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One of my top all-time albums.
This was okay, didn't really pull me in but wasn't bad either. "Nightswimming" was a highlight. Unlikely to revisit, but fine.
A couple hits but otherwise uninteresting.
A bit biases for R.E.M.
Most of this album is semi-predictable Michael Stipe, innocuous shit. While most of the album got plenty of airplay, the best song got none. The most underutilized and under-appreciated track on this album is Ignoreland. Some things never change. Listen to this song. turn it up... LOUD "These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v Them years, wrecking all things virtuous and true. The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal. Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool... ...marched into the capital brooding duplicitous wicked and able, media-ready heartless, and labeled Super US citizen, super achiever. Mega ultra power dosing, relax (Defense, defense, defense, defense ... )" Does this sound familiar... ? There's more. "I know that this is vitriol, no solution, spleen-venting But I feel better having screamed, don't you...?" Listen to this song. turn it up... LOUD and think about what's changed in 30 years. Now consider what needs to change...
I do believe they put a man on the moon, whether Andy Kaufman did or not. I also believe that R.E.M. is an amazing band, and "Automatic for the People" is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ album.
This is an easy "Automatic" five stars. If I had to choose only one REM album, I would still prefer to listen to faster paced albums like Green but this is the album I go to when I want to feel things.
This album has Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon and Drive, which are great songs. The remaining songs are good too, and the entire album has a cohesive sound that is undeniably R.E.M. which I appreciate. I would listen again.
Emotional
An all time classic.
This is brilliant only in how forgettable and inoffensive it manages to be. If you want some music that sounds like it's in the background of a schmaltzy scene in a 90's romcom this is for you but otherwise I learnt Everybody Hurts in guitar around '09 and if my relationship with this album had ended there I don't know that I would mind. 2.5*
Solid throughout, got some nice singles. Lead singer has a distinct voice that hits.
Enjoyable album, lots of radio hits on this one, but Find the River is a favorite
Never heard this as a whole, just some songs, it really is a lovely album. Everybody hurts isn't even the best track on this. 5* Highlights: man on the moon, everybody hurts, the sidewinder sleeps tonite
Good start, an interesting Album that I wouldn’t have heard otherwise. A bit too melancholic for my taste though
I knew (and liked) some songs off this album already, but the album as a whole is absolutely awesome. Very catchy, yet with very sad and emotional lyrics. Favourites: Drive, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts, Man On The Moon, Nightswimming, Find The River
I started in the high 3s because I’d heard these tracks to death, but had to upgrade into the 4s. Really strong album. Creative and musically juicy. 4.2
night swimming is one of the best songs ever made so jot that down
I cannot stand R.E.M. (although fully accept that I am in the minority). I still wanted to give this album a fair chance though. I think the vocals are very nasal and quite same-y. The music itself felt repetitive and although some songs were slower than others, I found them all really similar. The music itself just didn’t vibe with me at all. The only pleasant moment was a surprise oboe in one of the latter songs on the album but I was mostly just grateful it was over. I am aware that this review is probably an unpopular opinion but even with significant effort, I can’t force myself to listen to it nevermind enjoy it.
quite impressed by few first songs but the second part of an album doesn't grow on me yet
Masterpiece, was and will be. Fav: Night Swimming
Favorites: Drive, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Man On The Moon I appreciate R.E.M. a lot for being a band that mixes the really cool jam band style of rock with a more gritty edge. While I don’t think on the whole this album is for me still, there’s quite a few tracks on here I adore, especially Drive.
Great record. No skips. The band sounds amazing & Michael Stipe moves easily between singing melodically and yelping ferociously.
The first album I got where I knew it would be a 5 before I started. Automatic For The People was my introduction to REM back in the 90s. I knew it was great, but a fresh listen makes me think it's probably the best REM album and maybe the best on this list. Drive to Everybody Hurts is the best start to an album I've heard in a while. Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, and Find the River may be the best ending to an album ever. The middle drags a bit, but it's relative. There isn't a bad track on the album. I get some of the lower ratings. You have to be in the right mood for this. It's slower, emotional, and somewhat depressing at times.
Solid album, but not something I'll be itching to revisit.
I never particularly liked REM, like never disliked them but never liked them because most of their hits are A) not that amazing and b) have been played to hell and back at least six times. But I was pleasantly surprised here. Almost every song here that wasn’t a hit was better than 90% of their hits. The hits here were also quite good in a big fan of “Man On The Moon” and “Everybody Hurts” but the non singles here were also very good.
Pretty OK.
Quiet songs, hard ones too, i like it
didn't listen
Some legendary songs on this, but perhaps Michael Stipe’s maudlin angstiness hasn’t aged all that well.
I haven’t heard this one since I was a kid. I appreciate it more now. It’s a really great one!
Nice.
This was great.
Very familiar with a lot of the songs on this album and yet I’ve never listened to it all the way through. Nice to discover that I love the songs I didn’t know almost as much as the ones I already did. So evocative. Really creates a mood and sits with it, while still managing to be varied. Everybody Hurts may be overplayed but it still really hits for me. Ignoreland feels depressingly relevant. I think the instrumentation on this album is just gorgeous. The strings, the bass, the guitars. It just creates such a good atmosphere. So many of the songs could be my favourite, I’ve picked one but I’m sure it would be different on a different day. Fav song: Man on the Moon Least fav: Star Me Kitten
The Good: It’s automatic… The Bad: What if we like to have things more manual? The Ugly: Realizing that R.E.M. stands for Retard Eats Manure… All kidding aside… what an album! R.E.M. were royalty for a decade, and I would argue that this was their Opus Magnus. It must be age that is making me really enjoy this album, because I recall that, when this album launched, I did not want to hear it at all. I guess my ears had been bludgeoned to death with R.E.M. on the air-waves, and I was not ready to listen to their sad stories… Today, however, I think I’ve played the album 4 times and can’t get the song “Man on the Moon” out of my head… I blame Jim Carrey! Truth be told, it might not just be melancholy that makes me appreciate this album more today than back in the ‘90s, it might very well have to do with the horrid state of affairs when it comes to modern music, and it all sucking balls… So, here’s to R.E.M lulling us back to days when things were better! 5*
not a big REM guy. some songs were ok, others were boring and redundant.
This is not an album you just put on while washing dishes. It asks something of the listener.It’s an album that wraps you in its melancholy rather than alienating you with it. It's not just a bunch of songs, it feels like a short film or a novel. The two hits were familiar to me (Everybody Hurts & Man on the Moon) while Star me kitten and night swimming really hit the mark. On my list.
