Green

Day815 - some albums just take you back to a time and place and this one had some good memories with it. you are everything is the one of the most underrated songs in their catalog

bueno

Used to wn this on tape and would pop it in my walkmen and ride my bike around the nieghborhood blastig Orange Crush! Love this album, Love REM.

Sure Stand may be a bit cheesy but this album is an enthralling listen start to finish. One of the many REM albums that I would give a 5 to.

Brought back a lot of memories of listening to this when it first came out.

This album has some of REM's worst and best songs. "Stand" is Warner Bros trying to tell REM how to make a hit. "Pop Song 89" is a tongue in cheek reflection to Warner Bros overreach. "Orange Crush" seems to be a compromise between the two, having a pop hook while firmly grounded in REM's roots. The real gems on this album are "You Are the Everything," "World Leader Pretend," and "Turn You Inside-Out". All of the other tracks are solid. Get rid of the two Warner Bros tracks and you have a great LP. Still giving it a 5 star review, just for nostalgia.

Wonderful album but a band that continue to intrigue me to this day. A plethora of great songs.

Album 1081 of 1089 Green - R.E.M. (1988) Rating : 5 / 5 This was an easy one for me. R.E.M. has long been one of my favorite bands, so spending some time with one of their albums is never much of a chore. Green might not be the very first album people point to when they talk about the band’s absolute best work, but it’s still a really solid record. The songs are strong, the production is clean, and everything just feels well put together. Everyone in the band is doing exactly what they need to do to make the songs work. One thing I’ve always liked about R.E.M. is how natural their music feels. The melodies, the guitars, the rhythm section - it all fits together without feeling forced. It’s just good songwriting delivered by a band that clearly knows how to play together. This album also happens to include one of my favorite R.E.M. songs, Stand, which always brings a smile when it comes on. It’s one of those tracks that has a certain charm to it and sticks with you. Overall, this is simply a very enjoyable listen. Maybe not their absolute peak, but still a really good album from a band that rarely misses. When it comes to R.E.M., even the albums that aren’t considered their very best are still pretty darn good.

I was a fan of R.E.M. during the 1980’s. The songs were catchy and the albums were well produced. I think of it now as pop music with a conscience.

Sleep delays my life / Where does time go Dreams, they complicate my life (Dreams, they complement my life) 4.5 stars

REM is one of my favorite bands and I love this album. Favorite songs: Pop Song 89, Get Up, World Leader Pretend, Turn You Inside-Out, I Remember California

An evergreen classic.

World Leader Pretend and Orange Crush do hit different in March, 2026.

Some of the songs are so good they've been overplayed and become slightly tiresome, but that's not R.E.M.'s fault.

One of REM’s finest

I love REM, so I was prepared to love this album. And it is great. But it starts extremely strongly, and ends strongly. Songs 3-7, while good, lack the melodious power of some of their songs with a stronger beat. I think Hairshirt was really the most effective of their slow songs, and that’s near the end.

Great REM album

Pretty much flawless. Definitely 80s but doesn’t sound dated at all. Great feel to it.

I see REM, I give 5 stars. This album was their major label debut, but they weren’t afraid to make a weird, catchy, at times dark, album. The bonus untitled track is them at their poppy best.

Grandísimo disco, perfecta combinación de indie rock, frescura, música alternativa y comercialidad. “Green” representa el gran salto de R.E.M. hacia la consolidación como banda mítica de los 90. Magníficos todos los singles sacados de aquí, siendo “Pop Song 89” y “Orange Crush” mis favoritas. Entre los no singles destaca “World Leader Pretend”, que anticipa de alguna manera muchos de los éxitos futuros de la banda, llámese “Losing My Religion”

I was recently catching up on old Sound Opinions episodes and listened to #988 on R.E.M.'s Music and Legacy, interviewing Peter Ames Carlin on his biography of the band. Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis are still (nearly 40 years after the fact) _pissed_ at the band for selling out and going all super-star mainstream. And this is the album, their first for Warners, where we see how far the band was willing to go to reach their ambitions. Even the band acknowledge the change of approach for this album; the inclusion of major key pop songs (the opening 'Pop Song 89' kind of tips their hand), the clearer production quality, videos for the singles, and most notably, mixing the vocals towards the front so you can actually hear what Stipe is singing. (That said, is it helpful to understand what Stipe is singing? Are his lyrics artfully cryptic or merely meaninglessly random? I am on the fence on that question, but I do appreciate that R.E.M. albums don't make you feel stupid just for listening to them.) A pattern I have noticed across this 1001 albums project are bands that decide they really desperately want to break big, and they put everything into a make-or-break record to try to go huge. That is an especially big swing for the fences if you come from a scene or genre where there is not really precedent for ubiquitous mainstream success (see also Metallica thinking they can take thrash metal to the masses with the Black Album). R.E.M. were one of the first alternative bands to have serious major label success, which opened the way for everything that happened in the early 90s. I am not convinced that the mainstream music industry co-option of alternative music was really good for many people or, ultimately, for the music. I remember the alternative music industry of the 80s fairly fondly, and watching it be strip-mined, gussied up, marketed as a genre label for radio programmers, and then tossed away like yesterday's jam (https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/6b9086e8-a5f1-4d67-9585-9a6b888d5f7c) But selling out paid off for R.E.M! 'Orange Crush' and 'Stand' were both Billboard #1 hits. There are also still some very pretty folk-like introspective moments on the albums (Hairshirt in particular) with the introduction of mandolin. This is still an album with character and artistic integrity, albeit polished in a way that millions of people could enjoy. I share some of Kot and DeRogatis' hurt and anger at what happened to the alternative music industry. But I don't want to hold this against Green, which is, in all fairness, a genuinely classic record. Great songs, great playing, emotionally open even if not clearly comprehensible. It's a classic album with four or five extremely strong songs and little filler. Five stars. Footnote: nice to hear some tasteful percussion work from Keith LeBlanc (ex Sugar Hill Records house band and Tackhead) on 'Turn you Inside Out'.

I've never listened to R.E.M. before, not really. I'd only heard Losing My Religion. I'm having a blast with this album. It's definitely going in my rotation, and I'll be on the hunt to thrift a physical copy. I like odd sounds in music, and the tinkling noises a couple minutes into Get Up really scratched that for me. I really like the crickets at the beginning of You Are the Everything. Hearing that always reminds me of growing up in small town Georgia.

Favorite Track: Stand

With a jump to a major label, REM opened some new doors on Green, taking chances with both the poppier side (radio song, stand) and harder, U2-style rock (orange crush) with some tasteful mandolin balladry and the losing my religion- prefiguring ‘world leader pretend’ to round things out. It’s an ambitious, perfectly balanced, and relentlessly listenable album- proving it’s possible to sell and yet not sell out.

Yet another great REM album that it’s hard to believe came out in the 80s. They were light years ahead of everyone else.

Splendid

I am a simple person, and peak R.E.M. is easy to love. It is "alternative" only when contrasted with the exaggerated glitz and superficiality of its "mainstream" contemporaries. Structurally, these are still your standard rock songs, just with sound and lyrics updated for the new age -- with great results. The songwriting is stellar, and the jangly guitars and signature vocals had been perfected over the band's six years of existence up to that point. Listening to the album, I had a few clear favorites, but there isn't any real filler -- every track has something to offer. The overall vibe is like being transported from a cold winter night to the memory of a beautiful summer day.

