released The Bends

Radiohead finished recording their second album, The Bends , by 1995, and released it that March. It was driven by dense riffs and ethereal atmospheres, with greater use of keyboards. It received stronger reviews for its songwriting and performances. While Radiohead were seen as outsiders to the Britpop scene that dominated music media at the time, they were finally successful in the UK, as the singles ” Fake Plastic Trees “, ” High and Dry “, ” Just “, and ” Street Spirit (Fade Out) ” became chart successes. “High and Dry” became a modest hit, but Radiohead’s growing fanbase was insufficient to repeat the worldwide success of “Creep”. The Bends reached number 88 on the US album charts, and remains Radiohead’s lowest showing there. Jonny Greenwood later said The Bends was turning point for Radiohead: “It started appearing in people’s [best-of] polls for the end of the year. That’s when it started to feel like we made the right choice about being a band.” In later years, The Bends appeared in many publications’ lists of the best albums of all time, including Rolling Stone ‘s 2012 edition of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” at No. 111.