Green

Solid album, but not standout

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!!

Yeah, decent album. I didn’t hate it but didn’t love it, was a decent listen. Orange crush was the standout song for me, just the album overall felt a little bit boring maybe I'm missing stuff idk. Low end of 3 stars for me.

Good album. Classic REM sounds - sounds like a 90’s album already. Notable songs include Get Up, You Are The Everything, Stand, World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush, Turn You Inside Out, Untitled.

With Green, R.E.M. began their transition from 80's indie institution to 90's arena conquering alt-rockers. Of course that was more noticeable with their huge 1991 single "Losing My Religion", but the seeds for that song were already here. But, come on! The cover is not even green! Key tracks: Pop Song 89 Stand Orange Crush

Yeah, another R.E.M. I consider them a Greatest Hits band. You know, there's three GREAT songs in here (Pop Song 89, Orange Crush and, in slightly smaller scale, Stand). Get Up is good as well. Don't get me wrong, there is no objectively BAD songs in here. All of them are well recorded and produced, and they have safe chord choices and etcetera. But man, this is tiring. And depressing. And not for me. 3 out of 5, because of the great songs.

NPC music

some classics for sure

Absolutely amazing record taking risks but ultimately just combining an electric performance from the musicians with some very unique lyrics. Green is a great record

Très bel album que je ne connaissais pas

13/20 L'album est assez agréable à écouter, on ne s'ennuie pas dessus, et certaines chanson nous donnent même envie de les réécouter. Il manque peut être quelques hit qui resteraient dans la tête pour que l'album soit mémorable.

#217 Green ~ REM One of the underground's most beloved bands, the reason for REM's sucess has always lied in the band's good ear for catchy simple pop tunes, regardless of what stage the band wants to explore with its sound. Whether it's the Velvet Underground/Sonics garage rock sound of the earlier albums or the eventual grand pop rock sound of the 90s, REM have always managed to write a really feel-good tune. It's probably because Micheal Stipe, sounding like Donald Trump with fleshed out vocal cords, really likes 70s bubblegum pop. Green is a bit of a weird album though. It's sandwiched between two definite periods of the band's sound. Previously, the aggressive jangle pop blitz of Document told us it's the end of the world as we know it. Later, they start losing their religion in Out of Time, a more orchestral Beach-Boys inspired folk run for the band. But Green is a mix of both, and quite noticeablely a whole bunch more downtempo and murkier. Smaller in scale whilst trying to achieve greater (it's more political in nature). Overall it can feel a bit messy. But at least Orange Crush is a really good song. Overall it's just very average. Go listen somewhere else.

YEP, it is what it is. Middle of the road.

Loved this album when I was much younger (another one of the first albums I got really into, had the tape). I still enjoy listening to it for the feelings it evokes. Almost want to give it a 4 but there's some tracks I'm not totally feeling as much ("The Wrong Child," "Hairshirt," "Stand" though I loved it when I was young!). Really dig "I Remember California." Other good stuff in here as well. It fits well in the REM discography and is a good album. I'm still giving it a 3 but I feel weird about it like maybe it should be a 4.

Ok but too scrawny and grungy, kilka piosenek się wyróżniało! Pierwsza na pewno

Denne var helt på kanten til ålreit. Catchy rock med relevante tekster. Låter: I remember California, Pop song 89. Ned: mandolin

The songs by themselves are really great, but played after each other can grow very stale very fast.

Hørtes ut som slik jeg forutså, en litt blidere Madrugada uten Sivert Høyem. Greit album med en bra låt, Orange Crush var ok. 5/10

Ekstremt medium album

Veldig bra! Men slapp no litt av med den mandolinen.

Hørt hjemme i stua etter jobb 16/01/26. Hmmm. Mye bra, favoritter: Pop Song 89 Get Up Orange Crush Det gir 90s High School romcom-vibes. Ellers mye dølt.

Skulle gjerne gitt en femmer, men Stand og dødpunktet The Wrong Child trekker ned.

no thank you

Never listened. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Good - I've never been able to get into R.E.M. I like some of their songs but I tend to just find them a bit boring. This is a decent album that I can appreciate but I don't think I would ever reach for it.

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

Again I enjoyed this without falling in love. I can see academically that it is all there, good playing, string lyrics, Stipe has an emotive voice and i enjoyed the drums. Yet for the second time with REM it floated past without grabbing me after 2 listens through. Im assured that when i 'get' them, this is great, but im not there yet.

This is pretty decent. It just sounds like very classic REM but not as good as some of their other stuff. I might just know nothing about music but some of the mixing or sound quality is sort of weird. Anyways this is good but not particularly exciting. Fav songs: pop song 89, stand

ich liebe r.e.m., auch das album, es gibt aber noch bessere von denen

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

So good!

I love R.E.M. so of course this gets a high rating. Not one of theirs that I’m as familiar with (besides Stand) but I love the emotional draw of the whole album.

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.

Ну, хз. Прям какой-то одноразовый, хотя бенгеры есть, но в своем большинстве ничего интересного.

STAND

Great, classic 80s album.

Good album kinda boring I think it has more story behind it but I don’t have the patience to pay attention

Hittade den här på CD i Ross Gellers bokhylla. Visst hade R.E.M. några bangers på 90-talet ändå?? Gick och väntade på att nån av dom skulle komma och baila ut dom här men näää. Fruktansvärt från start till mål verkligen. Hatar både rösten och texterna, usch.

Riktigt riktigt dåligt. Verkligen uselt.

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

Alltid förstått att R.E.M. faktiskt ska ha ganska mycket fint bakom hitsen när jag pratat med äldre indieentusiaster. Tyckte det var kul att höra den här men fastnade inte jättemycket för den. Ibland ganska dåligt, ibland ganska bra. Kan nog växa på mig om jag skulle ge det fler chanser. Blir en svag trea!

