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"Chronic Town" sells itself nowadays as the first proper release by the historied rock band, this EP basically invented alternative rock as we know it (and we feel fine). While "Murmur" isn't my favourite REM project, "Chronic Town" feels hungry and so deeply empassioned like the band had a point to really talk about. Starting off your entire discography's is a hard task for anyone, just ask any number of bands with a bad debut project. But when ... read more
A really great debut EP. Leans way further into an oblique post-punk sound than any of their stuff to follow, while still cementing themselves as unquestionable post-punk giants
One of the best eps of all time and has some essential songs by the band on here and its clear that from the beginning R.E.M were going to be something special
Maybe not the most mind blowing thing on the planet, but this was a promising start to the band's career. It shows off the classic jangle pop and (what was known as) college rock sound of the early 80's. The band sounds very tight on all these tracks. Particularly Bill Berry's drumming. The other big draw of this EP is front man Michael Stipe. While his vocals aren't as refined as they would be on future albums, he already had a distinct prescience that I think made him ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Wolves, Lower 4:09 | 93 |
| 2 | Gardening At Night 3:29 | 92 |
| 3 | Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) 3:52 | 90 |
| 4 | 1,000,000 3:06 | 86 |
| 5 | Stumble 5:41 | 86 |
Total Length: 20 minutes
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10mo
This is the first thing from rem I've ever listened to and this is amazing. I've been missing out.
