How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:36 pm

Anders wrote:The first half of Reveal is the best of their 21st century albums.

this is so so wrong.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:36 pm

The first half doesn't even have the album's best song

Post by **epilogue** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The first half doesn't even have the album's best song

exactly

Post by **epilogue** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm

I respect Anders and love the fuck out of the guy... but his opinion here could not be further from mine.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm

Yeah, fuck you, Anders!

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:45 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:I respect Anders and love the fuck out of the guy... but his opinion here could not be further from mine.

Yeah i love him, and he is a true force for me in the SW threads, but damn Anders damn

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:48 pm

Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed

Post by **epilogue** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:49 pm

Rangi Guy wrote:Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed

Around the Sun is so far and away better than Reveal, it's not even funny.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:53 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed
Around the Sun is so far and away better than Reveal, it's not even funny.

I love ATS.

Reveal? yeah, not so much.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:53 pm

i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:54 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.

That was my take-away too. Sounds like it's been made during a period where they were super bored making records

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu April 25, 2019 9:56 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.

Same for Up and Reveal

Pretty much all R.E.M. albums suck to some degree though

Post by **epilogue** » Thu April 25, 2019 10:00 pm

Rangi Guy wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.
That was my take-away too. Sounds like it's been made during a period where they were super bored making records

There is no "love" for Around the Sun. Almost everyone dislikes it.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu April 25, 2019 10:09 pm

yeah, it a difficult album for sure, but once you get it, its amazing.

Its so much better than Reveal.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri April 26, 2019 5:45 am

I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri April 26, 2019 5:48 am

The Lifting - I’ve Been High - All The Way To Reno - She Just Wants To Be - Disappear.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Fri April 26, 2019 5:49 am

Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.

You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri April 26, 2019 5:51 am

Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence

Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Fri April 26, 2019 6:20 am

Anders wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence
Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.

I'm yet to get sick of listening to Collapse. I think it's one of their best

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri April 26, 2019 6:37 am

Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence
Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.
I'm yet to get sick of listening to Collapse. I think it's one of their best

For you, I'll give it a spin while working today.

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