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Post by wayved on Nov 1, 2006 23:07:43 GMT -5
GREEN is my favorite REM album of all time. I musta said it a million times on these boards..Thats it. Im posting my picture and getting an avatar.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 1, 2006 23:11:29 GMT -5
Bill Berry is the most underrated drummer in rock. He and Mikey Mills were an incredible rythym section. Which on "Orange Crush" gave space for Buck to hit those big open chords, and Stipe to give that great vocal performance ...
Green's a great album. Love the range that the band showed with it. Yeah, that was probably the height of Stipe's powers as a front-man.
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Post by frag on Nov 1, 2006 23:14:51 GMT -5
Agreed... But Lifes Rich Pageant and Reckoning are still the all-around greatest REM albums  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 1, 2006 23:16:38 GMT -5
Agreed... But Lifes Rich Pageant and Reckoning are still the all-around greatest REM albums Murmer and Automatic for the People are the greatest R.E.M. albums. Reckoning is right behind, though. And Lifes Rich Pageant is awesome, too. |
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Post by frag on Nov 1, 2006 23:18:18 GMT -5
That was a respectful and dignified "you're wrong" wink, by the way.  Here's another |
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 1, 2006 23:21:11 GMT -5
That was a respectful and dignified "you're wrong" wink, by the way. Here's another Yep, and here's one right back at ya! Really, I can understand a person picking any R.E.M. album but AtS as their fave. |
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Post by frag on Nov 1, 2006 23:24:06 GMT -5
Good enough for me. I haven't been able to listen to more than a few tracks off of Around the Sun. Disappointing enough...I didn't want to add any fuel to the fire. REM still rules, as far as my ears are concerned.
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Post by Galactus on Nov 1, 2006 23:33:35 GMT -5
I can't really see anyone picking Out Of Time or Reveal, besides Automatic For The People is obviously the best.
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Post by Galactus on Nov 1, 2006 23:35:23 GMT -5
..or Up, Up is very much not their best, in fact until AtS it was their worst.
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 1, 2006 23:36:24 GMT -5
Best REM albums:
AFTP
Document
NAIHF
That is all.
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Post by frag on Nov 1, 2006 23:39:43 GMT -5
I like Up and Reveal. However, I never latched onto Out of Time either. But that one I at least tried to like. Reveal and Up I am still quite fond of, though.
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Post by frag on Nov 1, 2006 23:42:36 GMT -5
And I completely forgot about Monster. Probably a reason for that.
What's the topic again? Oh unimportant albums that rock, yeah.
King's X - Dogman
it rocked, but it sucked at the same time. I liked it, but I know why no one ever really gave a shit about King's X.
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Post by wayved on Nov 1, 2006 23:49:39 GMT -5
Im with frag.
Out of Time, for Me, sucked when it came out. I thought "WTF?" To this day, I would rather listen to Around the Sun (even though the lyrics are SO BAD--"Leaving New York never easy..." )than Out of Time....I CANNOT STAND "Radio Song" and "Shiny Happy People" It has "Me In Honey" on it though, so I cant totally discredit it....
UP is cool cos its totally out there. I love UP.
Reveal is great too. Its got a very strange vibe---
my fav is still Green. I lived in a small town in my youth and I had to go to a "city" to get Fables, Reckoning, etc. But a local radio station played GREEN in whole, and I taped it--sounded like ass but my mind was blown. Man I played it every fucking day.
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Post by wayved on Nov 1, 2006 23:50:58 GMT -5
FRAG-play Monster again if youve got it. I hated that shit too. But I played it a few weeks ago FIVE TIMES! Its not as bad as you remember it..I hope not..Wasent for me...
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 1, 2006 23:51:29 GMT -5
I love Up. Played the hell out of it for about three years. "At My Most Beautiful," "Falls to Climb," even "Daysleeper" -- these are all first tier R.E.M. songs.
IMO Reveal is the most sonically gorgeous album they've ever come up with. For sheer sonic beauty, it has few peers in rock and roll.
NAIHF, however, is very good but has Stipe's weakest vocals on record. His voice was shot from touring, and it would've been a better record if they'd waited until he'd recovered a bit more. But goddamn, "New Test Leper" and "Electrolite" are both as good as anything they've ever done.
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