The Bends was the first Radiohead album I had, and I found it sort of average. I love it now, but at the time it was really "eh". Somewhat embarrassingly, what really got me into Radiohead was their best-of album. I had the US double disc special edition (pretty rare in NZ, I think, I haven't seen another copy) and after that I was able to listen to the actual albums thinking things like "oh, Street Spirit is on this album, awesome!".
Somewhat embarrassingly, what really got me into Radiohead was their best-of album. I had the US double disc special edition (pretty rare in NZ, I think, I haven't seen another copy) and after that I was able to listen to the actual albums thinking things like "oh, Street Spirit is on this album, awesome!".
-Nothing wrong with using a "best of" album to get you in to a band. It can be a fun way to get to know songs and then, eventually discover those songs real homes.