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

Återigen ett band jag bara skrapat på hits-ytan med. Gillar detta som fan och nu fattar jag varför de ofta lyfts fram som tongivande och lite pionjäriga för grungen och alternativrocken på 90-talet. I stunder tyngre än jag förväntade mig. ”I remember california”, ”orange crush” och ”stand” höjdpunkter. Stark 3a eller svag 4a.

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.

nääää…. blä!! hatar texten, hatar sången

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

Three memorable tracks, but the rest isn’t much

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!

R.E.M. has always been one of those bands like U2 for me. Loved, even revered by a lot of people, but growing up I didn't really get it. But while I have grown to appreciate U2 through the years, I can't say the same about R.E.M. Do they have some cool songs? Sure. I could easily go listen to Losing My Religion, Nightswimming, The One I Love, Driver 8, and a few others. But they are never a band that I say "I have to go listen to them." Stipe has an interesting (not great) voice, they are good players, but far from incredible. Sometimes I think they appeal to people because they are offbeat, which is fine, but that's not really a reason to consider them great, it just means they are different. This album is another example of me diverging with a lot of people on R.E.M. I see a lot of 5-star reviews on this, and when you think about all the great records that exist in music (e.g. I just had Rumours), this one vastly pales in comparison to those masterpieces, both in playing and in influence. Take Stand on this record, for example. Arguably the most popular song on this record, but when you listen to it, you realize that it is pretty basic, especially the chorus. "Your feet are going to be on the ground, your head is there to move you around." Ok. That's basically like saying the grass is green (no pun intended) or the sky is blue. They are saying nothing. There are some decent tracks on here, but as an overall record it's a bunch of average music from a decent band, nothing more. I will say, though, I've heard Orange Crush a bunch of times, but I can't say I've listened to it with intent like I did this time. And I have to say that I quite like that track. An excellent song, with lots of layers. Unfortunately, this type of greatness was few and far between from this record and this band, at least for me.

They've got some social concerns and they're coming out on this one man

just like the last R.E.M. album, nothing stood out as horrible or amazing to me. except for the song that ben Wyatt tries to use for a stop-motion animation when he is terribly depressed and he thinks it's gonna be really long but he just keeps replaying it and it keeps going "stand in the place where you-"

I entered the album disinterested. We have listened to two out of the four R.E.M albums already, how are we getting a third? I was resigned that R.E.M was only a hits band to me, but this album won me over. The album had a good, consistent, energy for most of the album (last few tracks were a little sleepy). I liked the lyrics as well. Readied myself for a 2 or 3, yet leaving with a 4.

STAAAAAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU WEEEEEHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Listened to it in bits and pieces throughout the weekend, but I don’t really remember much. I’m not sure how legitimate my review is in that case, but it is what it is. 2.5-3

I'm choosing to believe the reason that we've already had 3 R.E.M. albums is not that the generator hates me, but wants my suffering to be early in this process. If only we were getting through Morrissey as quickly. "Stand" is one of my least favorite songs of all time, I cannot listen to it at all. Nothing will change my mind about this one.

An 80s REM album that sounds like a 90s REM album. Important as a major label debut, directly traceable to the subsequent alternative rock boom. Some great stuff like “Stand” and “Orange Crush.” I’ll go to bat for both those songs, they’re goddang perfect. But also a lotta forgettable stuff. I really try hard when doing my reviews not to ask “why is this here?” since the answer is “because it is.” I also try not to ask “why is this other thing not here?” since the answer is “because it’s not.” But at the same time, I feel like I can make an exception here in the same way I did with my Meat is Murder review and just say something along the lines of “REM deserves spots on this list but they have albums more deserving than those chosen.” They really put the 2 worst golden age REM albums on here tbh, I got lots of love for all of it but it’s hard not to question why Green and Document are here over Out of Time or literally any of the other 80s albums. Fables of the Reconstruction, maybe? That one’s got “Life and How to Live It” and “Driver 8.” Reckoning? That’s a crackerjack banger of an album and “So. Central Rain” is the best song they ever wrote. Lifes Rich Pageant? “Fall on Me” babe I’d say I like this a little more than Document and way less than the rest of their 80s output. And about as much as their 90s stuff, though Automatic for the People will get a 4 or 5 from me depending on my mood that day.

Three REM albums, three stars. Not a lot here other than Orange Crush and Pop Song 89. I’ve always thought Stand is kinda annoying, even though I love the Parks & Rec scene where Ben gets super depressed and makes exactly 4 seconds of a claymation movie set to the song.

It's decent but it's average fare for this band.

I liked it , I listened to it while I was cleaning and it didn’t incite any awesome feelings or anything I would have wanted to replay, it definitely had a great sound and I would come back again.

Best Track - "Orange Crush"

Solide

I find REM very charming. This guy sucks at singing but thats charming. Its good.

Some solid singles and I love the layering of the vocalists making a more complex tapestry than your standard folk rock song on a couple of tracks. When he's referring to his Orange Crush does he mean literally the soda?

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

Ok, so I'm the biggest REM fan on earth but I do not understand why this is on the 1001 list. It's by far the worst record of the Bill Berry era of the band (and worse than a couple of the ones from after he left). Obviously it's still and REM record so there's a lot of redeemable material on here. "World Leader Pretend" is great, "Orange Crush" rips, but the tone is really off for the most part, like it's got one foot in Document and one foot jumping ahead to Out of Time, both of which are superior albums.

