Automatic For The People

A perfect album from REM. I love all the melodies on it. Night swimming, man on the moon, Find the river. No bad songs. Can listen to this all day

This is a strong album. I didn't like Michael Stipe's voice at the time. But listening now, I like it a lot. The songs aren't all alike, and the songwriting is great. I must have been dumb, or that may have been my time immersed in country music. I also like the mix. The band is blended perfectly, voice in the front, drums/bass where they should be. No guitar pyrotechnics for the sake of showing off. Really well done.

If you Try Not To Breathe when you listen to this album while Nightswimming, Sweetness Follows.

I'm not sure I really "got" this one... I liked all the big songs but the others didn't really stand out to me :(

i'm a simple man. i see R.E.M., i give five stars. it's that easy. this is a beautiful album that gets better every listen for me. i remember picking it up for a buck at a goodwill sometime in the mid-2000s. i would've been in middle school or early high school then and on first listen, i thought all the songs were dark, and sad, and brooding, with only minor exceptions. i set it aside for a while and didn't think about it again. over the years, I've come back to it to see what I've missed. sometimes one track would come up on shuffle from my music library, and i'd end up liking it. i'd try the album again with some trepidation, and it felt like unlocking more pieces of a puzzle every time. it's still something i have to work to put together, but I'm starting to get a sense of what I'm working with and the picture it's forming. i don't have any great revelations or particularly notable memories where this album was the soundtrack of some part of my life like other reviewers, but i think it has something for everyone that each person can experience in their own way. favorites: the sidewinder sleeps tonite, everybody hurts, ignoreland, man on the moon, nightswimming, find the river

This is probably the best REM album. From start to finish there isn't a bad song

Am I missing something? This is bland and boring af

I lived a lot of my life only vaguely aware of REM and really enjoying a few of their songs but not giving a proper listen. It may now be time to dig through the whole discography this was just so enjoyable to listen to

love wonderful

Autumnal crestfallen masterpiece.

I knew this album far better than I thought I did. It's a bit slow and depressing in places, so I love it.

revelation nation

I still just can't get into REM. They're a talented group but nothing they do grabs me at all. Maybe they just lack some good hooks? Idk, I still respect something like this but I don't feel the need to come back to it anytime soon. Fav song: - Everybody Hurts

I don’t totally get the appeal of R.E.M. I think their music is perfectly fine, and I enjoyed this album, but I don’t see how it belongs in the echelon of top albums all time. It starts off strong, with “Drive” and “Try Not To Breathe”, but the rest of the album, after “Everybody Hurts”, can’t keep up. I wonder how well R.E.M. will endure as the poster child for 90s alternative music.

Great album, love his voice

Loved it. Haven’t listened to full album before didn’t realize it was chock full of hits.

Good mid-period R.E.M.

I need to listen to more of their stuff. I like the singer's voice, I just feel the music is a little boring. Memes aside Everybody Hurts is one for the vault.

Really amazing album. So many good songs. REM is such a great band.

Some very good songs, some of it is a bit forgettable.

some classics in there

Boring

repeat listen, love "nightswimming"

I've always liked REM.

This album hasn’t left my rotation since it was released. As good as it gets.

Always felt that REM's *Out Of Time* has been critically underrated all these years, and that its follow-up *Automatic For The People* (often heralded as the best LP released in 1992) has conversely been *slightly* overrated as a result. For many people, the first of those two albums is mostly the one with the timeless hits "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People"... But I think the whole LP is far more worthwhile than that. I don't know, maybe the partial awkwardness of this other record's first track "Radio Song" (with a strange featuring by KRS One), rubbed people the wrong way. That said, I have absolutely nothing to reproach with any of the other songs after that opener. " Low", in particular, is an absolute highlight--in many ways foretelling the melancholic, acoustic and "orchestral" aspects of *Automatic For The People*. What about the latter, then? Well, it's a great album also harboring terrific highlights, such as intense and emotional opener "Drive", delicate "Try Not To Breathe", lively (in a rather *Out Of Time* fashion) "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight", plus the ultimate textbook torch song "Everybody Hurts", one of REM's most famous tunes for a reason, along with catchy "Man On The Moon", about Andy Kaufmann (even inspiring a whole biopic about the latter). "Monty Got A Raw Deal" and closer "Find The River" are excellent as well, and so are most of the other cuts I won't name here. The somewhat forced heavy-handedness of "Ignoreland" makes the latter a borderline-dud, though. And if I can understand the "classic" appeal of "Nightswimming"--whose instrumentation exclusively uses very "dignified" strings and piano arrangements (crafted by none other than John Paul Jones, here miles away from the musical world of Led Zeppelin, like in all the other cuts using orchestral flourishes)--the end result still sounds a bit quaint and stilted to my ears. Those are minor grudges, however. As a nice example of a record exploring the different ways a band can mature with grace as they write stuff about resilience and getting older, *Automatic For The People* deserves its place among the pantheon of "essential" REM albums (with *Murmur*, *Reckoning*, *Life's Rich Pageant*, *Document* and *Out Of Time*--and possibly also *Green*). 4.5/5 for the purposes of this app, rounded up to 5. Which translates to a 9.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 216 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 343 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 199 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 251

Kinda boring. 2/5 - n

A nostalgia blast.

Absolutely wonderful, from the massively famous rock classics to the less well known instrumentals and "filler".

It's okay. I like R.E.M. enough to appreciate them.

This is a good album

It’s kind of crazy that this album just just pushed “out of time” to the side. This is some of the best music R.E.M. has made. It’s just not the R.E.M-iest.

si qsy siempre suenan así. 7/10

This album and Out of Time are the two albums that defined REM for me. They were both recorded around the time of high school graduation.

Besides the hits, which don't seem to have aged particularly well, I don't think there's a ton of depth here (besides "Nightswimming," which I had forgotten).

