Editing The Bends (album) (section)

==Legacy==
{{Album ratings
| title = Retrospective reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bends-mw0000628195 |title=The Bends – Radiohead |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603195332/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bends-mw0000628195 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2score = A<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-26177 |title=Radiohead |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=2 May 2017 |last=Modell |first=Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615060411/http://www.avclub.com/review/radiohead-26177 |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50808/bends.html |title=Radiohead: The Bends |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |location=New York |access-date=26 November 2015 |last=Slaughter |first=James |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101013246/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50808/bends.html |archive-date=1 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Radiohead |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = A<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2009/03/11/bends-special-collectors-edition/ |title=The Bends: Special Collectors Edition |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |location=New York |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=2 May 2017 |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531163229/https://ew.com/article/2009/03/11/bends-special-collectors-edition/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score  = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey: Collector's Edition / The Bends: Collector's Edition / OK Computer: Collector's Edition |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=16 April 2009 |access-date=8 March 2017 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417043256/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey / The Bends / OK Computer |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=274 |location=London |date=May 2009 |last=Segal |first=Victoria |pages=120–21}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-bends-20030311 |title=The Bends |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York |date=11 March 2003 |access-date=23 August 2015 |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909202903/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-bends-20030311 |archive-date=9 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite book |chapter=Radiohead |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/671 671–72]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 |title=Radiohead Reissues – Collectors Editions |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |location=London |date=8 April 2009 |access-date=2 May 2017 |last=Richards |first=Sam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206061947/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}In 2015, Selway said ''The Bends'' originated the "Radiohead aesthetic", aided by Donwood's artwork.<ref name="Stereogum-2015" /> The journalist [[Rob Sheffield]] recalled that it "shocked the world", elevating Radiohead from "pasty British boys to a very 70s kind of UK art-rock godhead".<ref name="Sheffield" /> It attracted interest from high-profile musicians and film stars.<ref name="REYNOLDS" />

Two years after its release, the ''Guardian'' critic Caroline Sullivan wrote that ''The Bends'' had taken Radiohead from "indie one hit-wonder" into the "premier league of respected British rock bands".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|date=May 1997|title=Aching Heads|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=http://citizeninsane.eu/s1997-05-1xGuardian.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016233036/http://citizeninsane.eu/s1997-05-1xGuardian.htm|archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> The ''Rolling Stone'' journalist Jordan Runtagh wrote in 2012 that ''The Bends'' was "a musically dense and emotionally complex masterwork that erased their one-hit-wonder status forever".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |date=22 February 2018 |title=Radiohead's ''Pablo Honey'': 10 things you didn't know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/radioheads-pablo-honey-10-things-you-didnt-know-201729/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=11 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811232126/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/radioheads-pablo-honey-10-things-you-didnt-know-201729/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Another ''Rolling Stone'' critic, Barry Walters, who had previously dismissed Radiohead as one of "plenty of second-hand, third-tier, fake-[[Seattle sound|Seattle bands]] canvassing the US", wrote that ''The Bends'' "sustained the tunes that supported their seriousness, and put the 'Creep'-enabled money being thrown at them to good use".<ref name="Walters-2017" /> 