One of my fav Bands, not one of their best albums

Though I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan of REM I do listen to them occasionally and even have a few of their songs on my playlist. I hadn't heard of this album until now and I think it was a solid album overall. I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first as I thought the first few songs weren't great but I think it redeemed itself a bit with the last few songs which I will definitely be coming back to

vraiment pa ma cam bcp trop cheriefm

Felt very familiar - I recognised a few songs, and their style has been consistent through to the later stuff I probably know better.

Good, but nothing really stood out to me. Could be my problem :/ Does sound like the 80s.

3.5

wow i really don’t like this

Not my fave R.E.M. album but there are some bangers on here. And amazingly nonsensical lyrics. Faves: Stand, World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush

Excellent album.

Enjoyed this one - Had to message a friend to tell them they were right after many years :D 3/5

Great!

mid

Really enjoyable

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

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

Tolles Rock-Album mit dem typischen REM-Sound 4/5

didnt really like it

Liked the vibe of the whole album

REM hasn’t ever been my taste but some of this, esp the later tracks, is pretty good, nirvana-esque.

stand in the place where you were, and i knew you

It’s ok a few good songs I guess

this shit is great, a breath of fresh air compared to what I got yesterday and hot damn I actually heard some of these too! 4/5

Un peu chialeux et redondant

Mandolin >>>

Um bom album

Should really be 3.5

Love REM

Really enjoyed this album and as I got it to listen to on Friday, with no new albums on the weekend it got a second listen on Saturday. Stand and Orange Crush in particular I think are amongst REM's best songs

Never been much of an REM fan. Stipe's voice doesn't really work for me. Music is fine, I like the guitar style. "Orange Crush" is a decent song. Overall, didn't really do anything to convert me.

not bad but dont love it either i actually dont like it at all, the songs are all like so tedious idk how to say it i do like some of R.E.M. their music (only a few hits) but this album sucked.

Before listening: I think the only REM song I’ve heard is Losing My Religion. This will the the first album I listen to that I don’t know! After listening: This album was good, but not great. I felt as though the last few songs sort of all sounded the same. However, I enjoyed Get Up, Orange Crush, World Leader Pretend, and The Wrong Child. Stand just make me think of Parks and Rec. I enjoyed the vocal layering throughout the album and the clear Doors reference in Pop Song 89. I also liked the instrumentals throughout. Not too bad!

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.

I have fond memories of this album. It moves well between indie pop and slower, more introspective songs. Probably my favourite of the earlier REM albums.

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've heard way better from R.E.M. though Orange Crush is a great song

Really good fun little bit of pop-rock. Never listened to a full REM album but this was quite nice

Best Song: World Leader Pretend Worst Song: NA I haven't listened to much REM before. Enjoyed the album, some songs standout and I don't think there are many misses. It's hard to explain how I like the sound of the album but I didn't find it particularly impactful.

Best: Orange Crush I am a big R.E.M. fan and a couple of the songs from this album will definitely be getting added to my rotation. Stipes vocals are great as always and the production across the album is really good. However, as a whole it didn’t feel very coherent, (I did read somewhere that this was originally supposed to be a two sided album, half acoustic, half rock and tbh it shows) some of the tracks felt boring and I found myself losing interest, the album becoming background music.

I’m typically hot and cold with REM and although this album is a little more accessible than some of their previous ones, which is bound to make it a more popular choice, I prefer my REM a little less mainstream. They got me on a good day and following a miles Davis album. 4 stars.

This is the third R.E.M. album we've had, which is just too much for me. I've always found Michael Stipe's vocal style a little irritating, so all the songs turn into a blur for me. They are not bad, but I'm just not in love with them

indie rock goes stadium

Well not my type of music

No. 62 I liked it a lot. Feels like the 90s.

Some truly amazing songs but also some bores. Not very cohesive.

It's pretty good. Plenty of decent tracks, but never elevated to anything more. Quite nice. Kind of upbeat and pretty fun. Some interesting instrumentation in places. A solid 3/5.

I’ve never delved into R.E.M. completely although I like several albums and hits. I’d only heard “Stand” and “Orange Crush” before, but “ Pop Song 89” was another standout. I generally enjoyed the whole thing, except “The Wrong Child,” which immediately made me Google “worst REM song.” First album on the list I’ve played for the first time that I think might get added to my rotation/collection.

I’m happy that my penultimate album could be a decent REM album. I think that will help me remember this project fondly. This feels like an interesting album to have on this list because it does feel like a “deep cut,” if only because it’s overshadowed by their most famous albums. Still, it has the REM sound of the late 80s that I have come to think of as the slightly crunchier and sadder follow-up to the U2 sound of the earlier 80s.

Overall good but a bit repetitive and depressing

Not my favorite of their catalog since I have a soft spot for their 90's output, but I do like Green. It's actually almost the perfect mix of alternative 80's rock and 90's alternative 90's.

(66/100)

I feel like I’m trucking with Pop-pop even though I’ve never done that. My favorite song is definitely I Remember California. It’s just such a fun listen, I feel so old. The Wrong Child, I didn’t like it but it was so emotional I was getting chills it was so weird. I definitely liked this album, but love would be too strong. It has such strong Grandpa vibes though that’s for sure.

I was a HUGE fan of REM for years when this was released and I bought this (with GREAT anticipation) the day it came out. I've listened to it countless times and even went to see them on the tour that supported the album. It's hard to do and difficult to say but if I separate myself from all that nostalgia, I have to admit that this just isn't a strong album when compared to their previous material. Production is cleaned up, pop sensibilities are MUCH more prominent, and in general their sound is shifting toward something more marketable and radio-friendly (ironic and sad considering the cynical message in Pop Song 89). Side B shifts more toward their original sound, but the damage is done.