Wasn’t huge into REM back when, but seems like my brothers and cousins were so have heard this album many times. It’s one I could listen to again.

Own this one. Definitely up there on the list. Was good to hear it again. It’s been a while.

Good

Overall solid album.

Pretty good, probably three and a half stars. I wasn't fully in the mood for it but it was a nice chill listen. It didn't wow me but I really have nothing to complain about. I'm already familiar with REM, and I'm pretty sure I've heard this album before. Man on the moon and Night swimming are favorites here, both songs already have personal meaning to me.

thought the first song was great, but the rest of the album kinda sucked

started strong, became mid

The album that changed REM from a band that I respected... to a band that I love

Great for when you’re sad, this album captures melancholy very well. If you’re in a good mood, it doesn’t work as well.

To me, R.E.M. is a good middle ground between grunge and britpop. Being that middle ground removes the angst of grunge and the fun swagger of britpop though, so it results in something that's a little too mellowed out. Sometimes it works - Man on the Moon and Ignoreland are some standouts, but most times R.E.M. fails to really grab your attention with this record.

A good old album

I really enjoyed this album but I really enjoy R.E.M. There music is so chill on the surface but deep in the lyrics. Only potential criticism is you always know you are listening to R.E.M. because it all sounds very similar.

As a fan with 13 R.E.M. albums in my collection (9 of those are on cassette tapes), I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say THIS album is their absolute best. I forgot how incredible it is. I especially like Ignoreland. Can I give it a 6?

Automatic For The People has been in my steady rotation for over 30 years because the songs are simply SO good. They miraculously never get old or tiresome. The high quality of songwriting on this record is astounding to comprehend. I still consider Michael Stipe’s plain, yet powerfully rich voice to be the best I’ve ever heard. This album is a meditation on death and mortality which becomes more pertinent the older we get. While I don’t consider this to be my personal favorite R.E.M. record, it is ultimately their most cohesive collection of songs. It is also considered the high water mark of their catalog in critical circles. Perfect songs include: Drive, Try Not To Breathe, Everybody Hurts, Sweetness Follows, Monty Got A Raw Deal, Star Me Kitten, Nightswimming, and Find The River.

My goodness, this album is just beautiful. So many deeply moving and emotional tracks, and some great rock tunes too. It’s all heart and soul and rock n roll. Loved every second.

Everybody hurts and man on the moon were the only songs I recognized, but loved the closer, ignoreland and even the instrumental overall a 8-9/10 album

Still amazing after all these years. A listen at 44 hits different than when I was 24. Somehow young me missed all the ennui the first time.

This is a musically very accomplished album, but boy can it be a chore to listen to. I firmly believe that both "Everybody Hurts" and The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" would be better placed as feature songs in a Futurama-style suicide booth. Urgh. Abysmal. Fortunately, there's a couple of tracks to lift this album up again. Michael Stipe actually has a decent singing voice that makes him nice to listen to. His success is pretty well deserved, but I just can't rate this high given the dirges on the disc.

amazing

The opening track ‘Drive’ has a big Pink Floyds influence. But not as powerful or original. Michael Stipes voice also sounds a bit like Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder but not as lively or energetic. I’m also getting a bit or Eros Ramazotti vibes from him. Even their big hit ‘Everybody Hurts’ didn’t bond with me. As I was getting further into the record the urge to turn it off rose. I battled my way through. Overall it presented itself to me as an unexciting Soft Rock record. The production preserved it from one star only.

I don’t know why I expected to dislike this (as I’m not really familiar with R.E.M.) but it was surprisingly good. Nice and melancholy, though I must admit, also a little boring at times. Favorite tracks: Try Not To Breathe, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Sweetness Follows 3.5 rounded up

When you are young and preoccupied with letting everyone know you have a certain taste, you dismiss things out of had for the stupidest reasons. For example, I never got into R.E.M. becasue I hated the jingle jangly sound of Rickenbacker guitars. Around the time the bands recordings started making their way to my ears I was into Prog Rock and heavier sounds, and so I dismissed them. As a result, although I had many friends who were devoted followers of the band, I don't think I ever listened to one of their albums. I knew their songs through radio play only. But what is hilarious is that this album contains all kinds of elements of the aesthetic that I actually did like. Stipe's lyrics and delivery were match by Gord Downie. The guitar sounds on this album are much richer and heavier and there are even tracks like Sweetness Follows - which I have never heard until today - that could have been recorded by Emerson Lake and Palmer. So this project of listening to these albums before I die has paid dividends with this one. It's going straight into the library. It is a fulsome, artistic, poetic collection of stories, images, rants and music. Tasteful orchestration, perfect production and, in retrospect an incredible collection of bangers. If I'm honest and you had told me this was a Greatest Hits album, I would have believed you. A single album. A coherent vision. Super tasty. Perfect.

I love this record, and this band, unconditionally. This was the first time I bought music that felt deeply personal. I was 14 and had to borrow 59 Francs from my mother at the local supermarket. This record was a slow growth on me, but I kept on listening because it felt special and strange, and I did not understand it, but something about it was enchanting. I have never stopped listening to it since, in fact this is probably the one record I have listened to the most in my life. I connected with it at a level no one else I knew did back then. My friends did not really seem to understand what I found so special about this record. REM were weird, in a way that felt freeing to me at the time. I felt seen, even though I did not understand the words at the time (I still don't to some extend!). I did not know what it said, but it made me feel something new. And this voice was carrying me. To this day Stipe's voice brings a smile to my face whenever I hear it. He became like an old friend. The more and the longer I listened over the years , the more layers unfolded. I saw that Stipe's lyrics were beautiful and obscure, and evocative in the way that I aspired to write at the time. I remember cutting up the lyrics of Nightswimming for a stage play in Calgary in the early 2000's at a time where was not confident enough to write in English: another moment where Automatic for the People became an invitation to freedom and creativity and finding a new voice. The music felt uncomplicated, and yet it was far from simple. Mike Mills' bass is quietly brilliant as always, and he truly shines on this as one of the most expressive back up vocalists of his time. Peter Buck is still expanding his palette from the mostly acoustic instrumentation of Green and Out of Time, slowly bringing more grungy textures. And the string arrangements by JP Jones act as a great container for the intimate, dark yet hopeful atmosphere of the songs. It is not an easy record. Grief runs through, flowing with the water that is everywhere here. But it holds a very special light. and it always delivers me home, wherever I am. "The ocean is the rivers goal, a need to leave the water knows. We're closer now than light years to go." Indeed we are, sweet friend.

