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Thrillho:
'Sup motherfuckers.

I've been really getting into REM lately. I have Automatic For The People - which might just be the greatest thing I've ever heard, Out Of Time, which is very good almost front to back except for 'Radio Song' (yes, I even love 'Shiny Happy People'), Document, which is a similar case to Out of Time, and then their IRS singles comp and In Time: The Best of 1988-2003.

So, where do I go next? I feel like since I have their greatest albums it's all going downhill from here.

I've heard Monster is terrible, and the one song I have from it I'm not that big a fan of.

Basically, I want to hear something of theirs that rocks, or captures the semi-acoustic glory of Out Of Time and Automatic. Or even both in the same album.

Document took me so long to get into that I'm wary about going much earlier than that at this stage, and I'm leaning towards Accelerate.

Help me?

karl gambolputty...:
Reckoning.  Definitely Reckoning.  Then Murmur. 

E. Spaceman:
The best thing they ever put out was Chronic Town. It is available as part of Dead letter Office, a compilation of b sides and other oddities.
The albums Murmur, Reckoning and Lifes Rich Pageant are damn near perfect albums. After that they are sort of a different band, I still think they are great but there are major differences. Monster is really vilified but I actually quite like it though it is definitely patchy. New Adventures in Hi Fi I think is a great album but is super long.

You might want to look into Reveal and Around The Sun, both are pretty records where nothing much happens.

Inlander:

--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 16 Oct 2009, 16:09 ---Fables of the Reconstruction . . . Stand-out tracks - 'Kahoutek', 'Good Advices'.

--- End quote ---

What, no love for "Driver 8", tommy?

I stand by my opinion that New Adventures in Hi-Fi is a fantastic, and fantastically under-appreciated, album.

Muffin_Buns:
Murmur is absolutely essential for any REM fan. Go buy/download it. Now.

Ptommydski speaks the truth -- listen to him. As long as you already have Automatic for the People, getting their albums in chronological order is the best thing to do.

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