The writer [[Nick Hornby]] wrote in 2000 that, with ''The Bends'', Radiohead "found their voice ... No other contemporary band has managed to mix such a cocktail of rage, sarcasm, self-pity, exquisite tunefulness and braininess."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hornby|first=Nick|author-link=Nick Hornby|date=October 22, 2000|title=Radiohead Gets Farther Out|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/10/30/beyond-the-pale|access-date=2021-07-11|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en-US|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711171259/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/10/30/beyond-the-pale|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' wrote: "This dark masterpiece was a massive leap forward from ''Pablo Honey''. Beyond the typically fraught, lurching guitar anthems it boasted grace and grandeur, epic soundtracks and programmed rhythms."<ref name="Dalton-2016" /> In 2009, the ''Pitchfork'' critic Scott Plagenhoef wrote that ''The Bends'' was a "more approachable and loveable version" of Radiohead and remained many fans' favourite album.<ref name="Plagenhoef-2009" /> He argued that it presented a transition from Britpop to "the more feminine, emotionally engaging music that would emerge in the UK a few years later", led by ''OK Computer''.<ref name="Plagenhoef-2009" /> In March 2025, the 30th anniversary of ''The Bends'', Radiohead posted footage of Yorke performing at the [[Horseshoe Tavern]] in Toronto on March 28th, 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fu |first=Eddie |date=2025-03-14 |title=Radiohead unearth footage of Thom Yorke acoustic concert for ''The Bends'' 30th anniversary |url=https://consequence.net/2025/03/radiohead-thom-yorke-acoustic-concert-the-bends/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Influence ===
''The Bends'' influenced a generation of British and Irish acts, including [[Coldplay]], [[Keane (band)|Keane]], [[James Blunt]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Athlete (band)|Athlete]], [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[Kodaline]], [[Turin Brakes]] and [[Travis (band)|Travis]].<ref name="Pitchfork" /><ref name="Power-2020" /> ''Pitchfork'' credited songs as such as "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees" for anticipating the "airbrushed" [[post-Britpop]] of Coldplay and Travis.<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Acts including [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], R.E.M. and [[k.d. lang]] began to cite Radiohead as a favourite band.<ref name="quietus">{{cite magazine|last=Kleinedler|first=Clare|date=23 March 2009|title=A 1996 Radiohead Interview – The Bends, Britpop And OK Computer|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01343-from-the-archives-1996-radiohead-interviewed-between-the-bends-and-ok-computer|magazine=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=15 March 2012|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215162533/https://thequietus.com/articles/01343-from-the-archives-1996-radiohead-interviewed-between-the-bends-and-ok-computer|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Cure]] contacted Radiohead to inquire about the ''Bends'' production in the hope of replicating it.<ref name="Bauder-1996" />

In 2006, ''[[The Observer]]'' named ''The Bends'' one of "the 50 albums that changed music", saying it had popularised an "angst-laden falsetto ... a thoughtful opposite to the chest-beating lad-rock personified by [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]", which "eventually coalesced into an entire decade of sound".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping |title=The 50 albums that changed music |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=16 July 2006 |access-date=15 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008194254/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Yorke held contempt for the style of rock ''The Bends'' popularised, feeling other acts had copied him. He said in 2006: "I was really, really upset about it, and I tried my absolute best not to be, but yeah, it was kind of like— that sort of thing of missing the point completely."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |date=16 August 2006 |title=Thom Yorke |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6402-thom-yorke/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815222144/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6402-thom-yorke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Godrich felt Yorke was oversensitive and had not invented "guys singing in falsetto with an acoustic guitar".<ref name="Greene-2017">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2017-06-16 |title=Radiohead's ''OK Computer'': an oral history |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/radioheads-ok-computer-an-oral-history-196156/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609072733/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/radioheads-ok-computer-an-oral-history-196156/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
In 2000, in a vote of more than 200,000 music fans and journalists, ''The Bends'' was named the second-greatest album of all time behind ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'' (1966) by the [[The Beatles|Beatles]].<ref>{{citation|title=Beatles, Radiohead albums voted best ever|date=4 September 2000|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/04/britain.albums/|work=CNN.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522120621/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/04/britain.albums/|access-date=8 October 2008|archive-date=22 May 2008}}</ref> ''Q'' readers voted it the second-best album in 1998 and 2006, behind ''OK Computer''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Q Readers All Time Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=137 |date=February 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13644-q-readers-best-albums-ever-2006-readers-poll |title=Q Magazine's Q Readers Best Albums Ever (2006 Readers Poll) Archived by Lists of Bests |website=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |access-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231034303/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13644-q-readers-best-albums-ever-2006-readers-poll |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> [[Colin Larkin]] named it the second-best album of all time in the 2000 edition of ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin|year=2000 |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |edition=3rd |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |location=London |isbn=0-7535-0493-6}}</ref> It was included in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|author2=Michael Lydon|date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' included it at number 110 on its original 2003 list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], at 111 in its 2012 list,<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/radiohead-the-bends-2-171892/| year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=19 September 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609083604/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/radiohead-the-bends-2-171892/| archive-date=9 June 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> and at 276 in its 2020 list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/radiohead-the-bends-3-1062957/ |title=500 Best Albums of All Time |publisher=Penske Media Core |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002001844/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/radiohead-the-bends-3-1062957/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' included "Fake Plastic Trees" at number 385 on its list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stone |first=Rolling |date=2003-12-11 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/radiohead-fake-plastic-trees-53469/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> 

