Reviews (page 12 of 15)
Buen material. Siento que tiene buenas canciones, pero no mis favoritas de su discografía Muy fiel a su estilo, que ya en Pablo Honey estaba bastante marcado, pero de igual manera esto es solo un paso a toda la evolución a la que han llegado Se disfruta! 3.8
So I was expecting to hate this but the songs (at least the fast tempo one were really good but the slow ones really did nothing for me. So I had to split the difference and give them an average score.
I can understand why people love it but the only thing you want to do is fall into depression and kill yourself
A few great, nostalgic songs, and overall great vibe, but not an album I’d listen to start to finish.
This is the best of their albums, I’d say. Still annoying to listen to, but not as annoying as their later stuff.
Honestly, I was prepared to hate this. But this is a very sympathetic record. Palatable and very honest. I don't know if radiohead will become one of my staples but I enjoyed it.
The Bends is far from my favorite Radiohead album. It feels like the band have found what they wanted to be, but not yet fully developed into being comfortable with that style. It reminding me of an ex asside, I still think its pretty good even with all that said. This feels like the most post-nirvana album of theirs and probably the best pick to get someone who thinks "Radiohead is too slow" to listen to. It's just lacking in the standouts I find in their best work, and feels more like a showcase of things to come then an incredible album in its own right.
Aight, its radiohead
Review - really shows that they hit their stride with Ok Computer. The good songs are good but there's a lot of chaff here too. Score - 7/10 Need to listen? YES
Not bad, not my thang
Somebody on the list-making committee must like Radiohead, as this is their third appearance. Radiohead is known for their alternative rock, although to me the music here is a mixture of rock and hard rock. I know none of these songs, although that’s not a surprise since they are from the 90s. Barely good enough for three stars.
My old friend Radiohead. Them wishing it was the 60s on 'The Bends' is like me wishing it was the 90s now, which I do, so that's a song that's grown on me with time. But this isn't one of the 3 Radiohead albums I own, and thus (or therefore?) it's not one of the Radiohead albums I particularly like. However, a shoutout to 'My Iron Lung' for being another excellent Rockstar Supernova performance! That show is like the State to State of music - I'll never forget it, even if I forget everything else. I think a lot of these songs are used in sad TV scenes, and that's kind of the vibe of the album: sweeping, sad, but a little bit generic (at least now). I'm a mild fan. Highlights: 'Fake Plastic Trees', 'Black Star'
definitely feels transitional but that’s probably because i know what’s coming next. fake plastic trees and street spirits are major highlights
Not too fussed about it, although there were some bangers I didn't realise were Radiohead. Otherwise was kind of just a blur.
Best Radiohead album thus far
What a great leap from Pablo Honey. Radiohead managed to distance themselves from "Creep" and found a whole career path in the process. The Bends finds Radiohead still playing with guitars, but also starting to experiment with textures and space. It's not perfect, but it's a great improvement on Radiohead's sound and an important stepping stone in their development
Probably the most familiar Radiohead album to me. Also sounds like Coldplay to me. I like a few of the songs but not really my vibe
I realize I’m writing these more as a journal/reflection for myself rather than true album reviews, but here we go: This is probably the album cover I remember the best from Radiohead, and it was interesting to learn that The Bends was the first Radiohead album with cover art by Stanley Donwood, who has continued to produce artwork with the band ever since. As far as the music itself, I was surprised that outside of High And Dry I’m not sure I recognized much. This album felt like a very different (but more “traditionally alternative”) style than the other two albums I’ve reviewed as part of this journey, both released in the 2000s versus the 90s (Amnesiac & In Rainbows). While I’ve come to associate Radiohead with the more haunting and experimental sound of their later albums, I did really enjoy this one. Street Spirit (Fade Out) was probably my favorite.
Blows they're Zionists now :(
There's some really interesting instrumentals here. The last few songs really got going. But it's not resonating with me as it is with other people. Glad I got a listen. Time to go back to the Flaming Lips on repeat then...
Buenas letras; la música no me llamó la atención, y quizá sólo por no ser mi estilo. High And Dry tiene una interpretación sublime del vocalista. Sorprende su capacidad en cuanto a falsete también en la canción siguiente, y la siguiente, y la siguiente... Harta un poco. Lo poco interesante que le hallé a Fake Plastic Trees es la adición de instrumentos de cuerda; similarmente, sólo me gustaron las guitarras en Bones. Ahora bien, Nice Dream es una de las mejores; no por su inicio aburrido, aunque con la llamativa imaginación de una instrumento que parece colgar infinitamente en dos notas, sinó por su evolución y brevísimo solo, que la mejora demasiado. Los acordes de Just están bien; mi segunda favorita (puede ser que, con el tiempo, le agarre más cariño). My Iron Lung es simplemente cautivante; ya hay, entonces, una tercera. A este punto, con Bullet Proof, ya entiendo por qué es considerado un gran álbum. A Sulk le salvó la batería y el solo. En resumen, amé la mitad del álbum; mas ni el inicio ni el final se me hicieron particulares o destacables. Admito que juzgué mal a la batería, pues, andando el tiempo, le noté la utilidad. Este es mi primer álbum de la lista. Haré lo posible por no puntuar canciones individualmente, porque mi pensamiento es el siguiente: el álbum musical es una unidad como tal, no sólo un conjunto de canciones. Naturalmente, se tratará siempre de mi apreciación a la primera escucha; el encontrarle el tino y el concepto a un álbum no requiere de una sola, sinó de varias y de exhaustivo análisis e investigación, así que ni yo ni nadie se debe tomar esto muy en serio. XD
I'm not a fan of Radiohead, and I don't believe I've listened to this album start-to-finish. I generally dislike Thom Yorke as a singer. On their later albums, they also tend to just _not_ rock, which is a weird thing for a rock band to do. This being one of their earlier albums, it's still got a fair bit of rock in it, but it's also still very much suffering from my distaste for Thom Yorke's singing. I don't hate this album, but I'm definitely not going to listen to it again.
