The The Bends [LP]

by Radiohead

Overview

Pablo Honey in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends. Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey, Radiohead create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair -- it's cerebral anthemic rock. Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn cliches inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh. Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music. But what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible. It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen, and soon it becomes apparent that with The Bends, Radiohead have reinvented anthemic rock. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2016
Label:	Xl
UPC:	0634904078010
Rank:	1272

Tracks

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)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Radiohead   Primary Artist
Jools Holland   Primary Artist
Colin Greenwood   Bass
Ed O'Brien   Guitar,Vocals
John Matthias   Viola,Violin
Phil Selway   Drums
Thom Yorke   Piano,Guitar,Lead Vocals
Caroline LaVelle   Cello
Jonny Greenwood   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Recorder,Synthesizer
Dianne Swann   Vocals

Technical Credits

Paul Q. Kolderie   Mixing
Colin Greenwood   Composer
Barry Hammond   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Ed O'Brien   Composer
Jim Warren   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Audio Production
Sean Slade   Mixing
Radiohead   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Audio Production
Phil Selway   Composer
Miti Adhikari   Producer,Audio Production
Thom Yorke   Composer,String Arrangements
Chris Blair   Mastering,Digital Editing
John Leckie   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Audio Production
Jonny Greenwood   Composer,String Arrangements
Nigel Godrich   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Guy Massey   Assistant Engineer
Fred Kay   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Shelley Saunders   Assistant Engineer
Chris Brown   Engineer,Audio Engineer