Welcome back old friend. Years since I’ve listened to this. Still brilliant. Pop Song 89, world Leader pretend and orange crush all excellent.

This rules

This album is really a time capsule for me. It takes me back too early college years. I must have played this album a million times back then. A lot of strong candidates all-time favorite R.E.M. songs "Get Up", "Orange Crush", and "Turn You Inside Out". And pretty much most of the tracks beyond those are still straight up bangers or highly emotional takes "Pop Song 89", "You Are Everything", and "World Leader Pretend". The only tracks I really don't connect to as much are "Wrong Child" and "Hairshirt" and even they have their light emotional charm. I think they would perfect that mandolin centric sound a bit better over the next two albums. Overall still a magnificent album just shy of a perfect 10 for me. And just slightly under my all-time favorite R.E.M. album *No. 5 Document* (9.95) ★★★★½

This is the album that got me into R.E.M. and alternative music in general back when I was a young teen. I think this album kind of has all the elements that make R.E.M. one of the greatest American rock bands -- the jangle pop of their early albums, the more pastoral sound of their mid period, and some glammy rockers. Michael Stipe's vocals sound better than they had on previous albums, and even though I'm normally not too big on vocal harmonies, Stipe and Mills vocal harmonies on this album are super cool and interesting. And of course, Peter Buck's guitar work is fantastic and he also brings some mandolin to the party. There's not a bad song here, but my favorites are "Pop Song 89", "You Are The Everything", "Orange Crush", "Turn You Inside-Out", "I Remember California", and the glorious closer "Untitled". 5 stars.

Really enjoyed this album, love R.E.M. Reminds me of my childhood, especially Stand. Dad played that song who knows how many times.

9/10 Could be a big year for R.E.M. in my listening stats.

R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands, so most of their albums will get a 5 from me. I can't begin to guess how many times this album re-energized me on a long road trip. The piano in certain spots (World Leader Pretend, above all) makes me swoon.

love remmmm!!

Makes me feel like an older white guy ready to rage and go out to see the friends.

Not my favorite but great!! College Radio at its finest!!

So good!

On an extended road trip with my dad, we had a handful of cassettes - Full Moon Fever, Green, and One Second by Yello. At that age I was drawn to Stand because I was instructed to by the radio / video powers that be, but listening to Green over and over really caused this one to burrow into my brain. I moved backward into Document and forward into some of their later work, but this one stands alone. At times haunting and meaningful in an accessible way.

Great, classic 80s album.

Best Track - "Orange Crush"

Sounds like a typical R.E.M album. Orange Crush is the most popular song, and I can see why. Definitely shows how they've adjusted to the classic, lighter R.E.M style

Excellent album.

Great!

Really enjoyable

1st major label album, and it set off a run on Warner Brothers that most bands would sell their souls for!

Love REM

Already on album 6 by 1988? I didn’t have this album but I taped Stand off the radio. Loving pop song 89. Love orange crush.

I was a big fan of this album never really liked rem before this Will be buying this in vinyl

Very good!

Green feels like the moment R.E.M. stepped into a wider world without losing any of their identity. It is confident, curious, and quietly adventurous, expanding their sound while still feeling unmistakably like them. Acoustic textures sit alongside political urgency and melodic warmth, and the whole album carries a sense of forward motion, as if the band knew they were crossing a line and embraced it rather than feared it. What makes it so strong for me is how varied it is without ever feeling scattered. The lighter, more pastoral moments balance perfectly against the darker, angrier ones, and Michael Stipe’s lyrics feel both intimate and outward looking. There is a clarity here that does not flatten the mystery, it sharpens it. Even the more direct songs retain a sense of ambiguity, allowing mood and meaning to coexist rather than compete. By the time Green ends, it feels complete in a way few albums do. There are no weak stretches, no sense of filler, just a run of songs that feel thoughtfully placed and emotionally grounded. It captures a band growing in ambition and reach while staying true to what made them compelling in the first place.

I liked it a lot. Feels like the 90s. It has Stand which is great of course, and some other bops

A timeless album that I keep coming back to, all these years later. So many great songs.

I’m partial to the IRS years but this is a fantastic major-label debut.

Dazzling.

shit SLAPS

Love it, been listening to this one since college!

I understand there are some who consider this among the weaker of R.E.M.'s discography. I don't get that. I think this album id fantastic. There's almost certainly a healthy overlay of nostalgia in that assessment, as this came out my junior year in high school and I have many associations of good times and particular songs, but even without those associations, I think these songs mostly hold up. Anyway, whatevs, I like it!

A bit of a letdown from Document for me, but it's still great. And listening to it again, I thought I need to play this more often. "Stand" will always make me smile (partly because I think of Chris Elliott throwing newspapers at the beginning of Get a Life). And the untitled track is a perfect closer, following the downbeat minor key of I Remember California.

Man, imagine dropping a series of albums like REM did. Unreal

I know this one well. It’s a good album.

Superb

This fucking generator can read my god damn mind. Yesterday, it gives me Automatic For the People and when I am rating the album I am thinking about how Green, my favorite R.E.M. album, is also in the book and others like Out of Time are not. When I finish voting for the album, leave it to my surprise that the generator gave me Green, my second R.E.M. album in a row. What are the odds that something like this happens? Stand is my most listened to song of all time. I really love this one.

Great album, not much else to say. Some damn good alt rock from the 90s, and just overall a total banger.

Sign of a great album is when you know the track that’s coming next

One of the first bands I ever saw on MTV. This one brings back old, old memories. Highly enjoyable.

Nice album after a stressful day. 5/5

Really good

I love this album, even though REM fans rag on it. 5 *

The tempo of You are the everything reminds me of walking in the irish countryside

R.E.M. is one of those first bands I really liked, long before music became a more serious topic of my life. Green represents the experimental transformation of R.E.M. as this college-aged band already known for their ambiguous and/or incomprehensible lyrics and were titans of a burgeoning scene in Athens, Georgia. Only R.E.M. would find a way to be mainstream and still sound like themselves without completely compromising their artistic integrity. I've already listened to this album before the challenge, so I'm not adding more than that it's a good album, probably not the only R.E.M. album on this list (and if it is, it begs quite a number of questions). They are an important enough band to have about 3 records on the list, Green probably being my third answer after Automatic and Murmur. Those three albums do a great job of briefly summarizing most of their music. Moving on.

Love!

Very relaxing Monday evening on the sofa!

Listen: they’re starting to win me over, what can I say?

I forgot how good this album was!

5 Stars (14/15)

None

Absolutely loved this album.

Amazing album. Amazing band

Less well known and less obvious than some of their others. A great listen

As someone who thinks REM’s catalog is comparable to The Beatles, I was giving this five stars when it came up. That said, not sure it’s even one of their three best.

One of the great ones!!!

Classic, love it. Top 100

R.E.M. is always a hit, there's something beautiful about those jangly guitars with Stipe's vocals. He might be one of my favourite male vocalists, it has such a unique texture and feeling.

Alt rock pioneers. This is the perfect length and filled with bangers. Jangle guitars with Mike Stripe's beautiful voice. Go on then

First R.E.M. record I ever heard. Consistently good from beginning to end.