Nice, and good to hear fake plastic trees in context. That said. I still don’t quite understand why this band is held in such disproportionately high esteem compared to other similar bands. I keep expecting to be blown away! Deathcab was my top artist of 2025! They can’t be that far off right? Maybe they are. I’ll investigate. Still, I loved a few especially high and dry and Just.
A good, but not great Radiohead LP. Most of the tracks here are wildly overplayed but the deeper cuts jumped out a lot more on this listen. Nice Dream, Bones, Black Star all surprisingly good. Catchy, memorable songs but overall just a bit… safe? Give me weird Radiohead over this any day.
The only Radiohead album I occasionally return to. Tells you more about me, than the album.
Блять) вот надо было так выиграть в лотерее, что из ВСЕЙ музыки на свете выпала Радиохед. По стереотипам музыка данного коллектива крайне депрессивна и годиться для того, чтобы лечь под трамвай включив exit for a film. ШТОШ, если так повезло, то будет на серьезке слушать. Пока просто брит рок. Но вот вокалист на эмоциональных моментах прям умирает ноющие.
Mid dude
For me Radiohead is only sad songs and existencial crisis so i want to hear what this album is about. Suffering, but very wonderful(like the end of the times) in Planet Telex. I can understand the lyrics, tired sinner vibes. 8 out of 10 The self-title song is good, i liked the riffs in the half-end. The lyrics are like Dumb from Nirvana, but ends hopeful i guess. 7.8 out of 10 High and Dry have a nice chrous, but idk, i think is the singer voice that gives that vibe of hauting and nostalgic. Pre-final riff reminds me of Its Time from Imagine Dragons, but is very good and nostalgic. I feel like this would´ve been written in the late 00s or 10s. 9 out of 10 The cover doesnt match the songs Fake plastic trees remind me of Lorax. Its all too libertador, i enjoy this. 8.9 de 10 A nice sound in Bones, its different from the others. The singer puts more emotion, the sound seems harsh. Talks about getting old? 9.5 out of 10 Nice dreams is very 90s but i feel like this not belong to an adult. A rock on the end. 7.6 de 10 Just is a very messy song, but i liked and i relate to the lyrics, so is goooood!!! liked the more heavy rock. 9.2 de 10 I like the riffs in My Iron Lung, its a good song, kinda generic(not in 1995). Lyrics are curious? 7 de 10 They sound like crisis, but with rock and anger mixed. mid-song have good riffs. Bullet proof is sleepy and purple. 7 out of 10 Balck star have a renegade type of lyrics. I liked, i can feel Resgate thoghtout some parts. Its a very heavy song(lyrically). 8 out of 10 Sulk have the sound that i like. Dreamy but passionate. Love it. 9.3 out of 10 The album ends melancolic, i liked Fade out. Very nice final seconds. 7.9 out of 10 An album very interessing, especially by the decade. Also very Hot Fuss skies and tired sinner lyrics. It was a nice album, but nothing too memorable.
Not big on Radiohead but this was much better than the last album of theirs I had.
I’m the perfect age/race/gender demographic to be a huge Radiohead fanatic, but they never really did anything for me. I can recognize that there is musical talent, but there isn’t any there there. There’s no blood going to it.
Some real jewels amongst pebbles, proto-brilliance.
3.5 stars
Like every other Radiohead album - fine, I guess.
3 1/2
3.5. the highs are high!!!
It's not that this is bad. It's not! It's actually good. I just can't with Radiohead any more. It's been decades of Radiohead. I just don't care. I would die happy if I never had to listen to another Radiohead song ever again. I know that won't happen though, so I begrudgingly rate this 3 stars and wait for the next friggin' Radiohead album to show up on this stupid list.
Ogólnie vibe albumu fajny, nie słuchałem wcześniej, ale żadna piosenka nie zapadła mi w pamięć
This is a serviceable 90s album. Not my favorite, not the worst.
it was fine
It is quite amazing that these guys hamstrung their own early popularity by releasing the worst song off this album as the second single, then decided to play entirely different music over the next few albums. Despite these factors they are still considered by many to be one of the best bands ever formed. They must be very good.
I like the instrumental side, but the vocals are not my thing. I also wished it got more experimental/weird.
This was good album that was pleasant to listen to and it also contained loads of interesting stuff in the songs. This was more to my taste than the previous Amnesiac that I listened from Radiohead. Best track was High and Dry.
There's a lot of filler on this album, High and Dry and Fake Plastic Trees are great tracks just listen to Ok Computer to In Rainbows instead. What a hell of a run
Alright alright, I'll admit this wasn't horrible. I'm surprised this album isn't as insufferable as their later works. Just normal alt rock. Would I revisit this? Maybe. No guarantees. Tracks I liked: The bends, my iron lung, bullet proof I wish i was, black star, street spirit fade out.
Buen álbum, musicalmente excelente pero no me llegan las canciones. Le siento falta de potencia a la voz para las canciones.
Muy normalito, no me pareció nada del otro mundo. 6/10
Уже не creep, еще не no surprises
Didn't really hit for me. Objectively nothing bad about the album.
1995. Combines guitar songs and ballads, with more restrained arrangements and cryptic lyrics than Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey
it's fine. "street spirit" is still a great, great song, but this album doesn't move me like _kid a_ and beyond. _ok computer_ is a big upgrade from this but still isn't radiohead at their best
Most songs sound kind of the same except for the second one and the last one (The bends and Street spirit). Melancholic, every song blends together as if being stuck in a line of thought for 48 minutes straight, going over the same feeling over and over again. That's not necessarily a bad thing; in fact, I wouldn't have had it any other way
La primera mitad del álbum es mi favorita y es musicalmente muy esperanzadora. La segunda mitad es todo lo contrario, ahora entiendo por qué está en la lista.
