Fake Plastic Trees (track)
by Radiohead
Fake Plastic Trees appears on the following album(s) by Radiohead:
- The Bends (track #4) (this album) (1995)
- The Best Of (track #10) (compilation) (2008)
- Live At Tramps June 1, 1995 New York City (track #9) (2013)
- 5 Album Set (Box Set) (track #16) (compilation) (2012)
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: Brand New
eBay
Condition: New
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Fake Plastic Trees on YouTube
Fake Plastic Trees ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/28/2026 03:46 | Nishy | 25 | 80/100 | |
| 01/13/2026 16:30 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 | |
| 12/08/2025 05:23 |  II | 4,060 | 71/100 | |
| 11/24/2025 19:00 | ekingshill | 369 | 87/100 | |
| 11/22/2025 23:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,964 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 93.1/100, a mean average of 91.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.5.
Fake Plastic Trees favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this track as a favourite | Show all 195 members
Fake Plastic Trees comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 25 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Not just one of Radioheads bests tunes, but one of the best of all time....
Beautiful song. The "If I could be who you wanted. All the time" ending is maybe my favourite 20-odd seconds of music ever
pjohnsongolf 12/13/2020 18:46 | #262648
This might be their greatest song. This is beautiful
One of my favourite Radiohead songs. I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. Heck, I even wrote a one page essay on this for guitar class. "She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love" has resonated with me for years.
This comment is beneath your viewing threshold.
What a genuine beautiful, yet crushing song. I mean, it's Radiohead, what do I even say, it's well layered, well produced and played, it makes my eyes leak with water, it's gud. The way it starts is just so simple but powerful with Thom York's vocals alone, and then the drums come in, and then finally, the heavy climax of the song. It's well worth every second of build up, and then it just, goes back to being calm. Even at the time of Radiohead's career, other than "Creep", they weren't really making songs this heavy on emotion. While I really like "Creep", this song, and this album in general, feels like the step in the right direction. And then they changed sounds often, but hey, most bands do that, and Radiohead nailed most of their material, so good job, this comment's long enough, I'm done
Awesome track!
Such a pretty song by a band that hadn't really been making "pretty" tracks at this time. Their experimental stuff is all over the place but this highlights an early masterpiece
Space-Dementia 01/31/2016 21:15 | #158346
One of their best. Definitely one of their more accessible songs, but that's not at all a bad thing.
DeusExMackia 09/22/2015 20:14 | #150275
Hits you like a bowling ball and has the power to tear atoms apart.
Your feedback for Fake Plastic Trees
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