In 2006, ''The Bends'' reached number 10 in a worldwide poll of the great albums organised by ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]'' and ''NME''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article670515.ece |title=Oasis album voted greatest of all time |website=[[The Times]] |date=1 June 2006 |access-date=15 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408232353/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article670515.ece |archive-date=8 April 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' named it the 11th-greatest album of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/02/the-90-best-albums-of-the-1990s.html?a=1|title=The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|last=Jackson|first=Josh|date=24 February 2012|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104191153/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/02/the-90-best-albums-of-the-1990s.html?a=1|archive-date=4 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, the ''[[The Independent|Independent]]'' named it the best album of 1995, writing: "Downbeat, melancholic, yet wonderfully melodic and uplifting ... ''The Bends'' stood apart from Britpop and everything else in the storied year of 1995."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Graeme|date=13 March 2020|title=The 20 best albums of 1995 ranked|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/radiohead-the-bends-best-albums-of-1995-ranked-oasis-blur-alanis-morissette-garbage-a9395511.html|access-date=13 August 2020|website=[[The Independent]]|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429211429/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/radiohead-the-bends-best-albums-of-1995-ranked-oasis-blur-alanis-morissette-garbage-a9395511.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''Pitchfork'' named ''The Bends'' the third-greatest [[Britpop]] album, writing that its "epic portrayal of drift and disenchantment secures its reluctant spot in Britpop's pantheon".<ref name="Pitchfork" />

=== Reissues ===
Radiohead left EMI after their contract ended in 2003.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=8 November 2007 |title=EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher= |location=London |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2207489,00.html |access-date=22 November 2007 |archive-date=19 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519013024/http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2207489,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, EMI released ''[[Radiohead Box Set]]'', a compilation of albums recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI, including ''The Bends''.<ref name="Guardian" /> On 31 August 2009, EMI reissued ''The Bends'' and other Radiohead albums in a "Collector's Edition" compiling B-sides and live performances. Radiohead had no input into the reissue and the music was not remastered.<ref name="MCCARTHY">{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Sean |date=18 December 2009 |title=The Best Re-Issues of 2009: 18: Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey'' / ''The Bends'' / ''OK Computer'' / ''Kid A'' / ''Amnesiac'' / ''Hail to the Thief'' |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009 |url-status=live |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220175703/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009/ |archive-date=20 December 2009 |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="Plagenhoef-2009">{{Cite web |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |date=16 April 2009 |title=Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey: Collector's Edition'' / ''The Bends: Collector's Edition'' / ''OK Computer: Collector's Edition'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ |access-date=2021-11-30 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417043256/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12938-pablo-honey-collectors-edition-the-bends-collectors-edition-ok-computer-collectors-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MCCARTHY2">{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Sean |date=18 December 2009 |title=The Best Re-Issues of 2009: 18: Radiohead: ''Pablo Honey'' / ''The Bends'' / ''OK Computer'' / ''Kid A'' / ''Amnesiac'' / ''Hail to the Thief'' |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009 |url-status=live |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220175703/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117848-the-best-re-issues-of-2009/ |archive-date=20 December 2009 |access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref>

In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by [[Warner Music Group]] (WMG).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=8 February 2013 |title=Pink Floyd, Radiohead Catalogs Change Label Hands |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/warner-music-pays-765-million-for-parlophone-20130208 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183928/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/warner-music-pays-765-million-for-parlophone-20130208 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, as a result of an agreement with the trade group [[Independent Music Companies Association|Impala]], WMG transferred Radiohead's back catalogue to [[XL Recordings]]. The EMI reissues, released without Radiohead's consent, were removed from streaming services.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=4 April 2016 |title=Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/radioheads-early-catalog-warner-bros-xl/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=6 May 2017 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319203553/https://www.billboard.com/pro/radioheads-early-catalog-warner-bros-xl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2016, XL reissued Radiohead's back catalogue on vinyl, including ''The Bends''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Spice |first=Anton |date=6 May 2016 |title=Radiohead to reissue entire catalogue on vinyl |url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093045/http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |archive-date=26 August 2016 |access-date=6 May 2017 |website=[[The Vinyl Factory]]}}</ref>