There were "Creep" & "Karma Police" which I knew, but another I'd not heard before in "Paranoid Android". Back on Radiohead, they were a big talking point, having many signature songs that stood a good chance.
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I liked to think that I was in the loop at the time, but as a music fan of merely two and a half years, I was more ignorant than I was willing to accept, (I probably still am now!) which made itself apparent when there were so many apparently popular songs I'd never thought of or could comprehend the popularity of. It was in the middle of that year, that attention was brought towards the Hottest 100 of All Time countdown. Maybe it appealed to my rebellious outsider feelings, ot maybe it's just a catchy as hell song with an awesome riff that is fun to sing along to, even if I embarrass myself in the process. At this point, only Creep had made it to my playlist, and it got quite the flogging by me. I knew they had a few memorable songs that I remember seeing on TV. ******Back in 2009, I'd known about Radiohead for a while. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief High And Dry (The Buena Vista Sound feat. Both are EMI 'owned, but the duff original originated from USA on the Capitol label, the second better quality recording originated from UK on the Parlophone label.The King Of Limbs - Live From The Basement One final observation, I had to buy this CD twice as the first second-hand purchase was duff the re-purchase was fine BUT ALSO had a noticeably better recording quality. So, I recommended that you not only give this album a try, but of course consider 'Pablo Honey' and then (if it has somehow passed you by, to complete my Radiohead 'set') 'OK Computer', either with the original album or the recent 20th anniversary release. Here we have an album which just about reaches the pinnacle of quality for Radiohead which was then reinforced, in spades, by their next album, 'OK Computer'. So, their debut album 'Pablo Honey' was most certainly no 'one-off'. This is the track which I think features most prominently the full range of Thom Yorke's vocal talents, with his ability to maintain a note and fluctuate the tone for a lengthy period being the most impressive and influential the song is, for me, equal to the quality of 'OKC' classics such as 'Paranoid Android' or 'Karma Police' - albeit that it has less 'content'. Things finish with that track I think hints at future music, in the form of the superb 'Street Spirit'. With track 4, this is where some will first recognise songs heard before with 'Fake Plastic Trees' - something of a real crowd-pleaser at live concerts I would imagine, torches at the ready.Īnd so it continues, excellent music throughout. Then we have an acoustic-type song, 'melancholic'-style song 'High And Dry'.
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Track 2, the title track, is almost 'normal' in comparison - with prominent guitars oddly, I find it to be very similar to Track 10, 'Black Star'. Things start differently though, albeit with some of those 'sound effect' type of elements we would eventually get much more of from Radiohead, with the almost psychedelic 'Planet Telex'. Secondly, the final track is one whopping great dollop of Radiohead brilliance which also, despite potentially being a little downbeat in tone, signals what some of the content in 'OKC' was going to be like.
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So, after a VERY disappointing listen to 'Kid A' but then a MUCH more satisfying audition of their debut 1993 album, 'Pablo Honey' I got 'The Bends'.Īs much of a revelation as 'Pablo Honey' was, this album blew me away and is just about as consistently impressive as 'OK Computer' (their next album) for me, it has several hints at what was to come with that classic album.įirstly, like 'OKC', despite having so many strong tracks it demands to be listened to in it's entirety, in order, in one session as it seems to be more fulfilling that way - the playlist order is somehow musically 'logical'. However, some 10 years after my last Radiohead acquisition, the astounding and utterly memorable 'OK Computer', I was enticed into getting the Radiohead album 'In Rainbows' album and recently, after hearing about a 20th anniversary release for 'OK Computer', I was provoked into trying out earlier albums of theirs. I rarely bought anything new from 2000 onwards, being happy with my large music collection amassed over the previous 30 years+ and especially as little 'new' really enticed me.