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Jack L. Jones
Our tenth poll of the first round pitches Air against Radiohead.
Air - Moon Safari
Moon Safari is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 16 January 1998. On 14 April 2008, Virgin Records re-released Moon Safari to mark the album's tenth anniversary. The limited edition album came with a bound book, a DVD documentary about the duo, and an extra CD with live performances and remixes. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at number 93 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s,[12] while the magazine's French edition ranked it at number 65 on their "100 Greatest French Rock Albums" list.[13]Moon Safari set the stage for the budding downtempo music style and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, had sold 364,000 copies by 2009.
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Radiohead - The Bends
The Bends is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 13 March 1995 by Parlophone Records internationally and by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was produced by John Leckie at EMI Studios inLondon, England and engineered by Nigel Godrich, who would go on to co-produce all future albums by the band. The Bends marked the beginning of a shift in aesthetics and themes for the band, with greater use of keyboards, and more abrasive guitar tracks while balancing with subtler ones. The introspective grunge-influenced style of their debut studio album Pablo Honey (1993) evolved into more multi-layered rock with cryptic lyrics and larger ideas, as the band and singer Thom Yorke reacted against the rigors of their near-constant world tours.
The Bends received greater critical acclaim than Pablo Honey, receiving an enthusiastic critical reaction, and it reached #4 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] However, it failed to build on the commercial success of the single "Creep" outside of the United Kingdom, and it peaked on the United States charts at #88.[4] Although it lacked the instant success of Radiohead's subsequent albums, The Bendsachieved triple platinum sales certifications in the UK and in Canada, as well as platinum sales certifications in the United States (by the Recording Industry Association of America) and in Europe. The album spawned five charting singles; My Iron Lung was first released as an EP in 1994 before the album was released, and later "High and Dry" was released with the album's opener "Planet Telex" as its B-side. "Fake Plastic Trees" was released as the second single from The Bends, followed by "Just". "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", the final single and last song on the album, became their first top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. In the years since its release, the album has frequently appeared in listener polls and critics' lists of the best albums of all time.
Air - Moon Safari
Moon Safari is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 16 January 1998. On 14 April 2008, Virgin Records re-released Moon Safari to mark the album's tenth anniversary. The limited edition album came with a bound book, a DVD documentary about the duo, and an extra CD with live performances and remixes. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at number 93 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s,[12] while the magazine's French edition ranked it at number 65 on their "100 Greatest French Rock Albums" list.[13]Moon Safari set the stage for the budding downtempo music style and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, had sold 364,000 copies by 2009.
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Radiohead - The Bends
The Bends is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 13 March 1995 by Parlophone Records internationally and by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was produced by John Leckie at EMI Studios inLondon, England and engineered by Nigel Godrich, who would go on to co-produce all future albums by the band. The Bends marked the beginning of a shift in aesthetics and themes for the band, with greater use of keyboards, and more abrasive guitar tracks while balancing with subtler ones. The introspective grunge-influenced style of their debut studio album Pablo Honey (1993) evolved into more multi-layered rock with cryptic lyrics and larger ideas, as the band and singer Thom Yorke reacted against the rigors of their near-constant world tours.
The Bends received greater critical acclaim than Pablo Honey, receiving an enthusiastic critical reaction, and it reached #4 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] However, it failed to build on the commercial success of the single "Creep" outside of the United Kingdom, and it peaked on the United States charts at #88.[4] Although it lacked the instant success of Radiohead's subsequent albums, The Bendsachieved triple platinum sales certifications in the UK and in Canada, as well as platinum sales certifications in the United States (by the Recording Industry Association of America) and in Europe. The album spawned five charting singles; My Iron Lung was first released as an EP in 1994 before the album was released, and later "High and Dry" was released with the album's opener "Planet Telex" as its B-side. "Fake Plastic Trees" was released as the second single from The Bends, followed by "Just". "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", the final single and last song on the album, became their first top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. In the years since its release, the album has frequently appeared in listener polls and critics' lists of the best albums of all time.
