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Free Music Review: It's still got it!
Hit: 5 Stars
People's opinions are so subjective, it's fun isn't it? For me this is their best album by far and stands as one of my favourite albums of all time even though I am not a huge REM fan, although I respect them greatly. I agree that the worst song on this album could still be described as very good. Have a preview listen to Pretty Persuasion,Second Guessing and Rockville and if you like these, buy the album you will not be disappointed. I do not consider their subsequent more commercially successful albums as sell-outs as I believe REM shifted the mainstream to them not the other way around.
If you fancy this album do yourself a favour and search out sadly defunct Aussie band of the 80's The Go-Betweens and although not replete with as much jangly guitar,their indie pop/rock gems such as Bye Bye Pride, Streets of Your Town and Cattle and Cane are worthy of your attention.
Free Music Review: Life-Changing Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I seldom go on the record for ANYTHING. But the song, "Time After Time" really did change my appreciation for music. I can't say "for life" because I didn't change that much. I had smoked some world-class pot, I had listened to "Time After Time", and I had UNDERSTOOD. The richness of Michael Stipe's voice and the melody really did hit home with me. It ranks as one of the top musical experiences of my life (Sonny and Cher on "Letterman" and REM on "Letterman" also qualify, so be warned...) and, dare I say it, it is THE most musically transportative moment of my life. Timing is everything and the song and my mindset were "just so" (thank you, Rudyard Kipling) on that fateful day (eh, Pincus, poor little ERIC Pincus) so that it resonated with me-and still does to this day. It moved me then, it moves me now, and it will move me til the day I die.Free Music Review: A must for any alternative collection
Hit: 5 Stars
"Reckoning" is a continuation of the first album. Same janglily, hooky songs with the vocals very low in the mix although much brighter and more beautiful than "Murmur". Many of these songs are just goregous, beautiful in the extreme with many breathtaking moments and very solid material from beginning to end.If you are to have only one R.E.M. album, I'd say get this. "Murmur" may be one of the all time greatest debuts in rock history, but this actually improves upon it and demonstrates why R.E.M. was one of the greatest underground acts of the early to mid 80's.
I don't give out 5 star ratings to just anything, this more than deserves it..I'd give it a 6 if I could..it's just that beautiful of a rock record.
Free Music Review: Jefferson, I KNOW were lost.....
Hit: 5 Stars
From a decent fifteen years of listening to REM, they have produced no finer album than the work found on Reckoning. With the possible exception of Elise and Camera, Berry's slammin backbeat with a healthy tinge of old-school Michael Stipe mumbling leads to a collection of songs that is, for lack of a better word, exceptional. Dont Go Back to Rockville is a classic (although done better with Mills on lead vocals)and in November 2000, Little America hits home with a vengeance. Original lyrics that go along with Seven Chinese Bros. better than this one (see Dead Letter Office) but to start with Harborcoat and end with Little America, only Fables and Hi-Fi come close to being as complete an album as Reckoning. Athens, GA has given us a gift.Free Music Review: No Second Guessing, Reckoning Is Great
Hit: 5 Stars
R.E.M. followed up their critically lauded debut album with another great album, Reckoning. Like its predecessor, Reckoning is full of jangling guitar riffs and indicipherial lyrics. Despite the murky vocals, the band has always had a great sense of melody and the album is full of beautiful melodies. "So. Central Rain" has a haunting sound that conveys the apologetic tone of the song. "Harborcoat" has a mysterious quality and "Letter Never Sent" speaks of lost chances. "Pretty Persuasion" is a tremendous song and "Time After Time (Annelise)" is one their most underrated songs. The band didn't suffer from any sophomore slumps on this album.