Buen álbum
I enjoyed this album. The band behind Thom York is stellar. York's vocals are muffled sounding to me. I don't know if his voice is difficult to record or if it's just how he sounds. His voice is pleasant enough. I just wish it sounded more present. Other than that, good stuff.
Radiohead is not really my kind of band, but I can recognise that it's a big band of the 90's. My personal note is 3/5
(Ice Cream) Good album just not enough bangers so probably wouldn’t listen to the full thing again. Do like radio head just not my fave work of theirs
3.5
radio head was never my thing... opinion stays same
Takes me back to my youth. Few classics on here, but a few to forget as well
Not quite as dreary as I had expected. Still a little bit noisy and mournful at times. Unlikely to revisit but not bad.
i have never loved Radio Head. i like them. i was hopeful for this one. overall it was fine. but i am not into them anymore than before
It was pretty good, but Radiohead still evades me…
gave me more radiohead knowledge but idk if it spoke to me enough
I don't get the appeal of Radiohead.
I wasn’t familiar with this album, though the track ‘High and Dry’ did sound familiar, of course :-) The rest of the album wasn’t bad, so I’d give it a 7 out of 10...
good
Fine but can't really get into Radiohead
The first song that I like is High and Dry Fake plastic trees is amazing album is ok, I am not hooked, it is 3/5 for me
Enjoyed this more than the other Radiohead albums I've had so far on this list. It's more straightforward and more of a rock based album. I prefer this over the more ambient and distorted albums they made later. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Ok. Better than I expected.
*I appreciate the musicianship but Radiohead is just not for me.
7/10 Not my style but i see why it's such a good album
3,5 men det får jag inte ge. Gillade Street Spirit!
meh
Je veux tellement aimer ça mais
it was ok
pretty good (i can’t fully remember - maybe not a stand out…maybe need to relisten)
Don’t think ima Radiohead guy. Ig it’s an acquired taste. Still some good sounds.
I’m a
good, liked 2 songs
This album is painfully mediocre, there is nothing special about it and just sounds like standard white guy rock, if an album is good enough to be on this list I expect it to have at least some originality and not just the bland stereotypical inde rock song
- Kan godt lide Radiohead, men det er bare ikke mit y
Ethereal floating voice, lots of songs that I'm not sure about. The highs are high but it didn't land completely for me.
not my top radiohead album but a good listen
meh, the least interesting radiohead album
Radiohead is one of the greatest artists of all time, but this is like their 5th best album at best.
Good bit not as good as the rest
Sounded like Radiohead, good vibe from that era, didn’t really strike me otherwise.
ok finally getting back to listening to this. first thing monday morning because why not. planet telex--off to a better start than amnesiac. the bends--nice rocking going on there high and dry--ok i'm actually enjoying this one still got some radiohead mumbly not annunciating anything singing humming stuff. i dunno, 3/5? 2/5.
I don't think this is Radiohead's best work.
I dont really like it, but I know the impact of this record in the world music. im not a huge fan of Rdiohead but meh, its ok, I understand the love for this. "Bullet proof... I wish I am" its fuckin depressin bro.
Radiohead, for me, are an acquired taste. I still have not been able to acquire a liking for Thom Yorke’s whining and moping which makes this record a chore despite there being some quality tunes. I get that Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry, Planet Telex and Street Spirit (Fade Out) are cornerstones of Radioheads hits coming off of the massive single “Creep”, and I would normally enjoy these but it all comes down to whether you like Thom Yorke as a vocalist. I don’t. None of these are my favorite from this record. Mine is Bones for some reason. A little tedious overall and for all the hype surrounding the experimental nature of the band and its music, little evidence of that exists here. 3/5
Gosto de boa parte das músicas, principalmente fake plastic trees e high and dry, a atmosfera escura do álbum causa uma certa Melancolia que n gosto de sentir por mt tempo mas ainda sim gostei no geral
I just can’t get into Radiohead. I’m sure it’s good but it is whiney.
nah i didnt like that
Good stuff 👍 not bad songs, only one was grating but nothing really stood out to me either.
I've inadvertently heard this album against my will for the majority of the 90s and yes, there are some bops put out by some sad bois. It's ok!
probably my second least favorite Radiohead album. depending on how i feel about The King of Limbs on that day. still pretty decent though. Fake Plastic Trees is a show stopper and Just is the best alt rock banger they've made probably ever. deserves to be one of the 1001? i mean i guess. it's a really huge step forward for the band and is no doubt a big moment for 90s rock, even if i think it's kinda middling for Radiohead
Jeg er mest til deres ballader, ellers bliver noget af det lige rocket nok for mig. Et par af sangene som fake plastic trees gør meget for mig
3.0 - Ok
Prob one of the better radiohead albums I've listen to fav songs: fake plastic trees, black star
7/10
This was already a fav of mine so I loved it duhhhhh ❤️👅❤️ those rolling stone guys rly know what they’re talking abt -Ruby I guess I’m just cursed to never like this band. —Noah
Ok, this album never struck me as great
I didn't hate this one, unlike other radio head albums.
Coolt men tråkigt
i liked it but i don't see myself jamming out to on the regular
the opener is actually pretty good! My Iron Lung and Sulk are also fun. elsewise it's not nearly as interminable as Amnesiac since the vocals aren't distressingly flat to nearly the same degree. this album sounds like i imagine living in a long-faded former industrial city in 1990s england feels.
Still not really getting why Radiohead is considered the best ever by so many people. Still, I really like the album ok. Will have to dig into more reviews to see what I am missing
Good. But is Radiohead the most overrated band in history?
Gotta revisit later
Radiohead, et band jeg aldri har lært meg å like ordentlig. Sangene deres er ofte vakre, med Thom Yorke sine myke vokaler, men de gir aldri noe mersmak. Det er nok et problem jeg har med art rock generelt; det engasjerer ikke nevneverdig. Dette albumet er mer rocka enn Radiohead sine senere prosjekter, og det er for så vidt positivt. Til tross for den innledende tiraden, er det mange smakfulle sanger her. Et ålreit album å lytte til når man trenger å slappe av. Top 3: The Bends, Bones, Black Star
Absolute classic my favourite Radiohead album so many great songs
Fajne brzmienie, ale to tyle. Bez rewolucji.
