written by Cognition on 05/05/2007
Good Points
A darker beauty
Bad Points
None
General Comments
The Bends is exactly what the name suggests - starting at the darkest depths of dispair and accending to true beauty; passing through everything in between, and leaving you dizzy at the top.
The Bends features true classics such as "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees", which even now stand their ground against every piece of music written since their birth into the world in 1995.
This album features some truly dark material, such as "Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was" which, in my mind, is a very down kind of beauty.
The Japanese version of The Bends featured a track called "Killer Cars" which is fantastic - I don't know why this wasn't included on the UK and US releases.
Although not quite as good as OK Computer, The Bends is still a great album of the mid 90's and is well worth owning.