The Bends

Este disco es un viaje de emociones, lo era en los 90's y lo sigue siendo.

Just radiohead

trop bon RadioHead, je n'avais jamais osé aller dans les autres album que OK computer et Kid A. Ahhh comme j'avais tort. Tellement malade cet album 5

This album is probably the best from Radiohead. I didn't have it when it came out.. they overplayed "high and dry" on the radio so I'm not fond of that one. I picked this up around the time OK Computer came out, which is another great album. Some of my favorite tracks are Fake Plastic Trees, Nice Dream, Bulletproof I wish I was, and Street Sprirt ( Fade Out).

Easy 5. The least popular song on the album (according to Spotify play counts) is Bones, which I still love. Every song on this album is familiar and fun to listen to, for me. Highlights from this listen through: High and Dry, Black Star, Planet Telex

Not a single filler song. "The Bends" and "Fake Plastic Trees" give chills.

Awesome!

Just about as perfect as it gets.

listened to again it's just so good and still before their biggest albums

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: High and dry, Fake plastic trees, My iron lung, Bulletproof…wish I was, Black star

It's Radiohead, of course its amazing

One of my all time favorites, still great almost 30 years later.

This is pure nostalgia for me. First year of uni, plenty of time to listen to music. As much as I love Pablo Honey, this album just lifted their music to another level. So many good songs on here and mountains of atmosphere. Highlights: Just, Street Spirit, High and Dry.

Banger

Fantastic Album. Still guitar-driven, has some elements of Brit Pop, but definitely dipping their toes into more experimental stuff that lead to "Ok Computer" – specifically "My Iron Lung". Favorite tracks – "Planet Telex", "The Bends", "Just".

If I could be who you wanted...all the time...

La primera obra mestra de la banda. 'Ok Computer', el que va suposar i el que va venir després, han posat ombra sobre els dos discos anteriors de Radiohead. 'Pablo Honey' era el treball d'una banda trobant el seu so i massa esclava encara de les seves influències. Però 'The Beds' és extraordinari. Un disc essencial del rock alternatiu dels '90, més accessible que l'obra posterior, però a la mateixa alçada artística

Over the years I have become increasingly absorbed by Radiohead's later, more experimental works. It has been a few years since I sat down and listened to this album. The Bends overflows stadium-level grandeur infused with deep melancholy. Powerful guitars charge into deeply intimate moments. This is an incredible album. Today this is my favorite Radiohead album. Whatever song is playing is my favorite Radiohead song. Planet Telex's power guitars... Fake Plastic Trees' desperation... Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was' gentle despondence... High and Dry's plea to a friend... (Nice Dream)'s rolling rhythms... Black Star's relationship struggle... Sulk's gorgeous, swinging guitars... and Street Spirit (Fade Out)'s glorious closing, "iMMerse your soUL in LOVE." I could go on and on. Instead I'll go for another listen.

A classic. Radiohead have traded off the goodwill of The Bends and OK Computer ever since releasing album after album that got progressively weirder and less listenable.....but their live shows would still sell out because when they stick to the basics, no one else can do it like they can.

"Creep" saved Radiohead. This single came from a half-baked album, *Pablo Honey*, clumsily mixing britpop with some more "American" influences. But "Creep" was a hit and showed Radiohead they had it in them to make a record for the ages. And since the Oxford quintet was not afraid to take a long, hard look at what they had just done with their first LP (a mindset they would mostly keep for their whole career, up until today), they knew what needed to be done. A perfect balance between self-confidence and self-criticism was the key. And it opened a door that led to one of the most brilliant discographies ever put to tape. In the course of this discography, *The Bends* is therefore Radiohead's first masterpiece (there's been five of them by my count, but first times always have their peculiar charm, don't they?). To say it shortly, this first masterpiece was mostly remarkable in the manner it aptly mixed twisted rockers and heartwrenching ballads. Everything is stellar in it--the songwriting, the lyrics, the vocal performances, the intricate bass-and-guitar arrangements, John Leckie's clean yet no-nonsense production. Tracks segue into one another in a totally dynamic way. The dystopian atmosphere that will further be explored in *OK Computer* and *Kid A* can already be felt (but this time through generally more streamlined compositions than what would come next). And the songs, the songs... Between the intense title-track, the melancholic "High And Dry", the devastatingly beautiful "Fake Plastic Trees", the tight and angular "Just", the sinister guitar hook of the messy and sardonic "My Iron Lung", not to mention the epic and poignant closer "Fade Out", with its elegiac arpeggio and truly *haunted* chorus, there's a little bit for everyone. And yet this record still sounds cohesive and ambitious, as adventurous as it is--every britpop or US alt-rock influence being properly digested to mingle into a wide-sounding sonic landscape, every vocal intention and guitar lick serving a discourse that transcends style or genres. This here is one of those very rare albums where there's absolutely no fillers (just like *OK Computer*, actually)--each track has something unique going on for it, even the ones I didn't mention up there. I can't but envy the people who are discovering it today, 25 years or so later. And given what most reviewers are saying in this group, they are certainly not disappointed... But this is no surprise (and no alarm, to quote a later song). Just as opener "Planet Telex" states it, Radiohead are never sounding better than when they lament that "everything is broken", only to pick up those disparate pieces and shape them into a single body of work that's unique, moving and relevant. They're THE postmodernist rock band of the late nineties / early aughts. And as such, they deserve to have their seats at the table of the greatest acts ever... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 886 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 60 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 29 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 26

Instant 5/5 for me. This album is so good! Brings back great memories and the songs are mostly all absolute bangers.

Not much to say except it's a banger, one of Radiohead's best which some tuuuuunes on it

Their most accessible album and the gateway drug to the rest of their music, an excellent precursor to OK Computer. You can tell they wrote some of these songs with headline slots at festivals in mind, they're just great loud bangers.

Undisputed classic. The start of the journey to greatness!

