1001 Albums Summary

I grew up near Athens, GA. REM is like the hometown band. What has stuck with me over the years is how much the band taught me about the world through their music and their public personas. This is a top tier REM album, but as Michael Stipe said somewhere mid-career, they've managed not to make any stinkers in the bowl. For me, I'd rate this one as a 90/100. For the sake of the rating scale here: 5 stars.

I don't listen to a lot of Ozzy or Sabbath. But I have to say that the production of this album, especially the drums, is pretty great. I will have to make sure I add a little more Ozzy and Sabath into the rotation.