Reviews (page 13 of 15)
rock folk merece reescucha, suena bien y lo apreciaria mejor un par de temas muy conocidos, everybody hurts y man on the moon (sobre andy kaufman) empieza abajo y va subiendo
omg same name as me hehe :p Fave track - Everybody Hurts
I don't know man; this album just doesn't really do it for me. Sure it's fine, but it never really seem to grasp my attention. Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon are fine songs by themselves, but not especially interesting for me. Favorite song I think is Nightswimming.
Some good bits, but there are better REM albums - eg Life's Rich Pageant
There are some big hitters in terms of songs on here. I love Sidewinder Sleeps, Nightswimming and Man on the Room. The new stuff washed over me a bit. It sounded quite of it's time and place.
REM are boss. Was going to give this a 4 but I gave The White Album a 4 and it’s not quite there. Man On The Moon, Night Swimming Everybody Hurts and Sweetness Follows my stand outs. High 3 - boss album
Feel harsh as I listened to two Beatles albums back to back before this. What it do though is solidify my score for the previous two. I always thought this was a decent album so I will give it a 3 here but its miles and miles behind what I have heard today. It also didn't help that Spotify chose to play 'Drugs Don't Work' by the Verve straight after which is a better song than anything on this album
This is the second REM album I have received. While containing more hits than “Murmor”, I didn’t enjoy this one as much. Still has REMs unique sound, but it’s hard to not find songs like “everybody hurts” cheesy. The brooding atmosphere comes across more authentically in some of the other tracks. Solid 3/5 for me.
There are a couple of good tracks here, but much of it doesn’t really go anywhere. Not bad, but not enough to recommend it either.
A couple of great standout songs, but a bit subdued, with some dour filler.
Very listenable. But also very boring. Got some bangers; "Everybody Hurts" and "Man On The Moon" and "Nightswimming" 3.5
This was a pretty relaxing album to listen to. It faded into the background pretty quick for me but I did enjoy it. Wasn't enough to hold my full attention but still a good listen.
first listen some good stuff
79/100: I didn't think I liked R.E.M. until I listened to this album. Sure, I like "Losing My Religion" and have heard "Everybody Hurts" plenty of times, but I'd never explored the rest of their discography enough to be able to say whether I liked them as a group before. Listening to this album, I was definitely pleasantly surprised. There were plenty of songs I'd never heard before but really enjoyed listening to, which isn't always the case in situations like these. This is the type of experience that will definitely lead me to explore more R.E.M. albums in the future.
This is the sound of REM becoming adults. They spread out and bring in strings (arranged by JPJ!) and deal with some life issues. Find the River is beautiful, and Man on the Moon is a classic. Several other songs are really good here as well. Not a groundbreaking record, necessarily, but an excellent continuation of developing musicians and songwriters.
R.E.M.'s eighth studio album is nothing to sneeze at, I can see why their appeal has lasted the test of time. Whilst there were some songs that were lacking, the majority were pretty good. Themes of mortality, loss, mourning, and nostalgia dig deep into the melancholy of Stipe's voice. Best: Everybody Hurts Worst: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
I listened to this twice and still don't really remember anything about it. I think it was okay?
Very sad dad vibes
I didn't hate it.
It is okay, but quite repetative for me.
This probably has my two favorite REM songs on it. 6/10
And speaking of REM... weird. Not bad and probably not their only album on here so I won't say "that other album should be here". Oh wait, I just checked and I've reviewed them twice. Anyway, I still don't hate them but I'll never turn them on proactively.
I really enjoyed most of it but the tracks that didn’t hit, dragged things down a bit. Opened really strong with Drive. Moody album, Stripe is a good frontman. 3.5 stars
Late high school through early post college I listened to a ton of R.E.M., running a few years behind the actual releases - my interest peaked around Life’s Rich Pageant I think, and tailed off sharply thereafter. This is fine but not their best to my mind and is definitely in the era where my attention started to flag.
Sidewinder sleeps tonight - forgot this song. very good Everybody Hurts - still a gut punch of a song. Lots of history to it for me. Sweetness follows - great opening line. good song OK album over all. Some great classic songs, a couple new ones and ones that didn't do anything for me.
This album is quite bland to me. Even everybody hurts, a song I thought I liked, read as a little dry. I can see why people love REM, but this hasn’t aged well to me. Maybe the lyrics are good, but I kinda hate them? I think that the album conjures Neil Young vibes in an uncanny way. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt with a 3 but to me it’s barely eking out a 2.6
Honestly, compared to Document and Murmur... this was kinda mid. It wasn't terrible, but it just didn't have the oomph that those records did, and the sadness hanging over it didn't feel especially poignant to me. It still had some classic songs though, and enough goodies and cool arrangements to keep it from scoring too low.
I enjoyed the record, would have liked a little something more to elevate it as a whole, it felt like it relied on singles heavily.
I immediately saw the cover and thought everybody hurts, everybody know that one. I don’t think I really knew any other song but I did like this album. 7/10.
