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 RadioheadBends Release Date: 1995 04 04 Label: Capitol Records Rating:  |
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
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Planet Telex | OBrien, Selway, Yorke, Greenwood, Greenwood | 4:18 |
| 2 | Bends | OBrien, Greenwood, Selway, Greenwood, Yorke | 4:06 |
| 3 | High and Dry | Greenwood, Yorke, Selway, OBrien, Greenwood | 4:17 |
| 4 | Fake Plastic Trees | Selway, Yorke, OBrien, Greenwood, Greenwood | 4:50 |
| 5 | Bones | Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Yorke, Selway | 3:08 |
| 6 | Nice Dream | Yorke, Selway, Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien | 3:53 |
| 7 | Just | Yorke, OBrien, Greenwood, Selway, Greenwood | 3:54 |
| 8 | My Iron Lung | Yorke, Greenwood, OBrien, Greenwood, Selway | 4:36 |
| 9 | Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was | Greenwood, Selway, Greenwood, Yorke, OBrien | 3:28 |
| 10 | Black Star | Greenwood, Selway, OBrien, Greenwood, Yorke | 4:07 |
| 11 | Sulk | OBrien, Greenwood, Yorke, Selway, Greenwood | 3:42 |
| 12 | Street Spirit (Fade Out) | Greenwood, Yorke, OBrien, Greenwood, Selway | 4:14 |
Other Releases:
| Bends [Limited Edition] Release Date: 1995 Label: Capitol Records |
| Bends [Japanese Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 1995 Label: Toshiba |
| Bends [Collectors Series] Release Date: 1995 Label: Capitol Records |
| Bends [Collector's Edition] [2CD/1DVD] Release Date: 1995 Label: Capitol Records |
| Bends [CD/DVD] [Special Edition] Release Date: 1995 Label: Toshiba EMI |
| Bends [Bonus CD] [Collector's Edition] Release Date: 1995 Label: Toshiba EMI |
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