We have an Artist Spotlight and favorite R.E.M. albums poll going on at our blog right now, thought I'd give out an invite. Love your website Henrik. Cheers!

Artist Spotlight: R.E.M.-All You Hear Is Time Stand Still In Travel

an easy top 5 band of the last 30 years for me.

01. Murmur (*****)
02. Automatic For the People (*****)
03. Reckoning (*****)
04. Life's Rich Pageant (*****)
05. Document (*****)
06. Fables of Reconstruction (**** 1/2)
07. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (**** 1/2)
08. Green (****)
09. Out of Time (****)
10. Accelerate (****)
11. Monster (*** 1/2)
12. Up (*** 1/2)
13. Reveal (***)
14. Around the Sun (** 1/2)


Haven't heard the new one.

1. Automatic for the People (10/10)
2. Murmur (9.4/10)
3. Document (9/10)
4. Out of Time (8.5/10)
5. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (8.3/10)
6. Lifes Rich Pageant (8.1/10)

These are all the R.E.M. albums I've heard.

01. Automatic For the People (10.0)
02. Murmur (10.0)
03. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (9.7)
04. Reckoning (9.6)
05. Document (9.4)
06. Green (9.4)
07. Fables of Reconstruction (9.1)
08. Up (9.0)
09. Out of Time (8.9)
10. Life’s Rich Pageant (8.9)
11. Monster (8.7)
12. Accelerate (8.1)
13. Reveal (7.3)
14. Around the Sun (5.9)

I haven't heard the new one yet either.

My #7 band of all time, the top 5 is in my top 250.

1. Automatic For The People (9.5)
2. Murmur (9.0)
3. Out Of Time (9.0)
4. Document (8.5)
5. Reckoning (8.5)

6. Life's Rich Pageant (8.0)
7. Green (8.0)
8. Fables of Reconstruction (8.0)
9. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (8.0)
10. Accelerate (8.0)
11. Monster (7.5)
12. Up (7.5)
13. Collapse Into Now (6.5)
14. Reveal (6.5)
15. Around The Sun (5.5)

Stipe and Co. are still my #1 ...

My list (including a fine EP and live album):

1. Murmur (10/10)
2. Life's Rich Pageant (10/10)
3. Automatic For The People (10/10)
4. Chronic Town [EP] (9,5/10)
5. Reckoning (9,5/10)
6. Green (9/10)
7. Out Of Time (9/10)
8. Document (8,5/10)
9. Fables Of The Reconstruction (8,5/10)
10. R.E.M. Live At The Olympia (8,5/10)
11. New Adventures In Hi-Fi (8/10)
12. Accelerate (7/10)
13. Collapse Into Now (7/10)
14. Up (6,5/10)
15. Reveal (6/10)
16. Monster (5,5/10)
17. Around The Sun (5,5/10)

I have "weird" taste in R.E.M. This is probably because I was buying the albums as they were coming out, starting with Reckoning, and none of them ever lived up to the magic of that record.

01. Reckoning (A+) (my first R.E.M. purchase)

02. Murmur (A) (bought about a week later)

03. Fables of the Reconstruction (B+) (a dip, but I was still on board)

04. Out Of Time (B) (I like it because of my girlfriend at the time)

05. Automatic For The People (B) (obviously good, but not the same as my old R.E.M.)

06. Life's Rich Pageant (B-) (this is where I started to jump off the train)

07. Document (B-) (meh)

08. Green (B-) (meh)

09. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (B-) (Another good record, but one that was still not "my" R.E.M.)

I don't like any other R.E.M. records. I'm sure most R.E.M. fans will find this list annoying, but that's how it goes when you really really love a band early in their career and then they inevitably let you down. I'm not against bands growing, I just don't like what R.E.M. grew into.

Ah R.E.M., one of my five favorite bands of all time.

Albums

The Classics

1. Murmur (*****)
2. Reckoning (*****)
3. Chronic Town (*****)
4. Automatic for the People (****1/2)
5. Fables of the Reconstruction (****1/2)
6. Life's Rich Pageant (****1/2)
7. Document (****)

The strong albums

8. Reveal (****)
9. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (***1/2)
10. Up (***1/2)

The uneven but still worthy albums

11. Green (***)
12. Out of Time (***)
13. Collapse into Now (***)
14. Monster (***)

The Duds

15. Accelerate (*1/2)
16. Around the Sun (*1/2)