I mean it’s ok but not worth all the crazy rave reviews
Another slice of life from the thinking mans Coldplay. Highly probable i will not listen to this again although it wss ok to listen to. Didnt knock my socks off.
Not bad for Radiohead
Solid 3.5 4
I like the guitars on this one.
Very emotional album
I get that Radiohead are a generational band. They're brilliant. I don't really love them. I really like individual songs. This album contains several of those. It's a good album for me and a great album for others.
I expected it to be sad because that's what I know Radiohead for, but it's a very chill album. Very outside of what I normally listen to but I could 100% see myself listening to it again Alt rock/slowish vibe at time but not necessarily a sad emotional album but definitely a few slower songs
classic ive listened to this album before but never all the way through its ok a few skips
Good album, but only the start of what Radiohead can do.
Esse álbum e meio termo pra min,tem músicas que eu gostei,tem umas que eu nem liguei,e tem my iron lung.Eu vou querer escuta essa música depois,pq nem sempre gostamos da música de primeira.Tem muita música que eu adoro que quando conheci odiei.mas bem,gostei um pouco do álbum.
Another album that I know inside out. This is peak 1995. It's a massive level-up from Pablo Honey and the band just went to see Jeff Buckley in concert. The Bends is a good album. There's a reason why it catapulted Radiohead from "That Band That Did Creep" into the upper echelons. But, as you can probably tell, I don't entirely vibe with this album. I lived this whole 1990s British guitar-driven scene. The Manics had just released The Holy Bible and Suede's Dog Man Star was still fresh. Two behemoths in the 'what is this genre capable of"' category. By comparison The Bends is a good, solid album but it's still derivative and middle-of-the-road. Heck, Radiohead themselves kicked themselves into a completely different gear with their next album. I'm grading on a scale here, so this is a 3 for me. I think if I didn't know the era so well, I'd have a different reaction but here we are.
boring af.performances and production were really hollow. While there weren't many bad songs, what was there left me unimpressed.it had typical Radiohead lyrics but other aspects were significantly worse than other albums. Songs were often Samey and bland. Good album to help fall asleep Tho lol strong 5 to light 6
It was good. Impactful, interesting lyrics. Favs were High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, and (Nice Dream). Personally the more heavy rock elements are not always my cup of tea. I like the sounds of the lead singers voice. He makes lyrics about fake boobs sounds soulful and sad.
6/10
Täytyy myöntää että mulla on kohtuu tyhjiö tän orkan kohdalla. Ilmeisen arvostettua kamaa ja täytyy yrittää sisäistää. Tullee lisää näitä.
Ei ole tämäkään bändi kaikesta hypetyksestä huolimatta uponnut meikäläiseen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
an okay album. I can see why it's praised but just not my style
Hmmmm I was really excited for this! But....it was just okay. Better than some albums I've gotten recently for sure, & I think that's skewing my opinion.
Got alot of good songs
3/5 - This album listen just confirmed that my Lexapro has officially kicked in, because this doesn't hit. For my first ever Radiohead album, not too shabby. Beautiful musicality, and I love the pure utter agony of the singer. But, there's this emotional distance between each song and I, and I got a little bored after My Iron Lung. It's beautiful, but also a drag, maybe I will relisten when I am more depressed and pretentious.
Not really my thing anymore although I enjoyed more melodic tunes from the album.
3/5 - gets catchier the more I listened but some had v repetitive lyrics
I see why they are considered the blueprint for shogaze, alt/indie rock. Saved one song, would not personally listen to whole album again but I "get it"
I just don’t get it. The amount of praise this band and album gets eclipses probably any other band and I just don’t hear it.
Merde j’avais écris tout un truc. Planet télex, j’aimais pas au début mais je crois que c’est la pref maintenant. Les accords m’ont juste pris par surprise.
Found this pretty generic, especially because what I have listened to from Radiohead is their later stuff which is much more experimental and interesting. Cool to see where they came from however
ei kuuland lopuni
So the music itself aint bad it's actually pretty good but its the style of the songs that i dont really like that much. It the kind of music i dread. Its giving summer vibes without anything really that special. But some songs from this album actually do go hard
J'ai bien aimé Black star et overall l'album est cool mais c'est pas une ambiance que j'aime écouter.
7/10
Not really my style but I do think it’s a good album if you’re into this kind of thing (sad boys who resent life and society). Personal favorite is Just, and the video is a masterpiece. My Iron Lung is also top 3
sigh. another radiohead
Aight not the best
Listening to The Bends after listening to Supergrass and having recently listened to Hail to the Thief as well. Going into listening, I feel like I typically am not a huge fan of Radiohead compared to what their hype is. The Bends is a jam. Solid jam band sound. I don't always love Yorke's whiny, drawn out vocals. High and Dry is of course one of Radiohead's most famous songs. Its good, its fine, its solid. A good song. Nothing special. Enjoyed Bones! Saved to my rock playlist (Nice Dream) was boring Just is good! Brings back some energy Bullet Proof again just kind of boring - I don't think the spacey, electronic post-grunge sound on a lot of the songs on this record is for me Overall, not terrible. Just has moments that are really boring imo. Still a few jams mixed in there but not consistent enough for me.
Im not an incel no ale buja kurde troszkę :(
Not their best offering
Kinda boring. "This, this is our new song Just like the last one A total waste of time"
Brandi did a cover of one of these songs at her last Campfire live stream!
Starts out and I think “oh okay, not bad but maybe not something I’d listen to all the time. By the end of the 3rd song I’ve changed my mind. I’ve found the depth I was seeking. This is when I decided I should pick a favorite song from every album I listen to and make a playlist. We’re now in fake plastic trees and I’m thinking this has to be my favorite song. I’m convinced. I’m only four songs in though. I feel like this album hits a climax mid album and then slopes downward in power and aggression. A good album. I’d listen again. And yeah fake plastic trees is the winner but Bones was a close second for me.
I definitely need to listen to more radiohead. Very nice album.
Has my favourite Radiohead song on it. I can’t tell if I’ve heard more songs from this one than I thought or they’re kind of just the same 2 different vibes (lyrical melody composition(?), song/verse structure) over and over. But that’s just having an intentional musical style I guess? Either way there are only 2 of 11 songs I’m not really into - My Iron Lung and Just. Great album.
I must not be a big fan of Radiohead's style of music because this album didn't speak to me as I expected. It did do a fantastic job establishing their sound for an early alt rock band.
these guys are yearners
Ok
A little quirky but ok
Not really my jam but not bad, gave wavy vibes
sometimes messy, sometimes glitchy, an album of a band exploring and wondering and trying things on for size. some of it works well, some doesn't, but an interesting listen nonetheless
On the higher end for Radiohead, but still think they're pretty average.
It's undeniable that in this album—which I'm discovering for the first time now—I feel a particular ambiance, an atmosphere emanating from a mix of emotions made of melancholy, rage, sadness, hope, and sometimes even a touch of happiness, but this album is never boring! It's a bit too rock-oriented for me to fully appreciate the melody and the poetry. To my great surprise, there isn't a single track I recognize, and I don't know if I'll listen to this album again, which is why I'll stick to 3 stars.
I've never listened to this album, but I knew one or two songs (7). It's basic Radiohead, so a bit whiny and bland.
3.5
Not my fav radiohead and tbh I like the more britpoppy stuff compared to the sorta prog/art rock stuff, low 3 for me Fav song: Bones
Not really the biggest fan of Radiohead, don’t quite get the hype to be honest. Some songs are okay but all a bit bland imo
I unexpectedly knew a lot of the words. So did Olive.
Best Song: Fake Plastic Trees. I would have loved a whole album of just this understated melancholy. Worst Song: My Iron Lung. This felt like U2 trying to play Nirvana. Overall: Obviously this is an album with a lot of history, and maybe it is under the weight of those expectations that it fell a bit flat for me. It's not bad, it's quite nice to listen to, but it also has for me a sort of ordinariness that I hoped it wouldn't have, knowing its importance.
This was a lot more tolerable than I expected and actually interesting at some moments, though my expectations were low at this point. It might indeed be their best album.
In 2017 I first became aware of Radiohead. Similar to others (and seemingly much to the dismay of the band) my favorite song was Creep. I never really progressed much further into the band, beyond a cursory listen or two of OK Computer. 8 years later, my first album on my 1001 is The Bends. I overall enjoyed my listen of The Bends, and see myself returning to it. Planet Telex, Fake Plastic Trees and Black Star are the songs that stuck out to me the most on this listen. 3/5
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Don't know what to expect here. Planet Telex - 6/10. Interesting. Good singing, mix is a little instrumental heavy. The Bends - 6/10. Similar to the first track. Solid. High and Dry - 6/10. Solid. Fake Plastic Trees - 6/10. It's OK. Bones - 7/10. This is a different sound from anything before it on the album. (Nice Dream) - 6/10. Repetitive, but that was the style of mid-90's navel-gazing pop. Just - 6/10. This was one of the tracks on the album. My Iron Lung - 4/10. Jarring transitions between sections. Not a fan. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was - 6/10. Back to the mid-90's navel-gazing sound. I'm not a huge fan of it, but Radiohead does it well. Black Star - 7/10. Decent song. Sulk - 6/10. Decent. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 7/10. Decent to good. Overall Rating - 3.04/5 (6.08/10). A lot of that 90's, navel-gazing sound.
I didn't know I like this album. Probably an unpopular take, but it's kinda like British REM.
Meh. It was rather melancholy and not really matching my mood. I can see a time and a place for this, but I have other music I jam when I am depressed.
I feel like your could copy my Sigur Ros review here, and it lines up exactly. I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would, but still, meh. Radiohead just isnt my thing. They annoy me, but, I can still recognize that this album is good.
Really good album, starts strong with a solid 4 tracks, thins out, then ends on like a 4 tracks flourish. I love the languishing guitars and the drawn out vocals, funny that they became the band oasis was supposed to be
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Listened in the truck on the way to the field. While I can understand the significance of this album, and its grandiosity and polish give it an otherworldliness lacking in similar rock albums of the time, the lack of bite is too palpable and makes the high points feel more like foothills than peaks. It feels like it’s trying to match grunge aesthetics but instead comes off melodramatic and out of touch. 2/5
This is Radiohead's 3rd or 4th best album - don't know why it's on the list. Why do we need so many albums by one artist? Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #276 (2023) Best Songs High and Dry Fake Plastic Trees Black Star Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Best Radiohead by a mile out of the 3 (so far?) that have been on this list. I'm being petty and docking a star because they simply do not need to have three albums listed. Very few bands are *that good!*
Scott Tenorman would be proud. Album seemed reminiscent of psychedelic rock, some spacey sound scapes mixed with hard rock guitar solos. It didn’t take off for me until about halfway through. I’m assuming Tenacious D’s “Wonderboy” took heavy inspiration from “My Iron Lung”
I try very, very hard to respect Radiohead; I'll never like them. I just cannot understand what all the fuss is about. They were a mid indie-rock band that went full prog-rock, pompous pouters. I'm probably more upset at what this album did as vanguard of the late 90's Brit pop shitstorm than anything else. But end of day, this has all the Radiohead hits that I don't immediately switch off, is the seminal representative of the aforementioned shitstorm, and there should be a Radiohead album on the list even if they're just the seccond-most pretentious charactitures of Brit-pop (***literally everyone side-eyes Oasis***). Influence 4. Quality 3. Hits 3. Seriously, if they weren't billed as the seccond coming I would be able to relax and actually enjoy it 2.
