About the band: Radiohead are a British rock band formed in 1985. Their unique experimental progressive rock albums released from 1995 onward (especially The Bends and OK Computer) were well received by critics and public. They have made nine studio albums so far. Radiohead currently have two songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: although I rate OK Computer as their best album, both songs in my list come from the 1995 album The Bends. Fake plastic trees is a marvelous acoustic style ballad with poignant lyrics about the empty and fabricated modern life - plastic trees is not bad enough, by adding the fake in front of it they make a very clear statement. Run time 4:50.