Classic radio head

Groundbreaking. Good sound

Brilliant

amazing album. the one that got me first into radiohead. 5/5

masterpiece - as good or better than OK Computer. No misses on this album.

90/100 the bends is a killer song that inital chord sequence in high and dry is so wet n sticky, kinda ironic actually. (nice dream) is such a good name for a song just- you do it to yourselfffff i love this song cus i do do it to myself. my iron lung-were losing it, cant u tell? what a nice melodyyyy. This is a great album I love the rock chords it does this very well. 90s rock done perfectly,. But its also interesting how this is before you can hear that very specific radiohead style, but still a great album. Its catchy and moody and melodic and cohesive. just very pretty emo shit. I see myself listening to this while walking through a city by myself. I really do enjoy!

Absolute classic - with an arc in the middle that is simply peerless

best radiohead album

Thom Yorke might talk a load of bollocks these days but this album is absolutely fucking fire. So many good tracks. Amazing. Enjoyed this one.

Очень люблю радиохед, рада переслушать этот альбом. 10/10

Absolute classic!

I love a good excuse to listen to this album. A respite from the mediocre crap that plagues the rest of this list. Favourites: Planet Telex, High and Dry, Just, My Iron Lung, and, of course, Street Spirit.

Let' get this out of the way: I am an unabashed Radiohead fanboy. So it might not come as a surprise that I'm giving their first classic album a perfect score. But the truth is, how was I supposed to give it a lower score with songs like Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit?

Very unique... beautiful vocals and amazing lyrics

Damn this was good.

Mind-bending. I could spend some time writing more about this album, but I rather listen to it again instead. It's R.E.M., I mean, what else can I say?

Great album that isn't fronted by big hits but rather convinces with a high quality throughout the whole album. Loved the sound

This stayed on all day.

19th January 2022 Listened throughout the day on my phone, went in to Brixton and got an iPhone. Terrified that I was going to lose all this data but managed to find out how to keep it! Such a good album, it's searing and tearing whilst being tender.

It's a great album. We all know what came next, and I'm not going to judge this on that. So it gets 5 from me on it's own merit.

Absolute classic. Grabbed this recently on vinyl. May be still my favorite Radiohead album.

All tracks great. All tracks have inspired at least one inventive and interesting cover--that I know of. Shows that this all-time band was making excellent music even before they started going really weird. Now they’re making excellent music AND it’s really weird.

Perfect

Best songs: The bends High and dry Just (Black Star)

It's my favorite Radiohead album and probably the only one I'd still put on.

I already love Radiohead, so I knew I'd give it a 5, but it really is well deserved. This was the beginning of their metamorphosis into what they are today. (Pablo Honey is ass xD)

I’m not sure I like Radiohead but I love The Bends. Their next best songs (Creep, No Surprises) just sounds like tracks that could be off this album. Everything else I find boring or stressful. But this album really his the mark for me, perfect mix of grunge/BritPop/electro.

Hef ekki hlustað á þessa lengi, en hún er flottur fulltrúi þess tíunda. Nostalgísk en líka afar góð.

Hits from start to finish

Everything is… broken

Lol sure

I had mostly avoided Radiohead for a decent portion of my serious music-listening life, partially by accident, so I think this was only their second or third album I've listened all the way through. Was pretty blown away on first listen and returning to this some months later felt the same. Guitar playing is infectious, grandiose and over-the-top at times in the right way. A 5! Already Saved: High and Dry; Fake Plastic Trees; (Nice Dream); Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was; Black Star; Street Spirit (Fade Out) Saved After Listening: Planet Telex, Just, My Iron Lung*, Sulk

Saved Prior: High and Dry Not Saved: 12. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was 11. My Iron Lung Cutting Edge: 10. Bones 9. Fake Plastic Trees 8. Sulk Off Rip: 7. Just 6. The Bends 5. Black Star 4. Street Spirit (Fade Out) 3. (Nice Dream) 2. High and Dry 1. Planet Telex Overall Notes: I hate to give this album a 5 considering how pretentious the Radiohead fandom is, but I really liked this album. Plugs the gap between alt-grunge and art-rock, guitar licks and quaint little melodies abound. A low five, but I take solace in knowing that most Radiohead fans consider this one of their lesser albums. Hope I don't look back on this review as a Radiohead stan and rue its writing.

F’n A. Yup. So happy to see and hear this on here.

Showing it’s age but it has a naïve quality that will never be captured again

Hard to believe this is 25 years old. It still sounds as fresh as it did back in 1995. It's something I've listened to regularly over that time.

Sequencia intensa.

Street Spirit one love

Already know and love this album better good to hear it again

What an album perhaps Radiohead's best collection of songs. Absolutely no filler. The 123 punch of The Bends, High and Dry and Fake Plastic Trees is nonpareil. Maybe it lacks the experimentalism of OK Computer and Kid A, but the songs are so strong that I can forgive the fact that it fits neatly into into the alt-rock formula. Besides you can see the seeds of OK Cokmputer in the closing track. I LOVE THIS ALBUM! 5 🌟

Наверно, единственный альбом Радиобашки, где меня не задолбал ужасный вокал Йорка и где нет конченого IDM.

Some outstanding music. Haunting and solemn, but melodic all at once.

