this is boring mediocre rock music
This is boring mediocre rock music
Benjamin Gray
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Aaron Clark
that's all you hear because you're a boring person
Luis Morales
I expected this album to be much more depressing for some reason, probably because of the cover.
Jordan Foster
probably because you're depressed
Jackson Lee
Harborcoat is a 10/10 song but almost everything else by them from the early albums sounds like a lesser version of that to me
Parker Hughes
OP here I just remembered Laughing which is a pretty good song. Title track is decent too. The rest is mediocre as all hell.
Ryan Kelly
>Title track
Pardon?
Lucas Bennett
your life is mediocre as hell
Mason Diaz
shit I meant Radio Free Europe.
Joseph Flores
nah it's pretty good
chronic town is way better though
Jace Bell
It's nearly perfectly produced and timeless. Their approach to their sound and tones of their instruments in those early days was so straightforward that the music sounds like it's stuck in a time capsule and it could have been released today.
Overall I probably prefer Reckoning by just a bit but I certainly think Chronic Town, Murmur and Reckoning are all damn near perfect. I also think it's impressive how R.E.M. were essentially a band who had their own unique sound down 100% on their earliest releases and then spent the rest of their (fairly prolific) career moving closer to other more common sounds found in Rock music and experimenting with different ideas. Not that I think that's bad, but I would say their first 3 or 4 albums are more unique and original sounding than say, Life's Rich Pageant, Green or Monster.
Landon Rivera
Only listened to it twice but RFE wasnt that memorable so far, fav track is probably We Walk
I hear Losing My Religion on the radio sometimes and really love that song
Jonathan Wilson
>Only listened to it twice
you have not formed an opinion yet then. you guys come here like you should have any idea what you're talking about without living with the thing. it's a masterpiece. you won't uncover it properly until you've heard a LOT more.
Christopher Russell
Sorry, I agree with what you say, hence why I added "so far".
Isaiah Hall
nah it's me who should apologize for being harsh. sorry, these threads trigger me sometimes. this is a complex album. it doesn't reveal itself right away.
Levi Jones
No hard feelings m8
Lincoln Bailey
The MFSL master makes the bass far more prominent than most other masters, as R.E.M. intended. It's really the version you should seek out to listen to this album.
Henry Hernandez
Document is a better album, but Murmur is worth it for Radio Free Europe.
Jace Jackson
>Document is a better album
It was their best, IMHO
Jose Wood
No shit.
Ryan Martinez
Joseph Young
Actually, this is good rock n' roll, uh, music.
Benjamin Sanchez
michael stipe doesn't even compare to Thedge or Bonobos
David Clark
I have the same opinion, Document is when R.E.M starts getting great imo
Oliver Ross
this is the truest thing i've read all day
i absolutely adore this album, it sounds so singular and unlike anything else. the production is immaculate, and REM intentionally tried to move away from trends of the time so like user said its 100% timeless. no synths, no guitar solos, nothing. its just pure solid catchy alt rock music from beginning to end. literally every song on this album can get stuck in your head, as there's at least one catchy refrain or musical idea that just doesnt leave. goddamn this album is so good im ranting now
Aiden Flores
This. CT, Murmur, Reckoning, and most of Fables are near perfect. The quality of their music took a huge downturn in the 90s though. I really don't understand what people see in commercial sounding R.E.M. AFTP and the albums that came after it bore me to fucking tears.