ZeroDude said:Ya not enjoy them that much then? Would the best off just be the best bet?
joyfulgirl said:I think the Best Of overlooks their best of, actually. I guess I'd start with Life's Rich Pageant.
Kieran McConville said:And plus it's got Hairshirt, one of my favourite REM songs.
BonoVoxSupastar said:Out of Time would be their best album if you just skip Shiny Happy People...
That song ruined it for me as an album, but it has some of my fave tunes...Me In Honey, Country Feedback(one of the best REM tunes of all time), Belong, and Low!
fah said:The 4 that I would find tough to live without:
Automatic For The People (Drive, Everybody Hurts & Man on the Moon)
Out of Time (Radio Song, Losing My Religion & Country Feedback)
Green (Stand and Inside Out)
Eponymous (Every song - it's a compilation)
Kieran McConville said:I don't know enough about their 80s albums to have an opinion, but it must be said that 'Fall on Me' is the greatest REM song ever. All two minutes of it. That song singlehandedly inspired Radiohead to exist.
(I'm not being snarky, it actually did).
IWasBored said:
but murmer has pilgramige, radio free europe, catapult, and moral kiosk
yes, for some reason i feel the need to argue that those clearly inferior songs are better than nightswiming, and others...
fah said:
Agreed but....
Eponymous track listing:
radio free europe
gardening at night
talk about passion
so central rain
rockville
can't get there from here
driver
romance
fall on me
the one i love
finest worksong
its the end of the world as we know it