I've been friends with lots of people with lazy eyes in my life. For example Steph and I spent a whole summer together being Floyds and watching MTV. The summer of '95 was right before I moved to LA. The 'Just' music video played at least twice every hour, but it seemed like more. That was a clever video, it was great. Fake Plastic Trees, notsomuch. In the FPT video, Thom (pronounced 'Tom') turns the drama up to 11 while imitating a baby in a shopping cart. It was disastrous and didn't do the band any favors. Anyone that watched that immediately hated them, him, Thom (Tom). The album Pablo Honey, was good and an easy listen. The Bends, followed PH and was a logical extension of the first with more angsty, artsy-fartsy undertones thrown in. I liked it. Revisiting this album, it's not groundbreaking, but it's held up okay. This is more like a warm wool sweater that smells like home and you put it on when the leaves turn brown at the end of summer. The Bends is one of the quintessential albums of the 90's, and by those terms it's relatively traditional. There's heavy guitar reverb, song builds, and self-consumed lyrics with a tinge of despair. It is also the last album before the band becomes Radiohead. Before Ok Computer. Perhaps all of that self-introspection is authentic, Thom (Tom) isn't as insufferable as we thought. Maybe he was somehow able to see a future with machine learning, crappy politics, overconsumption, etc. and identify change is coming. Ok Computer, the album after The Bends was truly groundbreaking and set the band off in a new direction with intricate arrangements, new instruments, computers, electronica, etc. It's incredible that this is the same band. All good things come to an end. This album The Bends, marks the closing of an era, the end of summer, the end of Floyd and for me at least, the end of the 90's. It is the closing door that goes unnoticed and time moves on. REFERENCES Floyds = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIA-5l4tRyY Just = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls Fake Plastic Trees = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk

5! Great album

Perfection

A perfect straight ahead rock album for me. 3 guitars going at it for most of the songs

Una obra de arte. De los mejores discos que he escuchado en mi vida. Lo tengo en mi colección desde hace más de 15 años y estoy totalmente de acuerdo que deba estar en este listado. La mezcla de potencia y melancolía y los cambios en los arreglos son sorprendentes. Definitivamente este disco fue crucial en la historia de la música.

I am a fan. First Radiohead I've listened to and liked. It makes me want to listen to their other stuff again. Maybe Kid A and OK Computer are actually good. Can't wait to check them out again. Great songs on this album start to finish.

great!!!

Great album

Great album. Songs such as "High and Dry" and "Bones" remain personal favorites.

5 Stars

this is the second to worst radiohead album but I still love it

Finally something I know and that I was looking forward to listen to. Though I only listened to selected songs of this album before. I have a difficult past with Radiohead. I tried getting into them about 7 years ago. While some songs were great they just didn't become favourites. There is beauty to be found in Thom Yorke's voice many songs just didn't resonate with me at the time. Now, listening to "The Bends" as a full album I have to say I quite like it. It got high highs and many of them, though there are some lows for me as well. However, the highs outshine the lows in my opinion. I'm pretty sure that this album gets better the more you listen to it. Also, it's got that 90's - putting on your cheap headphones and listen to that album on repeat on your walkman - vibe to it. Favourite songs: Planet Telex, High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Street Spirit

one of my favorite albums of all time. although maybe not as influential as OK Computer or Kid A, the songwriting and melodies on this project are immaculate. fantastic project that i’ll continue to rotate until the day i die

and thats why it really hurts

solid.

Great album, nice vibes throughout - so many classic noticeable tunes and also several unheard new favourites.

Don't really have anything to say. 5/5

Love Radiohead! Very good album start to finish, one of my favourites. Barely any downsides

pretty good innit

I think I like this more than any other Radiohead album. This is actually really good.

insert joke about benders here.

Heard it before, and loved every second of it.

Al lang 1 van mijn favoriete albums! Logisch dat deze 5* krijgt

One of my favorite albums from this band and from the 90s. Great melodies and beautiful arrangement and production.

Love it. The album where Radiohead showed truly how great they are. BT: The Bends, Just, Street Spirit.

Thom Yorke's weird little talented face. Not as up its own ass as OK Computer and not as revered...but it's better, isn't it? Tweek my nipples.

Briljante plaat! Klinkt ook nog steeds niet gedateerd...

All time favorite. Niets meer, niets minder

Appeltje-eitje: fantastisch album!

Van dit album kan ik huilen, zo mooi vind ik het.

Bueno... Un dels àlbums de la meva vida. Quantes vegades l'hauré escoltat? Des que un company de classe me'l va deixar un dia (crec que va ser Francesc Roca, a 2n de BUP), em va enamorar. Els Radiohead venien amb la càrrega de l'èxit del tema "Creep", i amb aquest segon disc demostraven que no eren flor d'un sol dia, i que tenien molt a dir. L'àlbum comença amb la potent Planet Telex i ja no et solta fins la darrera nota de Street Spirit. Té singles inoblidables com Fake Plastic Trees, The bends o Just, i temes que posen la pell de gallina, com Bullet proof o High and dry. No sobra ni una sola cançó, i encara van deixar temes brutals per a les cares b, com The trickster o Permanent daylight. Aquest disc també representa l'inici de les crucials col·laboracions amb el seu productor Nigel Godrich, i l'artista Stanley Donwood. D'alguna manera, aquí és quan realment Radiohead s'acaba de formar, i ja no pararan d'evolucionar plegats i publicar sense pietat àlbums i més àlbums arriscats i d'enorme qualitat. El so de les guitarres en tot aquest disc és brutal, el punt just de potència i distorsió, i de delicadesa quan es necessita. La producció realment és exquisita, cada cançó té la seva pròpia personalitat i alhora totes juntes formen un tot indisoluble. El seu primer àlbum per a la història, i els que en vindran...

Vvvery good

One of the best ever!

one of the great records of the 90's. excellent

C'mon! is friking Radiohead, what's not to like?

Classic 90s, all the feels

So many greats

One of my favs

Still amazing. Even with the filler

Immerse your soul in love

Great listen!

Uma beleza, carrega comigo muito saudosismo. Baladas marcantes. produção impecável, como em todos discos deles.

Espetacular. Stellar. Radiohead como deveria ser até o fim.

1995: Planet Telex, High And Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung, Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was

emily b very nice name now get back to work buddy

fatasss album dm me @pizzaupmynose on ig

Really great album. Probably the third best Radiohead album. I knew a lot of these songs already this listen, but hadn't listened to the full thing. There are so many extra great ones. Readiohead likes to be 'thematic' with their albums; the songs in them sound like they belong together. Not sure if it's on purpose, it's likely just their style evolving. But they always do a great of exploring that theme/style, keeping the track list fresh. I think that's because the quality is just so high, the melodies are catchy and interesting, and the guitar, man, like it's so good. I would prefer a little bit more variety... Anyway, I'll certainly be listening again, for sure!

good album, its Radiohead, not the kind of music I listen to regularly, but the band is incredible, the guitar, bass, drums, and the singer has a unique way of singing and it fits the songs perfectly in my opinion. favorite songs: the bends, nice dream, and the closing track God that closing track is good!!!