Losing My Religion is the only R.E.M. song I've ever heard before this, and now I'm wondering why I never thought to check them out any of the hundreds of times I heard that song.

Classic album. Brought me right back to the early 90s.

Excellent. 4,5

So far on this site I've had several R.E.M. albums, about 3% of the albums to date! Anyway, R.E.M. is one of those bands I never really cared for back then. Didn't particularly hate them either. After having R.E.M. pushed at my via this list, I think I like them a bit better, but not enough to rush out an buy a copy. It's a pretty consistent album, Sidewinder and Everybody Hurts stand out for me.

Great record. I’ve really only ever been a fan of their classics, but this album expanded their catalog for me.

I guess I just like R.E.M. Two albums in three days. They’re truly lovely. Stipe’s voice is so weirdly average and simultaneously iconic.

REM Everybody hurts is so simple and great. Sweetness follows is also great . Find the River is good. Least favorite was Drive. String arrangements by John Paul Jones 3.5

This is really good but REM has never really done it for me. Don’t love the singing. So much better than most of the stuff we’ve been getting lol. 3.5

This sounds like liquid gold compared to the other stuff we’ve been forced to listen to. My favorite was Ignoreland

REM is always 5 stars in my opinion.

really easy listening, some of the songs are a little too boring or slow. lyrics and songwriting are excellent, especially the last few songs

Alright, good stuff, not bad at all, not exceptional

It was not bad. I understand the hype behind the album.

Surprisingly I got bored halfway through this album, made the last half fell like a slog to get through.

Puede que "Automatic for the People" sea la cumbre creativa de R.E.M., o puede que no, porque en su obra existen otras muchas joyas musicales. De lo que no cabe duda es de que en 1992 los de Athens consiguieron crear una obra maestra, con una mirada melancólica al paso del tiempo, la muerte y la pérdida, arropada por un sinfin de capas de exuberantes guitarras y brillantes teclados. Desde la apertura del disco con "Drive", pasando por "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" o la magnífica "Everybody Hurts" el sonido épico de R.E.M. impulsa reflexiones serenas y existencialistas sobre la vida. Además de las citadas, me gustan "Nightswimming" y especialmente "Man On The Moon", uno de mis temas favoritos de R.E.M., con un contenido extrañamente contemporáneo al mirar con una mezcla de sarcasmo y misericordia las diversas teorías conspirativas en torno a Andy Kaufman, el alunizaje o la muerte de Elvis.

Not bad music, just not a fan of the singing.

Disappointed by this one, didn't like the tone at all and struggled to finish the album

A fairly lowkey album, but very few memorable songs amongst the track list which leads to unenjoyable listening.

An interesting mix of alt-rock belters and slower piano and strings-based ballads, the latter of which I certainly wasn’t expecting. It is easy to see the influence that R.E.M. had on bands that followed in the coming decades, and evidently this album was a cementing statement to hold their alt-rock greats status.

dad music but I am a father in my own female right

The last album Kurt Cobain listened to before he died... I really like R.E.M and love Michael Stipe's voice, which reminds me so much of Gord Downie's. "Man on the Moon" is a great hit on this album but I also really liked "Ignoreland" and "Nightswimming."

points for being the first(?) album on the list to reference classic board games

A very pensive and mature album, probably my favorite I’ve heard by REM. Lots of radio hits on here, which is kinda funny since it’s pretty quiet and slow. Definitely one worth replaying. Best song: Nightswimming

This was pretty solid, some of the songs were a bit mopey but I enjoyed it as a whole. Edit -- Bumping to a 5 because I have a lot of the songs saved.

I get what u guys r saying ab the good album streak! I liked this, just an easy good listen 8/10

This is the kind of good album I was talking about when I asked why nobody could make one. Nice lead vocals, good song structure, balanced mix, enough melodic/rhythmic variation between and within songs to keep it interesting. That said, it’s just a good album, not a great album… checks all the boxes and doesn’t do that much more for me. 7/10

7/10 - Everybody hurts is such a meme song but there were some absolute bangers in this album Ignoreland was the only one I had not heard that I liked quite a lot. But The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite is good and so is Man on the Moon and Nightswimming

pretty solid, all kinda blended together a bit though. Man on the moon is really good

I really liked this. The back half especially was super solid, and the last few songs were bangers. I just don’t think I can give this a 5 because the first half of the album wasn’t my favorite 8/10

#3) I can't get into this one and I can't quite figure out why. Oorah

So many albums from one group and yet there is always one or two truly great tracks surrounded by an album you can't stop listening to.

Amazing.

