Green

meh 2/5

+ Pop Song 89 For mye mandolin REM er ikke helt for meg

Fine, average rock album

No one should have to hear Stand ever again.

Classic but not their best, IMO

I became irate about people's constant trash talk around Taylor Swift while listening to this album. I really disliked the sound and singing on this album. However, I can respect that it's just not MY music. I will not make sweeping accusations against R.E.M. as musicians nor their artistry-- as others fail to do about many famous "mainstream" female artists...

Pretty boring. The lead singer has a good voice, a bit like if the “Bueller” teacher from Ferris Bueller could sing, but the album has the personality to match. Obviously I love Losing my Religion, but they haven’t found that groove here. Anyway, I won’t give up on REM - but I’m close.

Bland noise

Niet voor mij. Paar oke nummers. Snap de stijl

I am learning that I really just do not like R.E.M.

I can sense why people might have found this fresh and exciting in 1988. I'm not so excited in 2026

bland af. not much to separate this and murmur, unless I’m missing something. Mostly made me realise hate hate hate Stipe's voice. Probably one of my least favourite singers of all time - I dunno why. 3.5 / 10

Second album on the generator. Can see why it's popular, but not for me.

this was fine. i really dont remember much tho

Rapidement Évacué de ma Mémoire. 2.49 étoiles

Meh. It was this album where Stipe's schtick started to annoy me. Seems like an easy one to swap out for something more interesting.

Good enough. Not amazing."Get Up" is the one.

its ok, cool early alt rock but nothing standing out to me

I'm not sure what it is that doesn't click with me and REM. They are lacking something for me and I can't quite put my finger on it. Rock, but without any bite and aggression? Pop, but with a voice that it's a bit tepid? Hooks, but without the soul to make you believe? It's not for a lack of trying over the years, on paper a band I should very much like, in reality a band that leaves me pretty indifferent. One into the sound the album picks up in the middle a bit, but not enough for the plaudits it gets.

Great drums.

I don't know, it's fine. I have no drive to ever listen to it again.

I've always thought of R.E.M. as merely ok. I still think that. This is a 2.5 star situation but such half measures are prohibited so I will cruelly round down.

meh

occasionally manages to break out a catchy line or some interesting sounds, but mostly it's just vocally slightly unpleasant to listen to and overall deeply unmemorable.

I don't really like REM, but I get that they are good at what they do. I just find it boring.

Another one where I'm thinking surely there are better albums by this band, why are we listening to this one? I thought to myself if REM were playing a big show would even *one* song from this record make it on the set list? I was curious so I googled and found their 2003 Glastonbury headline set. The answer is no.

Unfortunately I found the tone/sound of the lead singer’s voice so monotonous and dull that I could focus on little else during the album. Not a fan.

Siendo súper honesto no me gustó ninguna y la voz de mi compadre no me gusta, es como que la escucho y veo en mi mente EU pero reconozco que hay una banda de renombre pero pa mi no fue lo grande

Not my style

I appreciate 80s punk for the critical voice they often gave a megaphone. More modern musicians should follow their footsteps and stick their necks out, especially in times like these. However, I really don't like the sound of 80s punk/alternative rock. It just sounds corny man.

safa bien si

I don't like his voice

I don’t particularly like REM and I liked their other album better.

Eh. Fine. But none of their great songs. Classic rem sound tho.

This feels like the start of a new era for REM I liked the earlier albums better This is the point where I realized they were a singles-only band for me

l'in3 eme album proposé après 'Document' (3/5) et 'Automatic For The People' (2/5). Chronologiquement ce nouvel album se place entre les 2 précédents. Et sa note va plutôt basculer vers celle du plus récent. L'introduction de la mandoline va mener à des morceaux folk et/ou très ennuyeux ('You Are the Everything', 'The Wrong Child', 'Hairshirt' par exemple). De plus les morceaux rock sont vraiment très mous (le terme 'metal side' m'a fait bien rire ... Venom l'avait utilisé pour son album 'Black Metal' et c'était là totalement justifié). Bref, ce mélange ne m'a pas convaincu. =>2/5

ah sei lá nao me desce mto nao falta sal, um temperinho. nn sei explicar, eh bem qualquer coisa isso aqui

From what I read it's the first album from R.E.M. I liked the lyrics of songs (lik you are everything and orange crush). Just many pop beats which im not the biggest fan of

Uninteresting.

It’s ok

419/1089 - The weakest one I've had from them so far. Not sure why, just kinda annoying timbre-wise. My final list ranking is Murmur > Automatic > Document > Green.

Ok. I think that R.E.M. is difficult to rate because 1. the nostalgia 2. the amount that R.E.M. influenced a ton of the 90’s punk and pop punk that I enjoy. Here’s the deal… I just didn’t love it as an album. It wasn’t bad, there were songs I liked. But I’m not an album person and listening to Green reminded me why. Some of these songs would be awesome in a playlist but I just… wasn’t into the combination. Season: Late Summer Favorite Song: World Leader Pretend

bit boring

Syns det va ganske møkk. Kleine teksta, klein vokal og ka skjer med koringa PÅ ALLE LÅTAN?

Eigentlich okay, aber irgendwie nervt's mich unglaublich

This sounds very boring to me

REM can fuck right off. Maybe it was my time in the restaurant industry, years of being forced to listen to their grating music, but they persona non grata in these headphones.

