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Pablo Honey in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends. Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey, Radiohead create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair -- it's cerebral anthemic rock. Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh. Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music. But what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible. It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen, and soon it becomes apparent that with The Bends, Radiohead have reinvented anthemic rock.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, MixingEngineer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Warren, Producer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - Guy Massey, Engineer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, MixingEngineer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Shelley Saunders, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1994 XL Recordings Ltd
Chris Brown, Engineer - Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Engineer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - Thom Yorke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - NIGEL GODRICH, Producer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Colin Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Ed O'Brien, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Selway, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN LECKIE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Thom Yorke, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PAUL KOLDERIE, MixingEngineer - SEAN SLADE, MixingEngineer - RADIOHEAD, MainArtist - Jonny Greenwood, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
Album review
Pablo Honey in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up, The Bends. Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey, Radiohead create a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair -- it's cerebral anthemic rock. Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh. Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music. But what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible. It makes the record compelling upon first listen, but it reveals new details with each listen, and soon it becomes apparent that with The Bends, Radiohead have reinvented anthemic rock.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:39
- Main artists: Radiohead
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1995 XL Recordings Ltd 1995 XL Recordings Ltd
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