More R.E.M.! This was wonderful. It needed a few listens to click for me but when it did it did. This is way less fluid that most R.E.M. albums I’ve heard before but I think the grit adds a sonic interest that truly makes this stand out. Genuinely filled with bangers once again not a single miss

Sublime. The best REM

Green is the last album for REM as a "college rock band", before Losing my religion changed it all. I got this record from a friend who didn't like it and for me this was one of the most played albums of the late 80's. Michael Stipe's soulful singing and the mystic lyrics, the groove of Berry & Mills and especially Peter Buck's down to earth guitar playing was something that i really relished as a guitar playing teenager. This album have all sides of REM in perfect balance, the pop songs, dark rockers, country vibes and Led Zeppelin like mandolin tracks. REM did make good records after this one, but it just wasn't the same anymore. .

Much as I love REM’s stratospheric years that followed the album after this one, it’s the records up to and including Green that stay with me the most. This one is the first of their albums I bought on release so I’ve always felt a special attachment to it. Although songs like Stand, Orange Crush and Pop Song 89 lean towards the stadium-friendly pop end of the spectrum they ended up embracing, they still sound wonderful and somehow unique. And World Leader Pretend and You Are The Everything remain among my favourite REM moments to this day.

Incredible 80s indie rock. Probably my favourite REM album.

Great album with a lot of strong tracks. My favourites ...Pop Song 89 ...Stand ...World Leader Pretend Aand of course Orange Crush

I love R.E.M., though I am not shy about admitting what's their good and bad work. Green is a good album, though I don't know if I think it's one of my favorite albums by R.E.M. This is not a reflection on the quality of the album more than a reflection on how I like their work. I would have put one of the earlier albums (along with Murmur) in the book instead of Green. Saying that, this is an important album for the band as it was their major label debut. They move their jangle-rock sound to a larger budget and combine it with a more arena-ready set of songs. They were accused of "selling out," which I always found to be an unfair criticism. The band specifically went with Warner Bros because they had full artistic control over their music and the music they want to make. Doing what they want with the money from a major label doesn't feel like selling out to me. And doing what they want is exactly what R.E.M. did. This album is a set of demos in some way. What they experiment with here is a sample of the directions they may go in the future. Sort of trying out what these different sounds would be like. Pop Song '89, Get Up, Stand are all "Out of Time." World Leader Pretend, the Wrong Child and You Are Everything are "Automatic for the People," while I Remember California and Turn You Inside-Out are "Monster." It's a testament to the band they manage to experiment and still put out a quality album.

LOVE this... a complete classic. An anthem to kids in the US who grew up in the late 80s.

What an album. Probably in my Top 5 REM albums who are in my top 5 artists ever. Became aware of them around "Out of Time" and absolutely devoured everything I possibly could. Sure, it's kinda pop (pop-adjacent?) which the purists seem to dislike, but WHAT AN ALBUM

Already knew and loved "Stand" and "Orange Crush" obviously, but enjoyed "Pop Song 89" "You Are The Everything" and "Turn You Inside-Out"

Classic, catchy, and introspective. R.E.M. maintains themselves as an al time band representing the zeitgeist of a generation

I love this album. Every track brings me back to being 12-14 and full of life, while also discovering so much new and interesting music. Still very relevant today.

Often my go to album when I want to listen to REM.

One of many really good REM albums, I especially enjoy the mandolin. Grew on me so much so raised to a low 5!

More Classic goodness

Hell yeah

Love, much like how I love They Might Be Giants and the Magnetic Fields. I just love REM. I don't think this is their most revolutionary album but I will say I think it's perfect for today. End of Summer, beginning of fall? Perfect time to listen to this album. I love that the album feels Green. It just reminds me of being outside in the forest on a pretty day. I think it's fun and pretty and simple enough to be impactful in the ways that I want it to be. It's making me smile.

Disclaimer R.E.M. are one of my favourite bands, and have been for more than 30 years. This is an accessible big label album while maintaining their own indie path, don’t think bands are allowed to develop like this anymore, which shows what a shame that is. 5 Star

I know there were people in disappointed in Green when it came out. Said it was too Poppy or too janglyly, but I thought it was a great transition album with solid solid songs. I think when you look at the REM catalogue as a hole, it is entirely appropriate for where it sits.

Great album, numerous hits, very few low points.

My introduction to Athens’ finest rockers.

As brilliant as ever.

It is REM. No brainer 5 stars.

Great album, the live tour was fantastic! REM polished and rocking.

Before its release "Green" caused some panic in fans who feared what major label R.E.M. might become. The story is familiar enough. A small time band gets a small taste of success and then tries desperately to sell as many albums and get as much radio play as possible. But Stipe and company were not the sell outs that some feared. Major label backing got the word about R.E.M. to a wider audience, sure, but not at the expense of their art. In fact, they only accepted a record deal on the promise of artistic freedom and used the experience to create their most experimental work here, trying different styles, new instruments, and switching isntruments to create wider possibilities. This experience also set the template for what their sound would evolve into. The sounds of "Out of Time" and "Automatic for the People" had their foundations in "Green". This album is clearly a major turning point and it incorporates some interesting pop elements alongside the experimental ones. For some, this is the peak of the band's career. Few would argue that it wasn't important.

Inescapable bias here as this was on heavy rotation during those music formative college years, but I consider this peak R.E.M. as part of the period that includes the last years on IRS and the early years on Warner. This is definitely the band stretching for pop commercial appeal, and the sunny sheen stands in stark contrast to the more morose feel of the earlier (and then later) records. But the songs are absolutely first rate (the novelty hit "Stand" aside), and the band is on the absolute top of their powers.

Good album. A couple of classics.

Awesome

I'm not as familiar with Green as other R.E.M. albums, but this one has Pop Song 89 and Orange Crush, which is monumental. R.E.M. in the 80's and early 90's had an incredible streak of amazing albums.

Diverse and amazing album.

I really liked this, and every time I listen to the older REM stuff I think how influential they were to the entire grunge/alternative movement in the 90's. They were making 90's records in the 80's, and they were already at the top of their game well before anyone else had even started. There are a couple outliers that took multiple listens to really understand like "The Wrong Child" and "You Are The Everything" but after a couple listens (I listened to this a few times because I liked it so much) they're both really great in their own way, mostly emotionally. The rest of it is just conventionally good rock music. The arrangements are simple yet complex enough to show off the talents of the whole band. The lyrical content is somewhere between depressing and observational, with the occasional spark of joy or curiosity which is the hallmark of Stipe's writing. Stipe himself seems to have grown in to his own voice on here more so than the previous albums and it's less whiny sounding than before, which is is a big improvement. The instrumentals are as well written and performed as they've always been. This album is still as relevant to me as an adult as it was when I was a teenager first hearing it. It has the true staying power of a timeless record.

Get a Life was an American television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show stars Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson is a charmless, oblivious and irresponsible manchild who lived in an apartment above his parents' garage (Elliott's parents are played by Elinor Donahue and his real-life father, comedian Bob Elliott), and often wreaks havoc on their lives and the lives of people around them. The opening credits depict Chris Peterson delivering newspapers on his bike to the show's theme song, "Stand" by R.E.M.