First time listening, almost to the standard of ‘good’, but why is that boring? Who want to listen to this over and over again?

favs: pop song 89 world leader pretend orange crush i remember california rating 2/5

kinda album that needs a second listen so

It's weird to listen to whiny pop punk rock that I don't like because it isn't familiar to me. I feel like if I listened to this when I was younger or if I had some emotional attachment to this, I'd like it. It's no worse than Front Bottoms, but I have such an affection for the bad singing there and it just doesn't do anything for me. there were some technically well made songs, with some good bass lines and guitar riffs, but the singing and melodies were just really rough for a lot of it.

Maybe I am missing something, but I don't really 'get' REM. Who is their audience? Not me, I guess. It all seems very competent and polished, but I don't find it at all moving. There's no edge. It trundles along pleasantly throughout.

Didn't like it all that much; prefer their first 2 albums that had a more folkie, less political lean.

Wanted to like it more than I did

Exactly what I hoping, nothing, standard music and nothing new or something that would make it worth it

I've honestly never understood the R.E.M-hype. But I thought I'd give this album a proper chance and sat down to listen to it fully. It's not bad by any means, but its also nothing spectacular imo. Its just... bland. This is definitely dad music.

Alright - I feel like their other albums would be more interesting

It might be because I'm half listening during work. But I haven't been jamming with the last couple albums. and looking at the future albums.. I might not enjoy them either.

2.5

80s

R.E.M, de meest invloedrijkste band uit de jaren 90, hoog gewaardeerd en in het rijtje van meest legendarische bands. Maar waarom dat precies is weet ik eigenlijk niet. Ik vond het erg weinig hebben. Ik vind je liedjes saai en niet leuk, ik vind zijn stem erg jankerig en vervelend om te horen, de mandoline vind ik qua instrument vaak stom en in dit geval dus ook. De band gaf mij om de een of andere reden Raccoon vibes en counting crows. Daarvoor 2 sterren

“You’re drifting off to sleep with your teeth in your mouth” I found this lyric to be highly relatable. Thanks R.E.M.

Sounds a like a generic late 80s album, if I heard it on the radio I would think "yup that's radio music". World Leader Pretend is a good song though it sounds a bit like The Smiths but American. "The Wrong Child" and "I Remember California" are good but other than that it's unremarkable. I don't think I will be revisiting this album.

Not my jam

Meh - maybe just because this is on the later side of their catalog and I like the earlier stuff, but nothing about this record really grabs me.

I'm a big fan, but with a qualification. Their sound never really changed, give or take a few tweaks. I tanked at Document and Green, which is a very very long time ago now...as they weren't doing anything better than Life's Rich Pageant/Fables of the Reconstruction/Reckoning. Those three records were so good, so so good, that what came after paled. So in going back to Green, it is a good record but they'd been there done that, I'd already heard it. But, and I mean but, that's not a criticism per se, just this record didn't excite me like the earlier ones. Having hurtled through space and time to arrive at listening to this in 2026 deadbeats, I still feel the same. I'm listening now to Life's Rich Pageant and wishing I was back in 1986...

r.e.m. r.e.m never changes, to nawiazanie do innego hamerykanskiego klasycznego dziela kulturowego powinno mi wystarczyc jako podsumowanie po tym odsluchu, bo calkowicie nic sie nie zmienilo w porownaniu z ich dwoma ostatnimi pojawieniami sie na liscie, zdecydowanie najbardziej monotonne granie ktore az tyle razy sie pojawilo, a nadal nie jestem na tyle smutny, lub zbyt dziwny, zeby czerpac glebsza przyjemnosc z tak normickiego doomowania, ale jak patrze po ocenach to chyba jest to jeden z najbardziej popularnych bandow na liscie z wysokowa stala ocena, wiec moze idealnie pasuje jako muzyka nastoletnich hamerykanskich krytykow muzycznych listujacych na tej stronce, na plejke dodam orange crusha

I don’t know what it is about his voice but it just makes me sad. Even on the pop titled song, I just feel sad. I don’t think I’ll listen to this again. I just am not a fan of the sound or what it’s saying

Bissl langweilig

Lame

Not one of their best but not their worst. After arguably peaking with the release of Fables of the Reconstruction in 1985, R.E.M. tapered off their innovations and artistry with the subsequent two albums, Life's Rich Pageant and Document. With the release of Green, the band begins their full pivot into international pop stardom... nuff said.

> album is called Green > cover isn't even green Eh, not for me. Orange Crush and I Remember California were highlights but that's about it

Standouts: Orange Crush - this song feels the most defined in the whole album I Remember California - I like the dark ones of this Struggling to rate this one. By modern standards it's a 2 but everyone praising this like it's god's gift to music made me do some reading and surprisingly a lot of alt/grunge bands give this band credit for being one of the original alternative bands. That's nice and all but I know albums from bands I would consider "alt-rock" from way before this album. I respect this band for experimenting in the music space but they unfortunately this isn't an album that landed for me. I think they managed to find their groove in the darker songs and it works really well. The rest of the album is a more of a soft tone and I don't think his voice suits it. High 2/Low 3

Solid album, but not standout

Lite meh, blir bättre på 90talet men helt ok easylistening gnäll

Usch vad trist det är, och har dessutom svårt för rösten. Orange Crush och Untitled räddar den från ettan som är farligt nära.