Has a much more prog rock feel than the Hail to the Thief album that appeared on my list only yesterday! 4

I started this with a resigned sense of not having liked any other Radiohead album. First song i felt set a different, less whiney tone than other albums so it bode well. There is a bit of a harder grungy edge to this. Dont mind it. Less coldplay more swervedriver (nirvana?) make Radiohead bearble band.

Stark 4 på den här, blev så glad när det stod att jag skulle lyssna på denna! Mina favoriter är Fake Plastic Trees och Black Star.

I'm a bigger fan of Radiohead when you get into the Kid A era and beyond, but this is just as good as Radiohead can be. I guess I'm not that much of a super fan of them.

The Bends is unique among Radiohead albums in that the reason it succeeds is that it's a great pop album. The band would push themselves into weirder and sometimes better things, but none of their albums is as easy and pleasing of a listen as this one. "High and Dry" is the best example, with its light emotional verses and big choruses, not to mention the guitar solo during the bridge. "Fake Plastic Trees" boasts some of Thom Yorke's best vocals and another great climax. The title track and many of the other songs are pretty straightforward alt rock, but the band achieves a mix of accessibility and sharp guitar tones that few others have. Some of the tracks near the end are a bit less interesting, but none of them are bad. And it ends on a song that foreshadows the darkness of their albums to come. Not the band's best album, but their most immediately enjoyable.

Not the strongest Radiohead but some all timers

Superb, the first Radiohead album where they discovered their sound.

What an amazing album. Radiohead is pure genius. I already listened to the album on my own before but was totally worth the listen again.

Phenomenal all through out. Favourite Track(s): (Nice Dreams) Least Favourite Track(s): Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was

Not an OK Computer or In Rainbows which are my top Radiohead albums, but lots of jams on this one and still really easy to listen through. Fav three are high and dry, Just, and my iron lung.

I loved this when it came out, and still do now, not as self indulgent as later albums, but excellent arrangements and a nice mix of emotions that blend each track into the next. A solid 4

To me it's just another Radiohead album. Yes, it's good, of course it's very good, but this particular one does not move me that much compared to, say, Hell to the Thief - beyond the songs I have loved since my school years - Fake Plastic Trees and Just. Those two are truly amazing - to me.

The first great Radiohead album, but certainly not the last. Favorite track: Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead - The Bends Weird. Starts with such a double whammy of generic whiny guitarboy meh. First two tracks such a week start to an album. But then we start to get glimpses of the direction they'd head off into next. High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, and Just all demonstrate a need to break away from the norm. But there is more big-standard filler packed in around it all. Before we get to the highlight of the album, which stands head and shoulders above e everything before it. The closer Street Spirit (Fade Out). Truly beautiful vocal from Thom, a tale of a man stretched gossamer thin, sick and tired of the machinations of a capitalist existence. We all feel that. Well those of us who go to work, strive endlessly, do. Fucking hell this song gets to me. Really hard to score cos two thirds of this album is totally forgettable. But then there's the rest.... 8/10

High and Dry is a perfect song

Je crois que celui-ci je l’aimais un peu moins. Peut-être le premier Radiohead sur coté de la liste ?? Les 2 premières sont incroyables comme à l’accoutumée, et tout le reste aussi, c’est ébahissant. Très fort et très doux, assez sobre aussi ce qui peut expliquer que j’ai pas adoré à l’époque sans doute Et une magnifique chanson de fin 8,5/10

I really enjoyed this. Fake Plastic Trees is just so good man.

No habia escuchado con atención este cd. de Radiohead. Es mucho más guitarrero que los posteriores que me gustan más. Merece la pena.

I'd forgotten how many bangers are actually on this. Radiohead's taking their corner and making a great case for it. Favorite Track: Fake Plastic Trees Surprise: My Iron Lung Most likely to end up on a mix tape: Bullet Proof

I got into this after I heard OK Computer, so naturally it suffers in comparison... but it's definitely better than I remembered. It's kinda like if Radiohead were a rock band

++*: Planet Telex ++: High and Dry, Bones, (Nice Dream), Just, My Iron Lung, Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was +: Fake Plastic Trees, Sulk, Street Spirit (Fade Out) +-: The Bends -: Black Star 8,5/10

Alternative Rock/Post-Britpop Favorite Songs: Planet Telex, High and Dry, Just, Street Spirit (Fade Out) Least Favorite Songs: Bullet Proof … I Wish I Was Radiohead brings a new dynamic after their first album was not only meet with mixed to slight positive reception from both fans and critics alike, so they ended up having to change their dynamics with this album instead. (Also, I heard Thom didn’t like playing Creep). And…it’s great, but I wouldn’t say it’s my all time favorite albums. There’s some songs on here that are outstanding, and the rest ranges from good to great, with my least favorite just being okay. It’s going into my personal music library, but there will be some songs that I’ll have more enjoyment for. 8/10

radiohead!

i enjoyed several songs off this album, gave coffee shop vibes

nonie dureglost, aber erste song verspricht viel. seeehr radiohead chords am aafang und d soundeffekt und alles sehr sehr radiohead. i like. es tönt gad alles chli ähnlich ruhig akustisch und de thom singt weich. sehr schön aber. bones isch recht geil goht chli los. black star au seeehr schöni melodie und harmonies eimol, buebe chönd songs schriibe. fade out kenni mega? vo wo? aha afoch de grösst hit vom album. seeeehr sehr geile song. ich find mer gseht wie guet radiohead sind uf dem album und wie fest sie scho wie sie töned. sehr geil. aber s hottet nöd so fest wie ok computer oder kid A glaub. ich gib es vieri, au wenns nöd fair isch zum sie afoch mit sich selber vergliiche. aber das isch halt leider de einzig verglich woni bi radiohead cha zie wells halt nöd würkli bands git wo ähnlichs gmacht hend und das macht sie so speziell.

