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1.Fables of the Reconstruction by: R.E.M. January 27, 1998
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The 1990s music landscape saw Alternative Rock begin to basically become part of the mainstream music fold. Alternative Rock actually had its roots in the 1980s. Alternative Rock really ties itself to the "Indie Rock" (Independent Rock) movement. It is a style of music that often covers a wide variety of genres, often working on independent record labels, but most importantly the artist maintains complete control of the music and their careers. With 1980s Rock dominated by "Hit Radio" and mainstream music, much of the Alternative Rock movement was "underground" - heard in smaller venues and colleges. A band that was at the forefront of this underground movement of music was R.E.M. While many know R.E.M. is a pop-band from the 1990s, many also know R.E.M from the 1980s as one of the ... Read More

2.Murmur by: R.E.M. October 25, 1990
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R.E.M.'s Murmur marked the beginning of something new. A merging of 60s jangle pop with the '80s modern rock sensibilities of the time, these songs moved us because of their mysterious and evocative lyrics. A sense of hope permeates this album--and nearly all those that follow it--such that no one listening to this music would ever quite be the same.

3.Reckoning by: R.E.M. October 25, 1990
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This album was another great release in the same style as Murmur. R.E.M. at this point had established themselves in the music circuit with their jangly Rickenbacher guitars along with singer Michael Stipes' sweet, yet slightly muffled vocals. Not to forget the other members who make R.E.M.-Billy Berry with his hard hitting sturdy drumming amd the melodic bass of Mike Mills. This release is a bit tighter and stronger than their first as heard on "Harbercoat" and "7 Chinese Bros.", because of it's overall meatier rhythm. Then it has "So. Central Rain", a mournful moody ballad about a love lost. which we all have experienced. The song "Pretty Persuasion" delivers in a big, hard hitting way as a perfect rock song. Overall the band still doesn't disappoint, with each song on this album proving ... Read More

4.Document by: R.E.M. January 27, 1998
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"Document" was R.E.M.'s first breakout album that took them out of the obscurity of indie rock. Although R.E.M.'s guitars and Stipe's voice are louder, they added some cool guitar effects and some saxophones too. Although this album eliminated R.E.M.'s softy band status temporarily, this album added a stadium sound that increased R.E.M.'s accessibility. After all, listeners had a hard time hearing the words in R.E.M.'s first albums. In fact, with the opening track, "Finest Worksong," Stipe shows off his stadium voice, bellowing "The time to rise has been engaged/You'd better best to rearrange." As guitars blast in the background, Stipe calls people to take their instinct by the reins. R.E.M. also prove that they can still sing great soft songs, in the part acoustic, part-electric guitar ballad ... Read More

5.Green by: R.E.M. October 25, 1990
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R.E.M.-Green ***1/2 First off, Green is not that bad of an album. Though it isn't that great of an album either, especially for a group like R.E.M. Now I am not going to get into the whole sellout thing. Whether R.E.M. sold out with the release of Green is neither here nor there. Good tunes is good tunes, and if a album has good tunes does it really matter if they sold or not? No. The issue is that R.E.M. doesn't do mainstream very well. At least in the 1980's they didn't because they didn't really know how to yet. 'Pop Song 89' is a clever and intelligent piece of satire from Mr. Stipe. Peter Buck also plays a really cool guitar riff throughout. 'Get Up' is catchy and really does sound like a typical 1989 pop song... irony kills. 'Stand' is annoying and not worthy of an R.E.M. album, lets just get that ... Read More

6.Accelerate by: R.E.M. April 01, 2008
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Accelerate can be one of those albums which fans, upset with R.E.M.'s last few releases, may judge too highly, throwing out words like comeback just to describe a vague adult-rock, easy going consistency in a way which almost insults some of their finer intricacies.

7.Dead Letter Office by: R.E.M. October 25, 1990
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The main reason to get this CD was to pick up the long out-of-print "Chronic Town" EP. It was the first time R.E.M. found focus and made a studio album (released on the old IRS label in 1982). Their signature sound had already taken root, with Michael Stipe's mumbled vocals and Peter Buck's jangley guitars in full swing for "Gardening at Night" and "Wolves Lower." Within a year, they had caught the ears of college radio types with Murmur. After that, you get a yard sale's pickings for B-Sides and previously unreleased songs. Some are ideas that eventually become other songs ("Burning Down"), free-wheeling covers (Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic) and a few drunken accidents (a babbling take on Roger Miller's "King of The Road"). Their love of The Velvet Underground is exposed by three covers, and a tribute to their buddies in Pylon leads ... Read More

8.Out of Time by: R.E.M. March 12, 1991
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Here it is 17 years later, and I'm still listening to this CD. Every song on here is awesome. A timeless classic.

9.Automatic for the People by: R.E.M. October 06, 1992
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Luis Mejia - Automatic For The People is definitively one of the most selected pieces of magic popcraft throughout the 90s'; and undoubtly alternative kings R.E.M. most famous work. From beginning to end this album is beautiful and rewarding; the witty introduction in "Drive", the wimsical cult of the nearly fading "Nightswimming", and many other moments cut the album accessible but yet very significative. A 90s' top choice, represented by swifting soft but accute passages of music, lyrical interest and refreshing cohersion; but even for the matter, R.E.M. mainstream hardy tone on their music it's not gone but transformed into a laid back mood. Take a few good listens, as it is a very sensitive album, and anyone can feel identified with the apathic feelings of "Ignoreland", the craftmanship of "Man On The Moon", the playfulness in "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight", the scattered ... Read More

10.New Adventures in Hi-Fi by: R.E.M. September 10, 1996
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REM kind of lost the plot after "Automatic For The People" with their next release "Monster". The album was an attempt to go back to a more hard rocking sound, but it was a major disappointment to my ears. I bought it and ended up selling it back to a used CD store. By the time of this album's release REM's time at the top of the charts had passed and album sales would steadily decline from then on. "New Adventures" was an album entirely written on the road during the "Monster" tour. Some of the songs were recorded in one take and the album has an overall stripped down feel to it. I think this is a decent REM release, not up there with their best, but also far from their worst. It is a rather long album consisting of 14 tracks. I believe that pairing down some of the filler might have made this a tighter collection and not have the rather bloated feel that the end product became. ... Read More

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