Väldigt blandat, men det dåliga väger tyngre än det bra tycker jag

Vart har man hört turn you inside out? Känns som GTA? Iaf. Ruggig radiomusik! Skulle inte byta kanal men liksom... Rör inte direkt upp några känslor hos den här Dinon.

Ett bra band begravt bakom sina hits? Hmm. Är inte helt övertygad än. Har tappat i betyg för varje lyssning. Amerikanska The Smiths? Möjligt att det här är ett offer för dagsformen. Stark tvåa :P

okay so it was a hard listen cus tbh i wasn’t feeling her so skipped the day and now i’m JUST listening to it with another 3 albums behind.. a pretty solid rock record just not on my frequency. favs: orange crush!

STAAAAAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU WEEEEEHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

mid

Quite an average 80s rock album for me. Not a ton of interesting things going on and it seems that R.E.M. and their style are not my favorite, at least at this point in their career.

Pretty bland tbh, wouldn't go out my way to listen again. Orange crush is the one standout tune though

didnt really like it

Un peu chialeux et redondant

i don't know what it is but i really don't like it. maybe it's his voice (whose? apparently michael stipe is his name). i mean it just is failing to move me. it's listenable i guess which is why i'm not rating it 1 star. maybe i'm missing something. this is supposedly an incredibly popular and influential band? but from the beginning i was wishing for something more and simultaneously for it to just be over already.

Well not my type of music

Jpp du rock

It’s got a couple songs I liked. But I don’t know. I just didn’t do it for me.

Not enjoying at all, and giving it a lower rating because I expected to like it more - it seems like the sort of album I should like but it feels really mid, the songs all sound the same and I would prefer more experimentation. There is not a single song I could even hum back after first listen, very unmemorable. Slightly preferred the second half. Hairshirt is the only one I'm into.

not particularly memorable

I was deeply disappointed by their magnum opus, A.F.T.P., but found this one more palatable, maybe closer to 2.3 stars. At this rate, they might even make it to 3! I have a feeling I’m not done with them yet on this list.

Didnt find it very interesting, some nice moments in it for sure, but i didnt like the vocals, song structures and though alot of them came off as cheesy

Whimsical. Each one of the band members comes off as genuinely nice in interviews. But I really can't stand the majority of their oevre. I remember kind of liking Monster and a couple of songs from Up (neither being fan favourites I think), but I'd need to refresh that memory to see if it's still actually true. Anyway... I didn't enjoy this, and I have serious doubts about R.E.M. having more than one album here because those albums on this list all sound exactly the same.

I try so hard with REM. I sit down and listen intently. I clear distractions. I make sure I’m in a good mood. I do everything to try and like them, for I know they are so influential to more than a handful of my favorite bands. And yet, I can never get into it. I never enjoy it apart from the hits- and I don’t even like all the hits. This album does absolutely nothing for me but I’m glad that there are people out there that love it.

Pretty mid really. It's music, lowercase m. No standouts.

Liked it better than Document

Pretty solid R.E.M. album but not my favorite. I think it deserves an average rating without knowing any historical significance or why it hit a top 100 chart. I'll give it a fair 4/10

R.E.M. always has interesting lyrics, but i never liked them very much. This album had two hits (“Orange Crush” and “Stand”) that I know of. Lots of mandolin on this album, which helps a bit.

Like, I love R.E.M., but not his record. I have no idea why this is on the list? It's the most tepid, bland version of R.E.M. Nothing is like, bad, but nothing is good either.

Found this REM album annoying and whiny

I like REM in theory and Orange Crush is a good song, but this album was never did it for me.

I agree with the general consensus that R.E.M. haven't really aged well. Not enough going on in most of these songs and lyrics that don't really resonate these days. Orange Crush is pretty good though.

A few good songs but a lot of cringe. This album is where the band stops being interesting for me

A lot poppier than I expected. Orange Crush especially is repetitive but with a really strong hook, so no wonder it's a radio hit. Favorite track: You are the everything, because it's the one that stood out to me with its folk rock ambience.

Jangly guitars, reverb, and nasal singing are a combo that I don't particularly enjoy to be honest. I found myself enjoying the ballads a lot more just because the rest of the band calmed down a bit for them. I Remember California is an unexpected highlight, I love that kind of sinister shit. Orange Crush still a banger too. I think R.E.M are one of those bands where I'm happy to stick to the singles.

I don't think this album's aged very gracefully. I'm sure it would have been a more palatable listen back when R.E.M's sound was fresher, but I've heard enough of their music in my time to be pretty tired of the bland, meandering songs that make up the majority of this album. Special mention to Stand for managing to break the monotony though by being such a god awful, corny song that it immediately wakes you up from the stupor induced by the rest of the album as you reach for the skip button. I know R.E.M have better songs than what's on display here so I'll try to check out some other albums some time. Favourite tracks: The Wrong Child, Hairshirt, Orange Crush

Rem makes me so frustrated. How can a band that makes the song orange crush surround it with the dullest songs? They do this on every one of their stupid albums. Two or three absolute bangers and then jangly mumbly boring the rest of the album. My once a decade romantic idea that rem is good actually after listening to losing my religion one too many times always ends in heartbreak.

