Great easy listening, very agreeable, upbeat, good vibes. Mostly reggae-esque with rock influence. I like this a lot.

I've been on a Brit-Pop kick lately and am pleasantly surprised to have The Bends come up as my 2nd album. This is an album I've been listening to on and off for 20 years. It's a true classic to me. Radiohead would have been an influential band even if their career ended here.

Catchy, fun, pretty much perfectly written pop songs. Even the more experimental, less catchy songs like I’m in Touch With Your World, and Moving in Stereo are great. I love when a band can mix some ingenuity with infectiously catchy songwriting. It’s hard to think of anything I don’t like about this album. I love a lot of bands in the realm of New Wave but somehow I hadn’t really given The Cars a fair chance. I love most of their hits, but I hadn’t listened to one of their albums in its entirety yet. I see myself coming back to this record a lot.

Fun, agreeable, creative, well-arranged. A monster of an album for it's time. I'm not super familiar with ELO's discography other than their singles. I like Out of the Blue overall but its one of those albums that could have a few songs cut off. It goes on a little too long to the point that it's hard to remember the stand out tracks. Despite that, it's still a very agreeable album that you can put on in the background and no one will complain.