It's a decent album. I listened to it a couple times and didn't feel too connected to it either time but it is still a decent album. My favorite songs are 'Man On The Moon' and 'River Song'. 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' is a real catchy number which I enjoyed. 'Everybody Hurts', a song which everybody on earth has heard before, is also a highlight of this album. If you like alternative rock, you have probably already listened to this album, but if you haven't, listen to it! 3.25/5
A few slaps and a few snoozes
This was fine. A few good songs, okay for background music while doing stuff. Maybe like a 3.5 or so
It's beautiful music. not a big fan of sad music though feels a little like wallowing in misery. Certainly has a place though.
Very unique sound and feel. I definitely enjoyed, but not something I’d relisten to often.
Not a huge REM fan but this was good
Gets better as it goes along. But the first song is pretty cringeworthy. Hey kids rock and roll. No denying that REM are a good band though
This was an interesting listen. I loved this album when it came out, but I haven't listened to it at all since then. I was surprised at how I still remembered most of the lyrics. I wondered if I'd be able to actually judge the album or would I be blinded by nostalgia. I still don't know. When it came out, I remember thinking this was a return to quality for the band. I hadn't really cared for Green or Out of Time. But this one appealed to me right away and it quickly became one of my favorites of theirs. In hindsight, I like it less. The opener gets things off on the wrong foot. Frankly, I never really loved it. Too dour and slow and it overstays its welcome. The next two songs are still great. Everybody Hurts . . . it's hard to hear that as an actual song and not the meme it's become. I don't love Stipe's singing on that tune. Also, I generally prefer Stipe when I don't fully understand what he's singing about. He often gets too earnest for my liking and that's especially true on Everybody Hurts and Ignoreland and a few others. But when it's great, it's great. Sweetness Follows still sounds great. And I really dug Nightswimming, earnestness notwithstanding. Anyway, for a band i was obsessed with but whom I have not listened to in 30 years, this was a cool chance to re-evaluate. But it didn't make me want to dive back into their catalog.
Pretty damn good
R.E.M. is just super listenable to me, even when the record feels light on hits. I liked this one, though felt like a lot of the non-standout tracks kind of just get lost in the background for me. Still a solid album. Standout Tracks: Try Not to Breathe, Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon, Nightswimming
I dunno maybe I should listen again. I thought REM would be better
Best Song: Man On The Moon. Nice chorus, lyrically interesting. If you believed... Worst Song: Everybody Hurts. Listen, I get that this is a big song. Iconic, recognizable. But it's aggressively whiny. Cloying. I actually kind of like the central lyrical theme of "everybody hurts", but then they don't go and do anything interesting with it. Is that good and unifying? Is it the tragic reality of life that everything, in the end, is pain? Give me more than just "everybody hurts". Overall: Tremendously okay. Fantastically alright. There are sounds on this album that can, undeniably, be categorized as music. Of all the albums in the world, this is one of them.
Absolute best song is "Drive."
3-4 stars
Decent, but nothing too bold or game changing
alright
It was a pretty mid album, i liked some of the songs but i always felt disoriented by the fact they couldn’t settle on rock or acoustic The songs i liked -nightswimming - try not to breathe - everybody hurt
really, trully 90s album that is great but sounds kind of outdated nowadays
good
For one newish to R.E.M. in album form, this excursion is a little odd. The band's clearly between things. All the music attempted succeeds, but the Americana is a bit over-polished. Funny - The rest of the record is comparatively quiet.
Minimalistic sections work so well! With multiple instruments and back-melodies it becomes spatious and grand, it's mixed well, but I can't be bothered with space at the moment. Stripe's voice is best, when he doesn't try to reach high.
I don’t like this kind of music. It’s ok I guess but I just don’t personally enjoy it.
Once again I love R.E.M. THIS album however doesn’t have near the iconic tracks throughout and instead relies on two to three absolute bangers to sift through the filler.
Interesting instrumentation. I like it more than I thought I would. Dark and moody.
I give this album a 3 just because "Everybody Hurts" is such a goddamn beautiful song.
"Everybody Hurts" is a bonafide smash hit. R.E.M. have such a sad sound to me- even their more upbeat and fun songs have a weird tinge of sorrow to them that is always hard for me to fully understand. This album is no different; in songs like "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" there's this obvious melody callback to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" but I still get this sad/minor tonality throughout it. Listen to the bridge at 2:45- there's about 7 or 8 chord changes and all of them are minor chords except for one. Overall I liked it. I think they are a solid band and this is a solid album.
The album had some songs that were recognizable. I do not mind R.E.M. they have some decent songs and there are some decent songs on this album. I don't think I will listen to the entire album again, but I will listen to some of the songs again. It is better than a 3, but not really a 4. I will round down.
It was my first time listening to the full album of REM. I've been fan to some of their music, like 'Nightswimming', and 'Everybody Hurts'. In the end, the way I liked those songs is the same as I liked this album - pleasent to listen to, but definitely without fanfare. In general, album didn't have anything outstanding, something I could get a grip of, to start a journey together. Two best songs were exactly in the same style as whole album, on the melancholic side, slow with a characteristic vocal of Michael Stipe. And as usually I am a fan of this arrangements, this album was just average.
fine
Don't love REM an this album sums them up perfectly for me. Average all the way around.