Not a fan

I just don't really like R.E.M. Sometimes, it's the fact that the music is too jangly. Other times, it's Michael Stipe being really "Michael Stipe"-ey. On this album, it's usually both.

Stand

I've nothing to say about this album that I didn't say in the last R.E.M review. R.E.M fucking sucks bro I just zoned out the entire time and when I came back to I thought I was still listening to the same shitty REM song.

R.E.M. does to former apprentices what the sound of a passing helicopter does to vietnam veterans.

To start, I am going to focus on the parts of this album I like. You Are the Everything is a good little acoustic piece, the accordion track is great here. World Leader Pretend is proof that any song is improved with a slide guitar. The rest of this side ranges from ok to ass. Orange Crush is the best song on this album, Turn You Inside-Out is great, Hairshirt is on the border of endearing and annoying and ends up falling into the latter despite a nice instrumental track. All other songs on this album are either forgettable or make me want to forget listening to this (Stand is the biggest fucking piece of shit I wanted to turn this off when it did its key change). A few good songs do not salvage this album, I have no interest in listening to this again. Highlights: Orange Crush, Turn You Inside-Out

Didn't really stand out to me

Meh, not my favorite REM album, I had never heard this one before. Orange Crush is really good though. 2 stars

Like all the other REM albums, this one is saved from a 1 star rating by virtue of Peter Buck doing interesting things with the guitar (and other related instruments). 2 stars. Side note: I really don't understand how REM has 4 albums in the 1001. Glad to have finally listened to all 4 so I don't need to listen to any more of their albums.

Great guitar riffs when they’re not on the mandolin. Put down the fucking mandolin. The singing in a super heavy American twang and mandolin throws me off though. Don’t care for this. Doesn’t make me feel much; occasional great riffs offset by aside annoyance at singing and mandolin 

Accessible, inoffensive, milquetoast alt rock that I liked less and less as the album went on. Blah

Not quite what I expected from R.E.M. Their material does mostly sound like their hits but without any sauce -- ending up as mostly bland, uninspired rock with a few mild acoustic cuts I didn’t care for. To his credit, Michael Stipe’s voice keeps the band recognizable, but he barely ever changes it up, and by the end of the album his delivery really starts to grate. Standout: Stand

Michael Stipe is bad

Micheal Stipe's voice is challenging to listen to but you can tell he is really giving it his all, so, goo for him, I guess. Didn't really frab me from the start and then they brought out the mandolin and I was done. Gives a sort of, idk, we think we are very smart kind of vibe. Pretty much the whitest album I've listened to so far and there habe been some pretty white albums. And I am white, so....

boring!

Bored.

Very mellow, almost depressing.

I know people love REM but I just didn't like this album much. Maybe I just like the well-known songs.

some good songs but overall monotone

Never been a fan of REM, just don't find them compelling. I assume there are a bunch of REM records on here and maybe one will change my mind. Until then, it's catchy but it just doesn't click at all for me - it's like a 5/10 as a 'not for me' rating.

Rock for avid bicyclists

The album is a pale rehash of everything that R.E.M. has done in the past.

I love R.E.M., but they do have their moments of complete boredom in their discogrpahy, and this album has a healthy serving of them.

Meh, plenty of hits I recognize but REM has never been my fave.

Na ja…

What a conundrum. If I was assessing this on how good some of the songs are I'd give it four stars. But I'm not. It's an album, which should stand as a body of work. And this is a frankenstinian body of disjointed styles and uneven tempo that I can't get into as a result. Now feeling I marked Pentangle really harshly when I at least wanted to listen to that one again.

It was fine. I like Orange Crush and I Remember California. But other than that. Nothing caught my ear

I've never listened to much REM. Just radio hits, mostly. If this is any indication, I'll stick with those. 2/5

Fine, nothing special. I was quite bored listening to this, which is a shame because they have some really good songs. 2/5 stars.

Orange Crush and Stand are decent songs. R.E.M. just might not be for me.

Havent listened to this in full since year 12! So very 80s in some ways but also wouldnt aurprise me if released today. That is quite remarkable i guess You are the everything was my favorite on this. Listening to it now it’s very busy. When do they take breaths. No pauses. Stand on the other hand is still all go no pauses but seems to swell and retreat, or pick itself up build on the melody and resolve on a satisfying note which must be the same as the start of the melody? Michael Stipe has a kind of grating whiny voice. Was trying to work out the backing vocals and what was bugging me about it. I think it is Stipe singing his own backing vocals. Then the last song it aounds like others singing. So ita a clear choice as opposed to others in the band not being able to sing. Wonder how they deal with that live, another band member of course. Like The Wrong Child is all layered vocals. Never thought about it before but there arent a lot of words to orange crush. Without the overdub of army chamts, helicoptor you mivht not know what thw hell the song is about. Like if you dubbed sounds of a fun fair, drinks pouring, kids laughing, you might assume orange crush is a drink and its about moving from childhood to adolesence. Its uptempo dancey beat was always gonna make this the hit of the album i suspect. Its a fine alt pop all guitar noise all the time (interspersed with introspective mandolin). The bass is pretty busy on a lot of this- as in it doeant anchor the ryt section along with thw drums, but sets the melody, wanders a lot. I assume the other albums are the same. Probably made it a better album or them a better band. As much as i bitch about Stipes vocals, they teally are part of the sound that defines REM. I often rate guitarists based on how recognisable their playing is. Clapton, for example, might be derivative, but you know whennits Clapton playing. Thats a level of musicianship not every musician indivisually can attain. So on that basis i should call Stile a great singer. Maybe it is the mix i should fault here. I should listen to other albums around this. I suspect they are just as solid in the alt pop context. New rating criteria for me. 2 stars means a good album. Its the best 1001 albums so everything will end up 3 or 4 stars for the main part.

