The Bends

The Bends
Radiohead studio album
Publication (s)	1995
Label (s)	Parlophone (EMI)
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Alternative rock
Title (number)	12
running time	48 min. 33 sec.
production	John Leckie
chronology Pablo Honey (1993) The Bends OK Computer (1997)

The Bends is the second music album by the British band Radiohead . It was released on March 13, 1995, and produced by John Leckie and Radiohead. With this album, Radiohead achieved their commercial breakthrough, after they had already had their first respectable success with Creep from their first album Pablo Honey . Critics judged the basic mood of the album as "dark, depressed, angry and desperate" and the pieces range from slower, anthem-like songs like the deeply sad Fake Plastic Trees to rocking pieces like Just and My Iron Lung . Musically, there is a closeness to indie Brit-Rock, while later albums such as OK Computer and especially Kid A and Amnesiac became increasingly experimental and electronic.

In 1997, The Bends was the fourth best album of all time in the "Music of the Millennium" voting ( HMV , Channel 4 , The Guardian and Classic FM ). The Rolling Stone magazine lists the album at number 110 of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time .

On March 24th, 2009 a Collector's Edition came on the market, which contains a second CD with B-sides, live recordings and demo versions as well as a DVD with videos and live recordings.

Track list

1. Planet Telex - 4:18
2. The Bends - 4:03
3. High And Dry - 4:17
4. Fake Plastic Trees - 4:50
5. Bones - 3:07
6. (Nice Dream) - 3:52
7. Just - 3:52
8. My Iron Lung - 4:35; also title track of the EP of the same name
9. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was - 3:28
10. Black Star - 4:06
11. Sulk - 3:42
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 4:12

The Collector's Edition also includes a second CD with the following tracks:

1. The trickster
2. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
3. Lozenge of Love
4. Lewis (Mistreated)
5. Permanent daylight
6. You Never Wash Up After Yourself (Live)
7. Maquiladora
8. Killer cars
9. India Rubber
10. How Can You Be Sure
11. Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)
12. Bullet Proof .. I Wish I Was (Acoustic)
13. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Acoustic)
14. Talk show host
15. Bishop's Robes
16. Banana Co
17. Molasses
18. Just (BBC Radio One Session 09/14/94)
19. Maquiladora (BBC Radio One Session 09/14/94)
20. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (BBC Radio One Session 09/14/94)
21. Bones (BBC Radio One Session 09/14/94)

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	3 × gold 10 × platinum	2,620,000

Main article: Radiohead / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• The Bends at Allmusic (English)
• The Bends on MusicBrainz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Colin Polonowski: Radiohead Special Edition Reissues - 24th March. In: The Digital Fix Music. January 15, 2009, accessed September 28, 2016 .