Fake Plastic Trees: Great song, or the greatest song?

FPT is overrated IMO
*ducks*

It's never been particularly special to me either.

Great song. Hardly the greatest, though.

Brilliant composition, but not one of my personal faves. Along with Karma Police, one of two Radiohead songs that sort of got killed by overexposure.

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Well, it's always been my favorite. But I think it's special to me because it's the first Radiohead song I ever heard, it's the song that got me into the band, and it's the first song I ever heard them play live.

How do you guys rate The Bends? There are times I'd even say it's my favorite of all their albums, but if you made me rank it I'd probably put it at #3 or #4.

My wife and I were talking about The Bends after the Seattle gig. It's funny -- If some unknown band were to drop that very album today, I'd still think it was one of the most forward-looking takes on the traditional rock sound I've ever heard. I adore the album, though I can't say I reach for it as often as I used to.

I'd rank 'em thusly:

In Rainbows
Amnesiac
The Bends
Kid A
Ok Computer
KoL
A Moon Shaped Pool
Hail to the Thief
Pablo Honey

OK Computer
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
The Bends
Kid A
A Moon Shaped Pool
Pablo Honey
The King of Limbs

Though #2 and #3 switch places frequently.

OK Computer
Kid A
A Moon-Shaped Pool
The Bends
In Rainbows
Hail to the Thief
The King of Limbs
Amnesiac
Pablo Honey

But really, other than 1-2 and 9, they all trade places on a regular basis. My only problem with Amnesiac, as much as I love it, is that I wish they would included 3-4 of the B-sides and dropped a few of the album cuts. I think "Cuttooth", "Fog", "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy" and "Worrywort" all belonged. But the highs on Amnesiac are really, really high.

"The Bends" is my least favorite album they've made apart from "Pablo Honey."

I could see AMSP going as high a my #4 spot if I listened to it more.

Kid A
Amnesiac
OK Computer
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
AMSP
The Bends
TKOL
Pablo Honey

I might even rank it above Kid A.

Real talk: the only reason I put it below Kid A on my rankings is because I didn't want to get any grief from anyone here and because I've listened to Kid A more times. But I actually do like AMSP more than Kid A.

"AMSP" is my least favorite album they've made apart from "The Bends" and "Pablo Honey."

This is the very thing I was trying to spare all of us from, Pete.

Really isn't the genius of Radiohead the very fact that at least 6 of their 9 albums are somebody's favorite? Their weaker albums would be many other bands' best albums.