Grest

It was a three, but yesterday I listened to it again and I realised that it's better than I thought. I see a lot of people giving it a one star and talking about how much they don't like radiohead, even if that was the case, how can songs like fake plastic trees, black star, nice dream go unnoticed and unappreciated, if you cannot hate a whole thing, there are tracks which are very good even for people who don't like radiohead

Toen dit album uitkwam vond ik Radiohead een band voor meisjes. Toch verdiende dit album meer respect van PuberGreg... Sorry Radiohead. Om het goed te maken 4 sterren.

hasta el momento lo que más me gustó de radiohead

8/10 Finally a Radiohead album that I can straight up say slapped

4.5 — Real shame that Radiohead tragically and mysteriously died

inanilmaz bir gitar kullanimi rifflermukemmel thebends just favoriparcalarim huzun ve gurultunun bu kadar guzel tinlamasi

This is a Radiohead 3 and a ‘1001 Albums’ 4. They showed some hints of greatness here but hadn’t yet ascended the mountain.

With high and dry, and fake plastic trees. This album is already soliddd!

Better than other Radioheads albums. I don’t care for their sound but The Bends is decent.

I wish this was the Radiohead album I had started with for my listening journey. There’s more structure and coherency in this record than their future projects. Really enjoy the grungy-rock influences and experimental detours.

I forgot how great of a straightforward rock band Radiohead could be. These guys could’ve been smarter Oasis if they wanted to be the biggest rock band in the world. I bet there are a lot of guys who don’t like Radiohead think this is their best album. 4.4

Geniuses as always but not my favorite release by them. I still prefer in rainbows, but some undeniable hits on here.

You can really hear who they are about to become in this album. Good stuff.

It was quite good, if mildly generic?

3 stars

Good but like most of Radioheads discography absurdly overrated

Transition point from grungy songs to more acoustic, introspective ones. Thom almost sounds like his OK Computer-self here, like he's trying out Jeff Buckley's style. I was pretty harsh when I listened to this for the first time a few years ago. Didn't have the musical experience to appreciate the alt-rock sounds here. Now I do and it pays dividends to enjoy things I once didn't enjoy (also probably cause I was on the bus listening to this, again). (3.5-4)

classic - replay, but still a top-tier front to back listen.

Holy shit a Radiohead album I actually liked. Wow. When Radiohead is good, it's pretty dang good.

A classic for a reason. Slightly lost focus on it throughout so I feel like another full listen outside of the office could be well worth it. Favourite Tracks: - High and Dry - Fake Plastic Trees - Just - Planet Telex

There are gonna be a whole lot of Radiohead albums on this list, huh? I really like this one. My teenage self would give it a five, but I can't quite go that high. Curious to see how I'm gonna feel giving O.K. Computer a spin at some point.

Heard before. Definitely one of the better Radiohead records, a ton of bangers like Black Star, Telex, Just, My Iron Lung, with just a couple duds.

Leur meilleur album, le plus expérimental à mes yeux et celui avec le plus de sons qui me font bouger.

I don't want to be classified as a Radiohead fan but yeah... this was pretty good..

One of my all time favorite bands, but not my personal favorite....it has enough cool guitar moments, but some of Thom Yorke's grunge yell-singing sounds really dated and try-hard-y compared to the continuous innovation and brilliance they'd forge starting with their next album. I like it for sentimental reasons, but for whatever reason, this time around some moments felt cringe and a little long. Great opener/closer combo and some cool moments throughout, so I'll round from a 3 to a 4 because i am a Radiohead guy.

4.5

A great album, puts you in a variety of states. Quite a timid start but it gets speeds up with each track Fav songs - High and Dry, Bones, Street Spirit 4/5

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This was really really good. I can imagine listening to this at the time and being absolutely gobsmacked by it. His voice get absolutely angelic at parts and the way the guitar goes from psychedelic to punk-esque to rock and back is really interesting and unique.

Volgens mij een album uit de begintijd van Radiohead, voor mijn gevoel is het een beetje te gitaar georiënteerd waardoor het meer een rockband vibe krijgt dan dat ze natuurlijk zijn. (Ze haten het om rockband genoemd te worden.) Desondanks is de muziek erg goed en je voelt de potentie van de band, al is dit zeker niet mijn meest favoriete album van hun. Ook hier staan hits op, maar ook niet mijn favoriete hits. Fake Plastic Trees blijf ik wel een erg bijzonder mooi nummer vinden. Al met al: super band in ontwikkeling en dus 4 sterren.

372/1089 yet another radiohead album i now like. The moody vibes and this kind of male vocal appeal to me i guess. i think i’d put it behind OK Computer and Kid A but above Hail to the Thief faves: (nice dream), sulk, black star, street spirit (fade out) 76/100

amazing album

Music like this makes me consider the reality that perhaps men can feel the full spectrum of human emotion. 4.5

some of my fav songs are in this

usually skip this album when doing my radiohead listening but llike the earlier grungier sound. 3.5 but rounding up for discography bonus points

Favourite Radiohead album FOR A GOOD REASON.

Hadn't heard this one and expected it to be more experimental, partly going off of Kid A and OK Computer, it does have a few different modes and shifts in tone but it's more straightforward. I quite like it, Radiohead have always been a bit that should probably be right up my alley but I could never really get into them. Maybe that'll change now Highlights: My Iron Lung, Planet Telex, High and Dry, The Bends

If I didn’t know what was in the band’s future, I might rate this lower. But I can hear the origins of Kid A and Amnesiac in between all of typical British boy grunge on this album, so it gets a 4.

