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The Bends

Their second album, which took them from "Creep" to arena rock.
Radiohead, 1995

It came out in the UK on March 13, 1995 on Parlophone and in the US on April 4 on Capitol. Studios were RAK in London, The Manor in Oxfordshire and Abbey Road, with "High and Dry" dating from 1993 at Courtyard Studios. The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan said the band went from nondescript guitar-beaters to potential arena-fillers, and Q called it a powerful, bruised, majestically desperate record of frighteningly good songs. It reached number 4 in the UK, is certified 4x Platinum there and Platinum in the US, and was nominated for Best British Album at the 1996 Brit Awards. A 2000 poll voted it the second-greatest album ever, behind Revolver.

Track listing

  1. Planet Telex4:19
  2. The Bends4:06
  3. High and Dry4:17
  4. Fake Plastic Trees4:50

More from Radiohead

Pablo Honey (1993), OK Computer (1997), Radiohead.....Before Computers (1999), Kid A (2000), Karma In The Arena (2000), Amnesiac (2001), Hail To The Thief (2003), In Rainbows (2007), In Rainbows Disk 2 (2009), The King Of Limbs (2011), Amazing Austin (2012), Oxford Angels Are Friends Electric? (2013), A Moon Shaped Pool (2016), Lollapalooza 2016 (2016), The Year Of The Mud (2023)

Sources

  1. The Bends (album), Wikipedia