterpiece, while Amnesiac is largely forgotten.
Radiohead haven't really made a bad record (after their first one), but they've put out a few that seem to recycle their previous ones. Nowadays, when I feel like listening to Radiohead, it's either OK Computer or Kid A, while the other albums sit unloved on the virtual shelf.
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