Radiohead

The Bends

Radiohead - The Bends

04/04/1995 | Capitol 

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All Music Guide Review

Pablo Honey in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends. Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey, Radiohead create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair -- it's cerebral anthemic rock. Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh. Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music. But what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible. It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen, and soon it becomes apparent that with The Bends, Radiohead have reinvented anthemic rock. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

The Bends User Reviews

  • anthony n. williamson

    posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 18:55:00

    INCREDIBLE

    I am not a diehard Radiohead fan...but i would rank "the bends" in my top 5 albums of all time!

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The Bends Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Planet Telex
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Planet Telex from The Bends


  • 2
  • The Bends
  • 4:06
  • Sound Clip for The Bends from The Bends


  • 3
  • High and Dry
  • 4:17
  • Sound Clip for High and Dry from The Bends


  • 4
  • Fake Plastic Trees
  • 4:50
  • Sound Clip for Fake Plastic Trees from The Bends


  • 5
  • Bones
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Bones from The Bends


  • 6
  • Nice Dream
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for Nice Dream from The Bends


  • 7
  • Just
  • 3:54
  • Sound Clip for Just from The Bends


  • 8
  • My Iron Lung
  • 4:36
  • Sound Clip for My Iron Lung from The Bends


  • 9
  • Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was from The Bends


  • 10
  • Black Star
  • 4:07
  • Sound Clip for Black Star from The Bends


  • 11
  • Sulk
  • 3:42
  • Sound Clip for Sulk from The Bends


  • 12
  • Street Spirit (Fade Out)
  • 4:14
  • Sound Clip for Street Spirit (Fade Out) from The Bends


    • Credits of The Bends

    • Jonny Greenwood
    • Organ, String Arrangements, Recorder, Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano
    • Thom Yorke
    • Guitar, Piano, Vocals, String Arrangements

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