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Radiohead Bends Release Date: 1995 04 04 Label: Capitol 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 Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:18 2 Bends Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:06 3 High and Dry Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:17 4 Fake Plastic Trees Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:50 5 Bones Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 3:08 6 Nice Dream Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 3:53 7 Just Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 3:54 8 My Iron Lung Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:36 9 Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 3:28 10 Black Star Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:07 11 Sulk Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 3:42 12 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Greenwood, Greenwood, OBrien, Selway, Yorke 4:14 Releases: Year Type Label 1995 CD Capitol 2008 CD EMI Japan 2008 CD Emi Japan 1995 CS Capitol 2001 LP EMI 1998 MD EMI

Group Members: Thom Yorke Jonny Greenwood Phil Selway Colin Greenwood Ed O'Brien More >> Similar Artists: Manic Street Preachers Spiritualized The Verve Björk Mogwai More >>

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