Another really good R.E.M. album, my favourite so far. Pop Song 89, You Are The Everything, Stand and Orange Crush, Turn You Inside Out and Untitled are all brilliant songs. They're getting their first 5.

Shame on me for not having listened more to Green than I already have. The run from 'Stand' to the beautiful 'Hairshirt' is extraordinary - perhaps with the exception of 'The Wrong Child' which I honestly could live without on the album. Otherwise, the album perfectly ties together the groups' worldwide stardom of Document and the mandolin earworm to come on Out of Time.

R.E.M.’s first album on Warner sees the band going in a new direction. There are still the non-negotiable stadium rockers like “Orange Crush” and “Turn You Inside-Out”, but Green is also the birthplace of the more experimental sound fueled by mandolin and major keys. Green provides a little bit of everything you want from an R.E.M. record - it’s a farewell to the IRS years and a hello to the signature sound that was to come.

You might not like their politics or fashion or whatever but I challenge you to find a group writing better melodies and pop songs than REM.

REM is great.

Great album! I grew up listening to REM. I love the way that Mike Mills counters Michael Stipe’s vocal on songs like “Get Up” and “World Leader Pretend”. It was a great album to start the work week.

Another 5 star classic from R.E.M.!

Legend has it that R.E.M. was conflicted when propositioned to leave IRS for Warner Bros; the latter said, "whatever IRS will pay you, we'll double it." IRS gave their blessing to leave the label, and made as big an offer as they possibly could to further help milk Warner Bros on the deal. In the end, everyone won: R.E.M. signed a great deal and exploded as THE biggest band in the world, IRS made good money on the back catalogue, and Warner Bros had a successful band in their catalogue. Green was born. It has many of my very favorite R.E.M. songs such as Get Up, Orange Crush, and Turn You Inside-Out, as well as hits Stand and Pop Song '89, which helps to remind me the year this album was released. My biggest complaint with R.E.M. in general is that most of their songs are just one repeated 4-chord progression, with Michael Stipe musing over various melodies and ideas. It's formless. This isn't bad on the occasion, but it becomes a bit one-note. Anyways, they probably strayed the most from that formula on Green, and the album shines as a result. Another fun anecdote concerning this album is for Get Up, which evinces Mike Mills as some of the best backing vocals in the business. He had overslept for the rehearsal of these Green sessions, and when he arrived, they had a new song, Get Up, and he jumped right in to do his part. Only when they were live on stage on the Green tour did Stipe introduce the song as being written about Mills oversleeping that day. Mills is in essence telling himself to get up! "Dreams, they complicate my life." I recall that if you caught the cover in the right reflection, you'd see a 4 over the R in both R.E.M. and Green, and in the track listing on the back, the fourth track had an R instead of a 4. Those quirky kids! This is essential R.E.M.

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No way I can rate this rationally. I was a huge REM devotee and when this came out I listened to it nonstop. Saw them seven times on the Green tour. I stand by my love of this record: pop irony, hard rock grind, delicate beautiful weirdness. It's probably not even in the top 5 REM albums, but it is for me a 5 star classic.

This is one of my favorite albums from R.E.M.!

A great album by R.E.M. Michael Stipe's vocals really drive the album, and his use of layering is unique and haunting. The drums are an omnipresent force. My favorite song was Orange Crush.

My 4th R.E.M. album and probably my favourite. Upbeat at times, melancolic at others but with Stipe in his most Stipe-iest

I got into R.E.M. with "Automatic For The People". I've only listened to the hits from the 80s albums. So I knew Stand and Orange Crush are great. It turns out most of the album is great. It's not quite "Automatic" though. 4.5 rounded up.

Je pensais pas mais énorme banger Y a de tout, et du grunge avant l’époque

Top 10 favorite band all time 5/5 love you thank you list. I love their songwriting, I love Michael’s lyrics, I love his voice, I love the way they sound, I love their experimentation, I love how every REM song sounds different but sounds like an REM song I just adore this band. Peter Buck is a top 10 underrated guitarist of all time, Mike Mills rules as a bassist, Bill sure is there. Album specific, a lighter/brighter than usual, fantastically politically charged album. I love that this was a purposeful effort to not write REM songs and they created some of the most REM songs possible. It’s a cool departure from their usual garage rock but I can’t wait to get those albums on the list later (murmur and document are on the list, right???). Highlights are obviously the singles but world leader pretend rules and so does I remember California as a sleeper hit. I will admit it’s not their strongest album but not their strongest is still a 5. Orange Crush is a top 10 for them. I don’t know what REM albums are on the list but I want to say what I think should be if Green has made it: Murmur, Document, Green, Out of Time, Automatic, and Monster. Realistically, I will accept that whole list minus Monster. *Future Drake here they left out Out of Time, I can not believe that that is probably my favorite album of theirs*

R.E.M. is a weird band for me. Their highs are so high, Stand through Orange Crush is a great sweep of songs, and I genuinely forgot just how fuckin' good Orange Crush is. Alot of the rest is kindof forgettable though, and when Michael Stipe's singing isn't working out, it REALLY isn't working. Good stuff though still, leaning four but placing at 5 because I'd love a physical copy.

Amazing album. Love REM

Just a flat out classic album. Orange Crush is prob my fave REM song. Poetry set to mind blowing music.

Such a great late ‘80s album. Represented the college alt movement perfectly. Have been a late adopter so learning this decades after the fact

Maybe one of their greatest records! No bad song here.

One of my all time top ten favorite albums. And maybe the #1 most influential on me. I bought this in sixth grade when the Monkees-esque Stand video was all over MTV. At that point for me, it was all about Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, Warrant (sorry not sorry) and the rest, with a lot of U2 in there too, but REM was truly the first "alternative" band in my life, in that they were just weirder and more unpredictable and elliptical than U2, and certainly much more so than the hair metal (which I still love) that dominated MTV and which everyone else in school was listening to. This album still kills. You Are the Everything is the most underrated REM song out there. I do feel a lot of nostalgia for this so that may bias me as I know most REM fans do not consider this their best (and indeed a lot of them hate this album), but whatever.

After Murmur and Fables, Green is third in my top 3 R.E.M. albums. When it's great it's really great and even when it isn't really great, it's pretty great.

REM is that Gen X band that seems too cool and intelligent, if I had an older brother I'd imagine him listening to an REM album in his room and sighing that I wouldn't understand.

It’s 90% awesome, 10% annoying. They were the first band I saw live without my parents, so bonus points for nostalgia’s sake!

There's something really special to me about "Green" that I can't explain... There's a warm melancholic feel overall, a subtle psychedelic folk savor and I think that it's the greatest performance and delivery of Michael Stipe.

Mkt bra album. Borde ha lyssnat mer på rem genom åren.

Banger. I forgot how good this album was.

Since I gave Automatic For The People 5, and will almost certainly give Out Of Time the same, I can't really give this any less. Stand and Orange Crush are the standout songs, but there are a LOT of great tracks on this.

Yeah, it's not as good as Automatic For the People, and I went into this thinking it was mostly just the hits - but actually every song is really solid, and it threads the line between whimsy and existentialism in the way that only REM can. I wasn't aiming to give REM 5 stars across the board, but if they continue to make albums like this it's going to be hard not to!