Wonderful slice of 90s college radio. Mournful, reflective, and beautiful. This is everything I love about REM. Favorite song: Nightswimming
The music is quite good and I can see why people might like it if they want something melancholic. My main issues are (1) I don't really like Stipe's vocal and (2) the lyrics don't really inspire me to want to keep listening. For an introspective album the words don't add much value.
"Man on the Moon" was a hit, the best song of this album of REM.
3/5 goodish
Know this album well as it was unavoidable when it came out. It's all a bit bleak and maudlin and I never liked Stipe's vocal stylings or the organ drones. The slower, quieter stuff bores me to tears and 'Star Me Kitten' is beyond creepy. However, the up tunes make it almost worthwhile.
Excellent production all around. Drive, Man on the Moon - 5/5 The Sidewinder, Ignoreland, Nightswimming - 0/5 The rest 3/5
It was okay, i didn't really enjoy it as much as I'd have hoped. Man on the moon is amazing though.
pretty mid for sad boy shit
So good tracks. Some dull tracks.
Too sad
Un peu ennuyant par moments mais beau la plupart du temps Prefs: Drive, Try Not To Breathe, Everybody Hurts, Ignoreland, Man on the Moon Moins pref: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
This album bored me when I was younger. I remember it sticking out as my least favorite known REM album. I got to say listening again that feeling changed. Been there ignore land is one of my favorites. It definitely doesn't touch my top two which ironically aren't on the list at all but much better than I remember.
i think it's just his voice i'm not super hawt on. but the tunes are also solid.
Not my favorite R.E.M. album but I like it
A very mature sounding album that was absolutely no fun to listen too. It was all so serious and morose but without any levity or even percussion to break it up. I think if I was more of a lyrics person I’d appreciate this a lot more but it felt like a slog to get through honestly. It could also because the budget broke my brain and im exhausted.
Usual mix of great songs and awful dirges.
3 1/2
Automatic for the People by R.E.M. (1992) This album is a significant shift in direction from R.E.M.’s earlier alternative rock work, Murmur (1983) and Document (1987), and it deserves its considerable success. Somebody made an intelligent production choice by recruiting Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones to provide some very helpful orchestrations on four songs “Drive”, “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight”, “Everybody Hurts”, and “Nightswimming”—four of the musical highlights of the album. Jones’ string arrangements deepen the soulful feel of already soulful compositions. Lyricist/lead singer Michael Stipe sounds better with adequate reverb (“Everybody Hurts”) and he makes more sense when he’s caring on an individual level, instead of making unreflective declamations of one-dimensional political commentary, like in “Ignoreland”, where he supplies the helpful gloss “I know that this is vitriol—No solution, spleen-venting. But I feel better having screamed. Don't you?”. (Actually I don’t, but I might have in 1992). He does a nice take on nostalgia in “Man on the Moon”, even if his selection criteria are difficult to discern. I like the Andy Kaufman references! Lyrical themes include: a healthy take on death and other forms of loss, a mature, post-adolescent glimpse into the future, a gentle encouragement of those who are despondent, and even a sensitive wish of a suicide to avoid bringing pain to those he leaves behind. On this album there are many examples of melodic beauty and serene instrumental composition by percussionist Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist/keyboardist Mike Mills. The sound washes over the listener with gentle, down tempo, pulsing steadiness. The folk feel of several of the tracks is friendly and warm. Pondering without being ponderous. And the selection of a variety of instruments, all competently executed, adds to the texture. A very cool album. 3/5
Honestly, I am not a big fan of R.E.M. I find Michael Stripe’s voice too whiny. But there are a handful of their hits I do enjoy, and one of them was on this album: “Man on the Moon.” Unfortunately, so is “Everybody Hurts,” which is very much on my least favorite songs of theirs. The other songs were okay. But nothing that stood out. Nothing that made me change my opinion on them as a band. So a big meh from me.
Nice and mellow, with the hits being the standout tracks.
Middle of the road. Some good songs, Everybody Hurts is a classic. Man on the Moon reminds me of a Jimmy Buffett song for some reason, which is a positive in my book.
Several very good tunes on this record, but this was about the point I had less interest in REM. I much preferred the earlier sound. Yeah, I hate to be that guy.
Better than that other REM album on this list.
Kind of mindless on first listen. I can see how this might get into one’s craw, but that would take more listens.
I don't love this album, it was just an okay one to me.
A few good tunes.
J'ai écouté sans faire trop gaffe, mais c'était cool.
Didn't really dig this at the time or now. Song are well written and great lyrics, but far too whiney for my taste.
1/07/2022
I divide up R.E.M.'s career in 3 eras, the I.R.S indie-ish albums, the mainstream (MTV) fame years and the after-fame albums. Automatic is smack dab in the middle of the peak fame years. I started to lose interest in the band after Document, but you can't deny the band produced some great records. This one has some well known hits, but I still prefer the days of Reckoning and Life's Rich Pageant.
Decent
Enjoyed the first half of the album but the second half seemed to drag on. I can hear a lot of 90s influences from here though it's not my favorite.
i'm familar with Everybody Hurts and Losing my religion, so I kinda knew what I was getting into once I hit play with this album but as I continued to listen to it, I feel like the songwriter was going through something at the time and having it vocalized made them show the world they need help with each song that plays.
It was okay but not for me
Held up better than I thought it would.
