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Fav R.E.M. Album?

ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
edited November 2006 in Other Music
Everyone has one always a tough choice? mine has to Document and New Adventures in Hi-Fi..
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Automatic for the People is their best.
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    I love new adventures and I think that may be my fav but Up is unreal and I love automatic and Monster as well, so I didn't answer the question at all.
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  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    1. New Adventures in HiFi
    2. Automatic for the People
    3. Fables of the Reconstruction
    4. Document
    5. Monster
    6. Up
    7. Murmur
    8. Green
    10. Out of Time
    11. Around the Sun
    12. Reveal
    13. Lifes Rich Pagaent
    14. Reckoning
    15. Dead Letter Office/Chronic Town EP(if this one counts)

    There is no wrong answer to this topic. The boyz make music for all occassions. What an embarassment of riches here
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Life's Rich Pageant, Automatic for the People and Reckoning take the lead in my mind. But they're all great!
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    gosh,my favs always change. right now i like fables a bunch! "feeling gravity's pull" is mesmerizing. fables is a very "smart" record.
  • whatsthefreezerwhatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    Automatic For The People
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Sorry to sound predictable, but Automatic for the people really does take some beating, perfect record.
  • Charlie the manCharlie the man Posts: 116
    From best to worst:

    1. Murmur
    2. Fables Of The Reconstruction
    3. Reckoning
    4. Document
    5. Life's Rich Pageant
    6. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    7. Monster
    8. Automatic For The People
    9. Around The Sun
    10. Out Of Time
    11. Reveal
    12. Up
    13. Green
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  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    1. Murmur
    2. Fables Of The Reconstruction
    3. Reckoning
    4. Document
    5. Life's Rich Pageant
    6. Green
    7. Automatic For The People
    8. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    9. Out Of Time
    10. Monster
    11. Reveal
    12. Around The Sun
    13. Up
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  • chrisopaloozachrisopalooza Posts: 347
    all i have is 'monster,' i got it for free. what's a good one to start with if i was interested? i dig most of the songs i hear on the radio, just never really took an initiative.
  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    I admit the only pre WB album I have is the new "Best of." I do have everything from "Green" on, though. I'd have to say "Automatic for the People" is my favorite with the underrated "Reveal" being a very close second
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    up
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    you can seperate the rem fanbase into two camps. there are those who enjoy early rem,which would entail these studio recordings :

    murmur
    reckoning
    fables of the reconstruction
    life's rich pageant
    document

    green(a transition record-could be in either group of records)

    then there are those who enjoy later rem,which would include these records:

    out of time
    automatic for the people
    monster
    new adventures in hi-fi

    post b.berry records:
    up
    reveal
    around the sun

    must admit that i do not like the latter three records. they should not be called rem anymore.
  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    new adventures in hi-fi
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Automatic For The People
    Document
    Out Of Time
    Green (World Leader Pretend is genius)
    Murmur
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    chrisopalooza wrote:
    all i have is 'monster,' i got it for free. what's a good one to start with if i was interested? i dig most of the songs i hear on the radio, just never really took an initiative.
    you could get potentially 10 or so answers to this however I believe 'Out of Time' to be their most radio friendly release.

    Forget that Shiny Happy People is on there. Belong, Texarcana, Country Feedback and Me and Honey are some of the greatest pieces of music they ever put together. I still love Losing My Religion.

    as to the topic question, my favorite is New Adventures in Hi-Fi. However I don't think they made a single mistake, I mean not ONE until Around the Sun.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    transplant wrote:
    Forget that Shiny Happy People is on there. Belong, Texarcana, Country Feedback and Me and Honey are some of the greatest pieces of music they ever put together. I still love Losing My Religion.
    Yep.
  • RVM1978RVM1978 Posts: 320
    The first 5 albums are classic. But one I've probably listened too more than others is, "Out of Time".
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Life's Rich Pagaent. That album just propells itself along from song to song, not a bad track in the bunch.
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,481
    new adventures in hi-fi is my current favourite. i say current, it's been my favourite since it came out because they haven't done anything to better it... yet
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    merkinball wrote:
    Life's Rich Pagaent. That album just propells itself along from song to song, not a bad track in the bunch.

    agree 100%.

    1. LRP

    then

    2. New-Adventures
    3. Reckoning vs. Green
    4. Reconstruction of the Fables ( :) ) vs. Dead Letter Office

    I actually really really like Dead Letter Office! The VU covers, Voice of Herald, AGES OF YOU ! Burning Down and Walter's Theme is great. lol.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Fables
    Murmur
    Reckoning
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    G-Man23 wrote:

    post b.berry records:
    up
    reveal
    around the sun

    must admit that i do not like the latter three records. they should not be called rem anymore.


    Up is amazing.
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    jeffbr wrote:
    1. Murmur
    2. Fables Of The Reconstruction
    3. Reckoning
    4. Document
    5. Life's Rich Pageant
    6. Green
    7. Automatic For The People
    8. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    9. Out Of Time
    10. Monster
    11. Reveal
    12. Around The Sun
    13. Up


    So pretty much in order from oldest to newest!

    I've never tried to rank their albums. I'd have to set aside time to re-listen to them all (at least the ones I have).
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