The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread (albums, pink floyd)

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

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Riffs drilled into you, Josh Homme is also a very underrated lyricist IMO.

One that's always puzzled me:



All I heard of this album was bland and boring.. Can anyone shed any light on why people think this is a great album?

R.E.M. is one of those bands I decided I'd never like (and how wrong I was). I'll spare you the spiel about Murmur's influence and its classic status, and simply say that it really requires repeated listening. I thought the same thing as you when I approached it for the first time... compared to other music of the time and all its bells and whistles, Murmur seemed a little tame, flat, plain and certainly out of place. But having listened to it many times since, it's an album I now adore for its ingenuous bittersweet sound. It's the kind of album that makes you feel nostalgic even though it was around long before you were born... at the very least it puts me in a reflective mood.