The Bends
Radiohead

4.7 + Another album I grew up on that I can sing the whole way through. So many dizzying highs - the final chorus and comedown on "Planet Telex", the dramatic build on "Fake Plastic Trees", the jagged bridge on "(Nice Dream)", the haunting vocal harmonies on "Street Spirit (Fade Out)." Johnny Greenwood is the real MVP on here with some stratospheric guitar work, particularly during the solo on "Just." This album was a true clapback to the naysayers who wrote off Radiohead as a one-hit-wonder (myself included).

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