REM are boring and whiny

Very dull and tough listen. I'll stick to the best of. Best Track - Orange Crush

Better than the first R.E.M. album I heard Murmur, but still just not really my favorite artist or music if I'm being completely honest. Not exactly the most memorable music either. If I had to give a top 3 for this album it would be Pop Song 89, Orange Crush, and Stand.

Cozzy -Hypnotic. Me ha parecido demasiado repetitivo.

I thought at least two songs on this were 'Losing My Religion', there's a TV show or something that uses the opening couple of seconds of 'Stand' as a recurring bit, and there are too many R.E.M. albums on this list. 2* out of spite.

Very forgettable for me.

liian vähän losing my religionia. 2/5 - A

Not my favorite album of the time period as Stipe’s voice grates me after a few songs. I liked the radio singles for the most part, though. Would’ve liked to have seen 1/2 of one of their shows back in the 80s.

The usual R.E.M. whining. Nothing special apart from Pop Song 89 (oh, the irony) and Orange Crush. I could definitely die without hearing this first.

I could only get into a few of the popular songs, and the rest seem like initial ideas that will turn into something better.

Not my favorite rem songs

Stand is good but the rest is blah

Two hit songs. I never liked R.E.M. I never understood the attraction.

Наскільки не мій гурт за комбінацією темпераменту, софт музики та цього вокалу, що складно уявити. Цей список остаточно підтвердив, що просто не для мене ця музика писалась) Stand та Orange Crush - кайф, якщо такого було б більше, то ми з цим альбом могли б подружитися.

2.5 - Solid but nothing stand out

Ligt lekker in het oor, maar niet de meest boeiende muziek.

Het is een combinatie van het stemgeluid, gitaargeluid en de nummers waarin naar mijn mening te weinig gebeurt waardoor ik R.E.M. nooit heb kunnen waarderen

Some good songs, some cringe

So many of these songs sound like they just improvised the vocals to them on the spot and never bothered refining or improving them

ok

not really my style. Didn't like it much

It was fine, I guess. I felt it just meandered a lot. It was just a guy yapping over a guitar track. Kept expecting him to start saying "loosing my religion" during each song because of how similar and unremarkable each one was. Dunno, maybe people like this album for the lyrics.

So annoying. Fav: -

Surprisingly tedious. No sign of what they are going to become a few years later.

Genre: Alternative Rock I did not particularly enjoy this listen. I like some of REM’s songs, but this one felt like it was an album to be an alt-rock album. It was 1988, and this was the music that impressed at the time. I like Orange Crush, but that’s about it. Stipe’s vocals aren’t for me, and the music doesn’t do much for me either. 2/5

Like it wasn’t bad but sounds like all the others

Eh, wasn’t the best, just felt a bit off and not appealing. 2 stars

No tämä on samaa REMiä mitä ne kaikki muutkin

GREEN - another great REM catalog album. It's hard from one decade to anther to convey the status of a band when any particular album came out, but REM was pretty much at the top of rock groups in the 80s and 90s and this was a monster. Pop Song 89, Orange Crush and even the sickeningly sweet Stand are great examples of the jangly guitar forward songs and catch vocals of Stipe and Mike Mills harmonies that we all love about REM.

4/10 R.E.M. have the ability to write some really fantastic tracks, but they also seem to miss the mark pretty frequently. This album has a lot of ideas that never really go anywhere. There are a few standout tracks scattered through the album, like Orange Crush, Hairshirt and I Remember California, but the lasting feeling I had when listening to this was that it was all a bit underwhelming and underdeveloped. They frequently had tracks which didn’t have a decent hook to grab onto, and some which barely diverged from a single idea, which made them a bit of a tiring listen. There were also a couple of songs that sounded like really long intros to songs that never actually arrived. Every now and then, I’d have a little ‘oooh’ moment, but frequently this was relating to a small part of an otherwise meandering track. Perhaps this just hasn’t aged well, or it’s one of those albums that you had to be there for, but I just never really felt particularly engaged in the listening process, apart from in a few fleeting moments here and there. Pop Song 89 - This is a decent jangly pop number. It’s a bit repetitive though and feels just feels a bit too safe. To my ears it sounds like they were trying to make it have a bit of grit by throwing in some more driven guitars in places, but it’s not really consistent enough to give it an edge. Get Up - There is actually a bit more drive to this. It never actually gets massively interesting though. It’s not bad, exactly, and it’s fairly catchy. I quite like the little ‘dream’ bridge section as it actually throws something a bit more interesting into the track. It’s short, so it doesn’t outstay its welcome. You Are The Everything - A twee little song that sounds like a four minute intro to a song that never actually arrives. Meh. Stand - Immediately things take a step in a more solid direction. There’s more of a drive to this. I quite like the rhythmical choices that Michael Stipe makes, particularly in the chorus. They’re not that conventional and give it an interesting lilt. It’s a decent track, but things still aren’t really connecting with me in a significant way. World Leader Pretend - I feel like this kind of meanders around a bit without ever really landing on anything. Both the verse and the chorus sound like verses. Again, it’s just not quite engaging me and I can’t find enough to get my teeth into. The Wrong Child - Another song that’s a three and a half minute intro to nothing. It just never goes anywhere and it’s pretty boring. Orange Crush - This is a classic. The little off-beat triplet bass is really nice and it’s got a great hook. There’s a decent amount of momentum to it too. Like much of the album, it doesn’t actually do much in the way of interesting development around its core ideas, but the ideas are good enough to carry the song. Turn You Inside-Out - We’re back to something a bit more plodding. I feel like there are some decent ideas in here, like some of the backing vocals, and it’s actually a song that has grown on me through its runtime. It’s got a bit more grit to it, but it just feels like it could do with a bit of a tempo boost to really drive. Hairshirt - This is quite a nice song. The problem is, I don’t feel like there’s been enough momentum in the album to allow this sort of song to shine. If there had been a bit more tempo and thrust to the previous songs, this would have worked as a nice moment of calm, but as it is, I just doesn’t resonate in the same way that it could have done. I Remember California - I really like this one. There’s a real brooding sense of discontent about it. I can definitely hear echoes of this in some Nirvana tracks. There’s plenty going on here to and nothing gets too stale either. As with the previous track, though, I feel like this would have shone brighter on a more consistent album as a moment of despair. It probably deserves better, really. Untitled - This one just doesn’t really go anywhere. Again, some decent ideas, but it just feels a bit underdeveloped. They sort of break into what feels like a placeholder section and then swiftly return to the same motif that basically runs through the whole song. It’s just not that interesting.