Perfectly cromulent like folk/blues/alternative rock album, but it was pretty musically the same across the album, it never really went anywhere
Didn't realise this was such a sedate album - kinda passed by without jumping out much
This has a few really good songs on it but also a lot of duds. I know I'm in the minority but "Everybody Hurts" is a pretty overrated song. I didn't like any of the songs I had never heard before. The good songs make up for the bad ones, but I can't give this more than 3 stars.
The first half of the album blurred together - it all sounded vaguely the same (except for "Everybody Hurts" of course). I may have zoned out at times because of this. Towards the end of the album I noticed more variation that I enjoyed. Did I hear an Elvis impersonation? Heard some piano which is always welcomed for me. They successfully sounded doom and gloom but upbeat at the same time.
Good. Solid. A bit bland. Couple of truly amazing songs and a few real self indulgent moments.
Classic album with some killer, timeless tracks.
Grows on you over time.
Man, yet another sentimental one. I actually don't love a lot of these songs, but Nightswimming is grafted onto my soul, somehow, like a 90s alt-indie horcrux. Anyway... plenty of catchy stuff here and not at all hard to listen to.
‘Everybody Hurts’ is epic but after playing the album 3 times I’m struggling to find anything else I’ll listen to again.
Bastante flojo con un par de joyas.
Buenísimo dicen los que saben. Yo que no sé tanto me gusta para un tres y medio.
Nooit een enorme fan van REM geweest, maar dit is natuurlijk wel een kwaliteits-werkje. Zijn stem blijft mij altijd licht irriteren helaas.
Good background music
not that good
Classic
Yessss
Fun but unsupecial
Difícil de catalogar. En ocasiones más calmado, en otras, con más fuerza. Buenas melodías
I’ve been a fan of Man on the Moon, especially since seeing the Andy Kaufman movie, of the same name I think. Overall this is a darker sounding album – the strings contribute to the mood. It gets off to a good start with “Drive”. I guess “Everybody Hurts” was the big single but I don’t remember it.
A clear classic, though REM is not really my jam.
I like their previous album. A lot of this is too soft and a bit too easy-listening for me. Everybody Hurts is almost a parody of itself. Man On The Moon is good though.
Some songs really good. Somewhat monotonous album. Some songs a bit hysterical
Non ce la faccio, ma okay. Riscoperto canzoni rimosse dal mio cervello.
Alright
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Good album, more folky mood music
I knew the hits and not much else about R.E.M.. After listening to the album, none of the songs I hadn't heard before really stood out to me.
The four songs I already knew still hold some quality uniqueness, but nothing from the rest of the album really stuck out.
Pretty good, earlier stuff is better.
Some goodies, some are a bit bland. Not sure it's REM's best.
Beste Band, klasse Texte, Wohlfühlfaktor 100. 3/5 Sternen. Dass das jetzt schon das zweite Album von denen ist, damit habe ich nichts zu tun.
Would actually rate 3 1/2 stars if I could. Tracks 5-6 reminded me of the end of David Bowie album Hero's. Definitely a album you should listen too.
Never been a fan of REM but actually quite enjoyed this album
Some great songs, but the rest blend into the background.
ok pop rock but i felt this album needed maybe one or two more hits to even help it move along, pretty slow and tended to drag. Man on the Moon is a classic tho
😶 < Michael Stipe.
REM. What else can you say?
R.E.M not my favourite band but the album had lots of classics on it so a solid ***
Perus REMmiä. Muutamia tuttuja hittibiisejä ja Nightswimming jäi myös mieleen (en ainakaan tunnistanut hittibiisiksi). Ehkä tähän bändiin on aikanaan tullut yliannostusta, laulajan ääni ja biisien laahaava meno meinaavat vähän ärsyttää. Kolmosta koneeseen kuitenkin.
Some good tracks on this - "Everybody Hurts" is severely played out these days but there are some gems. Favourite track: "New Orleans instrumental No.1"
Some excellent songs that define an era but probably not something on the whole I'd go back to. Although I may just be being unfair due to my recent run of fours.
Nice but maybe not exceptional. Could be 4 stars.
Some great songs here, but I'd probably only listen to this once every three months
I bought this album for my mom. She really liked the radio songs. I am lucky to have parents with open minds. Growing up we always shared cool new music with each other. I haven't heard this since high school and I don't remember all the songs. Very solid album with no real weak songs.
esperaba más
Wzf - Ich finds besser als das letzte REM Album, aber eben nur weil ich auf diesem Album mehr Songs kenne. Ansonsten ist ok, doch mir egal. Anzahl der Sterne demnach äquivalent zu der der Anzahl der Neffen von Donald Duck.
2 good songs but the rest are meh
Initial thoughts are that they have a very jam band feel to them. Everrrybody hurts did not know that was REM! Never really listened to REM before but I don’t mind it. At times it is a little too jam band for me but not terrible.
Kind of driving rock album. Nice singing, pleasant melodies.
Tengo un tema con REM... puedo decir que el grupo me gusta en general, y tienen una de mis canciones favoritas (si, Losing My Religion qué mainstream ¿no?), pero a la vez muchas de sus canciones tienen algo que las hace como 'densas' u 'oscuras'. De este conocía 'Man on the Moon' y 'Everybody Hurts', y agregué 'Drive' a mi lista, pero las demás canciones me parecieron X. Podría no volverlas a escuchar y creo que no me perdería de demasiado. Aún así, fue interesante escuchar el disco completo.
