Happy birthday Stipe man, total legend.

Album Rating: 5.0

Massive beard. Absolutely colossal.

Album Rating: 3.5

wank

Album Rating: 5.0

Mixed feelings on it

Album Rating: 5.0

Looks like Mark E. Everett stepped into an ageing booth

Album Rating: 5.0

Great dig Doof one of my favourites

Album Rating: 5.0

Only spun it twice so far but that was enough to know

I dig his beard actually :]

Album Rating: 5.0

Do you think he feeds birds in that thing? Rad beard though A+

Never cared much for everybody hurts or man on the moon so idk how I'd feel about this

Album Rating: 5.0

Everybody Hurts is probably the worst on here

Album Rating: 5.0

"Never cared much for everybody hurts or man on the moon so idk how I'd feel about this "



two worst songs prob so you should still give it a try

Album Rating: 5.0

Great songs, huh

They're great yeah but still bottom half for me, this one is really special.

Album Rating: 5.0

Every tune is a classic in its own right.

I should really listen to this again so I can properly rate it.

Album Rating: 5.0

It's a masterpiece

Album Rating: 4.5

Found this for 2 bucks at a book festival we have done here in Aussie. Just finished my first listen through and I'm in awe. Outside of Losing My Religion (Mom's favourite song) and Everybody Hurts I've never really given these guys much of a listen. If first listen is any indicator I'm going to be in love with this for some time. What records should I spin next?

Album Rating: 5.0

Bear with me here:



If you want music similar to this but with a more pop direction than check out Out of Time which has Losing My Religion on it. It's overall a good album but honestly it's a little too varied and isn't too concise of a record, very all over the place. Some of the songs are a bit of a precursor to this album though, namely Half a World Away and Country Feedback which are two of the best songs on the album and Low which is rather dirgy.



If you want R.E.M.'s other "best" album, check out Murmur, their first record. Just about all of the songs are excellent jangle pop/alternative rock that sounds very different to Automatic for the People, but the songs are all really catchy and well written so I'm sure you'll get something out of it. It may take a few listens to truly understand but when you do you'll keep coming back for more.



Those are my two suggestions and if you have any more questions just let me know

Album Rating: 4.5

Nice, thanks for the suggestions, appreciate it! Been getting into older classics lately so that's one of the reasons I picked this up (Pet Sounds was another I found, loving that one too). If there are any other records you'd recommend I'm all ears.