A bit moody but excellent nonetheless

Despite being their most acclaimed and popular album, I actually don't care for it as much as their earlier releases. I can admit their sound is much more sophisticated, with clear vocals, slower tempos, and mature lyrics while still emphasizing Stripe's distinguished whiney vocal style and jangly folk pop melodies, this time accompanied by orchestral strings. Songs like "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" do evoke a sense of their earlier hits but much more confident and complete. The strengths of this album lie in the front and back. "Drive" is a fantastic memorable song unlike anything else they've done. "Try Not to Breathe" is an awesome ballad with his most emotional vocals and a fun jangly melody. "Sidewinner Sleeps Tonight" is a bright fun song that evokes their earlier hits but much more confident and complete. Loud and energetic. "Everybody Hits" is their simple slow folk ballad that somehow became tied for their most famous song. It's a good ballad with some Bealesesque strings near the end, just a bit cliche and overdramatic while dragging on longer than it had to. "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" is a strange but lovely jazz instrumental. A bit repetitive and unlike anything else from their catalog, but it's a nice interlude. "Sweetness Follows" is an ambient track with forgettable vocals but atmospheric between the strings, jangly guitar, and distortion. I really liked the ending. "Monty Got a Raw Deal" is a bit generic but the guitars have a tint of western and what sounds like a Japanese koto near the end. "Ignoreland" is a noise rock outlier on here, with a loud distorted hard rock sound. I find it conflicts by his boring vocals here, with not much going on. I did really like the last minute. "Star Me Kitten" is a beautiful lullaby ballad. I did find it boring and forgettable. The album picks up into a monumental finish with "Man on the Moon." It's loud, lush, and catchy. My only complaint is that it did sound a bit repetitive. They could have cut the middle verse and chorus, instead of dragging on to over 5 minutes. "Nightswimming" is a beautiful bright ballad that evokes a sense of hope and nostalgia. The strings and pianos work really well to compliment his voice. It took me a few listens, but I really love that last minute. Seems to be a theme with this album, where the beginning of a song entices it, it loses me in the middle, then wows me at the end. "Find the River" is our melancholic closer. I like the contrast with the high-pitched strings, the angelic back vocals, and his provocative poetic songwriting. Some consider this to be their best song. Looking back on this record, I can why it's so beloved by both fans and the mainstream. It's consistent with plenty of innovative ideas, mature songwriting, and clean production. It's just not my style. I prefer REM at their most lo-fi, jangly, and punk.

I've reviewed two R.E.M. albums previously as part of this musical journey. One was not so good, the other was a little better. This one was the best of the lot, but that's still "the tallest midget" type accolade. Some tracks were decent, some were dire.

The classics are classics for a reason. Drive is such a good song. The moment that electric guitar hits with the riff, it changes the song and takes it to a new level. Maybe a strange decision to be a opener, but it works. Try Not to Breathe is amazing. Some of the backing vocals are my favourite in their catalogue. Sidewinder is a great pop song, infectious, great sing a long song. Really enjoyable Everybody Hurts is kind of hard to separate how much of a meme it's become, but it's brilliant. epic, great build, great outro. Slight dip in the middle even though I like the songs but the run of man on the moon, nightswimming and find the river is insanely good 5

I can see why my parents like these guys

A combination of folk, strings and modern rock. 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Man On The Moon' alone make this a collectable. Amazing recording quality, the drums and orchestration being a stand out throughout. Has a wide spectrum of tracks from the 80s sounding rock of "Ignoreland" with politically charged lyrics to eerie instrumental interlude "New Orleans Instrumental No1", sing-a-longs and a heart wrenching ballad. Unexpectedly dense in tonality and incredible sonic quality, loaded with brooding emotion.

real acoustic from REM, didnt have time to hear the whole album. but great stuff

Sovietico el estílo ché. Loooco son els de "'cause evrybody huuuuurts" bajonero tot el disco i hui divendres com a que no. La veritat que igual atre dia me lo como pero hui bajona no.

Love this

I knew the hits. Only one other song really spoke to me. They definitely have a sound, but I like it and it holds up.

Got some songs stuck in my head. The classics: Man on the Moon and Everybody Hurts. The rest of it was just noise.

it's fine, but a bit boring

Solid 4.0 for Michael Stipe

Classic 90s album. It was on heavy rotation in the car CD player. I reminds me of feeling sick.

Really liked this one, def one I’d go back to

It's hard to place where REM fits in the history of rock. Their quality is superb but it's slightly difficult to find their influence in modern rock given the scale of their best albums. This isn't their best work in my opinion, but the highs are as good as any of their albums. The ending of this album just floors me with emotion, doing what they do best

In general, I don’t like this album much at all. It is down beat and musically uninteresting, I think with document you could literally hear them hitting a wall and I don’t think this is an interesting way through it. I almost want to give it 2 but Sweetness Follows, ignorland, man on the moon, and night swimming save it from being a disaster. This coming from someone who saw them 3 times live and I really do love some of their early work.

I am grateful for the slow rise of REM and their influence on my favorite music genre of my adolescence. Alternative rock wouldn’t be the same without you guys!

Great album, one of my favorites.

this is a great album. songs of recollection and existence... it's beautiful, emotional and melancholic from start to finish. it's done in such a way like no other. this mellowed out rock is just sublime, really makes you think. not sure if i'm feeling a perfect five but a four will suffice.

Rating: 8.5/10 Great album overall. A lot of catchy melodies, jangly riffs, and beautiful orchestral elements. The singles were a highlight in particular but the whole album is great, although sometimes slightly boring. Favorite songs: Drive, Try Not To Breathe, Everybody Hurts, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, Monty Got A Raw Deal, Man On The Moon, Nightswimming. Worst song: Star Me Kitten.

REM is one of the quintessential of rock, always nice to listen to and very cozy. It gets a special mention for Everybody Hurts because I always loved that song.

It's alright, its got some good songs in it

Classic. But -1 for Everybody Hurts starting the slow part of the album. Heinous stuff.

I guess classic REM. Many songs sound the same.

mix of songs that are super typical REM and others that are not. Good slower background

Really enjoyed this album. Something about the singers voice is very nostalgic to me.

It’s prolly REM’s most listenable album

This is one of those mixtape all-stars from my young adulthood. Instant 5 stars, because at least 5 tracks on it appeared on mixtapes I received or shared with people who were important to me.

Contains one of my favourite R.E.M. tracks, the superb "Everybody Hurts". Other tracks that I like include "Drive", "Man on the Moon", and "Nightswimming".

