RADIOHEAD- The Bends- SEALED Vinyl LP/ US Seller RADIOHEAD- The Bends- SEALED Vinyl LP/ US Seller

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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Fake Plastic Trees" - Rated 385/500!

The Bends is the second studio album by Radiohead. In 1995, two years after an incredible debut in Pablo Honey, Radiohead were under tremendous pressure to deliver. Much to the delight of critics and fans the world over, they did more than deliver—they far exceeded expectations.

Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best movements of Pablo Honey, The Bends is grand and forceful; it resonates with anguish and despair. Although the influences—R.E.M., the Pixies, and U2—are still there, this is unmistakenly Radiohead maturing and defining their own sound.

The band credited producer John Leckie with allowing them the freedom to do things their own way on The Bends. Added to the sonic palette are expansive soundscapes and increased experimentation with keyboard textures. But it was also Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics that give the album its distinctive edge, a melancholy undercurrent, hauntingly melodic and instantly accessible. It all adds up to a brilliant package of hard rock songs and slow, atmospheric ballads.

Songwriting on The Bends is timeless, nothing short of a modern classic. It has repeatedly appeared in lists of the greatest albums of all time in various music publications, including Rolling Stone. The exploration in sonic texture and the evolution of Yorke's lyrical malaise paved the way for the future of Radiohead's career.

"If the first half of the Nineties was shaped by Nirvana, the template for the second half was set by Radiohead. Though the 1993 smash "Creep," from their debut, is itself indebted to Kurt Cobain, The Bends, their second album, is less angsty and more operatic, marrying a majestic and somber guitar sound to the virtuosic urgency of Thom Yorke's vocals. Not yet shying away from guitar anthems, Radiohead draw on the grandeur of U2 and the melancholy of the Smiths and Jeff Buckley. "Fake Plastic Trees" was a radio hit, an introspective acoustic ballad of alienation. But elsewhere, the guitars roar and hiss, establishing Radiohead as the band to beat." - www.rollingstone.com

"Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke would describe 'Fake Plastic Trees' as the song on which he found his lyrical voice. He cut the vocal, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, in one take, then the band filled in its parts around him. Yorke said the song began as 'a very nice melody which I had no idea what to do with, then you wake up and find your head singing some words to it.'"- Rolling Stone

Features:
• 180 Gram Vinyl
• Audiophile Quality
• Limited Edition
• All original packaging
• Faithful reproductions
• Single Jacket
• Printed Sleeve

Selections:
1. Planet Telex
2. The Bends
3. High and Dry
4. Fake Plastic Trees
5. Bones
6. (Nice Dream)
7. Just
8. My Iron Lung
9. Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was
10. Black Star
11. Sulk
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

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