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While Radiohead saw its stock rising in 1994, it wasn't until 1995's The Bends that it really became a blue chip band. And for good reason. The quintet honed its talent for bombastic Brit Rock, yet still preserved an edge of unpredictability. Even singles like the title track didn't give in to the kind of swooning guitar clichés usually embraced by commercial radio. If the CD proved anything, it was that Radiohead could find solid ground between pop experimentation and the tradition of born-in-the-bone, balls-out rock. --Nick Heil
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One of the best albums of the 90's gets the obligitory 'Delux' treatment which smacks of record label cash-in. However this can almost beforgotten when the music is as good as this. For once the original album is left untouched. I am fed up of getting re-released albums with bonus live tracks/remixes/demos chucked on the end. The bends was made as a 12 track album and this is how it should be heard so kudos for keeping Disk 1 exactly as it should be.
The second disc is a mixture of b-sides, live tracks and sessions and although I have all the b sides from the singles already it is to have them compiled to save changing the cd every 15 mins. And it has to be said that a lot of the b sides from this era are up there with Radioheads best work. Talk show host, bishops robes and my personal favourite b-side ever Banana Co are all here, along with versions of the album tracks that I had not previously heard.
Finally the DVD. Promo videos which were released only last year by the label which are quite unneccessary, but also a number of Live tracks from their Live at the Astoria release as well as sessions and TV appearances (The Bends from Jools Holland is particularly strong).
So like I say, it does smell like another blatant cash in by Parlophone, and many fans will have the majority of this stuff already as I do whether ist be taped off the radio, video'd off the TV, as well as the original releases, but to have it in one nice package, and when the music is as good as it is then I would say it is £13 well spent.
The second disc is a mixture of b-sides, live tracks and sessions and although I have all the b sides from the singles already it is to have them compiled to save changing the cd every 15 mins. And it has to be said that a lot of the b sides from this era are up there with Radioheads best work. Talk show host, bishops robes and my personal favourite b-side ever Banana Co are all here, along with versions of the album tracks that I had not previously heard.
Finally the DVD. Promo videos which were released only last year by the label which are quite unneccessary, but also a number of Live tracks from their Live at the Astoria release as well as sessions and TV appearances (The Bends from Jools Holland is particularly strong).
So like I say, it does smell like another blatant cash in by Parlophone, and many fans will have the majority of this stuff already as I do whether ist be taped off the radio, video'd off the TV, as well as the original releases, but to have it in one nice package, and when the music is as good as it is then I would say it is £13 well spent.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A short two years later meanwhile, and "The Bends" blew everything out of the water. At the time of release, Radiohead were largely seen as also rans. On the verge of being a second-rate pre-Menswear scrabbling for some kind of relevancy, they returned with an album that smashed your preconceptions of their abilities as also-rans, and gave an assured, brave do-or-die second album. In all probability, EMI were going to drop them shortly anyway, so they went for broke and did whatever they wanted. And what an album. Timeless, even now, "The Bends" is half a set of fragile and beautiful ballads that soundtracked a million exhausted commutes, and angry ennui rock songs. Some of them - "Bones" and "Sulk" were only slight progressions beyond the debut - but overall, the album hung together with a fluency.
The second CD captures all the bands b-sides from the time : many of the songs as good as anything they recorded for the main album, songs such as "The Trickster" and "Permanent Daylight" are the type of songs other bands would base whole careers on. Particular mention has to go to "You Never Wash Up After Yourself" (the best song title ever), and the glorious gem that is "Talk Show Host".There are 22 songs here from Radioheads golden era most people have not really heard, and if you have any interest in Radiohead, these are songs you should climb inside and live with forever.
The BBC Sessions are fabulous alternate versions of the well known songs, dispatched with passion. Sadly, the audio CD is incomplete : lacking the alternate versions, demos, and remix versions of "Talk Show Host", "Planet Telex" and "The Bends" as well as about 15 live songs issued on b-sides of weird format CD singles across the world. (Close EMI, but no cigar).
Most baffling is the absence of the 'Mogadon' version of the b-side "Killer Cars". This song, one of the most important in their canon to date, explicitly pulls together all the influences, adds a dash of the direction they were about to go into, and easily the equal of most of "OK Computer". At the very least it should be included on some of the unused space on the "Ok Computer" bonus disc. This song is far too good, important, and essential to be left to rot on a 15 year old CD single.
The DVD meanwhile is a further triumph. The rest of the Astoria concert is here (between this and "Pablo Honey" you get the whole concert), alongside two TV sessions for BBC and Holland, and a slew of promo videos and other appearances. As a compendium, it is pretty damn definitive. Aside from the missing songs, EMI have done themselves proud with a 57 song package across three discs.
The second CD captures all the bands b-sides from the time : many of the songs as good as anything they recorded for the main album, songs such as "The Trickster" and "Permanent Daylight" are the type of songs other bands would base whole careers on. Particular mention has to go to "You Never Wash Up After Yourself" (the best song title ever), and the glorious gem that is "Talk Show Host".There are 22 songs here from Radioheads golden era most people have not really heard, and if you have any interest in Radiohead, these are songs you should climb inside and live with forever.
The BBC Sessions are fabulous alternate versions of the well known songs, dispatched with passion. Sadly, the audio CD is incomplete : lacking the alternate versions, demos, and remix versions of "Talk Show Host", "Planet Telex" and "The Bends" as well as about 15 live songs issued on b-sides of weird format CD singles across the world. (Close EMI, but no cigar).
Most baffling is the absence of the 'Mogadon' version of the b-side "Killer Cars". This song, one of the most important in their canon to date, explicitly pulls together all the influences, adds a dash of the direction they were about to go into, and easily the equal of most of "OK Computer". At the very least it should be included on some of the unused space on the "Ok Computer" bonus disc. This song is far too good, important, and essential to be left to rot on a 15 year old CD single.
The DVD meanwhile is a further triumph. The rest of the Astoria concert is here (between this and "Pablo Honey" you get the whole concert), alongside two TV sessions for BBC and Holland, and a slew of promo videos and other appearances. As a compendium, it is pretty damn definitive. Aside from the missing songs, EMI have done themselves proud with a 57 song package across three discs.
Format:Audio CD
Pablo Honey always promised us that there was a hell of a lot more to come from Radiohead and luckily for those of us who waited for the follow up The Bends did not disappoint. There is a bit of everything on here from the slightly obscure to the full on rock song and then stripped right back to the surreal ballad, never leaving behind a very clever pop sensibilty. In the same way Nirvana also perfected. This is one of the few albums that you can listen to from beginning to end without being tempted to occasionally skip the odd track. Thom Yorke is one of the most truly underrated vocalists and this collection of tunes is a perfect example of his ability albeit high pitch, powerful, or quite and personal. This album is simply a must have for any music lovers collection!
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