It starts with Drive which is a great track. I’ve heard this before and always liked it. Try Not to Breathe was new to me. Really great sounding track. Everybody Hurts is a classic, and beautifully melancholy but hopeful. Monty Got a Raw Deal and Sweetness had a nice, mellow sound. Man on the Moon remains one of my favorites. Star Me Kitten was my least favorite track on the album. It’s just didn’t vibe with me. The rest of the tracks were ok - didn’t love them, didn’t hate them. Overall I give it a 4 - nice, mellow sound with several standout tracks

Many catchy melodies that surround somber themes. It lacks some punch but delivers depth and authenticity.

Pronation Rems best album. 3/5

While I really like some of REM's songs, I found to chord progressions to be relatively uninteresting, and the album doesn't have the attitude or transcendent performance to make up for it. I have to admit though, that I don't think I gave it a deep listen, and that my opinion might change if I do

Drive 4 Try not to breathe 3 The sidewinder sleeps tonight 3 Everybody hurts 5 New Orleans instrumental No.1 2 Sweetness follows 3 Monty got a raw deal 2 Ignoreland 3 Star me kitten 2 Man on the moon 4 Nightswimming 4 Find the river 4

Чистейшая классика от начала и до конца, чувствуется откуда растут ноги почти всего альт рока. Некоторые песни звучат будто написаны вне времени, и это беря во внимание тот факт что everybody hurts прямо специально создана как слезовыжималка. Если однажды удастся проехать по просторам Луизианы на каком нибудь Pontiac Firebird или шеви импале то я бы с радостью включил саундтреком к поездке именно этот альбом. Честно хочется влепить ему пятерку тот как он сделан, аранжирован и спет-золото

For my money, this album is a 5. I don't see a wasted track on here and so much of what REM produced in this and the last two albums ended up influencing rock music for generations. Absolutely fantastic.

It is a soundtrack to my high school years. 4 stars because I like early REM slightly better, but a great album nevertheless.

This is one of the first albums I got into without the influence of my older brother. There a lot of sad songs on this album, and some of the songs bring back some not so pleasant memories. But it's an album I love and I'm glad I got into when I did.

i liked a few songs recognised a few songs nothing super special to me

yeah its pretty average

Drive Everybody Hurts Man On The Moon

Pierwsza piosenka super, reszta do obiadu ale zapominam że lecą

relisten. liked it better than the first time id ever listened to it (circa 2017). the opening song is incredible but it feels like it promises an incredible album that never comes and then it just goes down from there. still a solid, coherent album with a pleasant 90s vibe. might even go back to it sometimes.

Another album that is dark and somber; I’m getting folk rock vibes, and psychedelic vibes at times too. There is certainly some catchy melodies and tunes here, I just don’t find much re-listenability to pre 2000’s sad boy tunes. My favorite tracks are Everybody hurts and Star me kitten. I think this album is a solid 5.5, but giving it 2 stars as It doesn’t align with other 6’s I have already reviewed.

I swear if we get one more divorced dad album, I will actually start talking to my dad again. I just cant get into it I looked all on the subreddit for REM and what am I missing and I know alot of alt rock is becoming popular with my generation, but I just do not enjoy it. I think its well-made and artistic but I will never revisit this and I enjoy some songs this might be a 2/10 from me like closer to a 3/10 I just no like.

Absolute Classic. One of the finest albums released in the last 50 years. This has everything. Supreme

Good tunes

Folksy, kinda pleasant but moody. Bit more down-tempo than I prefer, but overall a good album!

My favorite REM album, this is a thoughtful meditation on life and loss.

I like “Man on the moon”, the rest eh not so much. Coming to the realization that I like a few songs from R.E.M but not their whole albums. 4/10

Ignoreland rulz

I do no like this

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

A wee beauty. Just like Mr Paul Gill. Sidewinder & man on the moon are legendary bangers.

Classic college radio album…takes me back to my middle school days

Not sure why I'm not a bigger fan. I liked that.

classic with so many popular hits by R.E.M. very solid album.

Thinking about giving my first 5 star review. This is an album of pure emotion of all kinds, mixing so many different instruments and song structures effectively. Not to mention some of the all-time classics like Everybody Hurts and Nightswimming. Man on the Moon too.

Nice album -- often relaxing, but also dark. This album does a great job hitting heavy themes without overly-heavy music. I think the only song I was familiar with was "Everybody Hurts," but there were lots of great tunes... I will say, though, that nothing stood out as unforgettable.

Buen album para comenzar, unas lindas armonias casi siempre con guitarra. Justo estaba con la mía asi que aproveché de sacarme algunos temas de oido. Diría que nightswimming es el tema que mas me gustó pero la mayoria de canciones son buenas tambien

Easy to listen to. Not great but good.

4.5

Thumbs up

This was more acoustic forward than I anticipated.

So boring. We’ve all heard happy shiny people and it’s the same as all of these.

1 song added to playlist. Drive 7.5

First half of the album sucked and was boring. Got better at the end

Standout tracks: Drive, Ignoreland, Man on the Moon. Pretty good, would listen to again.

Such a fun album with many great songs! A couple throwaways keep it from being a 5/5. Find the river is my fave!

A solid alternative album.