Not my thing
Enjoyable. 3.5/5
Some of this is really good, and some sounds like "90s alt rock" to me.
Again, there were good songs. There weren't many, but there were a few good ones. Most of the album was boring. I almost fell asleep driving home from work listening to it.
Solid rock album. Sure.
High and Dry is a beautiful song. The arrangement. Yorke's voice. Beautiful. The album, for me, has touches of Smashing Pumpkins and feels like it could have inspired Muse in parts. That said, not my favourite listen.
I don’t consider myself a Radiohead fan. But I’m Gen X so they were a part of my formative years. And of all of their albums this one is my favorite. That said, other than “The Bends”, “High & Dry” and “Fake Plastic Trees” the albums is just blah.
5.5/10
Day 60 Not my favourite Radiohead album but still some classics on here 7/10 Highlights Planet Telex Just Street Spirit
Well this just might be my favorite radiohead record so far. Its still not amazing as much as the internet tells me it is. At least its not buried in production like alot of the others ive heard, that being kid a and in rainbows. Kid a might not be my favorite but at least its forward thinking. In rainbows can suck a fart. That one is the most average thing ive ever heard. But back to this one. Its less robotic and just some instruments going at it and i appreciate that. And ive never liked the vocal styles but black star for some reason it works fully. High and dry is pretty good. Its the big song I guess. Fake plastic trees for some reason is worth it. And then everything else is fine. Maybe after this site makes me listen to every single record they ever put out ill get it but even if this is my favorite i still dont get it. Its fine and that's kinda it
L’ho ascolto ma mi sono dimenticato di dare il voto Lo do ora ma non ho voglia di riascoltarlo, quindi non era troppo iconico Tiè in 3 politico
Listenable.
Schönes Album eigentlich, Radiohead halt.
I feel like I pray to not get more Radiohead and I keep getting them. Any previous statement I’ve made about Thom Yorke’s annoying voice, the boring music, etc is still true. But this is easily the best album of theirs I’ve gotten so far. It’s decent I really like “Bones”, and especially “High And Dry” and other songs like the title track “(Nice Dream)” and “Fake Plastic Trees” are decent I hate the song Creep (which isn’t on this record) but this album sounds like it’s what Creep was supposed to be, like the same style but not awful
easy listen.
Love the hit "High and Dry", but other songs are in comparison just meh.
Bien mais sans plus, un peu toujours pareil. J'ai bien aimé "(Nice Dream)" qui ressortait un peu du lot, et l'instru guitare de "Just" que j'ai trouvé sympa.
Again, Radiohead was better than I expected. Vocals are a bit tiresome after a while but musicianship is great.
Not my favorite Radiohead era but so many classics tracks on this one. They really hit their stride from OK Computer through Hail to the Thief imo
It's good but spotty at times
I like the singles, except Just..I dunno the rest is ok. It's a 3 record.
I really have to be in the right mood for Radiohead.
Stark trea, mysig rock liksom
On my second playthrough of this album I started to enjoy it. I was a bit surprised. I don't have much to say except this could enter my regular rotation with some more time with it.
Good album but nothing gave me chills.
OK
I grooved with 1-2, the rest hit me like other Radiohead songs do...eh.
This is the only Radiohead album that I have in my collection. Not a huge fan, but like this album
Better than I expected a high 3, I still can’t see me wanting to listen to Radiohead through choice.
Sad. Super 90s pop. Not my favorite. Done of the production was cool and there were catchy songs (that were really sad)
*1995. 2nd studio album. *Big hits: Fake Plastic Trees + High and Dry. *This was my first time really listening to Radiohead. *I think of Radiohead as whiny and slow - there was a fair bit of that (literally a song called "Sulk"), but also some slightly more uptempo songs that I enjoyed more. RATING - 6.5/10
OK
Ahhhh Radiohead. Innovative soundscapers or moody middle-class music makers? The answer of course is somewhere in between. Which is where I found myself listening to this. There are many high points: Just is an all-time classic, hits the spot every time, Street Spirit has more atmosphere than Venus (look it up), My Iron Lung and Black Star are excellent. The rest just didn't grab me. Never mind, those ones are good to be getting on with on their own. Eh it is what it is...
I get the feeling that my review will not be in the majority but there was nothing on the album that grabbed me and made a connection. I'll give it the benefit of doubt by throwing it into the forgettable middle of the ratings curve
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Kunne godt lide, men få sange der virkelig stak ud som jeg likede. Men kan godt lide stemningen af albummet.
This album has some really good songs but it’s not my favorite
Fake Plastic Watering Can & High and Dry are still the standout tracks. Not a fan of the more prog rock moments, but a good album.
Some good tracks. I prefer Ok Computer, In Rainbows, and Kid A
Lite tråkigt ngn hände inte så mycket
Not bad. I already had this album. It is decent the whole way through, no real big good songs but a good listen.
I’ve come to dread the Radiohead albums on this list, but this was a pleasant surprise. These guys aren’t half bad when they make actual music.
Decent, but I am not the biggest Radiohead fan.
Really cool album. The Radiohead hype is starting to make sense. 7.7/10
some okay rockin and classic slow tracks but radiohead never blows my head off 3.65
Alt-rock. Best album for college-days-reminiscing while slowly smoking a cig, looking far away into the void.
Some good songs, but overall just a glimpse into what this band was really capable of.
Some tracks I really love on this album, but on the whole, it’s not something I come back to that much.
Solid album
This is very good with loads of huge tunes but it's only getting a 3 because I'm not listening to it again, I have better things to do than get really into Radiohead
Decent, enjoyed it more than I expected. I just don't think I'll listen to it again.
A typical Brit rock with a touch of experimentalism. A good album. It was maturing the sound of what would become OK Computer.
My thoughts are about the same as the first time I listened to this. The hits hit but I like their post-rock/more experimental stuff rather than their more straight forward rock
Sounded fine. Not sure if I’m just never in the right mood, but I just still have never understood why Radiohead is such a big deal. I liked this more than I remember liking kid A or ok computer, but I’m not really confident in that assessment
I almost never find myself wanting to listen to Radiohead, but they are a great band. I enjoyed this one more than Hail to the Thief. He sounds like Billy Corgan on the first track.