My favorite R.E.M. record. Every song is good, no skips. A masterpiece.
Would go 3.5 here. Not quite a 4. They never reached the high of Murmur again
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I LOVED THIS Chill rock not too heavy and easy on the ears
Not for me but I can respect it
Better than Radiohead. I hate Radiohead.
I scored the previous two R.E.M. albums 3 stars, but this one just hit much harder for me. Such a solid record, wonderful production, love his vocals, it's all good. Favourite tracks: Try Not To Breathe, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (turns out it's 'Call me when you try to wake her up', not 'calling Jamaica', sadly), Everybody Hurts, Ignoreland, Man On The Moon, Nightswimming.
You definitely have to be in a specific kind of mood for this album I feel, as a lot of it is very chilled. I really like the vocals, his tone is very satisfying. I do think that depending on the day I could either rate this album higher or lower, as I said have to be in the mood for it but I do think it has the potential to grow on me. So on first listen this is my rating but I definitely will revisit some of the songs if not all and it could change!. I listened to the majority of this while studying and it wasn’t distracting which is good, but it meant I didn’t pay too much attention to the lyrics, just the overall vibe, so as I said my opinion could likely change drastically after a while with this one. 66/100
Not a bad album....for really only two songs. Everybody Hurts was a decent song. I thought Man on the Moon was the best song on this album. To be honest this was a little underwhelming.
Another album I bought first time around due to the reviews that I did not love as much as I thought I should. Listening again 20 years later and after the first song - Drive - I thought yes this is a 5 and I am finally old enough to appreciate REM. But then REM atrophy kicks in and it starts to loose its sparkle and Stipes vocals start to grate and the songs start sounding all a bit samey and just does not emotionally connect with me (with one big exception). At the time Everybody Hurts was played to death - but hearing it fresh again its a cracking song. The one song that does really connect (and I have listened to on heavy rotation since day 1) is Nightswimming which I absolutely fucking love.
Automatic For The People I was listening to a podcast about Euro 84 the other day, when France won and Platini scored 9 goals in 5 games. Apparently he was in one of those periods where everything he did and everything he touched turned to gold. If the squad were playing cards he won, if he saw a horse race on TV he picked the winner, if they played tennis or table tennis he won, and everything on the pitch went his way, he knew France would win the tournament, it was inevitable. I kind of get that feeling from this album, one of those times where it feels like every decision, every string arrangement, every guitar figure, every drum pattern, every piano and keyboard note and every bass line is just right, when the artistry and artisanship meet perfectly. It also sounds fantastic, and nothing like much else from 1992, either in songwriting style or production, almost timeless, or out of time you might say. For the most part it's all glacially paced, with only Sidewinder and Man on the Moon really recalling their earlier upbeat jangly sound. But it’s a compelling, stunning album, melodically rich and emotionally, melancholically resonant with some of their finest songs: Drive, Try Not to Breathe, Everybody Hurts, Sweetness Follows, Nightswimming and Find the River. And the remaining, perhaps lesser known songs like Monty Got A Raw Deal, Ignoreland and Star Me Kitten are excellent too. I can see why some people might have been hesitant about it, compared to their slightly more rough-edged 80s albums. From those 80s albums I’ve listened to they have the exciting sense of the band pushing the outer edges of their talent, but this feels different, that they moved beyond what they had done previously, striking out into a stately, magisterial assuredness. A fantastic album from start to end, there’s no weak tracks, and no weak moments - I kept wanting to give it just one more listen. A clear 5. ✴️✴️✴️✴️✴️ Playlist submission: It could be all of them, but today it’s Sweetness Follows
'Everybody Hurts', overplayed, full MTV and VH1 90s ubiquity, and the closest thing to sentimental balladry - but a genuinely comforting song when listened to after all these years. Other singles 'Sidewinder' and 'Man on the Moon' amongst the best ever written, atmospheric, moving, uplifting, melancholic, glorious. Even 'Star Me Kitten' shows that he can basically read out the signage from Timpsons and still make it other-worldy and beautiful. The anti anthem of 'Drive', the folk melancholia if 'Try Not to Breathe', the haunting 'Nightswimming', the majestic 'Find the River' one of my all time favourites. The whole album feels like a concept, skirting around the inevitability of death, of sorrow but the beauty in life. Sure, it's just a fucking album, but that's what it does for me. Its an album rooted in folk, but still able to deliver brooding minor-key anthems. A soundtrack for life.
Meh.
3, first time listening, favourite song: everybody hurts
Better album than I remember, I thought it just had the two hits, Everybody hurts and Msn in the Moon, I didn’t realize Drive was on this album and it’s one of my favorites, the rest of it is a vibe
I really needed an album I knew today after getting an absolutely horrific album yesterday, and I was so hyped when I saw this album. It is such a STUNNING album omg I've always liked REM but finally listening to one of their albums is pretty cool! I like their style a lot, and this album is really good. Plus it has loads of songs I was already aware of so thats a bonus. It even has songs I didn't realise I knew like The Sidewiner Sleeps Tonite because I didn't know the title of it even though they always play it on the radio. Truly is banger after banger. One of the first songs I ever learnt on the drums was Everybody Hurts when I was seven so that song is pretty important to me, and its really pretty, especially with the strings. before even finishing, i know that this is overall: 5/5 I LOVE THIS
Fav: Find The River Least Fav: New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 At worst, R.E.M are consistently good, and it feels nice to have an artist that I can rely on to not make something terrible
Tämähän on REMiä. Hidasta ja laulajan tunnistaa kaukaa. Ei tää huonoa todellakaan mutta kelpaa kuunnella kyllä
Not my favourite REM album but full of atmospheric and lyrically thoughtful songs. I think my favourite track is Monty Got a Raw Deal. But it's REM.
This was great. Better than the last rem album on here. I feel their singles are a lot stronger than their album tracks, but this felt like it had a lot of singles on it. Everybody hurts should really be a trial to listen to but Michael Stipes voice is exceptional and it sounds brilliant. Also there are some great backing vocals on these tracks too, man in the moon being a favourite.
love rem but this one honestly aint their best
Einfach nur großartig!
Still hits and resonates.