Being high definitely enhaunces this album, at least for the first half. There were already a few of my favorites from R.E.M. on here like "Nightswimming" but I never realized how strong the first 2 tracks were as well. But, the album did sort of start to lose me near the end, so ultimately I think 3 is pretty fair

So. I enjoyed seeing this cover pop up: pleasant music that I know and like well enough, enjoy my time with it, give it a 4 or 5, move on. Maybe take the opportunity to dig deeper into R.E.M.'s work. And then I started to wonder why I never quite *loved* them. And then I started to see. It's Your Friendly Neighbourhood Music. Music that rescued Little Becky's kitten. Helped clean up Mrs. Rosario's yard after the terrible storm last month. Which is all very nice and of course it is, but... I have picked up a word from other people's reviews over time and it is a good descriptor: "beige". Like that oboe(?) in Nightswimming, for instance? That's fucking beige. All of what the instruments are doing here is just, here's that word: boring. Also: safe, courteous, bland, mid. An inoffensive backdrop for Stipes' singing. But then I also understand how I'm not doing it justice by just looking at the sensations I get from this music's soundwaves pounding my eardrums and suddenly I find myself missing the days of buying CDs and flicking through booklets, reading the lyrics and then "Automatic For The People" does a full circle and makes me feel nostalgic and it becomes... a 4 after all? Yeah. Rightly so. A good 4. Done.

Good album. Has a couple of the bands more known songs, but the rest of the album just doesn’t inspire in the same way. 3/5 Might listen again

This might be their last great album.

Great album, I’ve never really listened to REM outside of singles but this is a beautiful album

EASY 4. Lots of absolutely beautiful songs. Brings a bit of a tear to my eye because this was the third album I picked when I was doing my independent Album of the Day Club with my college friends a little over 5 years ago. I surprisingly have pretty much the same opinion of the album today as I did back then (which was pretty great), although I've certainly warmed up to the last song a lot. In my review back then, I said that Nightswimming could be a Disney or Christmas song, but in a good way. I think I still stand by that. Near-perfect song. The slow songs are the strongest on here, but Man On The Moon, Ignoreland, and Sidewinder are great uptempo ones that diversify the album well. Overall, super consistent album that has remained wonderful over the years. Quite nice to listen to it all the way through again.

This is IMO R.E.M.’s best and most consistent record. I remember the first time I listened to it start to finish and how it finally made me realize why people like REM. The final 3 song stretch of this album is 5 star worthy

The popular ones on this album are great. The deep cuts are great. Don’t remember enjoying this album this much last time I listened to it. Ran it back once i finished it

One of the better R.E.M. albums. I like how dark and brooding this one is, and the cover really matches that vibe. Interesting mix of acoustic and electric sounds.

This holds up extremely well compared to most of their contemporaries from the era. Although it's mostly mournful and sad sounding, it still captures them at one of their creative peaks (IMHO).

One or two hits, but besides from that these songs just aren’t as memorable for me. The energy is seemingly there, I just can’t get into it. 2.4

Pretty good harmonies, could be higher energy

Ok

The sun is out! If I close my eyes I can pretend I am driving to the beach in Cornwall and I am 9 years old. I will spend all day in the sea and eat at least one ice cream. In the evening we are going to go to our friends caravan for a barbecue for dinner and we will play nintendogs in the park and watch the sunset.

3.5

Not bad. It feels a lot more of it’s time then I thought it would going into it, very 90’s radio rock, but I think the production helped push it that direction as much as the actual music. But still not bad, I enjoy Michael Stipe’s distinctive voice.

Huge swathes of muddy time

Goods songs not best album

Ok

really enjoyable album to listen to in the background while working.

Heel beluisterbaar, beetje wat je ook in de wachtkamer bij de tandarts te horen krijgt. Everybody huuuuuuuurts!!

Wat is everybody hurts wel een zeiknumner zeg. Verder wel ok

Nice album, but not totaly my vib

Kende hier al wat van: Everybody Hurts & Nightswimming, dat zijn wel echt goede nummers. Zitten wel paar mindere nummers tussen, vind Star Me Kitten en New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 niet heel boeiend, en op een gegeven moment was ik vergeten dat ik aan het luisteren was. Find the River wel echt nice, kende die nog niet. Beetje saai misschien

Had some popular songs on it.

Me gusta, aunque le falta un poco de emoción o algo para que sea más memorable.

very nice sound

I liked it. I liked Everybody Hurts and Night Swimming

Loved this album when it came out and love it still

Very unique voice here. Enjoyable and it has some hits on it

Michael Stipe’s vocal ballads are the albums focal center.

I was familiar with some of the songs on this album already. They never stood out to me to begin with, and that remains true for the rest of the album I respect the musicianship and production quality of the record, but their writing style doesn't quite scratch my brain

3,5

Still my favorite of theirs. I don’t think I’ll get tired of it.

Had this on CD. One of their best.

Wanted to be a hater at the start but it reeled me back in.

Great album. Right for any time of day. I listened while eating my cornflakes.

Nostalgic.

Solid album with a lot of memories.

Been listening to this band since their first EP Chronic Town (different meaning to chronic back then).

ja prima

So I always thought REM were depressing and dull... But this is actually decent for the most part and a fun listen

Listened to this album a lot with my dad growing up so I forgot I knew basically all the lyrics. This album fucks

Nice soundtrack for working. Admittedly when listening to this I forgot that REM and Radiohead were different bands

Not the quintessential REM but a pretty good sampling of their work

Nice album from the 90s. But I was never a R.E.M. fan. For me they play music, which is nice to hear in the background, good melodies and songs but nothing more.

Awesome!

Had never listened to an R.E.M album all of the way through. This fucks. Love the blend of glam rock and acoustic ballads. Favorite songs Try Not to Breathe, Ignoreland, and Man on the Moon

~90s alt mood~

Great album. It was perfect for putting on while getting stuff done around the house.

What a great album. I never realized how many classic, timeless songs came off of this.

Nightswimming is such a jam. I don't really like R.E.M.

I really enjoyed this album, was a nice easy listen. Not super familiar with REM but I was pleasantly surprised after listening.

Amazing album. Been listening to this since it came out and it's still just as good as day one. Stand out tracks: Drive, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon, Nightswimming

I mean, it's a great album, but it's not really one for a happy summer's day. It's all a bit depressing

6 stars

There are great bands who never made anything as good as Try Not To Breathe and it just about makes it into the top 5 of this album. Absurd.

