 | MURMUR by R.E.M.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.94 '83. What a fantastic debut! After all these years it is still the equal of any REM album. Some others have diminished with the passage of time but not this.
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 | Reckoning by REM
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.46 '84. Not as good as Murmur (in my opinion ),although some would disagree, and not one of my faves.It does feature the classic " Don't go back to Rockville" and couple of other stunners.
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 | Fables Of The Reconstruction (The I.R.S. Years Vintage) by R.E.M.
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £2.98 '85.The underrated classic. The band had a miserable time recording this album but it doesn't show in the quality. Each play of this album has always left me in a state of bliss.
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 | Life's Rich Pageant (Remastered) by REM
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.48 '86. Another classic featuring some of their very best songs; Cuyahoga,Fall on Me,Hyena,Just a touch; sorry no room for all of them.Oh and some mediocre bonus material on this edition.
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 | Document (Remastered) by REM
Buy new: £6.37 / Used from: £2.00 '87.Commercial break-through with" The One I Love" going top ten in america. Also features everyone's fave "It's the End of the World As We Know It(and I feel fine)".A good album.
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 | Dead Letter Office by R.E.M.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.59 '87.Mixed bag of B-sides. In most cases the most charitable thing to be said is that the band were' having fun'.However the last 5 tracks are from the supeb "Chronic Town "EP and are of album Quality.
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 | Green by REM
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £0.97 '88.Overall a bit weak and hasn't stood the test of time as some others. Does include the majestic "World Leader Pretend" and the spooky yet captivating "Wrong Child".
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 | Out of Time by REM
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.63 '91.Features "Losing My Religion" a song even non-fans of REM will DANCE! to(I've witnessed it).A very good album overall but a little inconsistent.In retrospect feels like the warm up act for...
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 | Automatic for the People by REM
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01 '92. ...the perfect blend ofpop-rock sensibilities.No merely average tracks and with a perfect 'flow'.This is what an album should be.
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 | Monster by REM
Buy new: £6.87 / Used from: £0.01 '94.Any follow up to " Automatic" was likely to be a bit of a let down "What's the Frequency Kenneth" is probably one of the best opening tracks on any of their abums, but overall a bit disappointing.
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 | New Adventures in Hi-Fi by REM
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £0.15 '96.I'm going against received wisdom ,but: this is one of their best. Not only does it have " E Bow" but the album as a whole has powerful atmosphere, let it in, and find a different place.
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 | Up by REM
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £0.69 '98.Their first without Bill Berry(well he was 'only' the drummer reasoned some).It's not bad at all and is rated very highly by some.I just feel the spark had gone.
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 | Reveal by R.E.M.
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £0.19 '01.If this wasn't an REM album...I must give this another play.
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 | Around the Sun by REM
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £1.48 '04.On a first listen this sounded pretty good to me, I just never felt the urge to play it again.
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 | Accelerate (digipack) by REM
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £3.59 '08 Best since 'New Adventures'.
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 | And I Feel Fine ... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 by R.E.M.
Buy new: £14.17 / Used from: £8.61 Packed full of fantastic stuff and perhaps enough to tempt long-time fans but I'd start with "Murmur" or "Pageant" if you are looking to explore their early stuff from an "Automatic" perspective.
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 | The Best of Rem by REM
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £1.45 Superceded by the above.
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 | Eponymous by REM
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.49 Likewise superceded.
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 | Man on the Moon Ost by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £0.01 '99.I know it's out of sequence but as it's an OST and is basically 2 good tracks plus filler...
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 | In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003 by REM
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.96 The album to get if you are not going to have any more than a cursory interest in the band. It's got the hits you're gonna know.Probably more than you'd expect.
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