THE BENDS

I seriously don't know why The Bends gets so much slobbering praise, it's a pretty good album but nothing spectacular. There are some excellent songs like "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Street Spirit" however but there are very similar, and not as inventive and good as this equivalent songs. In The Bends the quality of composition stays consistent, but not so emotionally as in Pablo Honey. Overall the album does a good job in opening the path to progressive rock of Radiohead in the next albums 3.5 *