Normally don't like REM, but there were some good tunes on this one. 3/5, not too bad a listen

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

Big fan. Solid 4.

Damn this kinda fuckin rocks. R.E.M. has grown on me since starting this project, they went from a band I respected for helping invent alternative rock but that I found boring to starting to ‘click’ with their songs and thinking about which songs sound like which bands. Get Up especially sounds so much like Nirvana to me, no surprise that Kurt Cobain liked this record so much. I didn’t like this one as much as Murmur but I still liked it!

The album is ok, but really R.E.M. never felt like a band that made music that was made for me. The one song that struck home was the one about California.

A mic of good and mid songs. I would say 3.5 but we round up.

Very good!

It's interesting reading reviews on albums while you form opinions. This is my second REM album in very short succession and one of the few REM albums I've not actually hard but I went in maybe with more level expectations after the last one and this? This is much closer to what I want with this band. As I read the reviews saying this was an okay listen I realised I absolutely put this above Automatic, because it's a lot more open and interesting to me, though as I will divulge on below I just think the soundscape of this album is a much better pairing for the voice it presents and the messages it carries. A minute into "You are Everything" and I was smiling at the storytelling, even after Get Up had already warmed me up plenty and then Stand slaps my shoulder and tells me to relax. People describe this album is a lot more of a middle ground between their early indie sound and their formative pop sound and I think this album benefits a lot from that. The topics of this albums are as usual with REM including the political commentary that just benefits SO much from the indie sound over the upscaled and cleaner pop sound, in my opinion. I think even the whiniest most yearning voice works if you know what to play behind it, and not to say Stipe's voice is the whiniest I've ever heard but it's certainly not casual. I would say Automatic has higher peaks, even Orange Crush and Stand, great songs as they are, are not REMs best work, but this album is to me far more consistent or coherent and as such is a much better listening experience. I said before that Automatic is probably a 3.7, if that remains true then this album is probably a 3.9. Only a touch better and again, not scratching the top 3 REM albums but is a lot more in line with what I like. I will revisit this and certain songs will stick with me a lot closer. Best songs: You Are The Everything, Stand Worst songs: N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 17/33 (Below Boston, above Automatic For the People)

166 Es R.E.M siendo R.E.M. No puedo decir otra cosa.

insignificant and bland. guess I just don’t Get It. Stipe’s voice makes me eeeeehghgggggh

Solid

I know that R.E.M are an incredible band, I know they play an important piece of the puzzle in the alternative rock scene. I was around when many of their hit songs were released, I just never lost my shit about them, and haven't now either.

I've always had more of an admiration than a love of R.E.M., really only knowing the hits and never digging further. Initially, listening to Green, I felt the same way.. but, the back half of this album is brilliant. Maybe it took me until then to 'get it'?

A bridge between the early fun R.E.M. and the later incredibly boring band from the 90s. The music is more folky here, but it still has some energetic songs. The musicianship is great, but Michael Stipe is by far the most boring singer I've ever listened to. This is a 3/5. If it had a different singer, it would've been higher.

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.

Before this I’ve heard only Losing My Religion. How come I’ve never heard anything else ? Band is so talented! Album sets up mood with first song Pop Song 89 - directly to my favourites. Rest of album stays at same level. I felt like everything will be good while listening to this record. Thank you R.E.M. It is 4,5/5

really like old dad rock

Jpp du rock

Funky but a lil slow

Absolutes Mittelmaß

Schöne Stimme, aber sonst nichts hängengeblieben

I really want to like this, but I just can't get into it. R.E.M. is just one of those bands I'd see growing up and hear some of their songs that I'd like but their full albums just never measured up. I remember one of my cousins getting their CD at Christmas one year, I think it was Automatic For The People...and thinking, wow, they must be great if he likes them. They're just very hit or miss for me. Songs like Losing My Religion, Everybody Hurts...and off this album, Orange Crush is pretty great. And Turn You Inside-Out, I've never heard before and it slaps...but then Hairshirt is next and I just couldn't wait for it to be over. It's not that I think they're bad musicians....they're great musicians. Stipe has a nice voice, instantly recognizable even if I've never heard the song before. It's just not for me, as much as I'd like it to be.

nice to have on in the background !

Natuke nagu The Smiths, aga rohkemate ja kõrgemate vokaalidega ning ameerika aktsendiga.

REM är alltid REM. Inte deras bästa. Men de är på väg åt det hållet. En stark fyra

Frankly, the album's highly boring, monotonous, and I have no idea why it is on the 1001 list. What is ut in the music or the vocals that, accoeding to the list authors, makes it one of the best in the history of music? It is indeed not. I can hardly remember a song immediately after listening to this. I believe this is the first album among the 32 that I have listened up until now which does not have a single song I could add to my playlists. Such entries honestly make me dissappointed about choosing to listen to the list. Well, we will see how that goes further.

Hatalmas, kicsit family guy szoveg parszor

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

Weird coincidence, but yesterdays album was Document, their previous album… This album I have in my collection, and I feel like this is a pretty good album with many good songs. My personal favourite is World Leader Pretend, but also Get Up, Orange Crush, Stand and Pop Song 89 are really good. There’s only one song I usually skip and that is The Wrong Child. There’s something about the harmonies and the mandolin that just doesn’t work for me. Hopefully I don’t get another R.E.M. too soon now 😅

