The Bends by Radiohead

Pros: Some great songs, some good songs, Yorke's vocals
Cons: Some forgettable songs, a bit depressing

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never quite caught the Radiohead bug. I do in fact remember when Pablo...

Pros: A quantum leap over their debut; still great
Cons: As good as it is, the best was yet to come

I know it's really obvious what the moment is supposed to indicate, but one of my favorite scenes in all of film history has to be the part near the climax of Return Of The Jedi where Darth Vader looks back and forth between his dying son and his ...

Pros: The songs on here are all amazing
Cons: Can't think of any

I don’t know how I managed to walk around having never heard a Radiohead song for such a long time. I must have been deprived. Luckily Radiohead was recommended to me by Andy , and he suggested I buy The Bends ...

Pros: Yeah, they're definitely pros alright.
Cons: Nah, they ain't conned nobody.

As I stare out the window, I try so hard to extract a coherent thought from the mess that swirls inside my mind. And again, I fail. So I end up selling out and talking about how confused I am, as if it made me seem somehow enlightened just because I ...

Pros: Degree of craftsman, originality and overall good value
Cons: On the darkside

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Pros: Great blending of guitars and moods. The weirdness of the lyrics is a plus.
Cons: This is not metal! It is alternative music. Bullet Proof is boring.

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Pros: A Brilliant Pop-Rock Masterpiece from Radiohead.
Cons: None.

With the success of their 1993 debut “Pablo Honey”, Radiohead’s sudden success was somewhat a mixed blessing for the Oxford quintet. On the upside, the band attained a following in America thanks to their single “Creep” that...

Pros: Oh man oh man oh man
Cons: No no no no. Just no!

When I try to picture myself in fifty or sixty years time, it ultimately ends up coming out as one of two options. I could be sitting in my huge armchair, with a pipe in my mouth (I wouldn’t actually be _smoking_ it, I’ve always just thought ...

Pros: One of the band's two best albums
Cons: That Thom Yorke is reluctant to admit it

I stopped listening to Radiohead full three months after I had discovered them. Bought their albums, Ok Computer through Hail to the Thief… but then I suddenly heard so much new music this summer, I simply had no time for ...

Pros: A classic Radiohead album that shows off their inventiveness and instrumental virtuosity.
Cons: Absolutely no cons whatsoever.

Like countless other American listeners, my first exposure to Radiohead came with the 1993 hit "Creep". That song of course came from their debut album Pablo Honey. Of course, nothing else from that album set the world on fire the way "Creep" did and many ...

Pros: 12 of the best songs ever recorded by the most influential band of modern times
Cons: None

3} The Bends - Radiohead (Parlaphone 1995) Over the past few years no band has managed to capture the world's attention in quite the same way as Radiohead. They're most often compared to rock luminaries such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd, and mo ...

Pros: Delicately beautifully raucous rock, utterly compelling, and an instant classic.
Cons: None to speak of.

A while ago, I sat down to write my final essay for a subject I was taking towards my Literature major at university, and, non-conformist and closet indie-kid that I am, I thought it might be fun to write a few thousand words in defence of popular music...

Pros: .
Cons: .

I'd like to forget that "Pablo Honey" ever existed. Bland, overlong, flabby, three good songs on the whole thing. Thom Yorke sang "I want to be Jim Morrison" on it. You go do that, you old drunk. Luckily, the rest of Radiohead decided "Pablo Honey" ...

Pros: Timeless.
Cons: None.

Perhaps one could write an encyclopedia on the progress Radiohead has made as a band. Once they were bland, and one might even venture to say, talentless. But The Bends showcased them as a collection of individuals with the capability to make ...

Pros: Thom's vocals. Nice mix of quiet and loud songs.
Cons: Very occasionally doesnt live up to its own high standards.

Welcome to the bends. This is the second album from the Oxford band Radiohead and I doubt without this album that they would have been anywhere near as big as they are now. This achieved the success they needed to be able to release the masterpiece OK ...