Ik heb al vaker gezegd dat ik dit album een 5 zou gaan geven, dus op dat vlak zullen er geen verrassingen zijn. Een prettig album. Ook echt zo'n album album: De nummers zorgvuldig uitgekozen en in de juiste volgorde gezet. Een band met een typisch geluid wat er in gaat als zoete koek. Voor de top 40 liefhebbers bevat dit album ook hun op 1 na grootste hit. Ik vind zelf Man On The Moon een leuker nummer, maargoed. Dit zou ik regelmatig met plezier van voor naar achter aan kunnen zetten. En dat is uiteindelijk toch een beetje wat je wilde als je zo'n album op de kop tikte in 1992. Denk ik. Ik was toen 4 en hield van smurfenhouse en 2 Unlimited.
feel-good, dad-rock album with vocals thoroughly hitting the mark. dulcet tones with a healthy mix of higher energy. a classic, but nothing i'm writing home about. standout tracks: new orleans instrumental no. 1; star me kitten.
I was obsessed with "nightswimming"
4.1 2x classic and the first full REM album i listened to borrowing Andy Robinson's CD on a trip with them
Stipe's voice is so melancholic that it can't help but let you drift away on his forlorn vocals. The music complements that voice well. A soothing album to listen to, even if the lyrics can be a bit... difficult to parse.
A nice listen for a melancholic day. The voice really meshes well with the instruments and the lyrics are cryptic. But even if you don't understand all of it, it evokes nostalgic emotions and introspection. Drive, man on the moon and night swimming are the highlights but don't skip the rest.
Like a universe unto itself. Never gets in its own way of being such a well crafted and unified sounding album. Love how the strings mingle with their sound. I feel that typically when a band gets deeper into its discography either reinvent their sound or stick to there guns and become a bit stale. Here they don't abodnon their core sound while still making this album new and unique.
Great more R.E.M, next please
Boring and sad. Give us a smile pussy cat. The song about the Jamaicans wasn't bad tho
Pretty unremarkable album, nothing memorable and certainly nothing gained
Favourite songs: Everybody Hurts, Drive, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
I wouldn’t have expected to like this but thoroughly enjoyed it! Very soft 90’s.
automatic 5 for the people
Underwhelming experience
The belters make up for what is otherwise unremarkable filler. Listen to the sidewinder sleeps tonight, everybody hurts and sweetness follows.
Absolute gold from beginning to end.
Not my favorite REM album, but still a really good one. It is a lot slower/calmer than some of their other ones. High 4.
Memorized
I'm not a huge R.E.M. fan. All was pretty bland to me. I like "Man On The Moon" but the rest of the album is just meh
Nothing bad, but nothing outstanding
Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. It's probably just the nostalgia, but this had me bopping and singing along at my desk. The two classics, Everybody Hurts and Man On The Moon, as well as The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, are the highlights.
Had this album when I was younger. Great music. Don't need to listen again
I really want to like REM. And to a certain extent I do. But not sure this album is the masterpiece they say it is.
This came at a perfect time because I was just wondering if REM was actually not that good and if it was just my family who liked them when I was growing up. Turns out they ARE pretty good, they're popular outside my family, and really its just not my cup of tea
Good easy listening but doesn’t blow my mind in any way
Much cooler than I thought it’d be but not really vibing with it. Makes me sleepy.
R.E.M. at their peak. After "Out Of Time" a back-to-back masterpiece.
R.E.M. never fails to bring sweet melodies and mellow vocals that come together just to make wonderful music. You really just can’t not like these guys. This album featured two of their most memorable songs “Everybody Hurts” (which ironically is not my favorite) and “Man on the Moon.” Their other songs were great to listen to as well and there were definitely some stand outs for me that were strong on guitar.
Ein großartiges Album. Für mich das Beste von REM. 5/5
90s banger
Really liked this. The singles are huge but I enjoyed the rest of the album so much I listened twice. Very indicative of rock music at the time at the birth of grunge. Still great song writing and sounds modern to today’s standards but a vintage feel to recording and production
Considered their best album and earns the title - three or four of their biggest hits interspersed with some gems. The instrumental was a bit odds and didn’t add much
Always thought REM were a bit dour for dours sake but very enjoyable
Slow pace, grindy voice, overly dramatic harmonies, obnoxious chorus, making it moderate Baroque Pop.
Fantastic album. Everybody hurts and Night swimming are 5 stars on their own.
Started out not weak, but I started to appreciate the songs more in the 2nd half
I think I had a little too high expectations for this one since I absolutely love the song 'loosing my religion'. The album However is quite mid
I appreciate good songwriting and production but REM bores me to death.
Great vocal performance.Nice rwcording and mixes. Some interesting melodies. Somewhat predictable harmonic decisions and got a little samey sometimes. There were a couple of good songs that stood out
While I've long considered myself a fan of R.E.M., it's only just now occured to me how little of them I've actually heard. Before starting this list, it really boiled down to just DOCUMENT, a few spare singles, and Weird Al's pastiche of the group. And even after starting on this journey, my experience with them had only just evolved to "I'd heard their debut a couple of times." I wouldn't say I was lying in calling myself a fan, but surely that would imply I've dived a bit deeper into them than I have, right? I hadn't even heard today's album besides "Everybody Hurts" as a needle drop in ZOOTOPIA. So I finally come to AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, which is apparently considered the best album R.E.M. has ever done. Consider, on the 2020 ROLLING STONE 500 list, this album jumped 163 spots from 259 to 96, surpassing MURMUR as the highest-rated R.E.M. album on the list. Meanwhile, DOCUMENT went from 462 to not being on the list at all. I gotta wonder, what is it about this album that gets people hyping it up like this? A brief search told me it was because this is R.E.M.'s "serious album." largely about nostalgia, mortality and grief. Heck, it's largely made up of ballads, with only three songs that could be considered "rockers." And on its face, before listening to this album, I won't lie, there'd be something that'd bother me about that. As if being "big serious" is automatically the key to being considered "THE GREATEST EVER," while something like DOCUMENT gets dismissed for being a little lighter. It's a bit of a petulant reaction, I'll admit, but it's not coming from nowhere. I suppose I do have an issue with "intelligent types" who'll tell you that serious ballads pondering mortality are better than... Well, if not "joyful" music, then music that isn't such a "downer," to use a word like that. I suppose my problem is really just that I don't have much of a place for music like this, and that there's still this reactionary part of me that reacts to disagreements like this with hostility rather than genuine engagement. Despite how much time I've spent on this