"Thanks for the nice comment about Chronic Town. My 17 year old son Owen (guitarist) likes that one best too. My fave is probably Murmur. My least fave is Fables of the Reconstruction. We'd have done mankind a service by never releasing it."
This is a tiny excerpt of a letter sent to someone I randomly crossed paths with on Discord a few months ago by Bill Berry of R.E.M. Back when I first read this bit I almost fell out of my chair laughing because though I didn't quite agree it's ... read more
R.E.M. hater listens to the R.E.M. discography 3/?
[Murmur: 41, Reckoning: 29]
While the first two albums suffered from being pretty much just run-of-the-mill R.E.M. (if that makes sense), this album just fully embraces the musics ugliness and its shitty production comes to its benefit.
The first two tracks “Feeling Gravitys Pull” and “Maps and Legends” both show this sound quite well. While the music is still R.E.M.-esque, it almost seemed like R.E.M. just gave up on ... read more
As I listened to this in the womb I just felt the treble and drum. Michael Stipe’s androgynous vocals feeling urgent. Did this make me an alternative gay? Perhaps…
Now I’m 38 and hearing Fables of the Reconstruction for the third time.
I like the variety and the vocals are great. I haven’t gotten into the lyrics yet. There might be like two snoozers but overall the album is dynamic and fascinating. The sound is fairly unique yet still feels familiar.
I liked it a lot ... read more
Shout-outs to Kohoutek for being a song about a comet named after the Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek.
It's great to have Czech Republic representation in songs.
1 | Feeling Gravitys Pull 4:50 | 84 |
2 | Maps and Legends 3:11 | 86 |
3 | Driver 8 3:23 | 92 |
4 | Life and How To Live It 4:07 | 87 |
5 | Old Man Kensey 4:09 | 80 |
6 | Can't Get There From Here 3:39 | 76 |
7 | Green Grow the Rushes 3:46 | 80 |
8 | Kohoutek 3:18 | 78 |
9 | Auctioneer (Another Engine) 2:44 | 86 |
10 | Good Advices 3:31 | 78 |
11 | Wendell Gee 3:03 | 83 |