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When exactly Radiohead transformed themselves from an average alterna-rock band into an avant-garde juggernaut is difficult to pinpoint, but in terms of recording, they took the great leap forward somewhere around the time of their second album,
The Bends. While their debut,
Pablo Honey, had a few sharp hooks, there was nothing to predict the avalanche of ideas that made
The Bends one of the important albums of the 1990s. This EP (which is actually longer than some bands' full albums) doesn't clarify things a bit. The acoustic version of "Creep" that ends
My Iron Lung is a sensitive read, but it doesn't explain the structural leap of the title track, which sounds as if the band had relearned how to play their instruments. Most of the remaining tunes are short, quirky numbers that point up Thom Yorke's penchant for melancholy melodies. Those who treasure the art rock of
OK Computer or
Kid A may find these plaintive pleas for love and understanding almost too simple.
--Rob O'Connor
Album Details
The first single from their second album, 1995's 'The Bends'. Eight tracks, 'My Iron Lung', 'The Trickster', 'Lewis (Mistreated)', 'Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong', 'Permanent Daylight', 'Lozenge Of Love', 'You Never Wash Up After Yourself' and an acoustic version of their very first hit, 1993's 'Creep'. Standard jewel case. 1994 release.