just now, I don't wanna act like I'm **that** bothered by this, but again, it's something that's been on my mind. Getting back on topic, though, to the point that I don't have a place for music like this... OK, I need one more digression, then I'll talk directly about the album itself, I promise. See, I recently had a revelation about myself and music. I tend to latch on to songs way better if there's some kind of overarching story I can connect them to. It's why I like rock operas and narrative concept albums as much as I do, and why I like jukebox musicals in spite of their many faults. This album was the first where I tried listening to the songs as if they were scenes in a story — multiple stories, if not just one — and listening to the lyrics and understanding them in that light... Y'know, this won't replace DOCUMENT as my favorite R.E.M. album. It's generally more the kind of music I prefer, and, well, I've put too much time into it to just switch up like that. But in the conversation about what R.E.M.'s best album is... Yeah. Yeah, I don't think I can disagree. I'll tell you what it reminds me of: THE SOFT BULLETIN by The Flaming Lips, another album on this list, and another album (arguably serious) largely about mortality. I have a term I use to describe that album, and I'd use it to describe this one as well: "beautiful melancholy." I wouldn't say either of them are happy albums — far from it. You don't have songs like "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" and "Try Not To Breathe" and get to call yourself happy. But at the same time, they're not downers, or even all **that** sad. They strike a balance like... Like it's a winter night, and you're watching snow fall in the light of a streetlamp. That's the imagery. It's acknowledging the hardest parts of life, but still finding some beauty despite it all. It's not about wallowing about the end; it's about being empathetic about it. "It's happening, and it **will** happen, eventually and it's OK to be sad about it. But you have to keep going." That's my read on things, anyway. "Everybody hurts sometimes — so hold on. You're not alone." (And I also wanna shout out "Ignoreland", too. Way too precinct here in 2025, goodness... And I hafta appreciate a song that tells me that, yeah, vitriol by itself won't solve anything, but damn it, it just feels good to **scream** sometimes.) And that's all fine about the lyrics, but I'm still a "melody first" person, and even in that regard, "beautiful melancholy" would still apply. It's a gorgeous album — not as much as THE SOFT BULLETIN, I don't think, but still. All the props to John Paul Jones (yes, from Led Zeppelin) for the string arrangements. And it's like, even though this album is largely composed of ballads, it's not as much of a boring slog as that would imply? There's still an energy behind them that keeps things going. And also, I was reminded pretty often of the serious songs from the Barenaked Ladies album GORDON, and that's a huge compliment in my book, believe me. I think you can safely call me a stronger R.E.M. fan after this. Now that I have a stronger handle on the empathy and emotion they're capable of... Well, jeez, I should go back and listen to DOCUMENT under this light. And MURMUR, for that matter. Jus'... It's a lovely record, and I'm glad I took the time to understand it and what it's about. And anyway, it's nice to have a thought about "Everybody Hurts" beyond its status as a joke "sad needle drop." Maybe if I were Judy Hopps I'd've kept listening, I'unno...
A more folksy-focused album, but still brimming with that R.E.M. mystique that the group is known for. Solid 5 Stars.
I’m at a 10. I’m also slightly emotionally exhausted. There’s something to be said about the brilliance of this album, and the ways in which it so earnestly portrays grief & pain, while still using it as a stepping stone to inevitable happiness, framed via the frustrations of a generation & shadowed by the plight of the Reagan years. If Nirvana’s “Nevermind” was the grungy anthem for Gen Xers pissed off at the world, this album is its more somber counterpart, made for those who really just needed someone to tell them it would all be OK. Honestly, you could write essays about this album and there would still be things left uncovered. However, flowery language fails me here. I really don’t have that historical soliloquy in me. At most, I can praise this album for everything it does right, because I don’t think it does a single thing wrong. Instrumentally, I love the shift to a more grunge-influenced soundscape, clearly influenced by the impact of Nirvana, yet still so recognizably being R.E.M. on all of these tracks. I think Michael Stipe’s vocals are as stellar as ever, & the slight anger that underlines a lot of these tracks is enhanced by some of the shakier tones in his voice. As far as the songwriting goes… I just can’t believe these are the same guys who wrote a bunch of vague nonsense on “Murmur”, you know? Don’t get me wrong, “Murmur” is a great album, but the lyrics there always nagged at me. “Document” does a better job than “Murmur”, but there’s still a few on that album that bite at me too. This one, though? Fucking hell. Just a bombshell lineup of well-written tracks. It’s the best stuff they’ve written so far, by far, at least for my tastes. Even when it feels sort of cheesy, like on “Everybody Hurts”, which has been overplayed to death (& perhaps ruined by Vine), there’s something in how earnest it all comes across that keeps each track grounded. Believe me, I’d love to go even deeper into how much I enjoyed this, but I’m already just drained. I’ll end on this note: apparently, this is the album Kurt Cobain was listening to when he committed suicide in 1994. Whether or not that’s real, or just urban myth, I’m not entirely sure; lots of conflicting sources on that. Either way, Michael Stipe’s relationship to Kurt is well-documented in its own right, and Kurt’s on record as saying this album’s tone is the direction he would’ve wanted to take Nirvana in. In that sense, iron sharpened iron here in a remarkable way. I really, truly loved this. It is one of the best albums we’ve gotten in this experience, and it’s an absolute 10. Just a stellar, stellar work of art.
Wonderful
- First album to come up from a band I already know I enjoy. - Never owned this one, but it does have a lot of songs that I like. - Strong start with Drive! - I would definitely listen to this album from front to back again in the future.
I had never put together that R.E.M. was one of the main bridges between post-punk and Alt Rock, but relistening to this album makes it apparent. The bands precision and stylistic choices make the music feel enveloping in a good way. It's a very understanding and welcoming piece of work while still being a joy to listen to
I still remember walking from school to buy this in the old long form cd box the day it came out. Document - Green - Out of Time - Automatic for the People have got to be the best four-album streak by band ever, although for me the REM artistic energy kind of ran out after this. I don't think this is as consistent as those other three albums but Nightswimming, Everybody Hurts, and Drive for me in particular are classics.
Nothing notable.
Great album - fab nostalgic tuneful songs :))
One of the best albums ever. I'd always heard good things, but I was still shocked how much I liked it
Good songs. Some much better than the rest.
I really wanted to like this but I was kinda bored.
