Lifes Rich Pageant

R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1986 Ratings: #13 / 133
User Score
Based on 351 ratings
1986 Rank: #66
Liked by 59 people
July 28, 1986 / Release Date
LP / Format
I.R.S. / Label
Jangle Pop / Genre
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redsus
85

Midwest grain harvest type beat
This is R.E.M’s 2nd best album in my opinion. From Superman, which sounds like something the 80’s video store employee might bang in their Walkman, to the powerful environmentally conscious Fall On Me and Cuyahoga, this album contains some of the band’s most interesting and powerful ideas.

ACopWithAClub
59

R.E.M. hater listens to the R.E.M. discography 4/?
[Murmur: 41, Reckoning: 29, Fables: 83]

Last time, R.E.M. seemed to embrace their charming yet ugly sound and maximized it to the fullest to make an actual amazing album. It’s early to call but from the looks of it now I can actually admit this series is changing my mind on the band.

“Begin the Begin” already signals a departure from the bands previous work as it all but abandons its folk sound. It’s not much of a ... read more

Gaspurga87
88

Esta al nivel de sus primeros albums. Personalmente me sobra "Underneath the Bunker" que me recuerda al sonido de cierto grupo de rock latino de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme.

Sbeve
80

The recording sessions for Fables of the Reconstruction were incredibly fraught and difficult ones indeed, and the album we got reflected this in its dull contents. On the other hand, the follow-up record Lifes Rich Pageant feels like a revitalisation for R.E.M. The band sound lighter and way more alive here, with their bullshit absolutely nailed. This is the first R.E.M. album I've had a really positive reaction to since first listen.

The production of Lifes Rich Pageant is my favourite of ... read more

ZeroTaste
76

Ok.

Oreo_Trash
87

This album is when R.E.M. really found their sound for the 80s.
Billy Joel vibes all around!

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Track List

1Begin the Begin
3:27
87
2These Days
3:23
88
3Fall On Me
2:49
92
4Cuyahoga
4:20
80
5Hyena
2:49
77
6Underneath the Bunker
1:25
72
7The Flowers of Guatemala
3:56
80
8I Believe
3:49
81
9What If We Give It Away?
3:33
79
10Just a Touch
2:59
81
11Swan Swan H
2:44
77
12Superman
2:52
85
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: March 17, 2013