It’s a nice day when you don’t even have to listen to the record because you know it so well. R.E.M. was the first band I really fell in love with, which was lucky, as they had a near perfect ten album run and I was in there just before it went off the rails. Then, as the nice day went on, I had the creeping realisation that I didn’t want to listen to Green. I didn’t want to grapple with that imagined perfect run. Lifes Rich Pagent, I’ve come to realise, has a pretty weak back half and I always knew that Reckoning had a lot of chaff. If Green is on this list, then I’m confident that my feelings on Out of Time will have to be disclosed in good order. Much easier to file Green under easy listening, the major label leap, the bid for superstardom. Pop Song 89 could be no clearer statement of intent. And, honestly, I don’t like it very much. Hollow, unimaginative, blatant. But, it sounded surprisingly good in my headphones today. As did Get Up and Stand. Yet, while the basic reading of Green, as a stadium record with chart intentions, holds true, the seeds of rejection of same are there already. It’s obvious. It’s embarrassing now to pretend otherwise. The Green tour would be so big and so successful that the band would choose not to tour the follow-up, to create an intimate, interior studio-bound record instead. That withdrawal is usually attributed to Peter Buck’s mandolin turn on Out of Time, but the mandolin is already all over Green. the exquisite dirge of You are the Everything; the mawkish dirge of The Wrong Child; and the unnecessary dirge of Hairshirt. These songs aren’t experiments so much as rehearsals. Certainly, he will perfect his mandolin skills on the coming record and, in so doing, snap up the smash hit single that Green doesn’t produce, but the future of R.E.M. is already apparent. The band dynamic is already shifting. Bill Berry plays bass on You Are the Everything. Buck plays drums on Untitled, like Paul on Back in the USSR. Roles loosen. The band becomes a studio unit rather than a touring organism. This is the real pivot. Green marks the moment when R.E.M. begin to prioritise recording over performance, the document over the event. Like the Beatles retreating from the stage, they start to imagine records as self-contained spaces rather than things to be reproduced live. The seeds of Out of Time aren’t aesthetic so much as practical. Out of Time doesn’t perfect this shift - it hasn’t aged well enough to deserve that claim - but it does resolve a tension that Green leaves unresolved. Green wants to be both a stadium record and an inward one, and it can’t reconcile those impulses. Two albums later, R.E.M. will learn how to separate them properly. World Leader Pretend already points the way. 3 How nice and slightly unexpected to see Green pop up on the list. Green is a good album that I’ve never really thought about too much. R.E.M have so many good albums I don’t think I would have this in their top 5. That’s not to say it doesn’t offer plenty worth celebrating - You Are the Everything and Hairshirt are two of their very best, for my money. Good set of singles, although almost cynical in their catchiness and I find Stand almost unbearably goofy. I like the whole album, although I wouldn’t miss I Remember California if it had been those 5 minutes shorter. 3/5

As a fan of weird singing and melancholy (read: Dismemberment Plan) I really like this. Most of the songs are really catchy, have great riffs and interesting lyrics, with my favorites being World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush, & I Remember California. I'm officially REMpilled.

I like REM, but I actually didn't think these particular songs were fantastic. Maybe a harsh rating...

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

Yep…R.E.M. has lots of great records, and this is one of them. But do we really need to include ALL of them on this his list? We’ve already covered “Murmur” and “Automatic For The People”, which should suffice as bookends to their best works.

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.

6/10 boring pop song 89 12/17/25

3.5

not particularly memorable

love rem

This was okay. Some bangers lowkey

One thing this list is making me ask about popular bands is does this band suck. R.E.M doesn't suck. U2 sucks. Sorry Billy Joel, but you kinda suck. Not sucking doesn't mean it's great or for me, but this is decently complex and is meaningful for people that like it for sure. Stand is a great example of what the band is going right that if you listen to all of the musical choices in the background you can see a lot of care. This isn't a masterpiece but it's good the it exists.

Michael Stipe's vocal stylings at times can get in the way of how solid the instrumentation can be. But it always works out for a couple strong songs. Like I have said before If there was a dial that could turn up the folk I'd do that. That mandolin helps. As always R.E.M puts out solid albums. If you are a fan you definitely get your money's worth. I Remember California is not one I've heard before, but liked. I knew Stand and Orange Crush, two strong singles. This might be my favorite one of the ones from this list. I think this is the fourth R.E.M album we have done. A bit excessive.

Good REM album. Not my favorite but solid.

Klingt nach R.E.M., mehr kann ich da nicht sagen.

Album agréable à écouter !

3.5 I love REM, but there’s something about their music that epitomizes a 3 rating. It’s good music with great and introspective lyrics but sometimes they can sound very 80s-90s jangle/pop rock, though this album was a little more experimental which is cool. Still very solid mainly carried by the first half of the album, in my opinion.

I love REM, from Michael Stipe’s vocals to the way you never really know what kind of vibe you get from track to track. The varied energy and instrumentation makes this such a fun record to listen through. Best Track: World Leader Pretend

This was the first time I listened to this full album. I’d heard all of the “radio” hits as anyone my age would. That said I really enjoyed the album and can see why they became the stars that they did.

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

Still really love this - such a great collection of songs, many of which have made my monthly playlists since I first listened to this album a few months ago. Really fun, a little pop, a little punky.

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.

I enjoy poppy REM much more than soft acoustic REM. This album makes me feel great from start to finish and always have. The vibes are good and the songs are strong.

Ok

Fave tracks: Orange Crush Untitled

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

Kul. Kokr so mi R.E.M. poznani, mi pa ta specifičn album ni. Prvi komad mi je kul, "Pop Song 89". "Stand" mi je bil preveč repetitive, "The Wrong Child" je žalosten, "Orange Crush" mi je pa spet kul. "Turn You Inside-Out" mi je tud všeč. Zdaj, s prvim poslušanjem ever, mi je "Hairshirt" prvi komad, ki dejansko zveni drugače kot ostali. Večinoma mandolina in Stipeov vokal, ostalo minimalno. Ker preostali album je že a blur to me. Mogoč mu moram kdaj dat še eno šanso. Ok, naslednji mi tud izstopa in mi je posledično ljubši k preostali album ("I Remember California"). Mja, bom še kdaj poslušala, tokrat mi je bil samo ok.