A great album, i knew a few of the songs and really liked them, but at the same time, on the first listen of the album as a whole, some songs felt a bit bland

Kind of emotionless

4.2. Great album. Still have kid a and ok computer as my go tos.

This is honestly one of the best albums Radiohead has released, definitely my second favorite

I don't usually like radiohead, it just doesn't gel with me, but this is more of guitar driven alt-rock than their more experimental stuff.

Great album.

when she give u that radiohead. most original joke award goes to me thanks

1. Trochę dziwne dźwięki, powolna, ciekawe ze pewnie chodzi o dziewczyna a mówi it, everything is broken pewnie między nimi, klasyczne outro 7/10 2. Tytułowa nuta, świetne intro, świetny tekst wokal muzyka, wow… tekst jest personalny (3 zwrotka)i to outro 9/10 3. Ok fajny wstep hmm taki lullaby voice, kinda freaky, rozumiem czm male manipulator, o tym jak ona w sumie powinna żałować ze się rozstali tak to rozumiem 7/10 4. Uuu ok o tym jak wszystko jest plastikowe metafora sztuczne, męczy to ją, oj super tekst polystyrene man sztuczny gość, rodzaj plastiku a i na okładce jest facet z plastiku ma to sens damn jak się go spali (burn)to się topi ten plastik i można go połamać (crumble), o tym jak robił zabiegi plastyczne xd, o i teraz follow up do piosenki pierwszej real thing taste like real thing, fake plastikowa miłość, o tym że nie może być dla niej tym kim ona chce, ładne outro i wysoki głos i na koniec bridge, muzyka tekst głos top 9,5/10 5. Mmm dobry wstęp, drumsy, fajna gra słów, oj prawdziwy rock, dużo nie wywnioskowałem o starzeniu się ale ze muzykę musisz poczuć w kościach ale podoba mi się, za muzykę 8/10 6. Znowu lullaby voice, och szkoda nice dream to tylko sen, znowu trochę rel ten tekst aż za dużo nie można powiedzieć, o przyjaciółce… za tekst 8/10 7. Fajna background guitar, znowu rel tekst troche prawda you do it it to yourself and that’s why really hurts Uu I to outro nice 8/10 8. Hmm ciekawie jak komar to brzmi tekst nie do zrozumienia a do czucia fall asleep pewnie jako śmierć ok zmiana beatu i wokalu w połowie i powrót, head shrinkers połączenie kurczenie i psychiatra they want everything informację co masz w sobie i że głowa się kurczy to co pewnie słyszysz od psychiatrów “it’s okay” nie jestem przekonany co do muzy 7/10 9. Normalny wstęp oj no pisanie tych wszystkich metafor to za dużo piękne poezja za sam tekst 11/10 10. Mmm ok rozkręca się intro, fajne o tym jak wraca do domu i niby wszystko jest ok ale coś zadręcza jego żonę, obydwoje blamują to na dziwne rzeczy, próbuje ją zrozumieć, zna przyczynę, wow świetne 10/10 11. Sulk-fochy ok dziwne trochę ten tekst, ok laska bi polar tak jak jej ojciec, wokal ok, muza spoko, tekst trochę pojebany ale przez to dobry 8/10 12. Oj fajne intro sama gitarka, taki nastrój trochę mroczny, piękna muza, i to ah na na damn wokal też mocny “all day swallow whole” trochę jak ze za to zapłacimy mm i ten koniec niby nic nie ma znaczenia a tutaj ze mamy pochłonąć siebie w miłość na sam koniec albumu nice 9/10 Album 8,46/10

Never been my favorite of theirs but undeniably great and its funny that this is Coldplay's guiding star while Thom Yorke talks about how they just shit this out for the label (i dont think he believes that, he's just being annoying)

5* if u include killer cars and maquiladora

I used to hate Radiohead but dang this album has some bangers

It's pretty good, but you can tell this is early work of a band still figuring it out - personally I feel the tracks could use a little better cohesion

Lots of music critics like to refer to the sophomore slump, but just as often an artist will only find their sound after their debut. The Bends is an astronomical improvement on Pablo Honey, blending elements of Britpop, grunge (check out Thom basically doing a Billy Corgan impression on “Planet Telex”), and ‘80s alternative rock with weird, progressive chord changes that would come to define their writing. It’s those chord changes that give The Bends (and Radiohead by extension) such massive crossover appeal - they’re moody enough for the emo kids and technically interesting enough for the progheads, and everyone in between seems to love ‘em too. The Bends is not the sound of Radiohead at their peak, but it is the sound of Radiohead coming into their own. Most people will point to singles “High and Dry” or “Fake Plastic Trees” as highlights, but I’d rather direct your attention to the stunning closer “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” which foreshadows the rest of their catalogue more than anything else here with its softly crooned vocals, twinkly guitars, and understated drum groove. Coldplay probably owe their entire career to this record. It’s a good one, but the best is yet to come.

Radiohead were still finding their sound here. Much better than Pablo Honey, but still has a lot of straightforward, simple pop/rock like Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry, and Bullet Proof alongside some more interesting and creative songs like Street Spirit, Planet Telex, and My Iron Lung. I think this is much better than a lot of the alternative rock of the 90s, but still nowhere near as good as OK Computer and their other later albums.

4.25. I need to listen to Radiohead more often.

No one is more surprised than me how much I enjoyed this. Of everything I’ve heard from Radiohead this is the best.

3.75 - Another Radiohead album that I like now that I'm older. What's happening to me?

Fabulous album

Unfortunately I wasnt able to give my full attention to this album but i liked a lot of the songs

Call me an oldhead, but this is teenager music. That is not something bad though, while not being “Creep”, this is still a fantastic álbum which was just shadowed by it’s giant predecessor. Very consistent, with my personal favorite being Black Star and Nice Dream

Como radiohater me toca decir que este disco si es bueno la verdad, exceso de hits que dan fiaca escuchar pero eso no es culpa de los muchachos

Not top 3 Radiohead, and that's more of a compliment to the band than a critique of the album.

Très belle découverte, les riffs sont tous géniaux, ça démarre très bien !

