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Radiohead – The Bends – Vinyl LP – XL Recordings – XLLP780 - SEALED MINT

One of Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

 

The Bends is the second studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 13 March 1995 by Parlophone. Most tracks were produced by John Leckie, with extra production by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich and Jim Warren. The Bends was the first Radiohead album with cover art by Stanley Donwood, who, with singer Thom Yorke, has produced all of Radiohead's artwork since; it was also Radiohead's first collaboration with Godrich, who has produced all their subsequent albums.

 

The Bends moved away from Radiohead's earlier grunge style, incorporating cryptic lyrics, greater use of keyboards, more abrasive guitar tracks and more restrained arrangements. Radiohead began work at RAK Studios, London, in February 1994. Tensions were high, with pressure from EMI to match sales of their debut single "Creep", and progress was slow. After an international tour in May and June, recording resumed at Abbey Road in London and the Manor in Oxfordshire; recording took around four months in total. The album was mixed by Leckie and by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, who had produced Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey (1993).

 

The Bends produced six singles: "My Iron Lung" (released as an EP in 1994), the double A-side "Planet Telex / High and Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Just", "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" and, in Ireland, "The Bends", backed by music videos. "Street Spirit" became Radiohead's first top-five UK single. A live video, Live at the Astoria, was released on VHS on the same day as the album. Radiohead toured extensively in support of The Bends, including US tours supporting R.E.M. and Alanis Morissette. Though it reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, The Bends failed to build on the success of "Creep" outside the UK, peaking on the US Billboard 200 at number 88. It has since been certified platinum in the UK and the US.

 

The Bends received greater acclaim than Pablo Honey, including a nomination for Best British Album at the Brit Awards 1996; it elevated Radiohead from one-hit-wonders to one of the most recognized British bands. It is credited for influencing a generation of post-Britpop acts, such as Coldplay, Muse and Travis, and is frequently named one of the greatest albums of all time; it was included in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000) and all three editions of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

 

Label:    XL Recordings – XLLP780

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress

Country: North America (inc Mexico)

Released: 2016

Genre: Rock

UPC: 634904078010

 

Track List

 

A1                        Planet Telex 4:22

A2                        The Bends 3:58

A3                        High and Dry 4:17

A4                        Fake Plastic Trees 4:50

A5                        Bones 3:07

A6                        (Nice Dream) 3:51

B1                        Just 3:52

B2                        My Iron Lung 4:36

B3                        Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was 3:28

B4                        Black Star 4:03

B5                        Sulk 3:42

B6                        Street Spirit (Fade Out) 4:13