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Out of Time
by: R.E.M.

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075992649629
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: March 12, 1991
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
Sales Rank: 3777
MPN: 26496

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com essential recording:
Though R.E.M. titled a later album Monster, this 1991 smash was the true monster, with the little Athens, Georgia, quartet graduating once and for all from its jangling independent-rock roots. The confusion Michael Stipe communicates in the catchy "Losing My Religion" and the dark-and-dreamy "Low" hit the mainstream-rock audience when it was most primed for uneasy angst. (Nirvana's Nevermind was released a few months later.) There are also odd but successful experiments, like ceding the opening "Radio Song" to rapper KRS-One (with Stipe playing the moaning straight man) and going peppy for the surprisingly nonsarcastic "Shiny Happy People." --Steve Knopper

Amazon.com:
Matching their ugliest album cover with some of their most sublime music, Out of Time inaugurates the finest phase of R.E.M.'s work. This meditative yet sometimes seething album offers not only their greatest single since "Radio Free Europe" ("Losing My Religion," about which critics and programmers agreed for once), but a moodscape that ties together that song's ambivalence, the sneer of "Radio Song," the doom of "Low" and the sprightliness of "Shiny Happy People" and "Me in Honey." Their bestseller, and deservedly so. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- That's Me In The Spotlight
The first voice you hear on R.E.M.'s second album for Warner Brothers wasn't even a member of the band. Rapper KRS-1 asks a question about what's on the radio before Michael Stipe intones "The world is collapsing around our ears." If that didn't give you notice that something was up in the R.E.M. camp, then Bill Berry taking lead on "Near Wild Heaven" and two more songs should have. Then there is the matter of the international hot single, "Losing My Religion," which feature lead instrument is a...Mandolin!?!

"Out Of Time" was the sound of a band that, having hit its stride, was no longer content just to do what was automatically expected of it. The expanded line-up (including frequent touring buddy Peter Holsapple of The dB's on guitar) both fleshed out the band's sound and pushed ... Read More

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- A Classic
Here it is 17 years later, and I'm still listening to this CD. Every song on here is awesome. A timeless classic.

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- Out of Patience...
am I with tirades against this CD! Okay, it's not nearly as good as Automatic for the People or their first three, but it's not unremittingly awful either. Sure, the standout by far is Losing My Religion, but the unheralded other classic here is "Country Feedback," a brillaint, disjointed precursor to the genius of "Drive" and E-bow the Letter." "Texarkana" and "Low" are quite good as well. And I'll defend "Near Wild Heaven," a sweet Beach Boys confection and, really going out on a limb, "Shiny Happy People." Okay, it comes off as hoplessly naive optimism and it's as silly as "Stand," but there are moments in life like that. I love intense REM too, but it's not a crime to be a kid for three minutes again. And lay off poor Kate Pierson, she's just right here (and isn't she on Country Feedback ... Read More

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- REM - A Slight Step Down
The two previous albums by REM brought the band to the notice of radio, making them headliners in large venues throughout the country. The momentum would continue with "Out Of Time" the album that would push them over the top into superstar status. The singles "Loosing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People" were all over MTV getting played dozens of times nationally every single day. Although vastly overplayed "Loosing My Religion" is still a great pop tune and one of the best singles the band ever released. Overall though I feel this album is a step down for REM. The album starts out with a rap from KRS one in "Radio Song" which sounds pretty dated today. Actually my favorite song on the album is one of the two that bassist Mike Mills sings in "Texarkana". It is great little tune. Kate Pierson ... Read More

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- Stipe sings! WHOOHOO!
Man, it's a good thing I gave this a listen. Automatic For The People bites, and if I would have walked away from R.E.M, I bever would have liked them. This is refreshing to hear, and to be honest, I don't think Michael Stipe dosen't mumble and moan like he did on the next album. Out Of Time is very great for the first eight songs, with the the album really taking a dip after Texarkana.

Personally, the songs Country Feedback and Me In Honey are the low points. Country Feedback has a nice emotion coming out of it. I just wished I wasn't so bored listening to it (and his vocals are total _______). And Me In Honey is absolutely annoying. The song hangs in the air and dosen't go away. And while Texarkana has a nice, hopeful, epic sound to it, it's not a real strong standout. It's a decent ... Read More

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