R.E.M. Survivor - Chronic Town - Round 1

[LemonMelon]

Welcome to the first ever B&C R.E.M. survivor! We've covered The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Radiohead, but there's a gaping hole where four white guys from Athens, GA should fit. They would be advised to call 1-800-lancemom for further information.

The rules are the same as most other survivors we've done. You vote for your least favorite song on each album until we're left with the set number of songs that each album will be putting towards the final draw. The number of each songs per album is as follows:

3 songs
1. Automatic For The People
2. Lifes Rich Pageant
3. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
4. Document
5. Murmur

2 songs
6. Out Of Time
7. Reckoning
8. Fables Of The Reconstruction
9. Monster
10. Green

1 song
11. Accelerate
12. Up
13. Around The Sun
14. Reveal

For the sake of completionists here and abroad, we are also including the Chronic Town EP, Dead Letter Office, and a couple sets of b-sides and outtakes, all of which will be receiving one song each.

The above order was decided upon by the following thread: http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/favorite-r-e-m-album-s-193453-5.html

We're starting off with R.E.M.'s debut EP, Chronic Town.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Gardening At Night for the big win. Seriously.

But, this is a great EP. I dig all 5 of these tracks. Stumble gets my vote.

 

[MMP]

Hmmm... I'll listen to it again before voting.

 

[impy13]

I thought Chronic Town was a Cypress Hill record.

 

[MMP]

Just listened... to it. Tough call between Wolves, Lower and Gardening. I'm going with Gardening.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Terrible, terrible choice.

 

[corianderstem]

Stumble should go first.

 

[MMP]

Terrible, terrible choice.

I don't like Stumble. It's too repetitive.

 

[LemonMelon]

You're supposed to pick your LEAST favorite.

Hence "pick your least favorite" being written above the poll.

 

[lazarus]

I have to listen to this again. Sadly, I don't remember one of them.

 

[No spoken words]

Stumble. Why? Because it's my LEAST FAVORITE.

 

[Zoots]

I don't like Stumble. It's too repetitive.

Then why did you vote for Gardening At Night?


I was thinking of either Stumble or One Million. Voted Stumble for now.

I'm rooting for Wolves FTW!

 

[MMP]

You're supposed to pick your LEAST favorite.

Hence "pick your least favorite" being written above the poll.

Ops...
Well, I've read it wrong. Sorry.

 

[LemonMelon]

1. Gardening At Night
2. Wolves, Lower
3. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)
4. 1,000,000
5. Stumble

With about a minute shaved off, Stumble could have been moved up a slot or two.

 

[corianderstem]

For me ...

1. Wolves, Lower
2. Gardening At Night
3. Carnival of Sorts
4. 1,000,000
5. Stumble

 

[LemonMelon]

The first two are absolutely great and should have made it onto an album. Carnival and 1,000,000 are pretty OK, and Stumble could have been great, but they ran out of ideas after the first minute.

 

[MMP]

1. Gardening At Night
2. Wolves, Lower
3. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)
4. 1,000,000
5. Stumble

With about a minute shaved off, Stumble could have been moved up a slot or two.

Exactly my list...

God, I should read before vote.

 

[phanan]

Stumble is the obvious choice. We could have a quick mercy rule on this one.

 

[LMP]

All I know is that "Gardening at Night" needs to win.

 

[Zoots]

Guys guys, Gardening was much better on Eponymous. Just let Wolves win and no one gets hurt.

 

[phanan]

All I know is that "Gardening at Night" needs to win.

I wouldn't have a problem with that.

 

[gump]

Ok, so it goes like this for me:
1. Gardening At Night
2. Wolves, Lower
3. Carnival of Sorts
4. 1,000,000
5. Stumble

 

[corianderstem]

I'd prefer to see Wolves, Lower to win but know that Gardening At Night will whomp its ass.

I can live with that. I'll save my ranting and raving for another time when my favorite song is losing in the polls.