Side A is dull; side B is mostly interesting except for "Man on the Moon". Pop R.E.M. is boring; can't imagine this holds up for anyone but gen-xers.
I love REM songs (including a bunch from this one) but I can't really get into their whole albums as much as I should.
Decent, not my normal cup of tea but a few great tracks, specifically Ignoreland
esta conmadre la rola de everybody hurts, hitazo, pero el resto del disco es regular
Pari megalekaa ja muuten ihan kuunneltavaa musiikkia.
Listen to again, probably would appreciate more when you can really focus on it, instead of at work
Dope and mellow
Imogen: some good songs on this album, but I generally prefer REM's earlier work ('Green', 'Document', 'Lifes Rich Pageant' etc.)
Dang they snuck me with Man on the Moon and Everybody Hurts. Still can’t believe they have 3 albums on this jawn
3,5/5
This is one of the albums that was always playing on car rides with my dad. This was also one of the albums where I would put headphones in when it would come on. I just don't find anything particularly interesting about it, and I find it to be very lame at points. I find that the lead's voice is sometimes very pitchy, and I just don't enjoy it very much. I think this is where my taste and my dad's taste really starts to differ. There's certainly an overlap with a lot of different albums. This is not one of them, though. Fav Track: Everybody Hurts
Okay. off the rip, the first song is kind of whatever. not really a fan of the singer's voice, or the weird echo lol. i'd rate the song like a 2.5/5? the lyrics are also kind of Whatever to me. hmm. second song. yeah i'm just not a fan of the singer's voice!!!!!!!!!!!!! idk what it is about it but geez! is R.E.M. a christian rock band? LOL. yeah this is christian rock for sure. i will google this when i'm done listening. ok i'm done this album was lowk ass 2/5
Pop music for Generation X, which must be most people voting on thus list. Cant imagine why else it rates so well.
Just not warming up to R.E.M. My main problems are the weird nasal signing and the prodcution that seems to make a conscious effort to not stand out in any way. Everything sounds far away but compressed at the same time
Man on the moon
rem more like mid
not my cup of tea
2.5-3. Can see why people like this album but not my thing
Eh?
Cool stuff
Emblematic album. Contains the classics: "Everybody Hurts" and "Man On The Moon".
While this album is well produced and has some lovely instrumentals the lead singers voice is so annoying to me. This can never be more than average unfortunately despite my appeal to this genre. 5/10
I used to think I really loved this album and now I realise I was more in love with the idea of the friend's big sister who kept playing it in her bedroom
- Controversial opinion: This is my least favorite album of the three R.E.M. albums I have been given so far. I know this is considered their masterwork in a lot of circles, but yeesh. - Did not mind the stretch from "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" to "...Ignoreland." in fact, I somewhat liked the barebones western nature of "Monty Got A Raw Deal." - However, I cannot stand "Everybody Hurts" or "Nightswimming"...I did not mind the latter at first, but when the oboe comes in, I can feel my eyes roll back into my head with the pretension of it all. Stipe's voice really kills me on these tracks. - On another note, the lyrics of "Star Me Kitten" are weird. And not in a good way.
I miss the jangle Fav track: Nightswimming
fav songs: everybody hurts man on the moon lush, warm, consistent 40/100
Very boring album. Nothing really bad about it but just felt very monotonous and no interesting elements
god i fucking hate rem Would I listen again: no. Deserves to be on this list: apparently. 2.0
2/4
fine
aparentemente eu vivo em uma bolha pq só descobri a existência desses caras agora 22hrs da noite não é muito meu estilo não, só to escutando pra aumentar meus minutos no spotify meu deus eu conheço os caras sim da música de comercial pra doação de médicos sem fronteiras ta me dando vontade de dormir
Different and I love everybody hurts. I just couldn't get into the other songs
Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:❌️
Despite this list’s best try, my opinion of REM remains unchanged. I will always love “Man on the Moon” because of the Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman movie and documentary, but this album was a snoozer for me.
More R.E.M? I started this perfect to hear music that was exciting and new to me. R.E.M, in their third appearance on my list, are neither. And, in fact, out of the last 10 albums on my list, 8 of them are artists which have already appeared. For the album itself, honestly this is the best R.E.M. album so far, but that's not a very high bar. I found a couple of the central tracks pretty musical, which I realise is also faint praise. if I were editing the next edition, I would ditch the other two albums and keep this. It's got some good tracks and also Everybody Hurts, which as close to essential as anything R.E.M. have done.
I did not really enjoy 'drive' I don't really enjoy this style of music. I do like, 'try not to breathe' The sidewinder sleeps tonight is also ptetty good. Ignoreland is not too bad I like man on the moon
R.E.M is toch wel peak WMvMLmuziek… daarom wil ik graag nu op de rem trappen met dat genre. Wanneer is het genre WMvML leeftijd genoeg geweest? Ik ben er al klaar mee, laat staan hoe jullie daar tegenover staan met 100+ extra albums.