This is the album that began my life’s infatuation with REM

Bra klassisk rock! Turn you inside out var riktigt bra! Det fanns några låtar jag inte kände så mycket för, men de flesta var riktigt bra!

R.E.M. may have released better albums, but what Green means to me can't be measured. It reached me at precisely the right time in my life, with enough off-kilter energy, and earnestness for me to identify with. Stoned into paralysis, lying on my friend's floor, I found myself in awe of R.E.M.. the strangeness of Michael Stype's lyrics, especially his delivery on "World Leader Pretend", the frankness of "Stand", the bravado of "Orange Crush" and "Turn You Inside Out", the beauty in"You Are the Everything" and "Hairshirt"; I let it all wash over me (these last two moved me to tears). That night, as I drifted off to sleep, all I could think about was Green.

this is a really good album. i'm not a huge rem listener but i'm going to have to come back to some of these songs i haven't heard before, though orange crush is still my favorite track off this album

One of my favourite albums of all time, so it's fun to get to listen to it to start. I think I'm finally ready to admit that I don't like the song 'Stand'.

R.E.M. are so amazing!

Aquí comienza el ascenso imparable de REM hacia el éxito. Un trabajo impecable, de un grupo ejemplar como pocos. Se podría comparar, en cierto modo, con Goo de Sonic Youth por haber sido el disco de debut en una multinacional sin perder su estilo y dando pasos adelante. Sus cinco primeras canciones componen un inicio difícilmente igualable. Contiene tres de sus mejores temas: Pop song 89, Stand y la mejor del lote: World leader pretend, pero hay otras gemas: Get up (un tema realmente bueno), Orange crush y Turn you inside-out (claramente influidas por Gang of four, con quienes compartieron gira en esa época) y por supuesto You are everything que anticipa lo que vendrá en Out o f time o Automatic for the people. Misma línea que siguen The wrong child, Hairshirt, o I remember California, con presencia de cuerdas y mandolinas. Untitled es un pintoresco final, que amplía la diversidad del álbum. Una obra que les abre las puertas del reconocimiento masivo, crítico y público, con todo merecimiento. Se le ha minusvalorado en exceso entre su excelsa discografía pero en mi opinión alcanza un perfecto equilibrio entre todo lo que ha hecho REM constituyendo una de sus más sólidas y recomendables obras.

So much going on under the top layer, like a trifle of magic.

One of their best

Well I've already heard this but yeah it's fantastic. Don't really have anything negative fi say. Good songs all the way through.

Best album I've had so far. I knew two or three of the songs, and I liked them all, but I wasn't expecting the album to be so damn good. Going to have to get into their other albums!

This is R.E.M.’s sixth album and their first on a major record label, which introduced a noticeable shift in their music. That shift is probably what sets this album apart and why it doesn’t resonate with me as much as their earlier work. In the ’90s, I didn’t care much for R.E.M. when I heard their commercial hits on the radio, but that changed when I went back and started listening to their first album and worked my way through their discography. That’s when I realized they were a band I genuinely enjoyed, especially for their strong jangle pop elements. This album still features plenty of jangly guitars, but it has a more polished rock and alternative anthem feel, which is what made me overlook them back in the day. I wasn’t particularly drawn to the vibe of the music I heard on the radio. However, now that I have a better understanding of their earlier music, I’ve softened my stance on those radio hits. Still, this album undeniably has a more polished, commercially saturated sound compared to their previous work.

reminds me of driving to soccer practice w my mom

Fantastic. Even on Kurt Cobain’s top 50 albums list in his journals. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cobain-50/id1667648172?i=1000662513361

R.E.M. is the kind of band that made you wonder if that cryptic fortune cookie was actually written by Michael Stipe himself. With jangly guitars that sounded like they were plucked from the secret stash of a forgotten record store and lyrics that danced between profound philosophy and “What on earth did he just say?”, they became the unsung heroes of alternative rock—like that cool cousin who never quite reveals all his secrets at family gatherings.

Seminal

Peak REM

THe single most important album I ever bought and then almost ruined before I could listen to it because the cassette tape unspooled.

A fantastic rock album.

One of my favorites.

This is #day176 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to my first R.E.M. album on the list. I'm wondering what makes this record experimental, as they say. Is it the shift in the genre, or maybe it's the incorporation of new instruments, like the mandolin, which would become central to their next album? I think it's both, and more. Either way, R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands, and Michael Stipe's voice gives me the same kind of comfort as Neil Tennant's. Green is enjoyable from start to finish; there's not much to say when the music is this good. It's a great rock record, and I'm giving it a 5 out of 5. "I Remember California" is a gem I haven't paid attention to before. Wow! Looking forward to #day177.

Stand and Orange Crush. I guess I like REM

So many great songs I knew and enjoyed in the past, then haven't heard in years. The songs I didn't know were also very interesting!

Peak REM outside of Document. This album got major playtime when it was released and still makes my ears smile.

An excellent record, with clever lyrics, unconventional chord progressions and instrumentation, catchy hits and the gorgeous "Hairshirt" as the standout for me.

Heartbreaking and beautifully eternal. This meant so much to me when it came out. The memories evoke bittersweet times.

One of my favorite albums in the eighties

5 out of 5. A good R.E.M. album behind Life's Rich Pageant.

Really good pop rock album, lots of great tunes very light hearted

Praise be to the 1001 Album Generator Gods! I was as beginning to lose my faith in music.

Thoroughly enjoyable. REM can be easily digestable, but you also get the sense of hidden depth there. It really speaks to you. Probably the album I've been most concerned about listening to over the supermarket playlist lol

Long I have considered this as a bit of a weaker album in the long list of quality albums REM has released over their career. But slowly over the years I've realised that if it wasn't for hairshirt, this might've been a perfect album.

Day 6: Green - R.E.M. In this album, R.E.M. delivered some fantastic alternative rock music. R.E.M. pioneered alternative rock, which may be one of the most common music genres to this day. It features great and political lyrics which are still relevant to this day. I like the usage of the mandolin. The drumming is also great. The structure of the album is really nice. Orange Crush is one of my favourite songs, and that song alone warrants at least a 4/5 rating for the entire album. Adding on its significance, along with other factors, I'll give this a 5/5 rating. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 5/5.

Perfect album!

Ausgezeichnet Album mit REM in reinform. „Stand“, „Orange Crush“ und mein Geheimtipp „World Leader“ zeigen das volle Potential der Band mit einprägsamen Stimmen und tollen Texten - Mega- 😀👍

"I can swing my megaphone." Good Lord. 36 years. Seems like only yesterday that I tried a modest little album by a obscure band from Athens Ga. And what an album. With an ability that matched their confidence, Green was the REM album that really announced that they were The Deal. It still holds up as a fantastic album, and "World Leader Pretend" is an underappreciated classic. Excellent stuff.

I don't know if it's a 5 musically, but I felt very connected in a way. Needed this, I guess.

Beautiful alternative album

R.E.M has just always been there, but I've never dug into them and listened to full albums. Now that I'm 2 of 4 in from this project, I regret that. Stipe's vocals are so distinctive and R.E.M. always sounds like R.E.M. and nobody else. Yet there's enough musicality that it doesn't sound like the same song or album over and over; you aren't going to mistake one for another. That can't be said for so many of the albums I've listened to for this project (this is #208).