Het is dadrock. Dat is alles wat het is. Ik vind het prima, er staan 2 hits op(everybody hurts, Man on the moon) maar als ik dit album nooit had gehoord had ik het ook prima gevonden. Ik irriteer me nergens aan, het album is prima qua lengte, de muziek is prima. De zanger heeft geen vervelende stem. Het enige, was het nu echt nodig om 2 R.E.M. albums op de lijst der lijsten te hebben? Maar goed, die vraag heb ik al vaker gesteld bij sommige bands, het is toch wel echt een lijst die heel erg naar dadrock/oude witte mannen muziek leunt. Prima joh, weet ik dat ook weer. Zou ik weer eens een hiphop album mogen? FAVO: The sidewinder sleeps tonight, Everybody Hurts, Man on the moon

Two classics with Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon - the standout for me was Find the River. Honestly, not a bad song on the album though The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite was a little confusing in its chorus

so good my man, Monster (1983) is better, but this is a

I haven't quite pinned down their sound yet, but its good

I was a casual fan of R.E.M. when they were at peak popularity in the early 90s. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing "Losing My Religion," "Shining Happy People," "Man on the Moon," or "Everybody Hurts." This is a solid album from beginning to end. There's a melancholy vibe that travels throughout most of the songs. Perfect for playing on an overcast and/or rainy day.

This was a great listen. It wasn't my bag growing up and that's disappointing. I missed out for sure.

It's the most direst REM album, and it has some amazing tracks, absolute all timers. Night swimming, Man on the Moon, Everybody Hurts. It's so close to a five star album, it just doesn't quite hit that height for me.

Prob their best album. Lovely sondwriting and production. Dont like Sidewinder.

*****

Classic

R.E.M - remarkably exquisite music 👌 This is a wonderful album. Great listen from start to finish, never felt like skipping a song. Even the album cover is perfect. Everybody hurts is a classic. Really enjoyed listening. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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Low key, good listen

Fabulous

I'd never listened to this album in it's entirety before and boy it's just a perfect mood. Love Drive, Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon. I first heard Nightswimming I think in 2020 and it reverberated thru me. The album is so sad and so reassuring at the same time. I listened to the whole album twice today. And this one is going in the regular rotation

Some enjoyable songs, but overall not for me 3/5

I prefer Document. But this is a great album.

Out of Time was one of my favourite albums, although I really enjoyed all REM. I knew that Automatic for the People was being dropped and I went to Tower Records and waited for it to open. Probably had one of the first copies in Seattle. Tore of the plastic, tossed it in the player, and hated it. Played it again, and hated it. A week later I tried it again-- started to not hate it. Today I love this -- one of the best things from that time. It is the only REM that I regularly listen to now.

A good solid 4 for a solid 4* band. Always wanted to like REM more than what I do, and I think this album is the closest Ive come to understanding how loved they are. There’s always just a little something stopping me going all in with REM though and Im not sure what it is. Part of me thinks if they werent as polished Id probably like them more. I dunno. Either way, this is a very very good record with few lulls. Theyre clearly excellent. Ignoreland and Drive were my standouts. Probably heard enough to be back, got a feeling this might be a grower for me

I'm in two minds about REM, sometimes they sound like the blandest band you could think of but they have some great songs and I'm not really sure why they are great. The best REM songs werent really on this one, everybody hurts is too overplayed, and outside of man on the moon/nightswimming it passed me by. 2.5.

Would still say I prefer Reveal, despite this being on the whole, excellent. I've heard many of the songs on the album before, love Man on the Moon, but re-listening to Nightswimming is a bit of a revelation. Maybe I'm in a melancholy mood, but, truly great stuff. One of the easiest 4 stars I've given.

I've not listened to much R.E.M. so this album kind of blew me away. It has beautiful lyrics and equally lovely music to accompany it. I'm definitely going to listen to it again and I think it could grow on me. Highlights: Drive The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Everybody Hurts Man On The Moon

When I saw this come up I thought it would be a 5. Nostalgic as my parents played it a lot when it came out. Strong start and really strong end to the album, but the middle section is not the greatest. That being said, it is still a really great pop rock album. I'm not sure why, but I find the lyric at the start of nightswimming one of the most standout lyrics in any song. It immediately evokes a really distinct image in my mind: "the photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, turned around backward so the windscreen shows, every streetlight reveals a picture in reverse". I think it might remind me of being in the car with my parents when I was a child. It's not like the lyric in itself is emotive.... Yet somehow it is to me. I think nightswimming is the best track, followed by the sidewinder sleeps tonite. Everybody hurts is a bit much, even for me. Highlights: Drive Try not to breathe The sidewinder sleeps tonite Man on the moon Nightswimming Find the river 4.5 - there's some 5 star songs here, but not sure the album is quite a 5, let down by the middle... Close enough though!

It's better than I remember. I never loved it as a kid, but I enjoyed it for what it was. In my older age now, I appreciate the complexity, risks, and ideas even more. I wouldn't be surprised if I listen to this again in 10 years and give it five stars instead of four.

After all the years heard -Sometimes Hurts- again. Time to pick my acoustic six string and paly this song again

Favourite Song: Man On The Moon Not an album I was very familiar with, but I ended up absolutely loving it.

I appreciate why people like it but as an introduction to Deep Purple it’s a lot. Honestly just too long. I can’t sit through a 20 minute jam. Michael Stipe’s voice is *chef’s kiss*

Ok

Depressing sound, I’m not feeling it.

A very good album

favourite song: man on the moon the high points on this album are so good but the bits in between are fairly boring imo. torn between a 3 and a 4 here.

Good thing they’re called R.E.M because they put me to sleep

Didn’t leave much of an impression on me, in fact I don’t think I added a song from it to my library

bueno 4/5

Loved it!