Listened to this in the library during my free period 23/06/26 One of my fav Radiohead Albums. All Bangers. Have listened to it a lot previously.

Today I think "High and Dry" is my favorite Radiohead song, although I know that's subject to change. Hard to believe this has been out for more than 30 years; it doesn't seem dated to me like some music from that same period — maybe because it's "music of Radiohead" rather than "music of the 1990s."

Depressive af

Notable Textzeile: I get on the train and I just stand about Now that I don't think of you I keep falling over, I keep passing out When I see a face like you Ist ja wirklich selten hier, das ich denke ein Album hätte länger sein können. Hier ist es der Fall. Daher direkt ein zweites Mal gehört und da hat mich dann einiges genervt. Aber ist ja eine gute Erkenntnis über mich selbst. Ab und zu mit Abstand Radiohead - The Bends super. Zu eng aneinander doof. Ich rate jetzt mal für super.

Das Album vergesse ich immer, was ein Zeichen für meine Vergesslichkeit und für die Qualität der folgenden Radiohead Alben ist. Starker, atmosphärischer Rock mit Hits und coolen Deep Cuts... Gleichzeitig auch irgendwie eine Band die nicht so richtig zu wissen scheint was sie sein will.

good

8/10

Fake Plastic Trees is such a great song. The album just works.

Good listen, but mainly for the "Hits" like Just, Planet Telex, High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung etc. Deeper cuts like the title track, which reminds me of Paradise City by GNR of all songs, are decidedly less memorable. That said, its much better than Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief that I've listened to previously on this journey. We don't really need to have every Radiohead-album on here, and if we just stuck to the holy trinity of OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows we'd have a lot more room for something else. The Bends can have a space in here, I guess, but there's a fair amount of Radiohead-burnout here when we could make room for something different.

Vh1 used to have an alt-rock side that made an impression on me in the 2000s, I was unaware how much of that aesthetic is a reference to this album. It's not the Radiohead I've grown to love, it's the Radiohead before that, I wasn't aware High and Dry was theirs, a lot of these songs felt like the DNA of an era. Points for that. It's a little more commercial than I'd appreciate, a bit on the soft rock side too, but then the actual composition of everything is pretty exquisite. I'd buy this record so I could spin it at reunions, it's a safe bet for most ears. 4.1/5

Love this album and knew so many of the songs but there were a couple I had never heard. Radiohead is the greatest.

This is Radiohead's second album, a departure from the pure rock first album, and more towards the real sound of the band. It's ethereal, introspective and easier to listen to. An essential amongst the plethora of Radiohead's albums, and a great one.

One of my all time faves. Hits a certain nostalgia button, but is also just a great example of 90s alt rock. So many timeless classics.

This is like the Yellow-crowned Night Heron I saw last night. It appears to be a bit fragile with a long neck and a delicate plume of feathers tilted back off its head. Long legs hold a unique, eggplant-shaped body. It catches me off guard because it doesn't quite fit into the local bird genre. Sometimes forgotten until it pops up and reminds me of how fascinating it is.

Not since the Beatles has a popular band made such great strides from album to album. This is the second step of 4. A quantum leap from the first outing. OKCpu and Kid A get more attention for their sonic leaps but I would argue this is where the band really reaches and find their voice. Excellent top to bottom.

It was way different than from what I had expected it to be. I liked it tho.

Very nice

Great album, not my fav radiohead

I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this because I’ve not really been a fan of any Radiohead song I’ve ever heard.

Not a huge radiohead fan, but this is truly seminal.

This is a really good album

베스트: High and Dry

Not favourite Radiohead. Like later albums better.

Excellent album. Four stars Thom York: distinctive voice Stripped down style Excellent songs: Planet Telex, High and Dry.

Not my favourite of their but still epic

4th best Radiohead album Standouts: High and Dry, Just, Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung

Classic but my least favorite Radiohead album

Nadine’s album that I actually like for the most part. Will wonders never cease.

Le meilleur album de Radiohead à date, même avec la voix pénible de Yorke.

I wish I could dislike Radiohead from having a ex that was a mega fan and slightly pretentious about music, but I simply can’t. The Bends isn’t even my favourite album and yet they still manage to knock it out of the park, getting you in your feelings and each song has something to say. An artist is truly special when they manage to capture your attention with their music yet in an unpretentious way, discretely framing your life through their soundtrack. I can’t pick out a song, perhaps I’d say Iron Lung and the Street Spirit Fade Out are the weaker tracks as the others are brilliant.

First ever radiohead experience - it's great and I can see why the band has the hype it has.

Had to give it a second listen and liked it much more the second time around.

No skips. I don't care for the critics that glaze the group but I personally enjoy listening to Radiohead. Will revisit 4 sure.

Full of bangers

Radiohead's third best album. the only reason its not a 5 is because it sort of drones on in the middle...but there are a lot of bangers on this album.

Much better than Girls Against Boys album of the same time period and somewhat similar style that I received the day before. And generally a good work, although I'm not a fan.

7.5/10 - I would have sworn “Creep” was on this album.

One of my favorite 90's rock albums. Nearly every song on here is amazing. 9/10

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My favorite of the Radiohead albums we've had to date.

My personal choice for favorite Radiohead album

I feel like putting something less than a four is crime (?) just for the influence and popularity of the band, but its like OK computer, some good songs, the others didnt do it for me, just not my style.

First front to back Radiohead experience - This was a surprising project; I've never been keen on radiohead as it feels a lot like an acquired taste (no passing judgement of course) The quality of the composition and mixing of what feels like a million elements going on at once compliments the stage of life that listeners may have heard this album in that being young-late adolescence, where your entire existence is composed of the unknown and the fear that lingers as you make your way through it all Best song - Just

An album I listened to a lot when younger, but one I hadven't listened to in a while. Radiohead kept releaseing better albums (untilt the last 2). Still it is a great album, every song has something interesting about it. Just lacks the depth of the albums that follw! 4.5 rounded down Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes. 75/297 (25%) Will I get: Already have

It’s a great 90s Brit rock album but I prefer what Radiohead turned in to

meio repetitivo 8/10

Soooo many amazing songs, had a few that were just “great/good” to me hence the four stars (at least on the first listen). My fav was “The Bends”!!!