Everybody Hurts is a really good song. I enjoyed this so far knowing most of the music. Man On The Moon is also great. I didn't have this album on CD back in the day but I had several other REM CDs and enjoyed them, though I think I prefer older REM. This is a pretty good 4 star for me with some really great popular tracks.
Again, the only thing keeping this from being 1 star for me is Peter Buck's guitar work. 2 stars.
Like the hits are ok, REM are just boring to me
Not as bad as annoying as I remembered it. The first track is still silly though.
I hear Michael Stipe, I zone out. Can’t help it.
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This is like a weird combination of The Doors, Genesis and Nirvana but somehow, despite me loving those bands (ESPECIALLY Genesis), I can't get into this album. I'd give it a 2/5, but I can absolutely see me getting more into it as time goes on
very nice
The standout of the album, "Everybody Hurts", starts out like Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love", which instantly sets the tone. Both beautiful songs that generations to come can relate to.
Album que já conhecia anteriormente. Muito bom.
I’m 43 - on the Xenniel cusp. My sister is 11 years older than I am. A true Gen-Xer. I don’t know if I would have been as into R.E.M. if it hadn’t been for her. And yet, we think of different points in time as the band’s peak era. And with that, we each have a different sense of what their definitive album is. For me, it’s this one. And I love the I.R.S. records - really most of their catalogue. There’s hardly an album until New Adventures that I wouldn’t give five stars. But for me, this is top of the heap.
8/10
2.5
2.5
they put a fair few men on the moon tbf
Didn't love it so I didn't finish the album.
Started off well and has some highlights (Everybody Hurts, Ignoreland), but gets slow and kind of boring towards the end.
Was an interesting album. I don't think anything in particular stood out
This album is just insulting to my ears. Please do better.
I like R.E.M. a lot and have ever since I first heard "Radio Free Europe" on WXRT in 1983. I have mixed feelings about this album though. One one hand I dislike "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" and "Man On The Moon" so much that I rarely listen to the rest of the album. On the other hand it has "Nightswimming" which is gorgeous and probably my favorite song of theirs. Everything else is somewhere in the middle, which is fine. And that's my review of this album - It's fine.
Sjukt bra, men lite väl många mellanspår
Drive - 3/5 Try Not To Breathe - 4/5 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - 4/5 Everybody Hurts - 5/5 New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - no rating Sweetness Follows - 3/5 Monty Got A Raw Deal - 4/5 Ignoreland - 3/5 Star Me Kitten - 3/5 Man On The Moon - 5/5 Nightswimming - 4/5 Find The River - 4/5 Average score: 3.7/5 (rounding up) i assumed the album would be higher energy than it was, i wouldn't have suspected there'd be so many slow songs. this was still a nice listen though
Fine. Some nostalgic songs on there, but there’s quite a few sub-par tracks on there. Haven’t sought out any REM album to listen to again, perhaps this is why.
Boring, bit samey. Sad people music with a couple of classics
Mid
This is a pretty solid album, surprised I haven't listened to it before. It's definitely a anthem for people in their 30s. Reading that this was the album Kurt Cobain was listening to when he died also made this album particularly poignant to me. Try not to breathe is a painful one, so is sweetness follows.
Fave: Drive
Wow - simply wow. What a gem - and what a time since I last had a listen at this masterpiece.
Its a decent album, never been a big fan of the hits so listening to the full album I'm happy to say theres a lot more there musically. Not really for me but doesn't offend and some good songs on there.
R.E.M. all sounds the same to me. Man On The Moon and Everybody Hurts are iconic, but the rest is just background music. I think this is era-music. You had to be there otherwise it’s just something for commercials and the grocery store.
Some pretty good highlights on this album which cemented R.E.M into 90s rock. 'Try Not To Breathe' and 'Ignoreland' are the best outside of the massive singles, though there is nothing too much to add on top of those. This band mostly does one thing well, but at least repeated 10 times across an album. Best Tracks: - Try Not To Breathe - Ignoreland - Man On The Moon Worst Tracks: - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Rating: 6/10
Not very interesting. Two stars ✌
idk irgendwie gibts nix zu sagen
Hab was anderes errwartet
that was pretty good, gotta find the songs i liked and add them to playlists
All the singles are excellent. One of my favourite REM albums. The start of side two is less good, but still good, and what an excellent ending. A very strong album. Excellent arrangements. I think the album can be summed up in two words. Beautiful and sad.
I’m curious
3/5 some good song particulaly nightswimming but mostly forgettable
Very emotionally moving album
It was fine.
4.5
Sad album
I really enjoyed this album and it was one of the first I've listened to in this project where I felt that I would listen to it again myself.
This is definitely my second favorite R.E.M. album and that’s not a knock against it, it’s truly a great album. It’s super poignant and methodical. This is definitely a love or hate band though. Like I could easily see why people don’t like their sound. They have a very specific and original sound that’s wholly their own and that can be very decisive for people. Totally great album, just not literally their best.
REM has released a row of 5-star albums in the 80s and early 90s and Automatic for the People is probably the most well known gems in their catalogue. It is a fantastically arranged and produced album, the music is grand and lush, accompanied by Stipe's distinctive voice. It may not be the most classic sounding REM album but songs like Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon and the closing Nightswimming it is certainly one of the best albums they made - and one of the best albums in the 90s.
More of the REM I remember, but man, I really loved this. I don't know what it is but the music feels so comforting
Every song is amazing. Bought back teenage memories, somehow knew most of the words
Very safe 90s alternative rock but that’s not by any means a bad thing. Some real smooth sounding stuff on here, will definitely be revisiting when I need some alt rock that isn’t the strokes or interpol
I'm unable to disconnect this album from my freshman year of college. I will always think of my dorm room when I hear Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight. The entire album is so perfectly chill. I can't not give it 5 stars.
R.E.M. will never be my cup of tea. It's big, it's dramatic, it takes up a lot of room, but it never really resolves for me. The back stretch of this album is as good as R.E.M. will ever be, but it's still not a 5.
Catchy and melodic, very nice
I pretty much love all of REM’s albums since first hearing their Document album (and then working back) but Automatic For The People is the pinnacle of their output in my opinion. Drive, Man on the Moon and Nightswimmimg are particular favourites, but Ignoreland is up there too.
absolute classic for a goddamn reason
Everybody hurts is one of my favourite songs. Find the river is another good one. A little too depressive overall, but aren't we all?
3/10 - good vibes but lacked any songs I would add to playlist or want to have at a campfire or the like.
Not really for me. A little to melancholy. Well done, but I won't come back to it.