Ik vind het een geweldig album! Nee ik lieg, ik vind het niet leuk Ik zou liegen als ik zou zeggen, dat ik maar wat doet.
Drive is a good R.E.M song. Do you have to put the periods in the band name? Everybody Hurts was the big song off the album and it's super overrated. I like New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 though. I am not loving the album tracks. Man On The Moon is a good song as well. Nightswimming suuuuucks. It's like the embodiment of whiny rock, like Ben Folds without a sense of humor.
was fine didn't finish, i did like the instrumentals
More less.
not my bag but pleasant to hear in Spatial audio Songs I liked: none
peak
Didn’t actually listen bc I had REM for the last album and was bored
I can absolutely imagine spending more time with this and absolutely loving it and thinking it's one of the greatest (I think I did to some extent when I was younger). On this particular day though it felt shallow and kind of uninteresting. The sidewinder sleeps was still great fun. The other huge hits felt a little bit dry and formulaic to me though. Album tracks melted in a bit. I think maybe I didn't engage with the direct earnest delivery style today.
Sad but in a boring way. Feel like lead singers voice didn’t really carry the emotion of the lyrics making it feel a bit flat. Music was decent but did feel like it dragged
this is the second R.E.M. album I listen for this project and still is just not my thing
Before diving into these 1001 albums I'd have told you REM bored me to death. That they were slow, sad and dull. After getting some of their albums sent my way I realised I couldn't have been more wrong - Michael Stipe's dulcet tones aside, this band rocks. They're fun. They're bouncy. Lively even. This album proved me right at the start. Christ what a slog.
Not a fan of REM. It's fine.
saw this come up and went oh nooo but was OKayer than anticipated. still wont ever revisit. dont like the vibe of the band or the vocals and cant relate but i get thay theyre good songs. had to skip everybody hurts for grew up in the 90s reasons. fave track sweetness follows
I gave this a few tries but it was really a bore. I didn't find Stipe's vocals enjoyable, the arrangements were uninteresting and the lyrics were somewhat goofy. R.E.M. might've been a pioneer of alt-rock but I think it pales in comparison to the bands the came after.
it was ok
I'm so confused
By this time I became less of an R.E.M. fan. They had lost their rough edge and their college sound (best way I could describe it). Very polished record, which made it worse for me. Also, the music seems more pop (though it is odd to say because they are a jangle pop band). Not a fan of this record.
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Vel...
Nice sounds, great instrumentation. It's great i guess, just not for me
Det här var släpigt. Everybody hurts motiverar inte en plats i boken. Det är först i Man on the moon som det händer något.
The sidewinder sleeps tonite is my favorite one its very all over i didn't understand it at first and then I looked up the meaning its very weird song all over the place great instrumental but weird song overall I give the album 4.7/10 great instrumental great voice but lyrically not that much
Wasn't the bangers I was hoping for.
Einzigartig unverkennbar allgegenwärtig aber irgendwie auch langweilig
One I feel I'm more familiar with, but I've only heard a couple of the songs already. I'm listening to the Dolby Atmos mix/remaster so perhaps has more "features" than the original mix but obviously essentially the same. The songs are fine I guess, all decent and fine. 2/5.
3/10 I got a lot less out of this than I did with Document
There are a few tracks from this that are immediately recognizable by title. And I don't really like R.E.M. in general, and don't enjoy the tracks I recognize either. So I don't really have high hopes for sitting down to listen to this start-to-finish. I don't like Michael Stipe as a vocalist, and the music just generally is uninteresting. No thanks.
Listened to like an hour and it's the most boring shit i've ever heard in my life i'm so sorry to thr musicians who made this but it makes me feel nothing
Evvveeerrrryyyyybody hurts.... especially when my ears have to endure this song (this song ruined all R.E.M. for me for a very long time).
Le doy un 6,5 porque no está mal, suena bien y me gusta el tipo de efectos que utilizan, la voz y la mística del álbum, pero en cierto punto me aburre porque no es algo que rompe con todo y marca la diferencia (pero sí es distinto al resto). Además, es bastante lenta a comparación de lo que acostumbro a escuchar.
this was so goddamn depressing
Bastante heavy no like all apologies safa
may need to re-listen
Ninguna canción te da ganas de seguir escuchando el disco. Igual tampoco es que sea horrible.
did not listen to the full album.
Meh. Notes deleted dont care about this album enough to type more. Favourite: Everybody Hurts Least favourite: Ignoreland
The song writing is amazing and night swimming is still one of my favorite songs of all time. However, his voice gets to me after awhile
I really like Drive. Unfotunately for my taste the rest of the album is not nearly as good.
Listened once all the way through, nothing really grabbed me but New Orleans Instrumental No.1 was a nice change of space. Something about Michael Stipes delivery just kind of puts me off. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, just empty noise for me.
jebo vas rem da vas jebo više, stvarno. četvrti album na popisu! usto čobanskiji i lošiji od prethodna tri zajedno. dosadnooo. nema tu ničeg novog u usporedbi s njima, sve sam ovo već u stvari čuo na prethodnim (boljim!) albumima. zašto je ovo trebalo da preslušam prije nego crknem?
pretty good, not really anything special
Im surprised how slow and sad and frankly boring that was
sounds corporate idk not for me
I don't remember R.E.M. being such downers...
