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I had forgotten...Review created: 06/23/08
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With the tension of everyday life you tend to forget the wonderful and beautiful things that life can bring you. REM's music is one of those wonderful things that some can overlook. But no wonder I bought almost all their cassettes when I was a teenager. Out of all the groups I used to listen to 16 years ago I can honestly say, REM has got to be the best. I still own the tape to this album, and decided to own it on CD. The sound just blows me away, it is so well put together and I must say that at some point this album was my favorite. I even liked this album more than I liked "Out Of Time" at certain point. This is just one of the best from REM. Wonderful group UNMATCHED by anyone else. I am sure you will enjoy just as much.
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World Leader Pretend1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
REM promised that Green would be a brilliant artistic masterpiece and while it is a very solid project many fans were disappointed. While the band was a little more creative (gotta love that slide guitar on World Leader Pretend) the album was far from groundbreaking. To me, this album is the middle album between the old REM and the new. Fans of either era should embrace this one. 4 Stars.
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A great CD from REM--A new direction with WB recordsReview created: 09/12/06
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This is the first album REM recorded on the Warner Bros. label after their departure from IRS records. While their albums were quite good before this one, this album represents REM's first real big-time commercial success (after having success with Document..."The One I Love" and "It's the End of the World..."), although this is the album that helped propel them into greater stardom. It's true to REM form but shows a little more experimentation with arrangement "Orange Crush", and the lyrics are sharper. The themes of songs become more evident, too, and songs like "You are the Everything" and "World Leader Pretend" show the greatness that became "Losing My Religion" later. REM's (then)four members showed promise from the beginning, but the music became sharper and more coherent as time went on. In fact, it is arguably one of the first albums that skeptics were able to listen to all the way through. Although they have had some trouble holding onto fans since the departure of Bill Berry, the old albums are all essential to any collection. While "Best of" albums contain some hits and B-sides, there is nothing that is a proper substitute of the entire catalogue. Start with Murmur and work up to "New Adventures"; try "UP" if you're feeling a bit more adventurous. The others that follow can be left alone.
This is essential REM, and it rocks.
This is essential REM, and it rocks.
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I like R.E.M.Review created: 07/31/06
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R.E.M. is a iconic group that got better with time. This 1998 release includes the hit 'Stand" and others. A good album.
1. Pop Song '89
2. Get Up
3. You Are The Everything
4. Stand
5. World Leader Pretend
6. Wrong Child, The
7. Orange Crush
8. Turn You Inside-Out
9. Hairshirt
10. I Remember California
11. Untitled - (hidden track)
1. Pop Song '89
2. Get Up
3. You Are The Everything
4. Stand
5. World Leader Pretend
6. Wrong Child, The
7. Orange Crush
8. Turn You Inside-Out
9. Hairshirt
10. I Remember California
11. Untitled - (hidden track)
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It's Not Easy Being Lean N Mean N GreenReview created: 11/20/04
by: flamepillar -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
A few great pop tunes, some experimentation.
A few great pop tunes, some experimentation.
Cons:
The closing trio, it's not for everyone.
The closing trio, it's not for everyone.
Although I think of R.E.M. as having made some great music, it occurs to me that I haven't been very nice to them around here. I wish I could say all that were about to come to an end right now, but not just yet. Gimme a few weeks/months/years to get around to Automatic For The People or New Adventures In Hi-Fi and then it will. Green is R.E.M.'s excursion into arena-rock production and musical science gone haywire. As one might expect, the results are mixed, but nothing jumps out as absurdly great or terrible. Almost everyone is familiar with the goofy, bubble-wrapped glob of Cheez Whiz that.
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Check "Green" OutReview created: 09/10/01
by: lambchops-- a member of Epinions and Lead in Music
Pros:
Great voices, great instruments, great tracks
Great voices, great instruments, great tracks
Cons:
A bit short, one not-so-good track.
A bit short, one not-so-good track.
Respect has always come relatively easy to R.E.M. Their critically acclaimed and popular career began over two decades ago in the music-conscious college town of Athens, Georgia. Back in the dark ages scratch that 1981, R.E.M. released their first single Radio Free Europe to masses of kids that were ready for a more pop sound in contrast to the burgeoning punk and rock scenes. R.E.M. proved to be the answer. The music wasn t even known for being genius or for that matter full of new and different elements, rather it was the aura about R.E.M. that has made them special for twenty years. They.
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New Adventures In Mediocrity?!! Maybe...Review created: 07/12/02
by: beerbrain -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Turn You Inside-Out, Orange Crush, World Leader Pretend.<BR/>
Turn You Inside-Out, Orange Crush, World Leader Pretend.<BR/>
Cons:
A tired sounding album.
A tired sounding album.
Dating back to the time when Michael Stipe still had a sizeable amount of hair on his pate
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Drab and dull when compared to earlier albumsReview created: 06/09/01
by: HawgWyld -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Not a bad album
Not a bad album
Cons:
Marks the end of a band that took some artistic risks
Marks the end of a band that took some artistic risks
Before Green was released, Michael Stipe (frontman for R.E.M., of course) made a big deal about how this would be a great album because Warner Brothers gave the band the artistic freedom to record whatever it wanted. Indeed, this album is the major labor debut for R.E.M., and was closely watched by fans of the band. This disc came out on election day in 1988 as some kind of statement against George Bush, and I think that little fact is just great -- R.E.M. responded to the allegedly bland and square Republicans by releasing an album that was more commercial than normal for R.E.M. and was...
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Now face westReview created: 01/06/04
by: hellfudge -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Brings them into the public eye without changing what made them indie idols
Brings them into the public eye without changing what made them indie idols
Cons:
A few songs don't match up to the quality of most of their early work.
A few songs don't match up to the quality of most of their early work.
I'll begin with a question that has puzzled me for ages. Why does everyone hate "Stand" so much? Not only is it one of the catchiest songs ever, I can still hear it today without getting tired of it. Maybe because it reminds me of the short-lived but brilliant TV show, Get A Life, to which it was attached as the theme song. Or maybe it's the fact that it's such a nice contrast to the typically grim and serious nature of much of R.E.M.'s music. But whatever the case, I love this song. And I don't care what you think of me for it. I can understand why their other most hated song is so hated....
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