- Original Release Date: 28 Mar 1995
- Release Date: 28 Mar 1995
- Label: EMI UK
- Copyright: (C) 1995 EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 EMI Records Ltd
- Total Length: 48:30
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- Format: Explicit Lyrics
- ASIN: B001JLDISA
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,425 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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| Song Title | Time | Price | ||
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| Play | 1. Planet Telex | 4:19 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 2. The Bends | 4:06 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 3. High And Dry | 4:17 | £0.59 | |
| Play | 4. Fake Plastic Trees | 4:50 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 5. Bones | 3:08 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 6. (Nice Dream) | 3:52 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 7. Just | 3:53 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 8. My Iron Lung | 4:36 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 9. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was | 3:28 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 10. Black Star | 4:06 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 11. Sulk | 3:43 | £0.89 | |
| Play | 12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) | 4:12 | £0.89 |
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
After one listen to this cd, I could not stop playing it. The songs have the power of "Pablo Honey" only more mature (e.g The Bends, bones, Black Star and Sulk), and the emotional and strange content that is on "OK Computer" (e.g High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Bullet Proof and Street Spirit). The Album is littered with the marvelous effects created by guitarists Ed O'Brian and Johnny Greenwood, and the powerful if whiney vocals of Thom Yorke. It is a phenomenal album and in my opinion still very underated. Travis, Coldplay and the rest are all good, but they arn't a patch on this album.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is the greatest radiohead album and the greatest album of the 90's. If you don't own this album you are missing out. The only other album which comes close is 'Ok Computer', however I think 'the bends' is better, only because it has a warmer feel to the cold mechanical,(but also brilliant) 'ok computer'. There isn't a weak song on the entire album. Thom Yorke's voice is at his best. At times the later albums, he can sound winey but it is stretched to perfection here. To thoughs who write off radiohead as 'depressing'. Are you emotionally dead? At times the songs can be sad, but they are always a joy to listen to. Songs are both about personal relationships and relationships between someone and the world. It expresses the the confusion of life in all its forms, that everyone must feel to some degree. However this album lifts you out of the choas and sweeps you across harmonies and melodies. The balance of songs on the album work really well, just as the album begins to flag, after the slow 'high and dry' and 'fake plasic trees', 'just' is thrashed out.'Just' is a stright out excellent rock song, nothing more nothing less. The best is saved to last, with 'street spirit (fade out)', about life, death and love. Thank god a band like this are still around.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Jems
Format:Audio CD
Everybody talks about the brilliance of Radiohead's OK Computer album but for me The Bends is the greatest album not only by Radiohead but by any band in the whole world. This is the album I would take with me to a desert island if I was given a CD player and the choice of one CD! This is the album I put on to wash the dishes and tidy my house! This is the album I put on when I feel so crap I want to hide in my bed for ever more! It is simply the greatest album EVER and it is also an instantly lovable album!! In addition when it was released there was nothing on the market which came close and this made The Bends even more of a stand alone masterpiece.
Choosing a favourite track from this album is near impossible because it features such ranging musical styles. On the melodic, spine tingling side we have High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees and Street Spirit, possibly three of my favourite slow songs of all time. All three make me go weak at the knees as I listen to Thom's vocals but for me Street Spirit is the real stand out track with the most haunting chorus ever written or sang by anyone in the entire world. For the more upbeat tracks my favourites have to be The Bends, Bones and Just which all rock. Every time I hear the title track The Bends I can remember seeing Radiohead live at T In The Park in 1996 - as this song began the guitar and drum intro was accompanied by lighting which washed over the crowd from the stage across the sea of fans up to the sky and as it did so I can still remember the hair on the back of my neck standing on end and a rush of adrenaline sending me into a musical euphoria.
If you have never heard this album than shame on you, get it ordered today because you are missing a piece of musical history. This is an album I will never grow tired of and never stop listening too. A real masterpiece in every way.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tom et al do not disappoint - again
Yet another fabulous offering from the band and my personal favourite, though 'Ok Computer' comes pretty damned close. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ripsmum
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Masterpiece
Believe the hype, this is one of the - if not the - best collection of alternative rock songs ever recorded. Read more
Published 2 months ago by B.O.B
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh no - not another review of The Bends!
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Published 3 months ago by Martin Fielding
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Radiohead
Radiohead are THE standout musical group of the last twenty years. This, however, is far from their best record. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. N. Daly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finest Album of the Nineties?
Quite probably. So often bands reach their creative peak with their second album, and Radiohead are the finest example of this. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Richard Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars
On usefulness of negative reviews
I am relatively new to Radiohead, listened to OK Computer but somehow didn't quite get it. Someone recommended The Bends, I saw hundreds of 5* reviews but decided to check what... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Killer Shrimp
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album
Really nice album by Radiohead, but after listening to OK Computer first, found it hard to get into in quite the same way!
Published 6 months ago by Alice
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing album
This album is fantastic.
I especially enjoy track 5, "Bones", and track 9 "Bulletproof...I Wish I Was" for many different reasons.
Radiohead songs are so deep...
5/5
I especially enjoy track 5, "Bones", and track 9 "Bulletproof...I Wish I Was" for many different reasons.
Radiohead songs are so deep...
5/5
Published 6 months ago by Giuseppe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Radiohead's MTV styled masterpiece., December 27, 2001
I have something to admit: I've been living under a rock. It's been a nice cozy little rock, with lots of shade and that sort of thing, but I thought I'd go out and see what was... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mike London
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest of all time
This is in my opinion, radioheads best work along with OK Computer. It has a strong alternative rock sound, but they put there own spin on it to set themselves out from the crowd. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sam
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