This was alright, but sort of went in one ear and out the other for me. I like REM's general sound but there were no particularly catchy or memorable songs on this album

Sounds 20 years older than it does which is interesting. Decent otherwise

# Album Name: Green # Artist: REM # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Good listen overall. First half of the album is stronger. I suspect this will be a grower # Top Tunes: 89 / get up / You are everything / Stand / World leader / orange crush # Would I listen to it again? Yes

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.

Classics like Stand and Orange Crush, but a few fillers too.

Yeah decent

Undeniably a pretty good/decent album, but it's nothing extraordinary and just didn't do much for me.

One of my early faves

I kind of feel like if you've heard one REM song you've heard them all, but they're not unenjoyable!

not much diversity in the tracks, but good writing

Green was a pretty solid album. One thing that confuses me about this album is the fact that Wikipedia lists it as experimental rock and for some experimental rock album, it sure plays it pretty safe and doesn't experiment very much. That being said, I still quite liked this album. There are some really solid songs here with some fun melodies and great guitar work. I also never really found any of the songs to be outright bad so that's also a plus. While i don't think that this album reaches the heights that Document or even Automatic For The People do. I still think it is a pretty good addition to R.E.M.'s library and a good one to end off on too. Best Song: I Remember California Worst Song: Hairshirt Side note: Since this is my last R.E.M. album, here are the rankings: 1. Document 2. Automatic For The People 3. Green 4. Murmur

Dazzling.

This is one that seems to linger just outside the REM pantheon. Its highs are quite high (Orange Crush) but the rest is inconsistent. This could still be someone else's best album; that it's mid REM is a testament to REM.

R.E.M. is never not above-average. Always good production, instrumentation, lyrics, vocals, etc. Green isn't anything groundbreaking, but just a tight, solid, catchy collection of alternative rock from the fathers of alternative rock. Strong album.

shit SLAPS

Pains me but I just can’t quite justify a 4

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.

Love it, been listening to this one since college!

A lot of reverence is paid to the 80s rem albums. This is the essential album of that period for the band. The majesty of you are everything still beggars belief. World leader pretend is thoughtful and poignant. Later albums would become a little too over produced. This though is immensely listenable

Somehow, this was the first REM album I ever owned--so it has a soft space in my musical heart. It's their last album before they transformed from a college radio band to MTV band--so I think its greatness really gets lost between the two eras. For me, this ranks near the top of their work... Would I listen to again? Always. This one STANDs the test of time.

Great band great album pushing a 5 with the clever singles and the range of approaches. Has to be on the list

бенгеров не обнаружено, но ставлю твердую 4 за вайб.

Kinda sounded like disney rock

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

Like Hüsker Dü but poppier. Liked it.

R.E.M. isn't a strong enough band to warrant two albums on this list. This album isn't as strong as Automatic For The People, but it sounds very similar. I would give it 3.5, rounding down.

Alright . . . I don't dislike REM, but I've always had this feeling about them that they don't quite get there. As in, they don't quite transcend to a level of excellence. Vocally - while his lyrics are generally fantastic - Stipe's voice is initially appealing, but then halfway through a song, it always starts to feel monotone and like he's not quite using it to its fullest potential. And oftentimes, on the more indulgent songs, it reaches the point where it sounds like he's just singing to hear himself sing, and there's not much engagement with the lyrics. Musically, it's the same problem. So many of their songs have great moments that feel like, "Ok, I like this. This is going somewhere." And then it goes nowhere. It so often falls short of reaching the change or climax that I was hoping for. Again, monotone - in the musical dynamics sense. Their music doesn't play with your emotions, in that, there are rarely changes in intensity, or the building and release of tension. It's all just flat. All that said, Green might not be REM's best album, but it's MY REM album. It's one of those pre-indtroduction-to-rock-music albums that stayed with me after my musical awakening. I first heard it when a babysitter played it for me when I was 9 or 10, and I've continued to listen to it. So I have a soft spot for it. And it was a kick to listen to yesterday for the first time in a while. We have a least one more REM album to go in this project, but I will speak no more of REM. Next time, you're just getting stars.

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!

This may be the only record where the untitled track is my favorite song. I like more than I don’t, but can’t go all the way to 5 stars given that this is probably my 6th favorite REM album, and it really makes me wonder exactly how many REM albums will be on this list. I feel like this is a strange choice because it is a transitional album. They maxxed their rock band phase on Document, and haven’t gotten all the way to the art folk country pop of Out of Time and beyond. The Wrong Child is a song I don’t really like, but may give me the strongest visceral reaction on the record. I don’t buy the story they’re telling but I think the concept is an interesting one. It makes me sad, but also a little annoyed.

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.

4/5 - Untitled and You Are the Everything are two of my favorite REM songs. Orange Crush is also great. Green was their first album with a clear intent to be more radio friendly, and yet it's still full of mandolins, accordions, and typically meandering lyrics. That's REM for you. I've listened to this dozens of times and was happy to spend another 45 minutes hearing the whole thing through. It's a mid-tier REM album, so I'll reserve the 5s for my favorites.

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

bit too pop-y for my taste - I don't really like the singing, tho the guitars are cool and the drums are simple and effective the album seems really cohesive, I wasn't paying attention to the lyrics that much tho overall, its fine.

