Talk About the Passion - R.E.M.'s Discography Reviewed

Rickenbacker · 04-15-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Thanks for that great review of Out Of Time. The song Losing My Religion takes me back to when I was a young kid. Rather, the whole damn album brings back good memories. I was just a year old when this record came out, so I grew up with it. Half A World Away is one of my most favourite songs by REM, and (if you don't mind) I must share this beautiful acoustic performance from 1991 on MTV:

The other dude playing guitar with Peter Buck is Peter Holsapple, the guitarist from fellow Athens band the dB's. Mike Mills is on organ here and Bill Berry is on bass.

Incidentally, the next album lined up to review is their 1991 Unplugged bootleg. What a great performance. The Out of Time songs really fit in the Unplugged setting.

Burning Down · 04-15-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Incidentally, the next album lined up to review is their 1991 Unplugged bootleg. What a great performance. The Out of Time songs really fit in the Unplugged setting.

Oh good! I think that's when the band was really at their peak regarding live performances. They played a few older songs at that performance as well. I think the entire thing (or most of it) is on Youtube. The songs from Out Of Time really do suit the acoustic performance.

JJJ567 · 04-15-2010, 11:34 PM

I've listened to Out of Time on and off for a few years. It's a really solid album. It's definitely a very sunny album. I remember just randomly playing it as I walked the river front sometime last year on a very nice spring day. I still think "Shiny Happy People" was meant to be tongue-in-cheek but was somehow taken seriously by people. I like the addition of Kate Pierson on the album, due to my love of the B-52's.

I think I'm more anticipating the review of Automatic for the People. It's the album that made me (and thousands of others) fall for the band. I'm not really old enough to have been around for their IRS albums. I was really only familiar with the radio songs until a certain point in my life which I will probably go into detail after you get to the album.

I vaguely remember hearing the "Leaving New York" single when it was new. It actually wasn't until Accelerate when I heard, and then actually purchased, a whole album of theirs brand new. The rest of them I've found in thrift stores and through the local library. It's kind of sad when a band like R.E.M. seems to be donated frequently with a lot of mediocre '80's and '90's CD/vinyl collections.

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JJJ567 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 120	I've listened to Out of Time on and off for a few years. It's a really solid album. It's definitely a very sunny album. I remember just randomly playing it as I walked the river front sometime last year on a very nice spring day. I still think "Shiny Happy People" was meant to be tongue-in-cheek but was somehow taken seriously by people. I like the addition of Kate Pierson on the album, due to my love of the B-52's. I think I'm more anticipating the review of Automatic for the People. It's the album that made me (and thousands of others) fall for the band. I'm not really old enough to have been around for their IRS albums. I was really only familiar with the radio songs until a certain point in my life which I will probably go into detail after you get to the album. I vaguely remember hearing the "Leaving New York" single when it was new. It actually wasn't until Accelerate when I heard, and then actually purchased, a whole album of theirs brand new. The rest of them I've found in thrift stores and through the local library. It's kind of sad when a band like R.E.M. seems to be donated frequently with a lot of mediocre '80's and '90's CD/vinyl collections. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/JJJ567