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10-23-2007 08:52 PM #1
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Rank the REM Albums
1) Automatic for the People
2) Document
3) Green
4) Out of Time
5) Murmur
(obviously these are only the ones I've heard -- I know there's a ton more I need to buy off of iTunes).
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10-23-2007 09:12 PM #2
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BEST THREAD EVER!
Originally Posted by TejadaTheyFall
1-Life's Rich Pageant (Best song: Begin The Begin)
2-Reckoning (Don't Go back to Rockville)
3-Murmur- (Shaking Through)
4-Fables of the Reconstruction- (Life and How To Live It)
5-Automatic For The People- (Sweetness Follows)
6-Monster- (Bang and Blame)
7-Dead Letter Office-(Gardening at Night)
8-Document-(Finest Worksong)
9-Out Of Time- (Country Feedback)
10-Green- (You are the Everything)
11-New Adevntures In Hi Fi- (Leave)
12-Up (Daysleeper)
13-Reveal (Imitation of Life)
14-Around the Sun- (The Boy in the Well)
My favorite band ever has certainly seen better days, but at their peak to me there was no one better. Call them College Radio, Alternative, Pop, whatever. Just make sure you stop by and listen next time you're at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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10-23-2007 09:16 PM #3
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Wow, so I take it you really love their earlier stuff more than their commercial peak with AFTP and Out of Time. Interesting. The rawer sound has its moments, but I feel like their best song-writing was the Document-AFTP era. Originally Posted by beaner
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10-23-2007 09:26 PM #4
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Honestly, I love it all, top to bottom. I was a fan of REM from the beginning, 1983 in fact. I was the only 12 year old who knew all the words to "Radio Free Europe". Saying that, I think Michael "matured" as a songwriter as he got older. Also, he became much easier to understand, which i think helped their popularity. There were some weak moments (Stand, Shiny Happy People), but for the most part, not a bad song in the bunch. Originally Posted by TejadaTheyFall
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What - no love for "End of the World As We Know It" or "Losing my Religion"? Originally Posted by beaner
Bald guys sing better! 
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I have lots of love for both of those songs,no doubt. In fact, Losing my Religion took them to places that no original fan could have ever expected. Grammys? REM is winning Grammys. Crazy. "End of the World" has become an American classic, and it's still played on many different genres of radio stations 20 years later.. Originally Posted by bobmc
What - no love for "End of the World As We Know It" or "Losing my Religion"? Bald guys sing better!
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10-23-2007 10:48 PM #7
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'Radio Free Europe' is one great song...
I'm not a mega-REM fan but I always like what I hear. I really need to get a few of their earlier albums. The only early album I have is 'Murmur'.
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All of the early stuff is tremendous. I strongly recommend Reckoning, Fables, and Life's Rich Pageant. Check them out. Originally Posted by frankpembleton
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Get Document and Green -- STAT. Originally Posted by frankpembleton
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'Shiny Happy People' is one of the most annoying songs I have ever heard. Originally Posted by beaner
'Stand', however was the theme song to a classic forgotten sitcom. Can anyone remember the show (without googling)?
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Get them in order...Reckoning, Fables,LRP, Document, then Green.. Originally Posted by TejadaTheyFall
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Get A life with Chris Elliott...Silly but great show... Originally Posted by frankpembleton
Shiny Happy People is awful, I can't defend that one.
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Will do. It's odd that I haven't listened to them much. They are a band I would consider "in my wheelhouse" as I love jangle-pop type bands (Byrds, Smiths, Wedding Present, Orange Juice, etc.) Originally Posted by beaner
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10-23-2007 10:57 PM #14
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Actually, I forgot that i have Green as well. Good album, though I like Murmur better. I'll check out Document. Thanks. Originally Posted by TejadaTheyFall
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Oh man, the Smiths are another one...i could listen to REM and the Smiths for days.. Originally Posted by frankpembleton
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