Radiohead The Bends
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bananatossing
March 27th 2021


2658 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"I recently learned there's a 2-disc version of this album, but unfortunately it's no longer in print and it's not all that available/cheap used."



Just get the Collector's Edition from Pablo Honey to HTTT. All 2-Disc versions and many great b-sides to choose from.



"Bullet Proof is as about boring as Radiohead gets (bottom 3 with High and Dry and Blackstar,)"



Wrong. "Bulletproof..." is as beautiful as the other ballads here.



This is one of my favorite Radiohead albums but I could do without "Just". "Black Star" is ok, but everything else is pretty solid imo.

Observer
Emeritus
March 27th 2021


9480 Comments


Love both those. Only song i dont like the most is bones i guess, bit too 90s grungey

bananatossing
March 27th 2021


2658 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Still prefer "Bones" as I think it brings more energy but I do agree it is too much 90's alt rock and kinda sticks out from the rest of the songs for better or for worse.



Can't go wrong with any of the ballads here tho and I like "High and Dry" more than most people lol

Observer
Emeritus
March 27th 2021


9480 Comments


The ballads here are classic yeah. Fake Plastic Trees is top 3 Radiohead for me, but the others are timeless too.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
March 28th 2021


48447 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

Radiohead are really bad at being a rock band with some very minor exceptions yea

IsildursBane44
March 28th 2021


764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

That 2.8 hurts me Rowan.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 28th 2021


64287 Comments


rowan's woke takes are few and far between, but when they come they're savage

Pikazilla
March 28th 2021


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

yeah

Colton
March 28th 2021


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I mean they did write Electioneering so he’s at least partially right

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


“Woke”

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


their rock sound isn’t vanilla dad rock enough for rowan

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


besides the few vanilla dad rock songs on this album, mind you. But this album hardly defines their rock sound, they were still pretty young...

JohnnyoftheWell
March 28th 2021


64287 Comments


their rock sound is the epitome of vanilla dad rock

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


oh god

claygurnz
March 28th 2021


7800 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ehhhh....

Pikazilla
March 28th 2021


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

*boomer vanilla rock

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


Like, maybe if you consider “the bends” or “creep” to be the epitome of their rock sound. But that’s not woke, that’s muy silly.

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


haha yeah was gonna say ok comp would like a word! [2]

claygurnz
March 28th 2021


7800 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean obviously the more abstract stuff that came later is better, but I enjoy most of their straightforward rock songs as well. Although yeah some of the stuff on Pablo Honey is below par.

nol
March 28th 2021


12280 Comments


but judging Radiohead off of Pablo honey or even the bends for real is fucking stupid



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