Top of form here for R.E.M., everything is firing on all cylinders. Both Style and Substance, Hook and Groove. The entire album is filled with hits that are easily accessible and achingly beautiful. And so many have found their way in to the American musical background. Jon Stewart did a parody of the Everybody Hurts video on his MTV show in the early 90s that was hilarious and I wish I could find it again. I only wish they had used the version of Star Me Kitten that they did with William Burroughs singing(featured on the X-Files Songs in the Key of X album)
I already got this album.
Meh
This is a quintessential 90’s alternative album. It ebbs and flows like the tide. It’s an easy listen and subdued in its presentation but the messages are loud and clear. Really well done.
Doet het me echt niks
Truly the unbuttered toast of music. Maybe even untoasted toast. I'm sorry Michael Stipe, I do not like your voice.
Great sounding album. String arrangements are awesome, deep lyrics, and vocals sound great. Mixing and production are great also
It has some bangers. But I can’t say I like the whole album.
I mean. It's R.E.M. at their best. I do love the college rock music better. But this is art.
Great!
This was my favorite REM album and since that time I have gone back and listened sooo many times over the years. Definitely one of my top 5 albums of all time
Excellent album. Beautiful with an aura of sadness. This is an album you should hear (more than once) before you die.
This didn’t do anything for me. The big hits I never enjoyed listening to. The rest was just rather bland. I did moments when I thought I might try to revisit this…. But I don’t think it has enough value for a repeat listen.
Gear: DCA ÆON 2 Noire Artwork: 🛰️⛓️★ Production: 🤷♂️😐👍 Music: 🤔🚫🎵😒👀💭🤷♂️👂💬😐👍 Rating: ★★/5
A bit too simplistic and low-energy for my taste, but overall all the songs sound nice. Can’t say anything bad about them; I'm just not particularly thrilled. 7/10
Would give a 3.5 but can’t figure out how. I rock with it it’s just not music I’d listen to on a daily basis
Can’t decide if I like the repetitive flow of the album or not—though does have a “nostalgic” feel. Get the impression this would be good road trip music where you’re not rly listening to the lyrics and your mind is just wandering. (+)Try not to Breathe +Find The River +New Orleans Instrumental +Sweetness Follows (-)Man on the Moon (-)Everybody Hurts (Heard this one too much in commercials or skits growing up to not sound like nails on a chalk board to me)
I like but not love wish there was a 3.5 very high 3
Peak. Wish I heard of them before this year
I was a bit disappointed. I think the album is fine, but it lacks that forward momentum that made their earlier album Murmur feel so infectious to me. + The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Man on the Moon
Iconic Album. Some memorable songs
Who doesn't like REM? And Nightswimming is one of the prettiest songs ever written
Great REM album, definitely right up my alley. I somehow had every song liked on Spotify already, even though I don't remember listening to this as an album before; probably just forgot. Lots of hits on here, but every song is pretty good.
By 1992, R.E.M. were in an unusually enviable yet daunting position. As darlings of the Athens 80s indie wave, they had grown with the steps they were making, peak by mountainous peak; so that when they felt out of time with the trends, the music world was actually aligned with them. Automatic for the People portrays the band as both spokesmen and survivors, crafting exquisite yet weary songs that are amongst the most emotional in their catalog. R.E.M. have made several great albums but this is their absolute masterpiece.
Went into this not expecting anything but, i'm not gonna lie, I wasn't mad at this one. Songs like "Star Me Kitten" and "Nightswimming" brought it up from a 1 to a 2 for sure.
Classic album that hits every note and each song is its own story.
Sounds like REM
Love it, love REM
one of the greatest of all time
Really enjoyed this one. R.E.M. is one of those bands I know I like but haven't spent enough time with. Between the hit songs on this were equally good tracks. Definitely coming back to this one.
Am I the world’s biggest REM fan? No. Is Nightswimming one of my all time favorite songs? Yes.
The classics are good. But overall I don't think I really liked the style
Snoooooooze... REM just ain't for me
Good album, even though the chorus to The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight is annoying af. Drive is dope. Everybody Hurts will tear your heart out. New Orleans instr. is cool. As is Man on the Moon. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 64/118
Very good
Good
Great album
a great record, full of excellent tunes, REM at the height of their powers
My preconceived notion was that this album would be quite pop and I don't remember liking it. That wasn't the case. I liked it quite a bit!
Nice
They're not really my jam and they were force-fed down my earholes all through the 90's, Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon we're some of the tracks that still result in changing the channel or shutting it off. I think I have the previous record in my collection, but even that got boring really fast, when that hit the airwaves in Finland with full force. I'll take a proper listen and then decide how it sounds now, as a whole. Nah, still bemoany but also kinda dated.
Kinda meh, bland, boring; it didn't hold my attention. I didn't really care for it.
Gen x sad boi.
Though it was alright. Everybody hurts feels overplayed at this point but it is a good song. Some of them were a bit too odd for me personally but I see the appeal Fav song - everybody hurts/ignoreland Least fav - nightswimming Specific rating 3.8
Solid listen! Played on repeat while working
Feel like I'm in the car with my parents before they'd ever heard of vanlife. favourite: Man on the Moon least: Ignoreland
Classic, I think the singles from this album are still my favs, particularly Nightswimming
So good
The best REM album period, and one of my most favorite albums of all time. Great choice to start the project! Best songs: Drive, Try Not To Breathe, Ignoreland, Night Swimming, Find The River — but there’s not a skippable song on the album.
Some of them were familiar bangers. that is all
Only knew 3 songs of the album going into it, only left the album liking those three songs
M m m m miiiiid
Not bad
Heard the name. Not very familiar with that band. Nice vocal. Run of the mill rock & roll. Good album.
Really solid album. Stipe's voice is awesome, great guitar tones and arrangements, well-recorded, and I'm a sucker for orchestral backing to rock songs. I couldn't ask for much more. The album barely holds its ⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating because I feel like the back half of it had a miss or two. If everything was a good as the front half, it would have been a 5 for me
It's nice to revisit this album after some distance from it. "Nightswimming" is in my top 10 ever R.E.M. songs. "Find the River" is a great contribution from Mike Mills.
An undoubtedly beautiful album, but just not my thing
bangers
Understated majestic beauty. REM defined an entire era of pre-millennial mopey jangle pop and this, their lushest and least jangly period, is not as immediate as any other. It rewards multiple listens, requiring you to surrender and let the strings, keys and un-rushed melodies wash over. What a stunner.
It would be facetious for me to say this is a 5 based purely on the one piano progression on Find the River just after he says "naivete", but also not not, god this album rules
Close to a perfect album. One of my favourite REM albums.
Oh man, there is no way I'm gonna be able to review this objectively - I know it's moody mumble music, but by God it's MY moody mumble music! This album has followed me from my childhood, and remains stellar even today on my probably-thousandth listen. Michael Stipe's masterful lyrics mesh so well with the rest of the band, it's not quite like any other band I know - songs like The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite and Try Not to Breathe just wouldn't work done by anyone else, but here it just works! It's not my favourite REM album (Monster fans, where you at), but it's far and away their second best. Personally it would do better without Everybody Hurts, but that's probably because I've heard one too many people use it on repeat after a bad breakup. Damn, this album rocks.
Ok dencialf, è bello
I know everybody hurts; but who hurt R.E.M? Beautiful album.
I have always been a fan.
Nightswimming is always a favourite of mine. This album has a good mix of songs with enough difference between them for a unique listening experience. Sweetness Follows is quite good, so is Drive and Try Not to Breathe. 3.5/5 stars.
Good album, great production, although a bit too mellow for my tastes. 70/100
1 drive - 1.5 2. breathe - 1 3. tonite - 1.5 4. hurtz - 2.5 5. orleanz - 1 6. follouuz - 1.5 7. monty - 1.5 8. ignore - 1 9. kitten - 1 10. moon - 1.5 11. night - 1.5 12. river - 1.5
Awesome!!
superstarkes album mit so vielen tollen songs. mein „start“ mit R.E.M., auch wenn ich Out Of Time schon kannte. meine favoriten sind noch immer Nightswimming und Find The River.
Eines der besten Platten einer der besten Bands. Jeder Song für sich sackstark.
I'm not convinced it is ultimately better than its predecessors, green and Out of Time, but its certainly a mix of brilliant singles and well thought out modern folk album tracks.
Ok, I liked this more than I remember, actually, which is the opposite of the Document effect. Enjoyed quite a lot today. Maybe it's nothing to do with the specific album, and I just have to be in a REM mood.
woke up this moooorning
R.E.M. was one of those bands I grew up listening to, but not on purpose. I feel like they were all over the radio and MTV, and their sound is so specific to my 90's memories. I've always loved Michael Stipe's voice and passion when performing. I feel like they get lumped in to a category with U2 Counting Crows - but somehow they feel less cheesy? This was a quality listen, and I'm looking forward to diving more in to the discography. I may not always be in the mood for this kind of music, but it definitely has its place. ** Changing my 4 star rating to 5 because I've had this album on repeat all weekend. Can't stop, and it gets better with each listen. "Man On The Moon" is a stand out highlight, it is so fun to sing a long with. Might need to add it to my Karaoke repertoire. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" is another great one. So, to change my review...I am always in the mood for this, and it'll have it's place as one of my newly considered all-time favorite albums.
It was strange. Split screen with it being a cafeteria brightly lit with my son on one side and the other dark living room with my sister on the other. My son was on a phone talking to his girlfriend while playing video game while I was arguing with my sister on the other. She walked briskly around the split screen to grab a backpack with a note that I vehemently did not want her to have. I chased her down the street and grabbed her and we were in the brightly lit cafeteria. I retrieved the note and she angrily went to the other side of the split screen
default Pop Rock album
Really epic sound. This album helped me survive middle school.
i’m three songs in and i wish this was going by faster LMAO. okay i listened to the whole thing and it kinda all blurred together to me. not what i would prefer to listen to personally!
Great album, heavy atmosphere with penetrating songs, happy and sad at the same time
Acceptable album
I’m skipping all the tracks that were singles that I could not escape in the 90s. I’m not sure if I’m not enjoying this because the non-hits are not good songs, or because I’m still just exhausted from hearing the hits 24-7 and the sound is still the same. I like New Orleans instrumental no.1. And sweetness follows is off to a good start. I’m definitely enjoying the non-hits the later it gets into the album. I still really like man on the moon. Night swimming does not get enough play. This is a great track. Find the river is a great closer. Lots of tracks on the album that did not get radio play but are still great!
I knew the hits, but I have never listened to the entire album. It was good, the singles were definitely chosen for a reason, but the rest of the tracks lived up to the hype. I really enjoyed the instrumental track as well. Best song: Nightswimming Other highlights: Man on the moon, Everybody hurts, Drive, New Orleans Instrumental 4 stars
bit boring for me. nothing extra with the instumental either. or maybe its special, im not an expert. sorry
This takes me back to my teens. Love REM.
👍
pretty good
What a rock solid trcord. I totally get the hype and the love this gets. Hot take. Don’t love man on the moon. Never have. Past that though, really really great 5 stars
old favourite
1st listen: - drive; idk why I'm getting such midnight oil vibes lmao. But def a classic rock/western kind of vibe? Also a little Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam for some reason, also a band I can't remember rn but I'm getting the influence so heavily. Not much I liked lyric wise, just kinda there. Maybe didn't get the message straight away?? Also lowkey don't like the sound of songs like this one lmao. - try not to breathe; a little cranberries for some reason??? More lyrically descriptive, like it a little more, but still not vibing to it tbh haha. - sidewinder sleeps tn; like the beat more. Lyric wise I'm not liking how direct it is??? It's kinda stream of thought, which is great!! But I personally don't like how it's employed most of the time. - everybody hurts; meme classic. it's giving very church vibes??? Like hallelujah or smth lmao. It's a comforting song, but a little superficial for me (but I actually love how direct it is; I can see it actually comforting someone going through stuff, just not my type of comforting). Pretty nice arrangements by the middle with the acoustic and electric strings.
The deepest dwelling moodiness. The true emo. I need to be in the right mood for it but this is great.
Ай фил э лайт фо он зис синг. Лучшая песня - Drive.
I may have dozed while listening to this one... But what I really did hear, I liked.
This feels like an album I'll have to listen to a couple of times to appreciate properly. It's not bad but it doesn't really click with me either.
Pleasant enough album. I like Man On The Moon, but everything else doesn't move me.
I never have been a big fan of REM so naturally my rating will be lowered. But after listening to the entire album I must admit it is well done, so that improves its rating. My favorites are Everybody Hurts and Find the River. Bottom line = three stars.
