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The Bends
by: Radiohead

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724382962625
Label: Parlophone
Manufacturer: Parlophone
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Parlophone
Release Date: March 01, 1995
Studio: Parlophone
Sales Rank: 650
MPN: 29626

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
After the massive success of Pablo Honey--or, more specifically, the single "Creep"--had made them a household name, most had written Radiohead off as one-hit wonders. That they could return with an album as awesome and monumental as The Bends, therefore, must have been particularly unexpected. Not that Pablo Honey is a bad album, but rather, when compared to the epic grandeur of The Bends, it's obvious that the five Oxford-based boys had matured immensely since the release of their debut. "High And Dry", "Just", "Street Spirit", "Fake Plastic Trees": nary a pop song among them, yet it's testament to their greatness that they all were hit singles. And really, it's easy to see why: Thom Yorke's falsetto crying over a wall of acoustic and electric guitars, as lyrics and music blend to create a masterpiece of melancholy beauty. The Bends is one of the most essential albums of the 1990s, and a spectacular indicator of further greatness to come. --Robert Burrow

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Radio Friendly
This album proved that Radiohead could produce excellent radio friendly rock music.

It is full of brilliant songs. My favourites - Fake Plastic Trees, High & Dry and Street Spirit.

Thom Yorke's bleak lyrics we have become so familiar with are present in here but perhaps not as obvious as in the later albums due to the strength of Greenwood's guitar in most tracks.

It seems as though the band proved to themselves with this album that they could do the "Britpop" album. You have to admire them for moving on the "The Bends", which was very successful, to the more challenging directions taken in later albums.

However this album stands on its own as a classic in its own right.

Rating:

- No comparisons.......Please!!
Many Radiohead reviews are pre occupied with comparing the band's albums. Personally I think this is meaningless. It's like trying to compare a bowl of semolina with a garden ornament. This is a different pre occupation to declaring a favourite. My favourite Radiohead album is 'Kid A' however, comparing it to 'The Bends'...Well I just wouldn't know where to start. 'The bends' is Radiohead's radio friendly era, 12 songs, 12 singles if they'd have wanted, and as with all radio friendly music the listener doesn't have to work too hard to enjoy it, the fix is instant.
' The Bends' is also about 5 equally talented musicians working together to make what is fundimentally a guitar,drums and bass masterpiece and it definately isn't about the ... Read More:

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- Simply Brilliant
I would like to dispute the term 'overrated'. When an album sells millions of copies does it become overrated? When an album sets the musical standards that define the decade it was made in, does it become overrated? When it is clear that every song on this album is as exceptional and brilliant as the last, does it become overrated? No.

I beleive that this CD is a masterpiece in music which should be embraced and appriciated by everyone for its contribution to the musical community, whether one likes it or not, but I don't beleive that someone should simply dismiss this album due to musical differences. Arguably I believe that 'The Bends' is the best Radiohead album, but that is open to interpretation of course.

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- You haven't heard this?
What an album.
I, after all these years, still come back to this so frequently.
In the same way as the Beatles wrote everlasting timeless tunes - this album will be with me to my deathbed.
I have trouble even imagining that anyone doesn't have this album.
Like Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, this album has some secret ingredient that allows it to stay current, and beautiful.
Buy this album. The cost of it should be ten times the price paid, if your looking at length of enjoyment.
Just buy it. No questions.

Rating:

- Overated
Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit are all time great songs. The rest...average. I rate all subsequent radiohead albums much higher than this mediocre and heavily overated affair.

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