How extremely unREMarkable. Similar to Elvis Costello, the author of this list must see something in REM that I don’t. Can’t for the life of me understand why they need this many mediocre albums on the list. This album cements the fact for me that it’s only the REM hits that are good, nothing else.

not my sound

Kind of sounded like Weird Al. I did enjoy some of the lyrics

Wasn't keen on it. Was a bit samey from song to song. Couldn't tell when one ended and one began

The album felt very low energy and samey, just not for me

2.5

REM puts me into REM.

I am just not a big fan of R.E.M. It's ok. The best track is "Orange Crush"

I’ve never been able to get into R.E.M., and this album didn’t really help the cause. Michael Stipe’s voice kind of annoys me, and the mandolin soft-rock sound isn’t my cup of tea.

It was fine. Not soft enough but not rock enough either. Wished it made more of an impact but I didn’t think it was bad

Decent but nothing special. Only familiar with some likely via Parks and Rec

⭐️⭐️/5. My first R.E.M. album and so far, not my fave. Get the feeling they’re more of a lyrics/emotion band when I’m so much more of a beats gal. Some little moments here - different instruments/sounds that may look to a future change I would enjoy more.

I don't like R.E.M. so much. All the songs are the same.

1.6 We have 4 REM albums so far. If you gave me a million bucks and a year to figure it out, I still wouldn't be able to distinguish one from another.

Oddly like lead singer’s voice. Might check the rest of the catalog out! Favorite Track: Orange Crush

Between “Stand” and “Orange Crush” for my faves

I’ve always found R.E.M. to be pretty annoying

That jangly shrug-rock, saying-nothing self-important garbage. What came after this became the soundtrack to either sipping lapsang tea while journaling or eating shrimp with mid-priced white wine.

Det var en sløj omgang. Skulle tvinge mig selv til at høre det færdigt.

My personal feeling is if I've heard one REM album I've heard what there is to hear. I'm guessing they have like 4 albums on this list since they've had a bunch of successful albums. There's nothing wrong with this album but almost 40 years later the impact of it is very diffuse

Stand saved it from a 1. This was a precursor to grunge and the darkness of ‘90s rock. Yuck!

Apart from Orange Crush, I did not like this album. I don’t think I like REM in general.

- i was a bit bored to be honest - some cool elements and probably has inspired something somewhere -vocals weren't for me ★★

Just boring really

Eh, it's wasn't very engaging.

It’s ok but not going into my rotation

suffers greatly from the valley style track listing and does not deliver a solid finish. the singles and 2 tracks at the top were all that kept my attention

I don't get the love for REM... it's so mid for me. Not a great voice. Not great instrumentals. a bit whiny? I dunno. it's fine but def not must listen to imo

Almost as bas as radiohead

Another REM album I’ve failed to like. By my tastes I really should like this band but I just don’t. It’s weird cause so many artists I love were inspired by REM. I guess I don’t like his voice. The lyrics are cool though.

Flaccid, self-absorbed, inoffensive. This band does nothing for me. They have a distinctive sound; I'll give them that. But it's a whiny, jangly sound I don't want to hear.

A very creative album. I appreciate what this did for music as a whole, but I can't say I loved the listen.

Never really got into them

A very sad 2. Didn’t click with me at all.

I'm starting to hate REM. whingey fucking vegetarian music. GROW SOME BALLS. Paul McCartney is vegetarian and makes fun music, why can't these guys?

Meh. Too much mandolin.

It's fine? I just really struggle with REM

average

Ok

First song was good but didn't like the rest. I don't need to listen to this many R.E.M. albums

A little overhyped?