I think this my favorite REM album. I do like Michael Stipes vocals and on some songs it really cuts through - with You are the Everything the stand out track and best example of this.

Another classic, well deserved spot on this list.

Fun fact: Despite its name, Green isn’t green—the album cover features bright orange text against a green background. R.E.M. will forever hold a special place in my heart. They were the first real band I saw live, and their music soundtracked my dramatic first teenage heartbreak. Green, their first album under Warner Bros., marked their leap from indie heroes to mainstream icons. It’s an album of bold experimentation, where the band expanded their sound without losing their signature jangly guitars and Stipe's cryptic charm. Green offers everything you need from R.E.M.: playful pop-rock like "Pop Song 89," with its bouncy guitars and wry humour, and the infectious and quirky sing-along of "Stand". There’s the political bite of "Orange Crush"—arguably their finest track—and the introspection of "World Leader Pretend." The pastoral beauty of "You Are the Everything" and "Hairshirt" contrasts with the driving energy of alt-rock anthems "Turn You Inside-Out" and "Get Up." While not as cohesive as Automatic for the People or as groundbreaking as Murmur. 'Green' bridged REM's indie roots with global superstardom, paving the way for their dominance in the '90s and solidifying their place among the greatest bands to ever do it. Crucially, it is packed with great songs. Did/Do I own this release? No Does this release belong on the list? Yes Would this release make my personal list? Hard to pick just 3 R.E.M. albums, let alone 1, but Green holds a special place for me too. Will I be listening to it again? Weekly.

I saw them on the tour for this. It was so good I lost my shoes.

So many great memories of listening to REM in HS. Culminating in Green, when I was finally able to see them in concert. Went with my sister, her BF, & my hs crush Francine. I probably should have kissed her that night when I walked her to her door. Le sigh. Anyway. I loved REM, I loved this album, and I loved the concert. I had the Turn You Inside Out t-shirt which had the artwork printed on the inside of the shirt so you wore it inside out. How fucking clever is that?

Solid 4.5 from me. Forgotten how consistent this album was and I knew most of the words to most of the songs. Playful in parts, brooding in parts. A fine rediscovery of young adulthood!

Heard before. Own it.

A defining album with REM on top of their game

I love REM. This album didn't really have a weak link.

The review that said this album walks a delicate line between an uplifting and heartbreaking hit the nail on the head. I was familiar with R.E.M.'s popular songs, but other than that never really listened to them. "You're in the backseat laying down, the windows wrap around To sound of the travel and the engine All you hear is time stand still in travel And feel such peace and absolute The stillness still that doesn't end But slowly drifts into sleep The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen And they're there for you For you alone, you are the everything" I mean, come on, that is 5 star song writing. Absolutely beautiful.

My favorite R.E.M. album as whole. You can hear the shift in sound after Document and while "You are Everything" gives a hint to what comes next on Automatic for the People, there are fewer of these slower tracks. Perfectly balanced for me.

orange crush is a banger on a banger album

R.E.M. when they were magical. Green has pop perfection, hard rock with driving guitars, in your face folk tunes, and a couple of ballads for good measure. Their voice was extremely important to those of us who saw issues in the world and needed the political rhetoric to remind us we can speak out and fight for change and succeed.

This has always felt like one of the darkest and most off kilter REM records. Has some of my all-time favourite songs of theirs like Untitled and Hairshirt along with song of their most accessible bangers like Stand and Orange Crush. Weirdly, I feel like the album takes on a strange foreboding feeling when listened to in completion. Maybe in spite of the more straightforward pop singles or maybe because of them? Good record! Love these boys!

A good listen, def has some replay value

I love REM even though I typically don’t seek them out. This album has two of my favourite songs of theirs: Stand and Orange Crush. Gonna keep this on my phone and start actually listening to REM more.

Green REM’s sixth LP kicks off with the sarcastic and almost snarky “Pop Song 89”, a clear shot at the modern alt-rock of the day. Catchy chorus but not particularly substantive, I guess on purpose. The folky “You Are the Everything” has a particularly unique timbre amongst REM’s body of work, and may be their second best song to make use of the mandolin. “Stand” is a logical choice as a single from the album, Michael Stipe’s clever lyricism is used in full force, almost to a silly degree. “World Leader Pretend” is a great example of the baritone end of Stipe’s vocal range. It lies somewhere between a depressing ballad and a protest song, but it’s hard to dislike such excellent use of a slide guitar. “Orange Crush” stands out, in my opinion, as the greatest song REM ever recorded. The biting political commentary, the brutal wordplay, and the beautiful chorus makes for a song that I’ve spent genuine hours listening to on repeat. “Turn You Inside-Out” is a song I believe could have been successfully released as a single, the minor key grunge drips from the power chords, the shouty background vocals fill space without being overbearing. Good song. “I remember California” is a hauntingly beautiful showcase of not just Stipe’s lyricism, but his arrangement abilities as well. This song creeps into my head occasionally and I’ve never been mad about it. The untitled track to finish the album, in my opinion, captures the helplessness and despair of being far from the one you love. A love song of deep sadness, but hope as well. If not for orange crush, it would be incredibly difficult to pick a favourite song from this record, as just about every track is tied for second place. I would say this is arguably REM’s greatest work. 5 stars.

Þetta var algjör himnasending. Frábær plata, sem oft gleymist í umræðunni um plötur REM. Algjörlega með sitt sánd, sem eldist alveg ótrúlega vel.

The finest Alt-Rock band, but much more. Prolific, political, ridiculously talented. I saw them live a couple of times and they never disappointed.

One of my favorites bands' favorite band. I've never dived too deep into R.E.M. but have always thought they were cool, and people I thought were cool loved them. Pioneers of alternative rock for the win. Perhaps I've been concerned about their huge back catalog and where to start, so I'm overjoyed that 1001 put them on the list. I want more R.E.M.

I mean R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands so of course I would adore this

R.E.M slaps, no matter how pretentious Michael Stipe is.

One of their best.

"Green" is not my favorite album by R.E.M., but it's so good. It's just comfort listening for me, at this point. It's solid all the way through, entertaining, and calming to me. I'd probably give it 4 stars in a more "objective" state, 4.5 with a personal bend, but I think 5 stars is where I have to land on this scale for how much I personally love it even over the greatness of the album and the impact of it, even to this day, where it has proven it will stand the test of time and is relatively timeless.

Press play!

Great stuff.

Old favourite. Still stands up. Their glory days.

I’ll be honest, I don’t listen to much REM. I like them a lot, and whenever I hear them it’s enjoyable, but it’s not something I seek out or want to listen to very often. This album is great. No question there. I found “You Are The Everything” to be absolutely beautiful and moving. And while this won’t be on heavy rotation for me, it’s still stunning and brilliant.

I love Orange Crush. What an great album.

Not even close to their best and it's still perfect. They've got to have one of the strongest discographies of the era!

Awesome

4.6/5 listened 5x. even Max said "that's a good song" re: Stand - 8/19/2024

An absolutely masterpiece. My favorite of their many great albums.

R.E.M. is cool but a little too Gen X for me.

beautiful world

There are four albums by R.E.M. on this list if I’m not mistaken. I would gladly see this one swapped out for Life’s Rich Pageant or Out of Time. It’s hard when a band is so dominant that most of their albums deserve to be on the list. So by REM standards, this album is probably a four star by the standards of anything else that came out that year… Easy five star.

