Some critics still disliked the album. In a 2011 "Guardian" article about his critical "Melody Maker" review, Beaumont wrote that though his opinion had not changed, ""Kid A" status as a cultural cornerstone has proved me, if not wrong, then very much in the minority ... People whose opinions I trust claim it to be their favourite album ever." In 2014, Brice Ezell of "PopMatters" wrote that "Kid A" is "more fun to think and write about than it is to actually listen to" and a "far less compelling representation of the band's talents than "The Bends" and "OK Computer"". In 2016, Dorian Lysnkey wrote in the "Guardian": "At times, "Kid A" is dull enough to make you fervently wish that they'd merged the highlights with the best bits of the similarly spotty "Amnesiac" ... Yorke had given up on coherent lyrics so one can only guess at what he was worrying about."