I think this was weaker than Murmur. I don't think its bad, but I don't really like it either.

on a song-by-song level, there are some gems. in total, it's mostly annoying

#544. It's REM. It's exactly what you expect. If you expect to like it, maybe you will, but there is nothing you can say to convince me REM is good. 2/5: a bit shit

Not a lover of REM but this was ok in parts. Favourite tracks: Pop Song 89 & Stand Probably not one to revisit. 2/5

I've heard this so much i don't need to be back here it's like ok, not their best at all

It's such a different world.

4/10 Imma be real chief, this aint it, this is my first exposure to REM and it’s just been a bitter taste of mediocre Alt-Rock in its most dated sense. Here’s hoping their best records make a better impression on me. Shoutout to the 80s alt dudes who had to get freaky to this music tho

Nice to go beyond the hits. Tracks were all decent but none really shone out for me

So shit ngl. Horrible voice and lyrics are fucking weird.

משעמם קצת אבל מעריך את הכוונה שלהם

It's okay. A little meh. REM isn't my jam.

Whiney.

2,5

I don't like R.E.M. I'll give this a 2/5 since there are a couple of hits on it (not that they are hits for me) as a legacy valuation. Would be a 1 otherwise.

Accordian in you are everything is cool. Fiber slapp in orange crush I remember California is pretty cool

A few enjoyable cuts, but as a whole not a standout.

It was a bit boring really

Stand with your head up your ass. Never got the deal with this band, still don't!

不好听，很英伦摇滚。

A bit middle of the road. Orange Crush and Stand are the highlights and I think were the singles. Songs were ok and it made for a good hangover listen, pretty chilled. Not my fave R.E.M, that award goes to Monster.

Goh, dit is nou niet echt een album waar ik heel warm van word. Het mist ook nog eens de hits van R.E.M. Ik weet niet man, ik vind dit echt een dodelijk saai album. De zang is meh, instrumentaal gebeurt er naar mijn mening niet genoeg. Krijg nogal Radiohead vibes hiervan, wat in mijn geval is dat er het generieke rock is met een ontzettend vervelende zeikerige zanger er overheen. God, dit album duurt maar 40 minuten, maar ik verveel me echt dood hierop. Het is echt niet slecht hoor, totaal niet, maar het is gewoon zulke saaie inspiratieloze meuk, voor mijn ongeoefende oren dan. Dat kan natuurlijk volledig aan mij liggen, maar dat is het nadeel als je mensen zelf laat reviewen. Ook zat mensen die Daft Punk niets vinden, en die hebben objectief gezien gewoon een verkeerde mening. FAVO: Orange Crush

I seriously will never understand the praise R.E.M get because their music sounds so plain to me. Artists from Thom Yorke to Kurt Cobain have praised their work endlessly and countless will tell me they're brilliant but I don't understand it. It's a feeling I cannot place my finger on but their music doesn't speak to me, however I will be forever thankful to Michael Stipe for his contribution to 'How To Disappear Completely'. Although a okay album there's very little that stands out for me, even on albums I have given a 1 star there's the odd standout track but these all blended together for me bar maybe 'I Remember California'. 4/10 Overrated band. Top Tracks -> I Remember California

The radio hits are good songs. But Stipe is so self-righteous and with the hindsight of the way boomers and gen-x have destroyed society doesn’t sit well when I listen to REM albums.

I don’t get the hubbub. Orange Crush is great, and there’s a few good album cuts, but this is a far cry from their peak (Life’s Rich Pageant). The use of mandolin is a nice touch, and foreshadows greater commercial success to come

Un par de canciones que me agradan, y el resto no, hasta me pareció escuchar algo parecido a "Hello I love you" de The Doors.

Boring

Eugh I just found this dreary and boring. I can't believe R.E.M. have four albums on this list. They are fine and have some good songs but it all sounds the same to me.

Every single song sounded like it could turn into Losing my Religion at any moment

not my favorite

More stuff i've heard on the radio over the years. Tired and overplayed, but some good hits like orange crush. Not a huge fan.

i do not like mr. R.E.M.'s vocals, which makes listening to him sing difficult. this was otherwise fine

Aren't there other R.E.M. albums on this list? Did we also need this one?

It was nice but didn’t really stand out enough to keep

I didn't know much about this band. Heard the name before. I listened to the album but I'm not a fan.

Eifach langwielig. World Leadet Pretend bedient sic extrem de Harmonie vo Losing my religion oder eig umgekehrt.. Sorry - klimper , schrumm, singelsangel.

pop song 89 guete name haha. shoulndt talk about the weather (oder should we) guueti line. jo oder government. get up okay, afoch en lied. you are the everything het de rem mandoline, gfallt mer meh. sini stimm isch scho sehr cool. stand isch etz no cool gsi aber s wird mich glaub nüt umhaue. world leader pretend haha flamenco dinger. de falsche chind wieder mandolin aber sie singed glichzitig i nöd gern. has ghasst. orange crush kenni glaub, chli besser het slagzüg yaay. voll okay moll. turn you inside out het bass und chords un 80er drums dasch scho besser. wie meinsch hairshirt alte. sooooo alooone ok. isches es hoorigs liibli?? i rember 💀

Ei jättänyt itsestään mitään muistamisen arvoista tämä. En kuuntele toiste.

MEh, I don't even know what to give this album. it's between 2 and 3 I'll go 2

It was alright, there were some things I liked and some things I didn't. Probablyyy won't be listening to this very often

rem sounds weird

Not as good as other albums. 2/5

Eh.