Admittedly I don’t know REMs full catalog but for my money this is them at their peak. Aside from Stand, which was a single, this album has no duds. Love it. I’m giving this a 5. Takes me back to college, even though it came out while I was in high school.

This will be my second R.E.M. album to review, after Murmur, which was way back at album number 51 for me (this is album number 521). I like R.E.M. quite a bit, but working through this project is the first time I'm listening to their whole albums. Green features "Stand," which is my favorite R.E.M. song, and I've been looking forward to reviewing this. I really loved this album. I don't know what it is about R.E.M. that I love so much, but I just find them a joy to listen to. I really enjoy Michael Stipe's vocals, the musical arrangements on their songs, and the excellent songwriting. This album has the band firing on all cylinders, creating a rock album that's infectious to listen to. The lyrics are fantastic, with songs lamenting deep personal reflection, calls to action to preserve the future, and political and social commentary. The band strikes a great balance of introspection and activism that carries an air of authenticity, thanks to Stipe's vocal talents. I really loved the musical arrangements on this album as well. The use of the mandolin really stuck out to me; it gave Green a sound that I found incredibly different than the R.E.M. albums that came before it. My favorite song on the album is still "Stand." I love the keyboard intro and the guitar playing, but the drumming towards the end of the song is my favorite part. There's a little drum fill right before the final chorus that's absolutely perfect, and during the final chorus, the snare drum hits sound like shotgun blasts, providing a perfect contrast to the poppy vocals. What a perfect song. I hate that I hadn't listened to this whole album until today. Every part of it is absolute perfection, and I can't wait to review the other two R.E.M. albums that I still have left.

Amazing

Among their best. So many standout tracks.

Probably my favorite R.E.M. album. Right up there with Document, Out of Time, and Automatic For The People. Beautifully written, fun, happy and sad all together. World Leader Pretend is an all time classic. Memories of meeting Mike Mills with my brother after the Joseph Arthur show.

R.E.M. is one of those bands you can't really go wrong with. This album is a little more upbeat overall (upbeat for R.E.M.) which is kind of a nice change for them. I don't think there is a bad song on this album. Stand is great but my favorites might be Orange Crush or Pop Song 89. Only criticism is they do start to sound similar after awhile, but for some reason that doesn't bother me with R.E.M. When you hear one of their songs you instantly know its them because everything sounds similar, but it also sounds different and unique. That is part of what makes them great.

Great album from one of my favorite bands. Stand and Orange Crush are the hits but I really like Turn You Inside Out and I Remember California.

Just brilliant

R.E.M. make great pop songs. Full stop

Love R.E.M. and loved this album! Fave songs, "Orange Crush" and "Stand". 5/5

Maybe not the best R.E.M. album but in my personal top five. Somewhere below Reckoning and above New Adventures in Hi-Fi, I think. Love pretty much all of it.

Excellent album. All of the songs are catchy, punchy and have great vocals and instrumentals. Really enjoyed this listen.

Delightfully introspective and pithy as always. The somber exquisite ache in Michael Stipe’s vocals is what gets me, every time. He could sing the phone book and make it a wholly sympathetic experience. It’s the most incredible thing. I always come away with new insights on life after listening to R.E.M., no matter how many times I hear their songs; there’s just layers and layers of delicious nuance that feel so good to savour. Truly unique artists who have a direct line to my heart and soul.

Absolute classic will be giving this many more listens

This is a good era of REM. I'd listen to this again. Maybe Stand was overplayed for awhile, but it didn't detract from the record.

I like R.E.M. I even like their sojourn into a little more pop. It's a really good album, I've listened to before and will listen to again.

Pareixia de fumones pero no. Rokanrolleo guai. Mol rollo 80s, igual estic biassed per que vaig vore l'altre dia la de Austin Powers (pelicularda btw) Ta fino. 4/5 sense escoltarlo sancer per no posarte un 5/5 si estic animao.

This album is one of my life soundtracks. Stand was my gateway drug into R.E.M. and Green was one of the first albums I bought (and it's not even a top 5 R.E.M. album for me). Their major label debut after inking a multi-million dollar deal with WB, it could be titled Enter the Mandolin. Highlights on this listen: Get Up, You Are The Everything, Hairshirt, and Untitled. Even the least interesting/most cloying track The Wrong Child is so interesting to listen to with the mandolin strum and overlapping lyrics. The stretch from Pageant to Automatic is Stipe at his lyrical best and this album has some BRILLIANT lines.

I own several REM albums, but this one is better than everything I have. I loved it!

Wow! I really want to listen to this one in the context of REM's discography but I loved this one. It's a little front heavy with all the singles on the A-side but on my second listen I was really enjoying the non singles as well. It's a really great mix of acoustic and electric sounds!

Probably my 3rd favourite R.EM. album. Not even one bad or meh song from top to bottom. I would very highly recommend this record. 👌

Obvious 5* You are the everything and turn you inside out my favourite tracks

THIS IS MY WORLD, AND I AM WORLD LEADER PRETEND

One of the seminal albums of my last two years of high school.

This, my first album of the generator, was one of my favourites when I was younger but I hadn’t listened to it in years. What a delight to rediscover this powerhouse from REM as my first album.

Damn good album

Classic REM album that for some weird reason has lost a little of its status over time, while it was considered as an instant classic in the years after its releas, but it really is still a great album (8 out of 11 songs are 5 star).

Absolutely nothing bad about this album except it finishes

One of those albums that saved my life. R.E.M. made me realise there was music outside the confines of what the commercial stations played us. Ironically they were on the cusp of commercial success. My forever big regret is not lying to my parents that I was working and going to see them at the Horden Pavilion in 1989 on their Australian Tour.

This album starts off quite strong but then Stand and Orange Crush just steal the show so much so that I listened to the album a third time and skipped those two tracks and yeah it's not too bad overall. Faves the two aformentioned, Pop Song 89, and I Remember California.

Great stuff - the mandolin really does unlock the magic! This is in a kind of sweet spot for me, in that I recognize some of the singles, for sure, but wasn't subject to having them overplayed. Fave tracks - "Pop Song '89" is a great opener, "Orange Crush" for the upbeat poppier numbers, and, hmmm, lemme see, "Hairshirt" for the more slowed down esoteric ones....

REM is another classic. If you want to experience real music if the era of the early 90s. This is it. Green album a great introduction

I have tried to get into REM a few times before with little success, so I am surprised how much I like this album. There are a few songs that I'm not super crazy about so this is probably closer to a 4, but I am feeling generous and I can see this growing to a 5 on future listens.

Wikipedia omschrijft dit album met 2 stijlen: bubblegum en experimental rock. Beide dekken de lading absoluut niet en slaan de plank ook tegelijk compleet mis. Onder welk genre je het dan wel zou moeten plaatsen, zou ik ook even over na moeten denken. Indie misschien, maar dat is natuurlijk ook een nietszeggend catch-all genre. REM is een genre op zich. Als je REM hoort, en zeker uit deze periode, is het overduidelijk REM. De karakteristieke stem van Michael Stipe is voor mij als muziek in de oren, het is als het ware een apart instrument. Voor sommigen zal het ook iets teveel van het goede zijn allemaal, al die albums van REM in de lijst. Ik zou denk ik Document en Automatic for the People hoger inschalen, en ik wil op zich best wel een rangorde aangeven in de albums onderling, maar dit is gewoon een steengoed album. Hier wil ik ook een 5 voor kunnen geven. Dus dat doe ik dan ook gewoon lekker.

