The Bends was Radiohead's peak as an adventurous guitar band and their creativity wasn't limited to the album proper -- it spilled over to that album's B-sides, resulting in their most consistent string of singles, which, in turn, makes the double-disc reissue of The Bends the best of all the 2009 deluxe Radiohead reissues. This collects all the B-sides from the singles for "My Iron Long," "High & Dry"/"Planet Telex," "Fake Plastic Trees," and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)," adding four BBC sessions to comprise a bonus disc totalling 21 tracks. Compared to the Pablo Honey and OK Computer reissues, this doesn't rely heavily on live tracks or remixes, so there is a pretty hefty amount of valuable non-LP songs here, including "Talk Show Host," "Bishop's Robes," "Banana Co.," and "Molasses," which all point the way toward the vibrant twitchy progressive rock of OK Computer. Even with these tunes hinting toward the future, the 21 tracks on the bonus disc are connected strongly to the muscular, imaginative present of Radiohead in 1995, building and expanding upon the sound of The Bends and, when presented in conjunction with the album, enhancing it, illustrating that this was when the band found its voice.
Condition:NEW.
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Planet Telex 4:19
2 The Bends 4:06
3 High and Dry 4:17
4 Fake Plastic Trees 4:50
5 Bones 3:09
6 Nice Dream 3:53
7 Just 3:54
8 My Iron Lung 4:36
9 Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was 3:28
10 Black Star 4:07
11 Sulk 3:42
12 Street Spirit (Fade Out) 4:14
Disc 2
1 The Trickster 4:42
2 Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong 4:41
3 Lozenge of Love 2:17
4 Lewis (Mistreated) 3:20
5 Permanent Daylight 2:49
6 You Never Wash Up After Yourself 1:44
7 Maquiladora 3:26
8 Killer Cars 3:03
9 India Rubber 3:26
10 How Can You Be Sure? 4:21
11 Fake Plastic Trees Acoustic 4:41
12 Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was Acoustic 3:35
13 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Acoustic 4:25
14 Talk Show House 4:41
15 Bishop's Robes 3:25
16 Banana Co. 2:21
17 Molasses 2:27
18 Just 3:45
19 Maquiladora 3:30
20 Street Spirit (Fade Out) 4:21
21 Bones 3:02
Disc 3
1 High and Dry DVD / Version
2 High and Dry DVD / Version
3 Fake Plastic Trees DVD
4 Just DVD
5 Street Spirit (Fade Out) DVD
6 Bones Live / DVD
7 Black Star Live / DVD
8 The Bends Live / DVD
9 My Iron Lung Live / DVD
10 Maquiladora Live / DVD
11 Fake Plastic Trees Live / DVD
12 Just Live / DVD
13 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Live / DVD
14 My Iron Lung Live / DVD
15 High and Dry Live / DVD
16 Fake Plastic Trees Live / DVD
17 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Live / DVD
18 The Bends Live / DVD
19 High and Dry Live / DVD
20 High and Dry Live / DVD
21 Fake Plastic Trees Live / DVD
22 Street Spirit (Fade Out) Live / DVD
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