"Early" Radiohead
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Topic: "Early" Radiohead
Posted By: The Whistler
Subject: "Early" Radiohead
Date Posted: August 09 2009 at 22:49
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Three albums which were all pressed, signed, and used as frisbees before the band encountered its first masterpiece, Kid A. Alright, some might not view Kid A as the true Deadiohead masterpiece, opting instead for the safety and warmth of the guitar heavier and more "classically" experimental Computerhead. And that's OK. It's easily the best of the three albums above, the first wholly and uniquely Radiohead sounding album, their first great effort. Which is why I think that Computer will take this...although some folks seem to think that The Bends is one of their best (I have a friend who swears by it). While I think it's a good album, I also think that's it's not quite there yet...a little too little Radiohead, and a little too much U2 sounding (and therefore emotionally shallow and stylistically narrow, albiet very intelligent) alt album. I have few positive visions of the future for Pablo Honey...the memory of which (aside from "Creep") I've mostly removed from my mind, but if I recally correctly, a not terribly intelligent, creative, emotional, or for that matter good, alt-grunge effort. And by effort, I mean slaughterhouse. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 09 2009 at 22:50
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OK Computer - 4/5 The Bends - 3/5 Pablo Honey - "Creep"/Garbage album ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: August 09 2009 at 22:57
Okay, yeah, that pretty much sums it up. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
stonebeard wrote:Posted By: alanight
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 00:15
| Well, computer & bends are both great albums, but computer is in another level. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 00:33
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OK Computer blows my brain socks Bends is pretty wicked Pablo Honey is |
Posted By: frbassdevil
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 00:54
Indeed! |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 01:00
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Pablo Honey is only disregarded because Creep is kind of a weak song and because the production is really lacking. If you hear songs like "You" or "Blowout" live, you'd be really surprised at how great they sound. The writing was there (obviously not to the extent it is now), but the production definitely wasn't
Now, OK Computer wins for me, but both it and The Bends are masterpieces. I don't see the U2 comparisons unless you really can't distinguish one British vocalist from the next. The music is texturally, melodically and intellectually in a completely different league. I'm not surprised than many prog fans don't quite love The Bends because it's not so blatantly progressive or whatever, but i truly is a singular, incredible work. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 01:11
+1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 01:13
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Here's how I'd rate them, out of 10 using .5 increments:
OK Computer: 10/10
The Bends: 9.5/10
Pablo Honey: 5.0/10 ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 01:44
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OK Computer is incredible, but I really enjoyed The Bends much more. "Street Spirit", "Planet Telex", and "Bullet Proof" are all excellent songs.
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Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 04:47
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OK Computer is an incrdible album, it might even be my most listened album ever. The album sounds so much deeper and better than other Radiohead releases. The Bends is a much weaker album I think. I did really enjoy some of the songs on there, songs like Street Spirit and Just, but in the album the album has several weaker songs. Pablo Honey is unlike the other two albums, garbage. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 06:32
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Actually, Blow Out, the last song on Pablo is pretty good. Creep, which got a lot of airplay, pretty much turned me off to the band to the point where I never took them seriously. I might have actually gotten into OK Computer when it came out were it not for that. I've actually warmed up to Creep. I didn't become a fan until I saw them on this site and decided to check them out. I started out with Pablo Honey because it was available used for dirt cheep, which might have sunk my interest in the band altogether. Then I tried Amnesiac and was hooked. Out of the three OK is my fav. The Bends was my last one to get before In Rainbows came out. I rather like it, too. Fade Out in particular off that one. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 07:58
| OK |
Posted By: OT Räihälä
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 10:43
Bends and OK Computer are both fantastic albums. It's almost impossible to choose between them because they are great and differ so much from each other. If I was forced to make a choice at a gunpoint, I'd probably go for Bends... but if the gun was very close to me, I might say OK Computer. 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 11:08
| OK Computer is one of the greatest albums of the modern era and one of the most defining albums for alternative rock. I have heard Kid A for only a few times and it was nothing special, I'll have to try more. The Bends is unexpectedly amazing and Pablo Honey is mediocre at best, save for that last song. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 13:32
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Pablo is an interesting debut album. The Bends is simply a fantastic record, with instant classics all over it, especially Fade Out, Planet Telex, Fake Plastic Trees, and the title track. However, as a concept and as an album listened to in the whole, OK Computer easily wins this poll. They will never reach these heights again, which is why I never bother comparing new releases to it.
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 13:37
| Just another 90s band. Avoid. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 13:39
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Going with The Bends. It's my favorite Radiohead album. I liked them better doing quirky brit-pop than their experimental side which surfaced later. Plus it has Fake Plastic Trees and who can argue with that. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 14:13
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three albums by three different bands. the bends never really grabbed me. not bad just bland. ok computer was a monumental leap for the band. kid a was another.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 14:21
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I'm for The Bends, which has always been my favourite radiohead album ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 14:26
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OK Computer |
Posted By: SgtPepper67
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 18:59
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The Bends for me. Ok Computer is great but I still like The Bends more, both albums are far superior to most of the annoying whiny crap they released later in my opinion. It doesn't surprise me that most prog fans won't vote for The Bends cos it's a pop/rock album and not as wierd and progressive as the others, but that doesn't make it worse at all. I was into britpop long before I got into prog, and The Bends is still one of my favourite albums from that time. I agree about Pablo Honey being the weakest by far though, except for Creep. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 22:28
I guess I have nothing more to add...
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 22:28
| OK Computer for me. |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 10 2009 at 22:33
Agreed, but slightly modified.  -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 02:30
Damn those Muse fans! What with their conspiracy theories and the like. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 02:32
What he said. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 07:00
It may interest you to learn that Bono is in fact Irish rather than British..
 The Bends is the best by the way, far superior to the overrated OK Computer -------------  |
Posted By: 3vilP3nguin
Date Posted: August 12 2009 at 17:46
| The Bends ... my first Radiohead album, and still imo the best. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: August 13 2009 at 10:11
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I belive that from early "Radiohead", the OK Computer album is the one that defines better the relation with the depths of prog rock ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: September 14 2009 at 21:14
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OK Computer by a country mile.
Although The Bends is quite brilliant as well, albeit not as proggy. Pablo Honey is a post-grunge, early Britpop effort, with a few flashes of their later brilliance. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |