Both are incredible records.
Bends has the title track, High And Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, My Iron Lung, Bulletproof, Black Star, Street Spirit(Fade Out), but...
OKC has Airbag, Paranoid Android, Exit Musc(For A Film), Let Down, Karma Police, Climbing Up The Walls, No Surprises, Lucky...
It's really hard, but OKC just has this aura about it, just this effortlessly hauntingly beautiful atmosphere...
The Bends is much more accessible, but OKC...
It's very difficult to choose between the two but what it ultimately comes down is that OKC is one of those records that is more than just a record; it's an experience. I remember one time, there was a thunderstorm late at night, and it knocked the power out on my street, and when it became apparent that the power wasn't coming back for a matter of hours, I got into bed in the total dark except for one lit candle, with the rain still coming down outside, put a pair of headphones on and listened to OKC all the way through via my discman(this was pre-ipod), and it was like being in a another world for an hour. It just has this profound, epic, haunting quality to it, this impending-end-of-the-world vibe, and if you're in the right mood, it is just incredible.
