Radiohead - The Bends (1995) [Full Album] Alternative edition

The Bends is the second studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 13 March 1995 by Parlophone. It was produced by John Leckie, with extra production by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich and Jim Warren. The Bends combines guitar songs and ballads, with more restrained arrangements and cryptic lyrics than Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey (1993).

Work began at RAK Studios, London, in February 1994. Tensions were high, with pressure from Parlophone to match sales of Radiohead's debut single, "Creep", and progress was slow. After an international tour in May and June, Radiohead resumed work at Abbey Road in London and the Manor in Oxfordshire. The Bends was Radiohead's first collaboration with Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood, who have worked on every Radiohead album since.

Several singles were released, backed by music videos: "My Iron Lung", the double A-side "Planet Telex / High and Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Just", and Radiohead's first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart, "Street Spirit (Fade Out)". "The Bends" was also released as a single in Ireland. A live video, Live at the Astoria, was released on VHS. Radiohead toured extensively in support of The Bends, including US tours supporting R.E.M. and Alanis Morissette.

ALTERNATIVE Tracklist
1. Planet Telex: 0:00
2. The Bends: 4:18
3. High and Dry: 8:25
4. The Trickster: 12:43
5. Bones: 17:25
6. (Nice Dream): 20:34
7. Just: 24:29
8. My Iron Lung: 28:22
9. Fake Plastic Trees: 32:58
10. Black Star: 37:49
11. Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was: 41:56
12. Sulk: 45:25
13. Street Spirit (Fade Out): 49:08

Radiohead
Thom Yorke – voice, guitar, piano; string arrangements
Jonny Greenwood – guitar, organ, recorder, synthesiser, piano; string arrangements
Ed O'Brien – guitar, voice
Colin Greenwood – bass
Philip Selway – drums

Additional musicians
Caroline Lavelle – cello
John Matthias – viola, violin