Finally, an album that came out during my lifetime! I've never heard this one in particular, but I must have their first greatest hits (?) album, because I know a lot of these songs. Pretty, pretty good. Stipe also has such a unique voice that I know instantly these are R.E.M. songs, which actually isn't true of that many artists on this list for me. I find it comforting to know who I'm listening to. I like that there are lots of background strings. Feels very ~sweeping~. Apparently REM later thought 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' was too light for this album, but that is one of the saddest songs here to me! Anyway, I like that one. (Wiki says 'Call me when you try to wake her up' is misheard as 'Call Jamaica'? Umm, OK. I could imagine thinking it's 'Go and try...", but I don't know where the people are coming from with that one. Not making my mondegreen slides, let's just say that.) On the other hand, 'Everybody Hurts' I guess is heavier(?), but is way more uplifting, at least lyrically. It's a fine song, but a little too sleepy for my preference. Feels like a spiritual counterpart to 'Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen', about which I have similar feelings. 'Ignoreland' is rough in every sense. 'Star Me Kitten'? What kind of a name is---oh I see. Highlights: 'Sweetness Follows', 'Nightswimming' 🥺, 'Man on the Moon'
Automatic for almost making me cry
Another R.E.M. album in fairly quick succession for me here and yeah I like them. They're all fairly the same? If I didn't know any songs on this one, I wouldn't really be able to differentiate it much from Murmur. Okay, this one maybe has a bit more melody and Stipe's voice is a bit more elevated at times, but it's still a 3. A high 3 though
Hey kids, rock and roll Nobody tells you where to go
Drive is such a great track on this record. The strings add a lot to the feel of melancholy and sadness. One of my favorite REM albums. 4⭐️
Nice bit of nostalgia - reminded me of being an angsy 15 year old.
Reminded me a bit of Age of the Understatement, although I didn't feel like it did enough with the orchestra in order to stand out. Favorite Track: Drive
Não é um disco perfeito, mas histórico. A voz de Michael é afinadíssima e marcante para quem esteve em sua adolescência nesse período.
Excellent. Less rocky than their earlier stuff, but it showcases a band at the top of their game. Sure, everyone remembers Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon, but Drive, Sweetness Follows, and Nightswimming, among others, deserve more recognition. Do yourself a favour and check it out.
'Oh I need something to fly over my grave again'; 'A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss'; 'The movies had that movie thing / But nonsense has a welcome ring.' While I still think Murmur is R.E.M.'s most remarkable statement, I by no means disparage their more pop orientated albums released during the early nineties. But I do think this record is slightly overrated. Even comparing it to the album released just after this one - Monster - I prefer the pop ballad 'Strange Currencies,' one of the all-time R.E.M. singles, to the ubiquitous 'Everybody Hurts.' Tho a band's most lauded album is not necessarily their best, it is self-important to prefer only the deep cuts. Yet, besides 'Nightswimming,' this is ordinary.
asszem az egyik nagy meglepetése ennek a challengenek, hogy szeretem az R.E.M-et
Some bangers - some mash. Wierd vocal decisions coke musta been good
What a fuckin classic… Michael stipe ruminating on all his sad boi feelings Top 3 songs: man on the moon, nightswimming, everybody hurts
Don’t really like the mix, vocals sound like broadway, nothing really catchy happened
Great alt rock stuff overall, good variety across the album
still sounds as good today as it did back in the early 90s. A beautiful album and REM's best in my opinion.
This list loves REM, but I’m pretty meh on them.
Great album. Dynamic and emotional
I never really listened to this album (other than the obvious hits constantly on the radio). Mainly because I REALLY do not like Everybody Hurts. Totally turned me off of REM or diving into their albums. But I have to say, the rest of this album is excellent. Beautiful song after beautiful song.
A solid album all around. Every song has its merits.
★★★★★★
Это было трудновато
Bit meh
This was one the most “borrowed” tapes from my brother’s collection, though at the time neither of us metal heads would publicly admit we loved this album. There was something epic yet so incredibly personal about this album, like stadium-rock in a coffee shop. Man on the Moon got the radio play but Drive and Everybody Hurts had made their way onto many-a-mixtape. Really, there isn’t any song on this album that wasn’t good. I even liked Try Not to Breathe which starts a little medieval mistral and flawless transitions into a grand folk ballad for the ages. Michael Stipe gets a lot of credit, but Mike Mills haunting vocals and solid bass work, Peter Bucks driving guitar and Bill Berry’s drumming add to the tapestry that made Stripes opus successful. Discovery note: Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones did the orchestrations. No wonder it’s friggen great!
Random thoughts: * I got turned on to REM with "The One I Love". Still remember catching it on some UHF channel when I was home sick from school. * This is probably my favorite REM album. * I own this one on CD and remember being into it especially "Drive" when it came out. * I really like "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite". Just a jaunty fun song. * I didn't like "Sweetness Follows" when this album came out but now after hearing so many times on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack, I love this song. * I feel like there is a lot of hate for "Everybody Hurts" or it at least has become a meme. But this is like the song version of 'they don't boo nobodys.' "Everybody Hurts" is a really good song. * "Man on the Moon is a great song and one of REM's best.
5- Stars (13/15)
So how do we get a follow up to what has given us Losing My Religion? Well, like this. A bit even more dark and moodier than it's predecessor, AFTP delivers, and gives us the next unforgettable sad hymn in the form of Everybody Hurts. Might need a mood for it but when it's right, it's a great LP.
So many familiar nostalgic songs
I didn't care for this album. I just don't like R.E.M. But I respect R.E.M. Most of the songs on this album are hits. My favorite song was "Nightswimming". I did not know that I didn't care for R.E.M. before listening to this album.
I was just a little too Xennial to really enjoy R.E.M. in the moment so this was a great listen. Stipe's voice isn't my favorite when he's loud, but Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, and Find the River were a heck of a trio to end this one
Gillar man inte det här kan man dra. Kanske bland det bästa som någonsin gjorts. Solklar 5.
Ja det här är ju en no brainer. En nästan perfekt skiva. Det är grym musik. Så ska det låta.
Enastående bra skiva och tillsammans med Out of time R.E.M:s absoluta peak. Mästerverk.
Ohne die nervige Stimme wäre es vielleicht ein Viersternealbum geworden
Lacks the edge and energy of REM at their best, it’s giving alt-goes-grunge in the worst way.
Beautifully produced. Great songwriting