R.EM. is a band I think I like, but much of their earlier stuff actually has very little appeal to me.

sorry hannah, i enjoyed it, but it wasn’t my absolute favorite

Fairly generic rock. Nothing stood out.

So boring

Nah

That's me listening to the album, losing my interest.

it's fine

2 stars from me. It’s a bit depressing.

Unsure as to whether this is for me. i enjoy the traditional hits of REM but find the voice and vibe irritating? and commercial/ too happy. Maybe cause i grew up with the songs constantly in media e.g. ads or films... world leader pretend i dont mind. its a bit more janggly guitar and smithsesque vocals enjoying much more from this song onwards like the guitars in i remember california more moody? 6/10 dont think i would actively listen to again

A horrible listen while studying for exams

some cool songs that are familiar bc growing up w my dad, pop song 89, stand and orange crush. pop song 89 has like that cool bridge riff thing not part of the main chorus that i like. and thats it!

not a huge REM gal but enjoyed the listen. probably won't be seeking it out again any time soon

Kinda nostalgic - some songs I recognized and some I did not. REM sounds too much like a specific time and place and its not really my jam :shrug:

I remember getting this album in the Columbia House CD racket (that my parents ended up paying for dearly) and finding it a little hard to grasp as a 12 year old. It's an ok album but not an REM stand-out for me.

it’s fine. rem is fine.

While I have heard R.E.M plenty of times I dont think I have ever heard any song from this album. Their sound is the same as what I have heard before though. Catchy songs that contain a messages about the time when they were written.

Never got what people see in REM. Just not my thing I guess.

Good baselines and beats, but too many fadeouts for this era/type of music. Wasn't a fan of the voice and lyrics, and overall it seemed pretty generic and not a great listen as a whole.

Ah, R.E.M., my twin sister's nemesis. I'm contractually obligated to not enjoy R.E.M., and as such I cannot give them higher than a 2. Regardless, I'm not a fan of R.E.M. I sure do not enjoy Michael Stipe's vocals. Musically, R.E.M. is OK. Though I would dispute what makes this album experimental (because this album sounds like classic R.E.M.), the use of the mandolin was cool--I always enjoy artists exploring past their usual bounds. I learned a bit more about R.E.M. and their style, discovered I knew "Orange Crush" without knowing the title, and toughed out another album. "And how can it not be longer?!"

Not my thing.

This ones just alright. I really liked the political themes they were trying to touch on through this record, but not all of them landed where I think they were aiming. I liked Stand and Turn You Inside-Out

REM is objectively fine and I don’t have any major qualms with them - I don’t mind listening, but I probably won’t be back aside from the songs I already knew. Soft 3, hard 2

wasn't bad but there was nothing drawing me to listen again.

Ok

a lot of the pace was the same, enjoyed some but not much

Oh no another REM album!!!

American Stadium Rock 101. No thanks.

I listened to a few songs, but just wasn't feeling it, so I quit.

Jaah noh...Jäi albuniradiolle asti soimaan... Missä albuni oheedio kokonaispakkaus räjähde unohtunu panoksesta..

Quite bland, not something for me at all. I see the charm, but I was relieved when it was done. My head finally had peace.

Never been a fan of their style. Listened to this album and it's all pretty meh. I would say they are a pretty middle of the road band.

THATS ENOUGH REM PLEASE

Fin plade men ikke noget særligt, manglede nogen numre der stod ud. Tror sgu der er for meget R.E.M. på listen hvis den her kom med.

A bit of mandolin, a lot of boring.

Previous REM has really surprised me, I expected it to be whiney and a bit poppy and just a bit annoying (mainly due to only exposure was everybody hurts) and I've actually really enjoyed it. This however, is whiney, a bit poppy and kinda annoying

It’s still hard to believe, even after the second REM album on this list, that this band was one of the most popular in the world. It’s just passable pastiche

Was just very R.E.M and I'm not new to them

Never been a fan of R.E.M. and listening to this album is not going to change it. This is just standard decent rock music, so not super exiting. The one exception is maybe I Remember California. Didn't know that song, I like the melancholic atmosphere.

Okay I feel a little bad rating it so low but HEY this is subjective right. Once again not a bad album by any means, and instantly every song felt familiar to me. I grew up listening to alt rock and pop punk and arguably this is the band that brought it into the mainstream. I just think it didn’t hit because my music taste has expanded quite a bit since the olden days. I can recognize that this album is the foundation that led to the music I listened to growing up, so thanks for that REM. Should we talk about the government now?

They have a smashing greatest hits.

Nada interesante, parece el inicio del sonido del rock noventoso pero musicalmente no me pareció interesante, tal vez hay algo en las letras pero no sé... no es para mi

it's fine

Not the biggest fan. Didn’t click as much as other REM stuff I’ve listened to

Man. Its just like the same thing from the 80s condensed into one album. Boomers man

It’s like the smiths and linkin park made an album together

Yeah, what to say about this? R.E.M. have always been a band I could give or take. They're OK, nothing special. Some good some bad. Really can't justify more than a 2.5.

No puedo con los R.E.M. Qué le vamos a hacer. Me gustan mucho algunos sencillos, pero ya escuchar sus discos completos me da mucha flojera.