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Top 5 R.E.M. Albums

Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
edited December 2011 in Other Music
A little switch up from the Rank 'Em's - just list your 5 favorite REM albums. Or rank em all if you want.

Here are the albums (plus one sort of compilation):
Murmur (1983)
Reckoning (1984)
Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)
Document (1987)
Dead Letter Office (1987)
Green (1988)
Out of Time (1991)
Automatic for the People (1992)
Monster (1994)
New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Up (1998)
Reveal (2001)
Around the Sun (2004)
Accelerate (2008)
Collapse into Now (2011)
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    edited November 2011
    Here's mine:

    1- Automatic for the People
    2- Lifes Rich Pageant
    3- Green
    4- Murmur
    5- Collapse Into Now

    For the record, I don't own Dead Letter Office, Up, Reveal or Around the Sun. So these haven't gotten a fair chance.
    Post edited by Johnny Abruzzo on
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Document
    Automatic for the People
    Life's Rich Pageant
    Out of Time
    Monster
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,176
    reckoning
    fables
    pageant
    mumur
    document
    honorable mention to dead letter office-which is not on your list
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    I will get shit for going to 10, and still not including Murmur.
    But honestly, the only thing i feel truly bad about is having to give Reckoning the 7 spot, cuz I do quite enjoy it, however I was forced out of intellectual honesty to give 3 to Automatic, despite inherent hesitation due to its over-played status -- though you have to recognize the absolute solidness of the effort. If the gods of time would some how allow me to move the back half of Reckoning off the album, and move songs 7-11 from Out of Time on to it, we would have one of the most perfect REM albums, and then I could put it easily at #2. But such is life. :(

    Bah. If there is a band i feel "bad" about ranking, it's REM.
    :( no good can come of this :(
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    1 Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)
    2 New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
    3 Automatic for the People (1992)
    4 Green (1988)
    5 Out of Time (1991)
    6 Monster (1994)
    7 Reckoning (1984)
    8 Up (1998)
    9 Accelerate (2008)
    10 Document (1987)
    [11 Dead Letter Office]
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    ps - for those who have Document high, and the guy with Document at #1,
    don't you feel that Side 2 is almost a throw away?
    Exhuming McCarthy, Disturbance, Welcome..., even Strange, these are great songs.
    But the back half of Document feels like B-sides (at best) to me. :(
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    ps - for those who have Document high, and the guy with Document at #1,
    don't you feel that Side 2 is almost a throw away?
    Exhuming McCarthy, Disturbance, Welcome..., even Strange, these are great songs.
    But the back half of Document feels like B-sides (at best) to me. :(

    I could never get into Document. A few really great songs, and some mediocre ones, to me doesn't make a great album.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Get_Right wrote:
    honorable mention to dead letter office-which is not on your list

    Sorry - it's generally not listed as an "album." I guess that would be like including Lost Dogs as a PJ album??? Anyways - I'll go back and edit my listing.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Out of Time (1991)
    Automatic for the People (1992)
    Monster (1994)
    New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
    Up (1998)

    I love 80s REM and I love 2000s REM, but the 90s stuff is my favorite. My #4 band ever.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Out of Time (1991)
    Automatic for the People (1992)
    Monster (1994)
    New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
    Up (1998)

    I love 80s REM and I love 2000s REM, but the 90s stuff is my favorite. My #4 band ever.

    decent ranking.
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  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    ps - for those who have Document high, and the guy with Document at #1,
    don't you feel that Side 2 is almost a throw away?
    Exhuming McCarthy, Disturbance, Welcome..., even Strange, these are great songs.
    But the back half of Document feels like B-sides (at best) to me. :(

    Lightnin' Hopkins
    Oddfellows...

    Both solid tunes. Can't say back half is a "throw away". ;)
    I've met Rob

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    This place is dead

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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,176
    edited November 2011
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    honorable mention to dead letter office-which is not on your list

    Sorry - it's generally not listed as an "album." I guess that would be like including Lost Dogs as a PJ album??? Anyways - I'll go back and edit my listing.
    I consider lost dogs to be an album. B-sides and outakes are still original songs.

    As far as document goes, king of birds and oddfellows may be the best two song on the reocrd.
    Post edited by Get_Right on
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Get_Right wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    honorable mention to dead letter office-which is not on your list

    Sorry - it's generally not listed as an "album." I guess that would be like including Lost Dogs as a PJ album??? Anyways - I'll go back and edit my listing.
    I consider lost dogs to be an album. B-sides and outakes are still original songs.

    Yea, that's why I added it to the list. 8-)
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,040
    1. New Adventures in Hi-Fi
    2. Automatic for the People
    3. Accelerate
    4. Life's Rich Pageant
    5. Out of Time
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,550
    1. New Adventures in Hi-Fi
    2. Collapse into Now
    3. Lifes Rich Pageant
    4. Document
    5. Monster
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,084
    1. Automatic for The People
    2. Lifes Rich Pagaent
    3. Green
    4. Out Of Time
    5. Accelerate
    6. Monster
    7. Murmur
    8. Fables Of Reconstruction
    9. Document
    10. Reckoning
    11. Up
    12. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    13. Collapse Into Now (felt like they were leftovers off of Accelerate)
    14. Reveal
    15. Around The Sun
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Lots of diversity but clearly Lifes Rich Pageant is universally loved. And I just discovered that album this year. :roll: :oops: WTF was I doing for 25 years? I love the deliberate lack of an apostrophe. :lol:
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • lgglgg Posts: 12
    New Adventures in HI Fi
    Automatic for the People
    Life's Rich Pageant
    Collapse into Now
    Fables of the Reconstruction (really grown on me lately)
    I am mine.
  • niallniall Posts: 244
    New Adventures In Hi Fi (such a gem of an album)
    Automatic For The People
    Murmur
    UP
    Reveal (very under rated)
  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    1 - Lifes Rich Pageant
    2 - Fables of the Reconstruction
    3 - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
    4 - Monster
    5 - Up

    The opening 4 tracks of Pageant is simlpy awesome!
    Such a difficult task listing REM albums! Tomorrow, my list could well look very different!
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
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