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Track Listings
| 1. Planet Telex |
| 2. The Bends |
| 3. High & Dry |
| 4. Fake Plastic Trees |
| 5. Bones |
| 6. (Nice Dream) |
| 7. Just |
| 8. My Iron Lung |
| 9. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was |
| 10. Black Star |
| 11. Sulk |
| 12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
RadioHead's MASTERPIECE ALBUM - AND ONE OF THE BEST ROCK ALBUMS EVER!,
By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Bends (Audio CD)
Over the past 3 generations, music industry executives (most with no or little musical education) have reduced the quality of popular music to the lowest common denominator. Vapid lyrics, forgettable tunes, total absence of original music composition and absolutely no innovation. The creativity well is so dry that remakes have become the norm, not the once-in-a-while. Yet, by controlling most of the radio air-play, music CDs still get sold by the millions.The patient is supposed to be dead, his electroencephalogram flat-lined, when unpredictable spikes such as this one occur. THE BENDS is one of the rare exceptions of a great group putting out a MONUMENTAL album. If I had a nickel every time I heard that OK COMPUTER is a better album...I have them both and let me tell you: whereas I do take out and listen to OK COMPUTER once in a while, THE BENDS never comes out of the 18CD-charger of my car. This Album has a beginning, a middle and a finish. No, I cannot distinguish any of the pieces above the rest - they are all gems and part of a ever-shifting musical picture. The level of this Album's artistry is simply unsurpassed - even by RADIOHEAD themselves. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
God rest your soul...,
By Benny B. "Blanco" (Montreal,QC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bends (Audio CD)
Probably one of the top albums of all time.Melodic,powerful and Thom Yorke at his best.First time I heard this I fell off my chair.I could't stop listening to the album.Fake Plastic Tree,Street Spirit (fade out),Just...Basically,the whole album is wonderful. My favorite is Sulk...what a song! Stuck on a desert island...The Bends is my choice.Personnaly the best album I have in my collection!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Radiohead's best album.,
By Continental Op "philmarlowe39" (San Clemente, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bends (Audio CD)
OK. I've listened to just about everything this Oxford quintet has to offer (except "Pablo Honey"...sorry folks!). Maybe I'm a square or something, but "The Bends" certainly contains Radiohead's best--and least experimental--music. No doubt about it.This CD is the only Radiohead album that is consistently strong from start to finish. Songs like "High and Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was" and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" are stunning in their virtuosity and beauty. "Just" is a really catchy tune that sounds upbeat--if you ignore the lyrics. The title track and "Bones" are the closest thing to head-bangers that you'll get from RH, and "My Iron Lung" is experimental without the pretentiousness that has sandbagged some of their later efforts. To put things in perspective, the much ballyhooed "OK Computer" has stronger individual songs than "The Bends", but it sputters to a close for much of its second half. I admire "Kid A" for RH's daring electronic experimentation and their unwillingness to make "OK Computer, Part 2". Some of its songs are great, but overall "Kid A" lacks heart and it left me a little cold. While "Amnesiac" has some jaw-dropping moments (e.g. "The Pyramid Song"), it's perhaps RH's most inconsistent album. However, "The Bends" is strong from start to finish and it doesn't let up. Ergo, I would recommend "The Bends" as the best place to start for the casual Radiohead listener, then proceed to the other CDs if you really like these guys. Two final things before I go: 1. Why can't Radiohead make a decent-looking album cover? I don't know who designs their stuff, but they really need to hire a new crew or something. "Kid A" was their best album cover, but it looks like a high school art student's interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Misty Mountains. I know there are some great artists out there, and these guys need to hire one quick! 2. I hope that Radiohead's next album has some songs that have SOME humor in them! I know that RH often get compared to Pink Floyd, but they don't have to copy the Floyd's oppressive cheerlessness. Even a band as angry as The Clash had some funny moments (e.g. "The Right Profile"). Once again, perhaps I'm a total square, but I hope that Thom Yorke (who has the best voice in rock music today) can one day flash those grey, crooked British teeth of his in a smile every once in a while.
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