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It's that old story: unknown British band gets an American hit single, gets huge off the back of that one song, and the success ends up destroying them. Fortunately, Oxford quintet Radiohead were the exception that proves the rule. Radiohead's albatross was "Creep"--a titanic anthem to paranoia, self-hatred and self-obsession, utterly huge in every way. Pablo Honey, though, is much more than filler. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" is certainly as good as "Creep"; swathed in walls of feedback, it races blindly into a apocalyptic chorus, frontman Thom Yorke singing "As the world turns and as London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar." Certainly, indie-rock seldom got better than this, and elsewhere "Vegetable" and "Prove Yourself" pulled similar pyrotechnical tricks. Pablo Honey was later superseded by first The Bends, and later OK Computer, but it's certainly much more than a curious debut. --Louis Pattison
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RADIOHEAD Pablo Honey (Deleted original 1993 US issue 13-track CD album including Stop Whispering Anyone Can Play Guiter plus 2 versions of Creep complete with picture sleeve. This copy has a deletion cut on the spine but is still factory sealed with original pink & white hype sticker on the front CDP7814092)
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Radiohead's debut is sub-par in comparison with their other works. But then again Pablo Honey would have to be a mountain to level up to masterpieces such as The Bends, and Ok Computer.
Pablo Honey is always down, despite cheery introductions from from tracks I Can't, Prove Yourself, Lurgee, Blow Out etc... This album with help from Creep also gave Radiohead the "depressing" label which ignorants use who fail to listen to the true noise of this wonderful band.
For any Radiohead fan, I don't need to tell you to go buy this as you'll already have it. As for any new fan I would suggest OK Computer as a good introduction, and then work backwards.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
the first album from one of the uks biggest bands. Fueled by the success of the third track Creep Pablo Honey sold really well.
Relative to the other Radiohead albums this is a weak album, but there are actually some quite strong songs on the album. My favourites are Stop Whispering and Thinking about you, which are much similar in style to Radioheads latter albums, The Bends, and Ok Computer.
Relative to the other Radiohead albums this is a weak album, but there are actually some quite strong songs on the album. My favourites are Stop Whispering and Thinking about you, which are much similar in style to Radioheads latter albums, The Bends, and Ok Computer.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
surprisingly, I never even knew this album existed until I was shown it by one of my Radiohead-obsessed friends. But now, I have truly grown to love this,and has become my favourite radiohead album.Classics such as 'Creep' and 'Ripcord' are teamed with equally great and inspiring songs like 'Vegetable' and 'Anyone can play guitar'. This is a slightly more rocky album than 'The Bends', but with the same ingeniuity we have come to know from this band. An album most certainly not to be missed. Go and buy it! Now!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
nascent genius
'The Bends' is brilliant, 'OK Computer' is the masterpiece, and this 'Pablo Honey' - Radiohead's first - is pretty good, and well worth having in the collection. Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by S. FREEMAN
A seriously bad album with one great song
It's very much of its time, as it's very post-Nirvana, post-Pixies generic alternative rock. If they had more than one actual song they might even have been a bland but competent... Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by BS on parade
Fantastic
Great album. Very loud screaming-guitar-based rock, which to me is more uplifting than the miserable electronica they degenerated to later on. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by R. B. Jones
As good as i ever was!
Brillient album, this was one of my back catelogue that I only ever had as a copy on tape. I was listen to it the other day and my machine ate the tape, so time to buy the cd. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2009 by Mr. M. Hatton
Underrated
Ok, this is not Radiohead's finest moment by any stretch. But if for one minute we forget OK Computer and The Bends and all their other albums and concentrate souly on Pablo... Read more
Published on 8 May 2008 by C. March
Best Guitar album of the 90's
For all those slating this album are you MAD? This is one of the greatest english guitar albums of the 90's for sure (along with 'Definately Maybe'). Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2007 by Roshan Jhoree
An OK debut album
As debut albums go, this is not bad. But it doesn't come close to matching the majestic The Bends or classic OK Computer. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2007 by Mr. Jonathan Robin Oxley
hmm...
Lets face it, Radiohead are pretty much the best band ever. I think this album is the reason why, but not because its their best effort. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by M. Poile
radioheed
Four stars for the Creep single- a better indie anthem than Smells Like Teen Spirit. The other stand out tracks are pop is dead and anyone can play guitar which serve as statements... Read more
Published on 21 July 2006 by Paul Smithson
Their worst, but still miles above the rest.
Pablo Honey is the debut album of the band known as Radiohead. Though it is not the greatest debut ever made, it is truly the sound of a band with almost unlimited potential. Read more
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