Corycm
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I unabashedly love OoT, but I swear to god, “Shiny Happy People” makes me want to punch my speakers and that feeling is never going away.Yeah, Ageed. It’s probably why I have yet to pick up a vinyl copy.
I unabashedly love OoT, but I swear to god, “Shiny Happy People” makes me want to punch my speakers and that feeling is never going away.Yeah, Ageed. It’s probably why I have yet to pick up a vinyl copy.
Daysleeper is a top 5 REM song for me.
Out of Time is probably one of my lesser favorites. It's got kind of a strange sequencing of songs and it never really seems to find it's groove for me.
I found a nice Quiex pressing on that translucent brown vinyl of Chronic Town for around $20.Up was the last REM I really liked. I just need a copy of Chronic Town to wrap up their discography that I want. I skipped all the post-Up reissues as those never did anything for me outside a couple tracks.
Thanks! Definitely would be interested in that 2nd copy.I gotchu (or whoever) covered. I figured someone would miss it. so I grabbed 2 on the repop.
Nice! Yeah I'm waiting to stumble across any vintage pressing of it for a decent price.I found a nice Quiex pressing on that translucent brown vinyl of Chronic Town for around $20.
R.E.M. should have to pay The Beach Boys royalties for “At My Most Beautiful” it’s the most Pet Sounds-y track ever produced by someone not named Brian Wilson and I mean that as a gigantic compliment.I love Daysleeper and it makes me want more of that from Up.
Remind me in November when I get two copies and can’t figure out why the hell I have an extra.Thanks! Definitely would be interested in that 2nd copy.
R.E.M. should have to pay The Beach Boys royalties for “At My Most Beautiful” it’s the most Pet Sounds-y track ever produced by someone not named Brian Wilson and I mean that as a gigantic compliment.
I followed them from the start up until Monster. REM peaked for me at Life's Rich Pageant. I liked their albums less between Document and Monster, liking a song or two on the LPs in between. I could not get into anything past Monster however for some reason, although I tried, except possibly Accelerate.I think Up is the last “essential” R.E.M. album I need.
Even New Adventures? For me that's a top tier REM album.I followed them from the start up until Monster. REM peaked for me at Life's Rich Pageant. I liked their albums less between Document and Monster, liking a song or two on the LPs in between. I could not get into anything past Monster however for some reason, although I tried, except possibly Accelerate.
I was in that same groove for a long time. I owned everything, but they rarely got touched. Until the “This is not a show” live album, which fired me back up about a lot of the later albums and the whole catalog wound up back in rotation.I followed them from the start up until Monster. REM peaked for me at Life's Rich Pageant. I liked their albums less between Document and Monster, liking a song or two on the LPs in between. I could not get into anything past Monster however for some reason, although I tried, except possibly Accelerate.
I should probably pick up that latter day greatest hits collection, In Time at some point as well since it includes “Bad Day” which is a phenomenal non-album single. Plus it was compiled exceptionally well and would be a nice album to spin for a quick retrospective.
I love (and honestly prefer) their early IRS era stuff now but I didn’t get to fully exploring that stuff until college and it’s such a different vibe from their major label output. Almost like two different bands.I followed them from the start up until Monster. REM peaked for me at Life's Rich Pageant. I liked their albums less between Document and Monster, liking a song or two on the LPs in between. I could not get into anything past Monster however for some reason, although I tried, except possibly Accelerate.
I love (and honestly prefer) their early IRS era stuff now but I didn’t get to fully exploring that stuff until college and it’s such a different vibe from their major label output. Almost like two different bands.
I can certainly understand early fans not vibing as much with their later era stuff. I can think of a few bands that I loved from the beginning (Wilco, My Morning Jacket, The National, etc…) who have, for a few decades now; been making wonderful albums but I have a much tougher time connecting with their most recent work since I am always comparing it with their brilliant early albums and how those albums illuminated my life. I could see someone just discovering The National now through the Taylor Swift connection absolutely loving their most recent albums but I doubt they will ever release anything that hits the same way that Alligator did for me in the early 2000s. In a lot of ways it’s probably preferable to discovering a band with a hefty back catalog all at once since your ability to enjoy their discography isn’t hindered by familiar glow of nostalgia.