The big radio turning point for my then favorite band. It made me so mad - REM was the rare Southern cultural entity that wasn't an embarrassment - but a more enlightened me can see this record is solid power pop, a natural progression, and the radio bent toward them instead of vice-versa. I even kinda like "Stand" now - all those key changes! I saw them on this tour and at one point Michael Stipe sat at the end of the stage in a lotus position while the band attempted a version of Cameo's "Word Up" so yeah, they were still on a journey.

There’s a lot of mandolin on this album, and it definitely feels like a jumping off point for the band, where they start to sound a little more alt-rock. I don’t like it as much as Document or Murmur, which we’ve already reviewed, though it has its moments. “World Leader Pretend” is gorgeous slice of introspection. 3.5.

Where they get hugely popular without selling out (too much). Only time i saw them live was on this tour. They closed with a cover of Cameo's "Word up".

Bout to put me into REM sleep it’s so boring

I bought Green when I was in high school, but I didn’t really “get” it, and so I didn’t give it much play time in my Walkman. What a loss for my teenage self! Fortunately, my adult self came to better appreciate what REM and Green have to offer.

the good songs are fantastic, the bad are rough

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

I want to like his voice so bad but he reminds me too much of RuPaul :/

Tribal tattoo on an older white guy… BUT he’s hot and also jacked 3.5

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.

More REM! I'm not mad at it, although I am mad that the album called "Green" doesn't have a green album cover. Like with Sinatra, I like the overall sound a lot, but there are no standout tracks on this album. The people* want another 'Nightswimming'! *me

I am a big fan of some of the arrangement choices for these songs. I am a sucker for an acoustic guitar and mandolin combo as well as pedal steel guitar. Not their best songs and sometimes I feel the vocal melodies wander without a focus but still a consistently strong album.

R.E.M’s the kind of band I don’t listen to that often but when I do, always enjoy it. I think this would likely have been my introduction to them as this tape was knocking around in our house as a child. Doesn’t have the same weight as other albums with a standout single (orange crush and pop song 89 are easily overshadowed by other singles they later released in terms of popularity) but are still good songs in their own right. Mill’s harmonies with Stipe are lovely in places and just a super solid album with no clear lows.

If I'm honest, REM are a singles band for me. There are a couple of great tracks on here but while the rest is fine, I could leave it. I recognise there's some interesting stuff going on, walking an experimental line without being weird or atonal, but it just doesn't grab me that hard.

OK, REM not my favorite, too winy.

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.

A good album this and includes one of my favourite track by them, Orange Crush, so what’s not to like

Found this REM album annoying and whiny

Better than I expected, being a self proclaimed REM hater. It was less whiney than a lot of their other stuff, though still just as "intellectual-by-design" which I find a little off putting. The singles, orange crush and stand, are great tracks.

Every REM album/song is kind of the same…some great jangly pop songs with oblique lyrics, some weird mandolin/slow songs, and some filler that falls in between. For some reason that works for me - this is a 3.5 with a round up because of how much I like Stand, Orange Crush, and Pop Song 89.

big nothing

The highs are very high and the lows aren’t too low. Very good. 4/5

murmur è un'altra cosa

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

Not a bad album, I’ve listened to it before and was hoping this listen through would change my mind, because I love Losing My Religion and that style. REM are very unique, an acquired taste. This album is something I’d be down for once in a while.

I liked it! Familiar (and more poppy) tunes like “Pop Song ‘89,” “Stand,” and “Orange Crush” mixed with some more introspective songs made for an enjoyable listen.

This was bad! But I do like Orange Crush. There was a lyric in the very lame song You Are Everything that is, “you’re drifting off to sleep with your teeth in your mouth,” which made me think of my Dad’s dentures and how he’s drifting off to sleep with his teeth on the bathroom counter

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.

I pretty much checked out on REM after "Life's Rich Pageant". I no longer have that 'ew they sold out' hipster mentality but their later albums still don't really hit with me the way their early ones do. This is okay I guess. None of the songs really move me though.

Love REM. Something just rocks.

Strong writing and interesting concepts. But this still didn’t translate to much for me. It didn’t punch. 3 stars for the writing and the concepts and some of the songs were good. Favorite song: Turn You Inside-Out

This album started what I think might be the greatest three album run any band has had. The whole band is so dialled in here, Stipe sounds electric and Mills bass lines especially are punchy as hell. Very very good.

Great record.

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

I forgot how much I liked this band and this album! I used to listen to it all the time, but hadn’t played it in years. I will say that sometimes Michael Stipes’ voice gets a little too whiny, and some of the lyrics go a bit over my head, but I love it all the same. This one is a very strong four stars for me. Thanks for reminding me about it!

wasn't focused, it wasn't bad i think

3.5 stars. Good early alt rock. Fun incorporation of a mandolin. Standouts are the hits "Stand" and "Orange Crush". Gets a little heavier at the end which feels a bit out of place but the drumming on "I Remember California" is good.

Superb

Michael Stipe's voice is instantly recognisable. Some almost grungy notes (I remember California). Enjoyed.

R.E.M are Beige: The Band and this is aggressively bland. This feels like what happens when you let one of those guitar wankers who plays Wonderwall and Stairway on loop actually make their own music. It's like we took the lyrics of the 70s, but none of the musical interest that made it properly hit. The biggest song on this album is also the best one, but I was even ready for Orange Crush to end half-way through. It's only 4 minutes long!

I might've enjoyed this album more if I was at any other stage of my life. Instead I just felt kinda annoyed at the lack of energy and how down-in-the-dumps it was. I actually think there are some interesting melodies on this album, but having to listen to Michael Stipe tell me how much life sucks got old halfway through the album.

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

I have to agree with many others that "Orange Crush" is the main banger here. The rest of the songs didn't leave much of a mark on me and his voice kinda annoys me.

Yes, this is pretty good boss. 3.50/5

Ist mir zu weichgespült.