Brilliant

This is the best R.E.M. album I’ve loved it since it came out. I listened to it 5 times yesterday

Turns out I like later R.E.M. better than early R.E.M.

I enjoyed this a lot. The vocal layering was interesting and it was cool to hear hits like Orange Crush in the context of the album.

When it all came together for R.E.M. Just a great disc from front to back. Fabulous harmonies, great addled songwriting, and just musically solid. Nothing unexpected, but Turn You Inside-Out still rips.

I know this album is perfect, you know this album is perfect, so instead of wasting your time I want to give a shoutout to the user that wrote a cover article length treatise on why you should watch the Chris Elliot sitcom Get A Life for their review instead. Five stars.

Yay, REM. I can just chill. I used to think this was the best REM album, until I realised it was Life's Rich Pageant / Murmur / Reckoning depending on what day it is. It's definitely 2nd/3rd/4th best though. I think it was pitched perfectly for young me, mostly pop but complex enough, and the odd 'difficult' song I could initially dislike but grow to love with the force of a thousand suns (the wrong child) Get Up, Untitled, World Leader Pretend, You Are the Everything, Hairshirt, these are perfect songs.

Absolute classic. I don’t think there is value comparing Document, life’s rich patent and automatic for the people, each are classics. It often just depends on at what point you discovered REM. For me I’d heard document and saw them live. But the album I bought was Green. Truly transformative. Love everything they’ve ever done. Right up to the end they produced classic contemporary and challenging music. Green is a proper album. Nothing out of place and every track worth another listen. Head and shoulders above most of this 1001 journey. All topped off with an iconic cover.

tolles album! und sowas von gut! nebst Orange Crush auch Stand und andere eingängige titel.

Ja was soll man da sagen, ausser dass ein Album der besten Band automatisch auch gut sein muss. Oder umgekehrt. Und natürlich Orange Crush, einfach geil!

This is a great album!

I have this album on CD. Let’s see what I think of it years later. Whiny. Years later.

Awesome listened to it twice

Nice band. Listen regularly to them! personal top3 in no order: Get Up Stand Untitled

I listened to murmur about a month ago through 1001 and loved it (I gave it a 4, but I would have changed it to a 5 long ago if I could) so I have high expectations. Pop song 89 is very good. This kind of music is one of my favorites, and it is executed brilliantly here. Get up is very good but not as good as the previous track. This one sounds a little more like murmur to me. You are the everything is also very good. I love accordions in music (probably because of my love of They Might be Giants) so I welcomed them here with open arms. Stand! Oh my goodness! I know this song! I had no idea this was an R.E.M song. It’s very good as well. World leader pretend is another excellent song. Not much to say about this song other than the fact that it’s really good. The wrong child is really good. Orange crush is also really good. Turn you inside out is one of my favorites so far. Very good. I think I might be an R.E.M fan… Hairshirt is really good. I have so little to say about this album, even though I’m absolutely loving it. I will say that the lead singer has a great voice which is shown off very well here. I remember California is another excellent song. This album has the perfect amount of diversity where no two songs sound too much alike but it’s similar enough that the album doesn’t sound disconnected. Lastly, untitled. I always thought not naming songs is kind of dumb, but I’ll excuse it because of just how good this song is. This is another absolutely incredible song. Overall very very good. It’s around the same quality as murmur I think.

Listening to this album prompted me to do something I’d not done before—listen to their first eight albums in the order they were released. Glad I did. While Green wasn’t my fav album, it gave me a better understanding of their intentions to keep changing and staying creative and challenged by their music. (Loved how they swapped instruments. Thanks for the Wiki link btw, it always helps.) They had great staying power and really tried hard to keep their music fresh. Didn’t realize they’d been around since 1980. Impressive volume of work. Gotta love this band and the artistry behind their music.

1/26/24. Will need to put more respect to R.E.M.'s name, really, really enjoyed this album.

Excellent, innovative album shifting the genres of the 80s.

I love this album; this was the tour I saw R.E.M. on. Superb song-writing and interplay between the four members of the band. Possibly my favourite album by the band.

R.E.M. is a classic for me forever. Several songs on Green take me to very specific memories.

I love it. Great Rock. Not more to say.

perfection

brings back college memories.

Souvenirs !

Uno de los mejores trabajos de REM, casi cerrando su primer ciclo como banda. Mezclando sus influencias post-punk, con una enorme sensibilidad pop y empleando sonidos que previamente escapaban a la paleta de la banda, Michael Stipe y compañía logran una recolección de canciones sumamente pegajosas y atrapantes. De todas formas, mi opinión no es objetiva, ya que R.E.M. es una de mis bandas favoritas.

Green is a fabulous album. Stand is probably the truly standout track, but the whole album is full of bops. Just an awesome straight up rock album.

This was a very popular album when I was in college. Almost everyone I knew had it and played it. While I definitely was aware of their hit songs before this album, this was really when I started to be more aware and be a fan of R.E.M. as a band. I'm quite fond of this one.

Wait, stop me if you have heard this before…I’m not really an R.E.M fan in the sense that I have no familiarity with their albums as a whole. This one was a good one.

Document was my first R.E.M. love, but this was the album that solidified our relationship. Fantastic album that hit me right in the sweet spot and just the right time of my life. This sort of became the pivotal R.E.M. album for me, but I happily enjoyed their offerings before and after this.

I adored this album in 1989. I haven't payed it much attention in the last 20 years. This was good to listen again with perspective. There is only one track I couldn't stand to listen to again. It's the song that got this album noticed. I think this is the transition album between classic REM and modern REM. Elements of the band's past and future are present. Still after all this time I believe this is a solid album throughout. Definitely putting it back in rotation.

I literally just listened to this album yesterday. It's probably my favorite by R.E.M. It's sort of their transition album, from less polished, murkier material to the more pop-sounding later years. It's a perfect blend. I think of this as their Revolver. I love the use of the mandolin. 5 stars.

A very good REM album. Maybe even my favorite from them.

Un de mes chouchous, un doudou que je trainerai toujours. Je l'ai trop écouté pour admettre ses limites. "You are the everything", "World leader pretend", "Hairshirt" seront toujours vraies et touchantes.

Loved REM as a teen!

Orange crush and stand are excellent. Great album

Pop Song 89- 5/5 Get Up- 5/5 You Are the Everything- 4.7/5 Stand- 5/5 World Leader Pretend- 4.8/5 The Wrong Child- 5/5 Orange Crush- 4.7/5 Turn You Inside-Out- 4.8/5 Hairshirt- 5/5 I Remember California- 4.9/5 [untitled]- 4.5/5 Total- 4.9/5

Another great album!

Great

Another desert island album of awesome.

Brill

I bloomin' love REM

One of my favorite REM albums!

So glad I came back to this album. So beautiful. I kept thinking one song would be my favorite and then the next one would be just as good. If I had to pick, I really love The Wrong Child, Turn You Inside-Out, and Hairshirt.