Brilliant follow up to Out of Time. This was REM at their 90s peak. Drive is always haunting and sounds amazing in the new Dolby Atmos mix, but I’ll always have a spot for Nightswimming. Such a lovely nostalgic song.

Pretty good songs

You know what? I liked this.

Always liked their radio hits. Turns out everything else is just as good.

My Second REM album in the short time I've been doping this. Trying to tell me something? This is a very good album. Everybody Hurts is obv. popular, but also one of my favorites

This CD, among others, spent as much time in the changer as it did in its case.

I used to listen to 'Everybody Hurts' on repeat growing up. I still think it's the best song in the album, but I can appreciate more the others like 'Nightswimming'.

Bättre än jag hade tänkt mig

Ingen riktig hit för min del

I liked this way more than I thought I would

I'm hit or miss on REM, I like some songs and I don't like others. This album, on the whole, is just so so dull. I liked "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite," "Monty Got A Raw Deal," and "Ignoreland." The rest can go straight into boring jail.

oh wow this was excellent, i really enjoyed it. will def listen again

Nostalgic some bangers

Holy shit. It’s been a long time since I listened to this one. I could listen to Nightswimming on repeat for days on end. It might be their prettiest song. Even though I own this one and saw the live tour, this is not my favorite REM. It’s nice that they became wildly popular around this time. They deserve recognition. But I don’t think mainstream popularity helped their music. Their sound became too conventional. Everybody Hurts is a drag and I could live without ever hearing it again. But Man on the Moon is still great.

This one starts off a little slow and stays that way for really the whole album. It's not bad, just not what I would expect I guess. I also think it sounds a little thin, guitars in particular, but I feel like thin sounding guitars are kind of an R.E.M. signature. That's one of the problems I've always had with R.E.M. - I always feel like they need to fill out the sound spectrum a little. I felt myself kind of drifting out of attention throughout this whole record. Does that make it background music? I hate to use the word 'boring' but it kind of was. I was excited when this record came up for the day but left a little disappointed. There are certainly songs I like on this record, Everyboy Hurts, Drive, Monty Got A Raw Deal, Man On The Moon. But I wouldn't play this whole album again. 2.5 stars

When we were teenagers, my brother was obsessed with REM. He’d hole himself in his room and sing along to their albums for hours. Mind, my brother has the worst singing voice, so you’d just hear a kind of guttural humming, all off-tune. Now I can’t listen to REM without also hearing my brother’s attempt to sing along. At the time it annoyed me, but now I think it’s charming. I had this album too and also listened to it over and over, without the attempt at singing. But it’s been years since I’ve listened to it, so while the songs are all familiar, I’m also getting a fresh take. Star Me Kitten and Find the River strike me more now than they would have when I was a kid, and more than Everybody Hurts or Man on the Moon do now.

His voice is painful, but there are a few classics in here

This is a mood. Nightswimming is just perfection wrapped up in 4 minutes. Its meaning has changed to me over the years. Also, I had no idea Man on the Moon wasn’t made for the movie.

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Old fave.

This is one of my faves! Such a good album from start to finish

This record fucked my whole week up. I listened to it back in the day and remembered it not hitting me the same way I enjoyed like Murmur or Out Of Time, so I came into this expecting a nice listen but nothing earth-shattering. Well, right now I’m pretty close to the age Stipe was at when they were writing this album, and it’s hitting me hard. The sound is gorgeous, and I’m vibing so hard with the lyrics even on the songs I’m not nuts about. This is a masterpiece, some of the most perfect and affecting arrangements I’ve heard on any record so far. Going into this I would’ve said I love REM, and now I’m walking away with an even deeper appreciation and connection to their beautiful music. Top tracks: It would actually be quicker for me to say what my bottom tracks are on this one. I chose not to add New Orleans Instrumental, Sweetness Follows, Star Me Kitten, or Find The River to my master playlist. Still great stuff though.

Nightswimming is an incredible song. Loved this album. That’s all.

It’s beautiful

I recognized the name R.E.M but was oblivious to their music. Turns out I know their music very well just never knew it was them. Really enjoyed this album and saved some of the songs to my playlists.

Une performance remarquée de la part de R.E.M. qui avait laissé nos oreilles jusque-là indifférentes.

J'ai jamais pris la peine de chercher si le chanteur de R.E.M. avait la voix de Phil Collins parce qu'il chantait pareil ou parce que le chanteur de R.E.M. est en fait Phil Collins, je lance donc ici une bouteille à la mer est-ce que queulqu'un peut me répondre ?

Lots of classics, I really enjoyed it.

Pretty good

I’ve always found REM to be good but not my cup of tea. This is higher than a 3 but not a 4

Drags a little in the middle but great start and finish.

Very 90s. Well made but depressing, not my mood anymore

Self-indulgent noise.

Some forgettable soft rock.

booooring

Really good. Don't know why I never bought it.

This is a very good album. The songs are strong. For me, it's a duology, together with Out of Time. This is the older brother of the two, and the slightly more serious sibling. I'm not a huge fan of Stipe's very abstact lyrics. They don't make enough sense to be effective. Nonetheless, it's a strong album and well worth a listen.

Good album from this band. Will buy it. It’s the only one I haven’t got from their early 90s.

Not even the best album by R.E.M.

Vibes. It's not my favorite REM stuff (I prefer the earlier Murmur era) but there's a bunch of great songs here that establish a nice vibe

Nice sound. Almost "folksy".

I still love this album but I think I overplayed it because it didn’t feel fresh when I relistened.

Sitting inside working instead of going skiing. I finally understand REM.

One of my favorite end to end albums hands-down

Actually really like it. Gets you out of a slump.

Having never been much of a fan of these guys, I was pleasantly surprised by this. Great sounds. First time I ever made it all the way through one of their albums.

One of the dominating albums of the 90s... I hadn't been listening to this for years, still know every song by heart.