Their initial EP and first 4 albums are one of the best runs ever. Archived Message
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard  on May 23, 2025, 17:24:10, in reply to "Y'know, I was never really into R.E.M. while they were popular..."
And Document is good too. Much of the rest of their work is great also after they changed labels, just different... Automatic for the People, New Adventures, etc. Only 2 albums I wouldn't regularly go back to are Monster and Around the Sun.
Currently reading a recent biography of them. Michael Stipe used to live down the street from my old junior high and swim at the local pool, though he left for Georgia right as I moved in. The Eponymous "They airbrushed my face" photo is from my HS' 1978 yearbook.  Previous Message
...but just listened to eponymous and Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 , and damn I really appreciated it much more than when then back in the day.
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- Y'know, I was never really into R.E.M. while they were popular... - KingTalkyTiki May 23, 2025, 17:18:46
- Life's Rich Pageant is my favorite* - Chilango May 24, 2025, 12:15:37
- Bummed I have to blow off Dead Letter Office at Martyrs’ in a month… - JeffFrank May 24, 2025, 11:07:06
- Ditto.! I hated them for a long time. Oddly - bjl63 May 24, 2025, 10:22:56
- Cosign what was said below. All the albums including New Adventures (-Monster) really are great - CoronaTheirAss May 24, 2025, 10:05:11
- Listen to New Adventures in Hi Fi. Great album.* - ATL May 24, 2025, 10:02:48
- They really fell off the face of the earth. Pretty big band that you don’t even hear played anymore* - meanjeans May 24, 2025, 9:31:34
- I’ve always associated them with AIDS.* - opossum jenkins May 23, 2025, 17:41:30
- Once Monster came out, I tapped out - timmer May 23, 2025, 17:34:29
- Their initial EP and first 4 albums are one of the best runs ever. - SurfTheBoneyard May 23, 2025, 17:24:10
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