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All rights reserved.Automatic For the People - R.E.M. (CD 1992)
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My pick for the best CD of the '90s
I doubt there is anything new I can add to others comments, this is just a great recording. I bought this copy to replace my original that went missing. If someone with good taste made off with this one, I would replace it again. Simply the best REM album, in my opinion, and my favorite album of the 1990's.
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Try Not To BreatheAutomatic was REM's most listener Friendly album to date. I can't believe how many songs from here made it to the radio. Usually, I dislike music that makes it to the top 40 Station but this is a rare exception. This album is fantastic. Everybody Hurts, Star Me Kitten, Nightswimming...BEAUTIFUL! 5 Huge Stars.
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Proving GroundsFirstly, I was born in Athens, GA and now live in Marietta, GA. In high school (Class of '90) I was a metalhead for the most part and my antithesis were those being groomed for the UGA experience-naturally avid fans of REM, Drivin' and Cryin', etc. I couldn't stomach it and it wasn't until years had passed and I began to digest more and more music that I began to grudgingly allow these native sons some credit. This album is not the hitfest that got everyone's attention as we crossed over from the 80's to the 90's but is a nice maturation of REM; by the album's release in 1992, much had changed in musical consciousness across this land and I probably would've enjoyed it but 'twas not to be. I just recently bought it and now I'm in my thirties....all that being said, I think it really stands ye olde test of time. I guess it probably was a comfortable analogue to many classmates' growth and was a background track to their consumerist lack of political/social/environmental awareness-Birkenstock shopping music, if you will. But REM did try to connect and there is a poignancy on this album that's kind of touching-surely it began to drive the masses away and by the mid-90's things all over musicland began to die. In conclusion, I think this one separated the radioheads from the fans, which is usually what happens with popular bands. Looking at the derivative, desperate, fallout state of things now, it's pretty reassuring to visit REM. (How many generations have said that kind of thing?)
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Classic R E MGreat album! If you like R E M you'll love this one! Most of the songs on thi salbum made it to the radio at some time or another.
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shipped and deliveredVery happy with the quality of this purchase. product was good and I am very happy. would order again
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R.E.M. at their bestReview created: 07/28/06
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In 1992 R.E.M released Automatic for the People. This album is definitely the best they ever put out. Drive with Michael Stipes on lead is one of my favorite songs. Try Not to Breathe, is also great.
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Simply..."Automatic"Review created: 04/30/04
by: speeddemon531-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music
Pros:
Classy, quiet, reflective, well-written and well-performed.
Classy, quiet, reflective, well-written and well-performed.
Cons:
No, Egypt was not troubled by the horrible *ss. It was ASP!
No, Egypt was not troubled by the horrible *ss. It was ASP!
The year was 1992. R.E.M. was unquestionably the biggest American rock band around. A lengthy tenure as "college rock" icons led way to a commerical breakthrough in the mid-80's with "Document". A few short years later, "Out Of Time" catapulted the Georgia-based foursome into the stratosphere. "Losing My Religion" was a massive radio
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Owning This Album Should Be AutomaticReview created: 03/08/08
by: PacManY2J-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Music
Pros:
A diverse and brilliant collection that just about anyone can enjoy
A diverse and brilliant collection that just about anyone can enjoy
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I'm a firm believer that the early 1990s was the last great musical revolution. Sandwiched in between the '80s and the '00s, two decades so rife with pop excess, was the '90s, which, mostly in its first half, was characterized more by rock music - and good, honest rock at that. So what do I consider the greatest album from that period? Nevermind? Blood Sugar Sex Magik? Try Automatic For the People, an album that, oddly enough, sounded nothing like the hard rockers that made the era so great. R.E.M. built up a lot of steam throughout the '80s, and they scored a big hit in 1991 with Out of Time.
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What the hell?Review created: 03/20/02
by: HawgWyld -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Complete surprise; one of the best R.E.M. discs available
Complete surprise; one of the best R.E.M. discs available
Cons:
The last truly great disc from the band
The last truly great disc from the band
When this came out in 1992, I was reluctant to purchase it. Why? After the lunk-headed political ramblings on 1988's Green and the uneven quality of 1991's Out of Time, I figured the band's best days had passed. The same R.E.M. which created fantastic, urgent and heart-felt music on discs such as 1986's Life's Rich Pageant was replaced by a band that dabbled in bad pop and hired "guest stars" (always a sign of trouble, by the way) such as that blasted Kate Pierson from the B-52's (she sang on that awful, awful "Shiny Happy People" song from Out of Time, of course). So, when I saw the video...
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Andy, did you hear about THIS one?Review created: 08/27/03
by: jeff_wilder78 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
An out and out masterpiece from REM.
An out and out masterpiece from REM.
Cons:
This is Automatic For The People. Can you think of a con?
This is Automatic For The People. Can you think of a con?
It took me a while to realize it. But the last time we went through a musical renaissance of sorts was in the period from 1991-1994. That was the period in which hair metal and synth pop were basically relegated to the background (albeit temporarily) and we had great rock music. There was also good rap and even the mainstream pop wasn't as mind-numbingly awful as it would get later in the decade. One such album to define the era was REM's 1992 classic Automatic For The People. The album came hot on the tail of REM's big pop success with the Out Of Time album and the single "Losing My Religion.
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I did have a good title, but ive forgotten it.Review created: 04/23/04
by: jf-gb -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
The music and all of the bands performances.
The music and all of the bands performances.
Cons:
The lyrics arent reprinted for our use but im nitpicking.
The lyrics arent reprinted for our use but im nitpicking.
R.E.M are a most important band. The influence of their music is everywhere. Not only where they the frontrunners of the alternative music movement, they also influenced bands like Radiohead (look in the Hail to the Thief notes where Thom thanks people) and this album is their finest musical moment. It was released during a great time for rock/Alternative music when band like Nirvana and The Red Hot Chili Peppers were selling millions of albums and dominating musical thinking. This is another album that ruled the radio and album charts around that period and spawned at least three classic...
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