Des Zufalls Lieblingsband! Hat mir von den drei bisherigen Alben hier am besten gefallen.

Très cool sans surprise mais toujours un peu pareil

Ok c’était mieux ce que je pensais… Initialement, je n’aime pas trop REM, je trouve ça chiant: Mais là j’ai retrouvé des sonorités que j’aime : folk , un peu musique irlandaise par moment, et la voix très Eddie Vedder (le chanteur de Pearl Jam qui est en bande son de Into the wild)

J'ai écouté mais je me rappelle plus 😶

I liked it but wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it again

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.

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.

love the instrumentation and there's some solid song structures, but it just slides off my brain. i can't imagine i'll ever want to go back and relisten to this.

There are a couple of well known hits on here, but the rest is kind of monotonous to me. I admire that REM didn’t sound like anybody else at the time, but I just don’t love their sound alot of the time.

Not a fan

I really thought I'd had my fill of alt rock but this one I really loved. It makes sense I suppose. Later alt acts were trying to capture some of what they heard here, where Stipe and co. were drinking straight from the creative wellspring. It really took me a sec to warm up to Stipe's vocals and the songwriting. My morning listen left me feeling lukewarm and was ready to slap on the 3 participation stars come tomorrow. Fortune had it that I had nothing to read for the commute home so I spun it again. When 'hairshirt' hit I realized just how much I dig this album. I listened to it twice more after that. Good shit.

Favourite track: Stand

Some good songs, they got a little samey after a while...? But I did like a lot of it.

This was a bit of a divergence from the original, almost folksy, REM. In a good way.

7/10

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

Like their sound! So long ago?

I really like R.E.M., but this feels like one of there lesser albums. It's good, but nothing really stands out as great.

Much sounds the same. Was okay though.

I have a turbulent history with R.E.M. it’s undeniable their early albums inspired me and greatly opened my mind to new kinds of music. But I turned against them hard as they grew into superstars. Green hangs right in the nexus of those two feelings. Some parts turn me on, some parts turn me off. But it definitely transported me to a different phase of my life. I really really want to give it 3 1/2 stars. Both 3 and 4 seem too extreme to me in opposite directions..

PSA: If you have a colleague who really wants to stand in the place where she works, but her request for a stand-up desk is denied by management, she may not appreciate links to “Stand” being sent to her via company email.

Other than the singles, I never had a chance to go this far back in the REM catalogue. And, in many ways, I liked the sound of this album more than their later stuff as it has a raw-er sound that just, for lack of a better word, rocks. Appreciate hearing this one with fresh ears.

An chill an pleasant listening of a melodic ROCK album 3/5

Enjoyed this. Just the kind of album that feels like it has always existed. Not great, but I really liked it.

First time listening to this full album. I've probably heard every single R.E.M. has ever put out though, so I knew some songs already. After listening to this album, I have the same opinion of them as I had before. Musically, they write some solid, catchy songs. Its very approachable soft rock. Borderline Americana music. I can listen to R.E.M. on occasion and enjoy it. The problem is the whiny singing with the dorky socially conscious lyrics. These dudes seem insufferable in person. I can only take so much of it. Maybe they should make some instrumental albums.

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.

Tbh this wasn't it for me

Not for me and that's okay!

Classic Stipe. Variable pace but all perfectly composed

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

Thoroughly enjoyed this even though I wasnt familiar with it. Strikes. A great balance between easily accessible songs and those that take a bit of effort to really enjoy. And Stype's lyrics are as opaque and intriguing as ever.

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

I am biased because it is REM, not their strongest album but some bangers in this. What can I do, Stripe's voice and the mandolin are just a match made in heaven 3.9

my kjent men ikke egt. ok

3 stars

It was okay. Orange Crush is awesome, everything was just good. 4/5

Stand

As with all the other REM albums, it's really good, but I just want to like it more than I do.

Nice album after a stressful day. 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1001 ALBUMS- # 98 R.E.M’💰 GREEN turn 💸 Now here is a band that I’m long overdue to deep dive with as their prolific discography brought significant changes along the way. Green, their sixth studio album marked the band’s major-label debut after leaving I.R.S. Records and signaled a period of musical expansion and experimentation. Mixing folk-inspired acoustic songs with harder-edged rock tracks, R.E.M.’s range was growing and yielded standout pop anthems that would find heavy MTV rotation paving the road that would lead the group to superstardom. 🎧 Classic Track: Orange Crush 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: Hairshirt 🎧 Personal Favorite: I Remember California 🎧 Memorable Standout: World Leader Pretend Musically, Green shows R.E.M. stretching their palette. The jangly guitars that defined earlier albums remain, but they’re now joined by mandolins and accordions, crunchy distorted guitars and playful pop energy. Producer Scott Litt, who had also worked on their previous release, gave the album a cleaner, punchier sound that suited its mix of introspection and anthem. 🖼️ Album Artwork: Agent Orange Green is full of dualities — joy and anxiety coexist throughout. Michael Stipe’s lyrics, as usual, balance direct messages with poetic ambiguity, and his vocals are more confident and intelligible than in their early records. Green is both a farewell to R.E.M.’s underground era and a bold step toward the global stage. It’s uneven at moments but excitingly so — you can hear a great band in motion, testing boundaries. The album is also very backloaded with bangers, however a disjointed venture musically overall as the tracks sway back and forth teetering pop and alt-rock that can be challenging to vibe with emotionally throughout. This was an intentional artistic decision for the band to make, purposefully disrupting expectations both to their fans and to themselves for the direction their sound would evolve into upon now being on a major label roster. STAND a sentimental guilty pleasure, exhaustively overplayed, yet slaps every time!

3,5

One of REM's best