R.E.M.: Albums Elimination (Round 10 - FINAL ROUND, PLEASE VOTE!!!)

[_hi_water._]

Murmur has been eliminated.

 

15. Around The Sun (2004)

14. Reveal (2001)

13. Collapse Into Now (2011)

12. Accelerate (2008)

11. Up (1998)

10. New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)

9. Out Of Time (1991)

8. Monster (1994)

7. Green (1988)

6. Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)

5. Reckoning (1984)

4. Document (1987)

3. Murmur (1983)

[ReRushed]

Boooo!!!!!

[Lurkst]

Should be a CSNY poll, I'm getting Deja Vu here 

[Lurkst]

Anyway, as I was saying, Murmur definitely should've been in the top 2 for me.

 

US TV clip this time...

 

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Lurkst

[invisible airwave]

Life's is good but Automatic is great.

[_hi_water._]

Results:

 

15. Around The Sun (2004)

14. Reveal (2001)

13. Collapse Into Now (2011)

12. Accelerate (2008)

11. Up (1998)

10. New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)

9. Out Of Time (1991)

8. Monster (1994)

7. Green (1988)

6. Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)

5. Reckoning (1984)

4. Document (1987)

3. Murmur (1983)

2. Automatic For The People (1992)

 

And the winner is...

 

Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)

[Lurkst]

I will quote from my 1996 Rough Guide To Rock here...

 

"Before Automatic For The People, Peter Buck said REM had never made their Revolver, their Exile On Main Street or Highway 61 Revisited. Arguably now they had- a meditative, nearly perfect album."

 

 

[Lurkst]

That said, although not my choice, another classic album has been chosen as the winner here, a band on the cusp of greatness.

 

I remember hearing a UK radio interview with Mike Mills from a French chateau promoting Monster:-

"Lifes Rich Pageant, could you have imagined talking about that album in these surroundings?"

"Not at all, you could have shown me photographs and I would not believe it."

"You were sharing a room with cockroaches back then?"

"I was sharing a room with Peter Buck."

 

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by Lurkst

[Lurkst]

Anyway, this has been a great series, thanks to all who contributed