спокойная музыка, нет резкой смены в битах, все довольно плавно думаю?? повторяются строчки в лирике, но чот не зацепило совсем. даже самые популярные песни
This album was fine. There were a couple songs that stood out, but for the majority of the album I found myself saying this is cool, this is fine, I’m not mad at this.
This is their landmark album? man they're so boring
I really don't get REM. It all sounds the same, amd is fairly boring.
not my cup of tea
😎 > 😌 > 🙂 > 😐
Meh
meh
I don't understand how people manage to hate R.E.M. they're too average to bother
I dont even know what kind of person would like this
how is this sooooooo boring and then everybody hurts is one of the greatest songs ever made
niciun chef sa ascult ăsta.
This started really strong, and it ended up being a lot poppier than I was expecting it to be. And it really didn't have any lyrics worth noting, it was just sort of things that sounded good. And it did sound good, but it's just sort of an empty experience. Favorites: Drive, Try Not To Breathe, Monty Got A Raw Deal
Its ok I like r e m but not my favorite
Love Sidewinder but I just couldn’t connect with this one. It’s boring to me. The “pain” feels fake. Maybe I’lll like it more in a couple years.
What a boring album and a boring band.
I guess I’m one of the few from my generation, but I find REM boring and simplistic. Who writes a song about Andy Kaufman?
2.5 pretty good not bad maybe 3 stars
Not for me - I skipped Everybody Hurts
i’m not a fan of the lead singers voice
Опять не мой вкус, интересно спокойно возможно треки подойдут к какому-то фильму
Seen some other people say its boring so really hoped i could break the mould and be one of the many people leaving 5 star reviews, but regrettably, i did find this boring, i enjoy mopey music but i fear this isn’t my type of mopey music. Never knew they were the everybody hurts people tho so 2/5
This was the first album that didnt resonate with me.
It's... fine? Again, got bored and DNF'd
Het aantal albums dat niks voor mij is begint aan me te vreten. 2/5
Not my style
So this album came to me on a Monday and set the mood for the day. It was a moody Monday. I was familiar with "Drive," "Everybody Hurts," and "Man on the Moon." The other songs were a blend of blahness. I'll stick to the songs I know.
no es mi estilo, pero es muy bueno
No conecté mucho con las letras pero si con las melodías de algunas de las canciones de este álbum. Igual capaz me hace falta conocer el contexto.
Did not feel like anything special, I do like the sound but the lyrics and vocals are not that impressive. So overall don't think I’ll come back to it in the future, though trying a different album by them is not a bad idea.
Meh, not my favorite. Very much divorced dad music imo.
Where have I been? I didn't think R.E.M. was still around doing big things in the 90s. Over halfway through, and I don't really get it? It's good, but I wouldn't call it great. It's just dad rock. Without anything really special going on. They're like the precursor to Nickelback. And I think I'm just experiencing disappointment. I hadn't really listened to R.E.M. before, but by name alone, I held them in a fairly high regard, and this is just meh. The last song was pretty good, though, that was nice way to end the album. Favorite Song(s): Sweetness Follows, Find the River
Surprised by how much I didn’t like this. REM being the most REM they could be and it’s annoying. Man on the Moon is doing a lot of work here
pretty unforgettable honestly. Not much enjoyment out of this one.
Booooring. Why is REM so boring? They've got like 2 good songs, the rest is like a worse version of the Cure. Two stars since they're 'influential'
Album was slow thought it ramp up but never did 2
eh. the single was about the only highlight
Boring, uncreative, soulless.
156/1089 i had heard of REM before but subconsciously I had thought they were more metal/rock-y rather than sort of folk/indie ish ofc I know Everybody Hurts so it was nice to hear where that came from are REM “fake moon landing” truthers?? I liked Try Not To Breathe and Monty Got A Raw Deal but otherwise I wasn’t particularly enthused by this project. it was alright just not really part of my interests apparently there are 3 more REM albums on this project so hopefully they’re more my speed 47/100
Kinda al sounded the same. Saved 1 song
Overall: 4.9/10 Didn’t enjoy this. I found it boring. Kept waiting for it to get good and excite me but it never did so I spent the whole time waiting for it to end. Drive- 4/10 (boring) Try not to breathe- 5/10 (fine I guess) The sidewinder sleeps tonight- 6.5/10 (knew already, half point for nostalgia) Everybody hurts- 6.5/10 (knew already, it’s good, he’s not very good at riffs) New Orleans instrumental no.1- 3/10 (sounds like the type of beat I cook up on garage band) Sweetness follows- 4/10 (was optimistic at first but was too repetitive for me) Monty got a raw deal- 4/10 (waited for it to get good but it never did) Ignoreland- 7/10 (first one I actually like) Star me kitten- 3/10 (snooze fest) Man on the moon- 5/10 (missed opportunity to say hey mama as elvis, may have better rating because baseline of album is ass) Nightswimming- 5.5/10 (I’m so disappointed by this album) Find the river- 5/10 (I’m so bored thank fuck this is the last one)
Don’t like the first song, i skipped half way through this is like if an emo kid fell in love with a country boy and wrote an album for him i’m liking sidewinder sleeps tonite but it might just be because the drums are more interesting Everybody hurts instrumental sounds like a cigarettes after sex but the singers voice is really not it for me I fear i’m half way through and was not very wowed by any songs
How boring can you get and still call it rock? It's the curse of the Gen X aging hipster that we experienced the decline of our essential bands (yes, all of them) in real time, so we cannot evaluate each album independently. However, even if I weren't comparing this to Murmur or Reckoning I would still think it sucks.