4.4/5

Me gustó mucho mas de lo que pensé que me iba a gustar. High and Dry es un temazo. A nivel sonoro la experiencia es buena, y las letras tienen sentido.

Love this album. Solid almost all way through, and I like that you can hear them transitioning into the sounds of OK Computer.

Ok

So close to a 5, but I think it’s a 4.5…. Beautiful though

Good vibes, good guitar

Radio craniums

Great songs and a cohesive album but ultimately it’s Radiohead before Radiohead’s Radiohead so a shade too vanilla

This was a great Radiohead album as well. Liked it a lot. Some songs rocked some were super mellow. Maybe I’m starting to get Radiohead? Not sure there were a couple I listened to that just stunk, but this is the second one I liked.

I still really don’t get the love for Radiohead, but there’s no denying this is a pretty well conceived of and executed album

this album is when radiohead first starts to find their artistic footing and it shows. the songwriting is beautiful on songs like street spirit and fake plastic trees yet it’s so simple. i wouldn’t say this album does much to push boundaries like their later albums did but this is a lovely track list of songs. i loveee those strings on nice dream

This one's quite nice, more energy / less depressing than later radiohead albums IMO

If this had been Radiohead's first, with Creep snuck in, you could make an argument it'd be their best. Instead, it's their first great album. I don't love the post Britpop tinge - there are moments that Muse would ape, but that's thankfully fleeting

Me gustó, pero a medida que va avanzando, las ultimas las siento q están de relleno

90s Radiohead is probably my favourite Radiohead. I love all the avant-art-electroncia stuff too but that rarely makes good playlist music. The 90s alt-rock stuff is very accessible and singable and fun to hear pop up on a playlist. So The Bends is maybe not the best Radiohead record but it does have the best collection of songs that I'm excited to hear elsewhere.

I never really gave this album a chance, for no particular reason. But it’s worth the price of admission. Absolutely in the canon of 90s rock. It gets deep and heady and angsty, everything great about 90s rock is in this album. Glad to have given it a deeper look.

First Radiohead album I bought. I guess I already knew "creep" but this disc was a revelation. Great video for High and Dry too.

siento q son lentas para mmi gusto, pero aun asi las disfrute, algunas menos que otras pero la mayoria me gusto. So, album guardado.

I can listen to this all day, all month long. Sometimes I have. 4.5/5

It was a great album. Loved it.

Significant improvement over the Hail to Thief choice from earlier in the list. This is more the true Radiohead. Excellent work.

When to listen: Laying on the floor. I'd heard "High and Dry" and "My Iron Lung" before but really liked new-to-me songs "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Just"

Just and Street Spirit are 100% perfect. Everything else is meh

Great emotion and musicality. The whole album blends well together. Enjoyed thoroughly.

It's really impressive that an album as strong as this one is barely in their top 5. Granted, my top 5 is a little weird but I still think it's extraordinarily impressive that this album is as good as it is. These guys had only made one album before this, and the only way you'd hear their inexperience is in the youth in Thom Yorke's voice. They really figured out the formula for a good rock album here, it's just really impressive. Favorites: Planet Telex, High and Dry, Just

The early days of Radiohead are markedly different than their later stuff, but equally as good. Here they have a much more alternative rock sound, with distorted guitars, more radio friendly song structures and vocals, etc… but you can still hear the foreshadowing of what was to come. It’s there, just subtle and buried a bit. I like both ends of the Radiohead spectrum, and this is a great album.

No soy muy fan de radiohead pero me gusto el album la verdad, mi canción favorita es Planet Telex.

Bendy

It's hard to find any flaws in this. Just not something I would throw on very often.

I like their more experimental stuff but still good.

this album is fucking hard

I didn’t write too much about this album while I was listening to it considering a lot of my friends have been highly anticipating me actually listening to Radiohead stuff, so I took a very silent, attentive listen than what otherwise be a fun writing experience. “(Nice Dream)” was really good though. Liked this a lot! Can’t wait for the other albums.

My favorite Radiohead record. A few misses but mostly great tunes!

cool! not my favorite I guess, but it was interesting to listen to: I would love to bike to this music

Gostei

Best Songs: High and Dry Fake Plastic Trees

Great

2 for 2 on Radiohead

На этом альбоме пришло осознание,что альбомы нельзя слушать фоном. На первом прослушивании пропустил Nice Dream. Сколько таких бриллиантов я не собрал?

This album was seen as a huge creative leap for Radiohead on its release. Given what the band would do be doing just 2 years later on OK Computer or 6 years later on Kid A, The Bends now sounds downright conventional. But this is where Radiohead began to mature as a band and develop a sound distinctly their own. "Fake Plastic Trees" and "High and Dry" are probably responsible for people assuming they just make boring sad songs, but there are also some genuine rockers on "The Bends" and the incredible "Just." Radiohead's defiance of easy categorization and tendency to push themselves into new territory start in earnest here

A guitar driven exploration of sound. Some songs are better than others. A weird homage to classic rock.

Only good album they have done

This is a very good album. It just goes by so fast one song after another well played produced and sung.

Vind radiohead vaak echt kut maar deze is wel de beste

4.6 on this if we were allowed the decimal. Incredible album filled with great songs. All time favourite album ending track in Street Spirit, just utter misery in one song.

Banger

8/10 Highlight: Street Spirit Lowlight: Sulk

Le classique qu’il pense être mais est terrible à écouter quand on essaie d’aller bien mdr.

Very good

Favorite Track: Fake Plastic Trees Least Favorite Track: My Iron Lung

There are some absolute all time classics on this album, however for me there are some misses too. I never really want to listen to the full thing, but when it's good it's genre defining.

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