Lifes Rich Pageant is much more of a "fan" favorite than Out of Time.
I know a lot of R.E.M. fans, and LRP ranks highly with most of them. And it depends on the age of the fans we're talking about. Reckoning and Fables are liked a lot more by the old school crew.
Well, I guess my list is like that cause most of the people I know which like R.E.M. are my age (17). Most fans of the 90's. Anyway, I'm counting critical recption too. OOT was better recieved that LRP, I guess