It seems I was never really into R.E.M. Very 80 after all. The synths are often too much, the voice... The hit "Everybody Hurts", rings familiar and almost right after so many listening even though the singing does seem a screaming complaint.
Hightlights: - sweetness follows - nightswimming Nicht schlecht, aber sehr dad rock Leider nicht meins
There are certain bands that you can only describe as "rock" which were destined to be middle of the road from the start. REM is one of those for me (U2 another). I was surprised that a couple of tracks on this I found quite moving but I would never put it on. I find the opaque lyrics quite irritating and tracks like nightswimming feel overly-sentimental; reaching for the nostalgia levers to try to cheaply elicit an emotional response.
Ei jotenkin nappaa vaan jää tylsäksi. vaikkakin ihan pätevää.
nicht wirklich was ich mir anhören würde… ein lied ist sehr bekannt aber ich glaube nicht dass ich das album sonst einfach anmachen würde
"Meh". That's been my thoughts on R.E.M. for years. In my opinion they have two good songs, and only one of them is on this album. Man on the Moon will make the playlist. The rest of the album is just filler.
Distinctive sound with a number of iconic songs on here. It’s easy to understand how someone would love it, but unfortunately it just didn’t click. Feels like a case of “lead-singer-itis”, where you either love his sound or hate it — same case as Oasis! Also, driving to pickup pizza at 8pm to Everybody Hurts was a horribly depressing experience.
I have loved REM songs before, this is the first record I'm checking out by them. I'm not a huge fan. There are moments of greatness but most of it is... for lack of a better term, whiny, to my ears. I respect it but it ain't me. I think I'll check out some of their earlier jangle pop work because those are the songs I've heard that really click for me.
one popular song
Yeah this is really a stinker. I don't enjoy it at all and I don't think it needs to be on a list of music to hear before one dies.
R.E.M. - reminds me of Athens GA; Athens GA reminds me of UGA; UGA reminded me of the Bulldogs. I hate the Bulldogs, therefore Athens and R.E.M can’t be too far down the list. Honestly though- typical 90s “I want to be deep and introspective” navel gazing BS. Hasn’t aged well, and it didn’t start all that great for that matter.
A few good songs. Very slow melancholy album in my opinion.
Generic rock album.
Sogar nightswimming ist langweilig … zum Glück hat mir das andere Album, das ich gestern gehört habe, richtig gut gefallen 🐻
bleeh
My wife has helped my grow my disdain for them....its warranted.
I just find them while bland
R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People is a moody, introspective record that trades the band’s earlier jangly energy for slow tempos and somber reflection. Songs like “Everybody Hurts” and “Nightswimming” aim for emotional resonance but often feel overly sentimental and sluggish. While the production is polished and Michael Stipe’s vocals are distinct, the album lacks the drive and immediacy that made their earlier work engaging. Overall, Automatic for the People feels more like a sleepy meditation than a compelling listen.
I don’t think I really “get” R.E.M. An extra star for “Ignoreland”.
I listened to this with my wife on the way to our honeymoon and now we are getting a divorce. 2 stars for Stipe’s voice
Midling and no greater
slow. chill. meh. couple catchy. sad.
Знаю, що гурт дуже поважний і цей альбом зокрема, але це максимально не моє. Напів акустичний поп-рок з оркестровками раніше взагалі викликав стійке відторгнення. Зараз сприйняття трохи краще. Проте все одно за темпераментом та аранжуваннями максимально не моє. Дуже крутий головний хіт та дійсно чудова пісня Man on the Moon в якій вистачає динаміки для мене. Хороші тексти на альбомі, цього не можна не визнавати.
Idk man, that voice just irks me
I survived another R.E.M. album. I don't understand how this is my fourth R.E.M. album! I mean, fine, when Michael Stipe wasn't singing or droning or being boring, it was kind of OK. The instrumental part of "Nightswimming" was quite beautiful. But that's all I've got for R.E.M.
Can’t deal.
Depressing whiny
Landmark 90s album which is in effect a pop masterclass so much as it did the job in terms of commercial and wide appeal on a giant scale for the decade. tick. I dont give points for the band sorting themselves out or it being their best mind! I just find this is a pervasive, heavy atmosphere that never lifts. Its a singular contribution of monotonous technical / clinical acoustic instrumentation. I just dont feed into the energy it provides and not sure I want to have any emotional investment in it.
Pretty sure I’ve thought REO Speedwagon and R.E.M. were the same band until this moment. Don’t really fuck with this, couldn’t even make it through the whole album.
Moody folk rock. Didn't really do it for me, I didn't really feel anything, not event the apathy that the album is trying to convey I think. Might be that I need to listen through it a couple of times, but I don't think I will be bothered.
Ehh
Bardzo powtarzalne, trochę nudne, muzyka równie szara co okładka