Considering how bloodless and bleepy-bloopy Radiohead's music has become, it's interesting to step back in time to when they were still a rock band. The seeds of OK Computer are here, but it's weird to hear them play straightforward rock music (relatively speaking) considering where they went after this.
I can hear how this was the inspiration for much of the 00s British rock. But this is definitely a case where the derivatives are better than the original. It's a listenable album, but doesn't have anything I want to listen to again. That makes it a 3.
I don't get the hype (recurring theme for this list) Alternates between boring kind of "just there" atmospheric rock, pre-Coldplay influence, and noise. I like the ending song.
This is fine. "My Iron Lung" is a good song, and I like this better than some Radiohead albums, so there's that. However, I am of the very, VERY strong belief that we did not need 6 Radiohead albums on this list. Music is subjective, and lots of people really like Radiohead...but fucking hell this is a terrible job of curation when the entire history of music is available. 3.0
This goes harder than I expected.
pretty good
Still don’t get them. Musically they are fine but I can’t buy into the hype. Not to beat a dead horse but it sounds like the lead singer is whining a lot.
Tracks 2/3/4 are all time powerful; the rest of the album is solid but a bit whiney 3/5
So this album is probably Radiohead’s most popular, which in itself is sort of a hard thing to determine. You could make that argument for several of their albums, but at the very least this is probably their most recognizable album cover and it is super iconic and probably one of the most memorable album covers in all of rock. Sadly, however, I don’t think this is their strongest album. What I do appreciate is that this album is very clearly trying very very hard to distance itself from Pablo honey. In fact I’d say this is the moment they became the Radiohead that we all know today. Like the massive immediate success of Creep created this extreme desire to be something different than what they thought they were being seen as. But for better or worse I think that desire resulted in most of their most impressive and creative projects. I just think this album is a step in the right direction but not far enough. I think this album doesn’t age quite as well as their other albums. That being said there are positives. The instrumentation is excellent and the production is like clean cold water smooth. It’s so easy on the ears and relaxing. But that being said I only saved “Just”, “street spirit”, and “the bends”.
Missed this first time round. It a good album but I feel like it would need to be on heavy rotation to embed it in my world.
The first album that I’ve listened to previously. I like the singles off of this album but not much else. Street Spirit is 😘👌
A bit too depressing but is a widely well regarded album and a pioneer in the indie rock space, 6/10
3.5
Not their best but not bad
I guess I'm listening to something else. This just feels lacking substance. It did seem to be a sign of where alternative music was headed though
Sad to say… kind of boring.
What strikes me about this album is how much of it sounds so little like Radiohead as we know them today. Case in point: the guitar riff that opens the title track, which transports me back to the mid-90s and sounds like any number of guitar-driven alt-rock bands from the era. “Black Star” is an excellent song that foreshadows what they would do next on the vastly superior OK Computer, but to me this is not among Radiohead’s best albums and doesn’t need to be on this list.
I think I’ve finally worked out why I didn’t get on with Radiohead back in the day. It goes back to their first album and the ubiquitous hit single Creep, which came across as an attempt by some lamestain cob nobblers from Oxfordshire to sound like a Seattle grunge band, and was enough to put me off. This album marks the start of their transition into a more experimental and interesting style, with Thom Yorke’s distinctive vocals (probably an acquired taste), obtuse lyrics and interesting guitar noodling. It’s not quite as compelling as the later albums, but worth a listen though.
It was alright
Some good songs, some snoozers.
Knew the two huge ones, and of course loved em, the rest of the album felt rather blase, until street spirit which I had never heard, absolutely loved it, best song on the album for me. So a few absolute loves, and mostly indifference from me, but a solid album.
An album I fell in love with in the late 2000's when I bought a pack of 5 cd's of Radiohead's albums for like $30 from JB Hi-Fi. The highlights for me (outside the hits!) are Bones and Blackstar, Bones is slept on, almost the least listened to song on the album according to Spotify. Anyway, great to listen through again after a few years.
I enjoy 'Just', but then the rest of the album I sleep on.
Nice, slow and calming music, although that can be said for all their music. Generally don't listen to them that much as most of my music listening is going to work and I need something more upbeat. Still solid though
They have a nice sound but get a bit repetitive and every song feels like it's on the verge of getting going, but it never does
Not as good as I thought it'd be
Not even top 5 radiohead, massively overrated
Ah, Radiohead. I have listened to a few of their tracks before, of course, but not really their whole albums. First couple songs are good, but not really earth shattering or anything. For a band that's supposed to be experimental, I find Radiohead to be very consistent, polished. High and Dry is a great tune, and again, polished. But it's not really breaking new ground, either.
Like this one better than 'Kid A'. 3/5
High and Dry = Good Song I like Radiohead. All the other songs sound similar, but not bad to listen to.
Meh
Early Album. Very good for Running by doing Chores.
I'm not generally a Radiohead fan but this has more of the bits that I do like and only a little of the miserable whiny bits that I don't
It's one that I really have to be in the mood for. The first half of the album is great, the second half gets far too whiney. Street Spirit does pick it up at the end, making me forget about the more boring tracks.
Ok album
OK, not great but easy to listen to
While I like the first album better this change of style sounds really good as well. The kind of rock that I listened to in my younger days and still speaks to me from time to time.
Bendy, solid but not my fav from Radiohead
Cool album, lots of good songs. Not as genre-bending as OK Computer but there were hints that they were destined for more than your average indie band
Not my favorite Radiohead. It feels uneven to me, but it has it’s high points.
I know I’m supposed to like Radiohead, and tbh nothing that I heard on this album was bad or objectionable or in any way outside of my taste, but I just feel like I didn’t discover Radiohead at the right time to be able to love their music.
