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  1. Posted

    albums:

    15. Collapse Into Now
    14. Around The Sun
    13. Accelerate
    12. Out Of Time
    11. Reckoning
    10. Reveal
    9. Murmur
    8. Fables Of The Reconstruction
    7. Lifes Rich Pageant
    6. Monster
    5. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    4. Green
    3. Up
    2. Document
    1. Automatic For The People

    IRS era songs:

    10. Maps and Legends
    9. Fall on Me
    8. Finest Worksong
    7. Swan Swan H
    6. South Central Rain
    5. The One I Love
    4. Driver 8
    3. Begin the Begin
    2. Feeling Gravitys Pull
    1. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

    Warner Bros era (with Berry):

    10. The Wrong Child
    9. Crush with Eyeliner
    8. How the West Was Won and Where it Got Us
    7. Everybody Hurts
    6. Undertow
    5. E-Bow the Letter
    4. Losing My Religion
    3. Find the River
    2. Country Feedback
    1. World Leader Pretend

    post-Berry era:

    10. Leaving New York
    9. Why Not Smile
    8. Parakeet
    7. Diminished
    6. I’ve Been High
    5. Hope
    4. Daysleeper
    3. Lotus
    2. Suspicion
    1. Falls to Climb

  2. Posted

    Late to the party, but after hearing all the top tens in various episodes, here's mine. I made no effort to stay away from their two biggest hits. It's not a song's fault if people are sick of hearing it. And I know the songs all come from the 1988-1998 period, but... it is what it is.

    1. World Leader Pretend

    2. Country Feedback

    3. Find the River

    4. Falls to Climb

    5. Losing My Religion

    6. Suspicion

    7. E-Bow the Letter

    8. Undertow

    9. Everybody Hurts

    10. How the West Was Won and Where it Got Us

  3. Posted

    I'm with Scott; I think Adam was a bit too kind to Around the Sun.

     

    My ranking of the songs on this album:

    1. Leaving New York

    2. Around the Sun

    3. The Outsiders

    4. High Speed Train

    5. Wanderlust

    6. Electron Blue

    7. The Ascent of Man

    8. Final Straw

    9. I Wanted to Be Wrong

    10. Boy in the Well

    11. Make it All Okay

    12. Aftermath

    13. The Worst Joke Ever

     

    My album list so far:

    1. Automatic for the People

    2. Document

    3. Up

    4. Green

    5. New Adventures in Hi-Fi

    6. Monster

    7. Lifes Rich Pageant

    8. Fables of the Reconstruction

    9. Murmur

    10. Reveal

    11. Reckoning

    12. Out of Time

    13. Around the Sun

  4. Posted

    Is there anyone who doesn't consider this their worst record?

     

    I don't quite, but it's a close thing. For me, Collapse Into Now, their last album, is unfortunately their worst. Nothing on it is better than "pretty good". Whereas this album has two very good songs, "Leaving New York" and "Around the Sun". I also like "The Outsiders" and "High Speed Train". Those four are worth re-listening to apart from the rest of the album. I agree with you that listening to the whole album brings down everything on it.

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  5. Posted

    The last album where R.E.M. is actually trying.

     

    1. Automatic for the People

    2. Document

    3. Up

    4. Green

    5. New Adventures in Hi-Fi

    6. Monster

    7. Lifes Rich Pageant

    8. Fables of the Reconstruction

    9. Murmur

    10. Reveal

    11. Reckoning

    12. Out of Time

     

    songs ranked:

     

    1. I’ve Been High

    2. I'll Take the Rain

    3. Imitation of Life

    4. The Lifting

    5. Disappear

    6. All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star)

    7. Beat a Drum

    8. Chorus and the Ring

    9. Summer Turns to High

    10. Beachball

    11. Saturn Return

    12. She Just Wants to Be

  6. Posted

    I think Scott is too attached to some very specific rules of song structure. Which is weird when you remember that he loves Radiohead.

     

    They should've realized early on that they really should've done all one person's playlist and then the other! I disapprove of Scott's exclusions, but putting Airportman at the end was pretty cool.

     

    My ranking of the songs on R.E.M.'s most underrated album, and their last great one:

     

    1. Falls to Climb

    2. Suspicion

    3. Lotus

    4. Daysleeper

    5. Hope

    6. Diminished

    7. Parakeet

    8. Why Not Smile

    9. At My Most Beautiful

    10. Walk Unafraid

    11. The Apologist

    12. Airportman

    13. I’m Not Over You

    14. Sad Professor

    15. You’re in the Air

     

    My ranking of the albums so far:

     

    1. Automatic for the People

    2. Document

    3. Up

    4. Green

    5. New Adventures in Hi-Fi

    6. Monster

    7. Lifes Rich Pageant

    8. Fables of the Reconstruction

    9. Murmur

    10. Reckoning

    11. Out of Time

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  8. Posted

    This is one supposedly classic album that I mostly can't get into, aside from the top three or four songs.

     

    My ranking of the songs:

     

    1. South Central Rain

    2. Pretty Persuasion

    3. Letter Never Sent

    4. Time After Time (AnnElise)

    5. 7 Chinese Brothers

    6. Camera

    7. (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville

    8. Second Guessing

    9. Little America

    10. Harborcoat

  11. Posted

    My ranking of the songs:

     

    1. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

    2. The One I Love

    3. Finest Worksong

    4. Exhuming McCarthy

    5. King of Birds

    6. Disturbance at the Heron House

    7. Welcome to the Occupation

    8. Lightnin' Hopkins

    9. Oddfellows Local 151

    10. Strange

    11. Fireplace

  13. Posted

    One of their weakest albums, despite the presence of all-time greats Country Feedback and Losing My Religion. Feels like they weren't sure what they wanted to do. Mike Mills is brilliant as a backing vocalist, but when he takes the lead, it's Blandsville.

     

    My ranking of the songs:

     

    1. Country Feedback

    2. Losing My Religion

    3. Half a World Away

    4. Me in Honey

    5. Radio Song

    6. Shiny Happy People

    7. Low

    8. Near Wild Heaven

    9. Belong

    10. Texarkana

    11. Endgame

  17. Posted

    How I rank the songs:

    1. E-Bow the Letter

    2. Undertow (Scott is SO wrong about this one)

    3. How the West Was Won and Where it Got Us

    4. Electrolite

    5. Leave

    6. New Test Leper

    7. The Wake-Up Bomb

    8. Bittersweet Me

    9. Binky the Doormat

    10. So Fast, So Numb (sorry, Adam)

    11. Departure

    12. Be Mine (sorry, Scotts!)

    13. Low Desert

    14. Zither

     

    It's weird how I prefer almost all the songs on side one to the ones on side two (if Departure and Electrolite switched places, it would be an exact split).

     

    My album rankings so far:

    1. Automatic for the People

    2. Document

    3. Green

    4. New Adventures in Hi-Fi

    5. Monster

    6. Lifes Rich Pageant

    7. Fables of the Reconstruction

    8. Murmur

    9. Reckoning

    10. Out of Time

     

    New Adventures would be in the number 1 position if you created a tight 10-track album by removing the four weakest songs. That being said, I do like Departure and Be Mine.

     

    I'm looking forward to the criminally underrated Up.

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