シングル 「Creep」 のヒット以後、そのプレッシャーにも関わらず、レディオヘッドが新たなオリジナリティを獲得した傑作セカンド。鬱屈したリアリズムと混乱した感情が、叙情的なメロディと斬新なギター・アレンジで爆発する前作からの発展形といえる楽曲と、それまでにはなかったアコースティックな感触でわりと牧歌的な美しい楽曲が混在している。

Label: Capitol Records ‎– 7243 8 29626 1 8
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180 gram 
Country: US
Released: 2008

Track List
A1: Planet Telex  [4:22]
A2:  The Bends  [3:58]
A3: High And Dry  [4:16]Co-producer – Jim Warren / Engineer – Chris Brown, Jim Warren, John Leckie, Nigel Godrich / Engineer [Assistant] – Guy Massey, Shelley Saunders / Producer – Radiohead
A4:  Fake Plastic Trees [4:50]
A5:  Bones [3:07]
A6:  (Nice Dream) [3:51]

B1: Just [3:52]
B2:  My Iron Lung [4:36]
B3: Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was [3:28]
B4: Black Star [4:03]Co-producer – John Leckie / Nigel Godrich / Producer – Radiohead
B5: Sulk [3:42]
B6: Street Spirit (Fade Out) [4:13]

Credit
Bass – Colin Greenwood
Cello – Caroline Lavelle
Drums – Phil Selway
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ed O'Brien
Guitar, Organ, Recorder, Synthesizer, Piano, Arranged By [Strings] – Jonny Greenwood
Mastered By, Edited By – Chris Blair
Mixed By – John Leckie, Paul Q. Kolderie, Radiohead, Sean Slade
Producer – John Leckie (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5, B6)
Viola, Violin – John Matthias
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Arranged By [Strings] – Thom Yorke
Written-By – Radiohead

Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
Published By – Warner/Chappell
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Recorded At – The Manor
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At – Fort Apache
Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios