Album Rating: 5.0

"I might bump this to a 4.5 if Reckoning and Murmur are actually is good as everyone says"



why would your rating for Reckoning and Murmur affect this, that makes no sense

Album Rating: 5.0

Nightswimming is one of the best songs ever, no question.

I can agree.

Album Rating: 5.0

Nightswimming into Find the River is the holy grail of ending an album.

Album Rating: 4.0

i'd add man on the moon to that as well......solid finish

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, those two are perfect. Man on the Moon is strangely my least favourite song on the album though, not that it's bad

Album Rating: 5.0

Sidewinder and Moon are probably my least favourite here but they're still unbeatable.

Album Rating: 4.0

im on a different page

Album Rating: 3.5

then turn it :D

Album Rating: 4.0

but then i'll be standing in a wind tunnel!

Every song here is incredible, no "bad" tune to be found.

Happy birthday Michael Stipe :]

Amazing band.

Album Rating: 5.0

Hey kids, rock and roll.

Nobody tells you where to go

Album Rating: 5.0

Only Murmur and perhaps Document come close to this for me.

Album Rating: 5.0

Murmur is closest to this, then maybe Pageant

Automatic, Murmur, Pageant and Fables are my 4 favorites. Then, Reckoning, Document and New Adventures. Plenty of more good / great albums they have.

Album Rating: 4.5

i think their 90s period in general is the most interesting to me, with a little of that early 00s stuff as well (great beyond, animal, some of reveal)



80s were consistent as hell & you could see a pretty smooth evolution, but i love the whole stylistic zig-zag they were doing from automatic to monster to hi-fi to up; plus, i just really like all of those albums

Still haven't heard Up, not a fan of Monster at all though, for me R.E.M. were always consistently excellent since the beginning until the turn of the millennium, a bump in the road here and there aside. After that, they slid down a bit but every once in a while they'd stun people. Accelerate, for example, was a great, short, catchy that few figured they could put out 30+ years in as a band.

Album Rating: 5.0

Bumped this to the 5 it deserves.