Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[dhodo]

While I agree the first three albums are great, when I reach for an early R.E.M. album it's usually Pageant.

Unibrow FTW. I go for that or Murmur, or Chronic Town which probably doesn't count.

 

[Turbo]

While I agree the first three albums are great, when I reach for an early R.E.M. album it's usually Pageant.

That was the first REM album I got into back in the day. Then I went back to discover Murmur and the rest.

 

[Jan]

We still know nothing but alt-rock from 94 or 99 so there are still lots of possibilities. I don't think it's rem though. I just dont see a colour variant of an album thats coming up in different versioms as an interesting pick for the sub. Same with throwing copper. There are so many albums from that years without a proper vinyl reissue so piggybacking on those upcoming releases would just be very lazy. I'm still hopeful that they have something more to offer for this month.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Hot Take: Coneheads is the best SNL movie

 

[Jan]

I could see them doing Soul Coughing - ruby vroom. From many best of lists in 94 and not widely available

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I could see them doing Soul Coughing - ruby vroom. From many best of lists in 94 and not widely available

I got this and Irresistible Bliss a couple of years ago from one of those Insound sales. Probably 40-50% off.

 

[dhodo]

I could see them doing Soul Coughing - ruby vroom. From many best of lists in 94 and not widely available

I could get behind that. I used to play Irresistible Bliss a lot.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Hot Take: Coneheads is the best SNL movie

...tied with It’s Pat and Stuart Saves His Family

 

[Bohnjaggs]

...tied with It’s Pat and Stuart Saves His Family

Why did I post this here? Oh, well. I'm leaving it.

 

[bettim84]

For some who are considering signing Up for VMP, I would think that making this album the ROTM would be Automatic for the People. There’s some Murmur online that if the pressing was mastered from the original tapes, it’d be New Adventures in Hi-Fi. It’d be a Monster of a release that would make people who didn’t get a copy Green with envy.

Nice puns. Someone should Document this man’s efforts!

R.E.M.’s music reminds me too much of the forklift drivers at the factories I’ve worked at: men that have no fashion taste, eat frozen meals/just buy sausage rolls or pies on their work break and they would never be vegan. And also, they’re a bit patriotic and love placing a good multi-bet and they just know the suburban life. Like they enjoy social gambling and drinking cheap beer. But they’re still nice men

I really hope the Essentials ROTM is something that is not similar to that aesthetic

I can’t even

Murmer, Reckoning and Fables is an amazing Triple Play run of albums. If Chronic Town was not an ep I would give them a Grand Slam. Pagent was good but not great to me. To my punk rock ears Document was such a blatant attempt to jump from the College rock circuit Arena Rock

Pageant is definitely my favorite REM album, so I can’t relate.

 

[marshall]

Are we thinking Monster is the pick this month or are we just talking REM for fun?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Are we thinking Monster is the pick this month or are we just talking REM for fun?

Wishful thinking (for some)

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Pageant is definitely my favorite REM album, so I can’t relate.

I remember buying Fables on the day it came out. It was the first record I ever bought intentionally on release day. I spent weeks listening to it over and over. Feeling Gravity's Pull was the first song I taught myself on guitar. When Pageant came out I bought it on release day as well. While I still love the album, it just didn't live up to the greatness of Fables.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

My money is still on That Dog.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I don't own any REM on vinyl yet but I had several of their albums on CD...

 

[Bohnjaggs]

My money is still on That Dog.

What are the clues for this month?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

...tied with It’s Pat and Stuart Saves His Family

I mean, it's clearly the holy trinity of "A Night At The Roxbury" "Superstar" and "The Ladies Man".

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I mean, it's clearly the holy trinity of "A Night At The Roxbury" "Superstar" and "The Ladies Man".

In all seriousness, I'd fuck with "Wayne's World", "Wayne's World II", and "MacGruber"

Though, I would prolly take "Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy" over any of em.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

In all seriousness, I'd fuck with "Wayne's World", "Wayne's World II", and "MacGruber"

Though, I would prolly take "Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy" over any of em.

We have the Brain Candy soundtrack on vinyl. My wife owned it from back in the day.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

What are the clues for this month?

Just “1994 or 1999,” but That Dog just recently digitally reissued the self-titled album for its 25th anniversary and they have their new album coming out in October. Their other albums have been out of print, so there’s a lot of opportunity for additional tie-in exclusives, which I believe we are to expect for some of the ROTMs this upcoming month.

that dog. Announce 25th Anniversary Reissue of Self-Titled Debut

The digital deluxe edition includes four non-album bonus tracks

pitchfork.com

that dog. Announce First New Album in 22 Years, Share New Song: Listen

Old LP features guest appearances from Maya Rudolph, Randy Newman, Blur’s Graham Coxon, and more

pitchfork.com