Radiohead released an album.
Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead , released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone . Radiohead . Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album , The Bends ( 1995 ) . Despite initially dividing listeners , Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone , Pitchfork and the Times . The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead , self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download in MP3 and WAV formats .