Put it there. Mellow, angsty, 90’s all over. I can dig it.
'You can walk it home straight from school / You can kiss it, you can break all the rules.' Radiohead becomes Radiohead, which means Thom Yorke is waxing incoherent while the music is expressive thru experiment. But it's also not quite there yet, so Yorke can be a straightforward moaner and the songs are forthright pop and indie. When a balance is struck, as it now and then is, particularly on tracks like 'High and Dry,' 'Fake Plastic Trees,' '(Nice Dream),' and 'Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was,' it's a prolific cohesion. Often, however, there's a rawness that suggests an indecisiveness and a want of identity, e.g., 'My Iron Lung' is a feeble take on Seattle grunge. I often go for raw origins, but here 'finding their voice' leaves me w/o a strong one.
Emotion-driven album with enough variety to keep it fresh although a bit mopey at times. Holds up really well. High and Dry and My Iron Lung highlights for different reasons!
Pretty average album IMO. But I’ve also never been a big Thom Yorke fan
Amazing album, just not something I listen to much
i love shit made for sad people. love feeling something
After spending years of slagging off Radiohead, I'm ashamed to say, I actually didn't mind this album. Some pretty samey songs, but definitely some standouts.
Ollaan rehellisiä, odotin enemmän. Tällä levyllä Radiohead oli vielä suoraviivaisempaa rokkia. Ei tää huonoa oo, tää on vaan aika perus. Toki vois mielipide muuttua useammalla kuuntelulla. Mutta odotusten takia 3 tähteä. Parhaat: High and Dry, (Nice Dream), Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Were, Street Spirit (Fade Out)
In the end, this album just doesn't do it for me. Where Purple Rain got the 'novelty' aspect, this sound is just too much like all the other rock bands, and I don't love it. Obviously Radiohead's later albums are all better as they get away from this sound and the 'cliches' of it. While the best parts of the album are easily 5-stars, none of the songs are 5-stars from start to finish. Ultimately, that and the 'cliche' sound are enough to make it 3-stars for me. - A couple of 'noise' moments, but generally a pleasant album. A bit too much 'rock band' for my liking, but the highs are high. The okay songs here are really just okay though. - Intro is fantastic, though the rest of the first song is only okay. - A lot of songs with great moments, but that turn into something not as enjoyable later on in the song
Very good for an alt rock album, but it pales in comparison to what Radiohead would do. Still, some of my favorite Radiohead songs are on here including My Iron Lung, Fake Plastic Trees, and High and Dry.
Nice to listen but not much more. Quite générique sounds.
The dreamy songs like (nice dream) make this a great record.
Solid but have never been fully on the RH bandwagon
Like I said before when I reviewed Amnesiac, I used to like Radiohead a lot, but I wasn't ever so in love with The Bends as an album album so I don't think I listened to it in full beyond one time. I did listen to some of the songs a lot, mainly the singles but not to the level of their other albums, so it was interesting to check this one in full with basically fresh ears and.... well yeah it's pretty good, I think partly because I have a bias towards this era of 90s British rock but it's also this weird crossroad with Radiohead's sound before they did their thing on OK Computer but after being basically another scrappy alt rock band that couldn't decide if they were grunge or britpop. This album is both doing some fun distorted riffs or other effects that are very 90s and then onto the more slow stuff they would get known for, hell the fact that the two most remembered songs from this are Fake Plastic Tree (meh), High and Dry (Good) and Street Spirit (Great), so it's obvious which ones stood the test of time, but despite that the other songs here are pretty good albeit nothing I haven't heard from other bands of the era, which is another sort of issue I had, the feeling that despite the songs being mostly neat I couldn't shake off that having all 12 of them felt like too much, it could have been shaved down to 10 or 8 and you would have had a stronger tracklist than songs that feel like they iterate on typical rock of the era (specially with songs like Just or Black Star, they are cool but nothing too stand out). So, is The Bends good? Well yeah, and I enjoy it more because it's the kinda rock I enjoy already, to turn my nose at it cuz its Radiohead can be too much for an album that at least brings good tunes.
I feel like most people who love Radiohead like their earlier stuff the most. I think their earlier stuff was not very good but they started at a 2 and grew to a 10. This album is for sure a 2.
Less “experimental” and more mainstream than most other Radiohead albums. Some of this even sounds a lot like U2.
The music was fine. I just don't think it's for me
2.5 stars really, but it’s cool to think that this is what they’re sound was at the very beginning
Un álbum excelente y que ha sido de enorme influencia en el rock de los 2000. El primer álbum que suena a Radiohead por excelencia y el que los catapultó a grupo de culto. No me voy a poner a criticar aquí uno de los álbumes fetiche de los millenials mayores, y de los mejor valorados en esta web. Merece una muy buena nota. Pero, a pesar de haberme gustado mucho, me quedo con la etapa más experimental de Radiohead que vendría más adelante, ya que este álbum ha sido tan imitado que, a día de hoy, no es capaz de atraparme. Vamos a dejarlo en 3.5.
****High & Dry, Bulletproof I guess this is forcing me to confront that I'm kind of a Radiohead hater in my old age despite having passing fondness for OK Computer as a teenager. I think I resent their modern canon status especially since it seems like this sound / scene didn't amount to much + I like scrappy/punk/indie rather than mewling artsy indie. THat being said, giving this a fresh chance with fresh ears! Like this better in a lot of ways than OK Computer and onward -- slightly rockier and some interesting arrangements. Never heard most of the songs (maybe some from the ASOB Radiohead show lol). I think the stretch of The Bends -> High & Dry -> Fake Plastic Trees is kind of undeniable and pretty interesting. Some of the melodies too do work on me -- Radiohead do this melody turn that reminds me of 'Stay Faraway So Close' or whatever by U2 which is significant for obvious reasons.... IDK though, think it's pretty solid but just not really my thing these days.. too like grunge-y or something. Plus I've always found Thom Yorke singing kind of boring. But glad to fill this gap a little bit and understand what this sounds like.