country: worldwide
format: CD, 2LP & MD
release: 13-03-1995
catalogue:PCS 7372

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country: japan
format: cd
release: 13-03-1995
catalogue: TOCP-8489

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written by radiohead. produced by john leckie. mixing by sean slade & paul q. kolderie, john leckie & radiohead.

black star produced by radiohead with nigel godrich & john leckie.

high and dry produced by radiohead with jim warren

engineered by john leckie, nigel godrich, chris brown, jim warren with assistance from guy massey & sheley saunders.

recorded at rak, the manor & abbey road. mixed at forte apache & abbey road.

fine art by stanley donwood & the white chocolate farm. pasting by greem ink.

additional musicians:
caroline lavelle: chello;
john matthias: viola & violin
string arrangements by jon & thom

Notes :
Q Magazine (2/96, p.63) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 - "...THE BENDS' lasting mightiness is confirmed--as is the scary impression that they'll only get better..."

Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #6 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's `Albums Of The Year' - "Rock as self-evisceration.... consistently, savagely brilliant..."

New Musical Express (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #4 in NME's `Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995.

 Rolling Stone (5/18/95, p.88) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...THE BENDS [is] a sonically ambitious album that offers no easy hits. It's a guitar field day, blending acoustic strumming with twitches of fuzzy tremolo and eruptions of amplified paranoia..."

Entertainment Weekly (4/7/95, p.92) - "...Sometimes folky, sometimes rocky, the sophomore album from this English band offers a smorgasbord of guitar flavors, most of them tasty, The stylistic leaps make for schizoid listening....but give these boys credit for not standing still..." - Rating: B+

Alternative Press (4/95, p.71) - "...THE BENDS' greatest asset is its approximation of London Suede, all the parody and none of the pomp....THE BENDS proves that Radiohead didn't shoot their bolt with `Creep.' That there's a lot more stirring down there than their recent past might admit..."