I had low expectations for New Adventures in Hi-Fi after Monster, but R.E.M. blew it out of the water with this one. From 1983 to 1992, R.E.M. had an unbroken string of fantastic albums, at least by my reckoning. (No pun intended.) To that point, Document was the high-water mark for me, but I had … Continue reading “New Adventures in Hi-Fi” by R.E.M. (No. 9)
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“Life’s Rich Pageant” by R.E.M. (No. 42)
It's almost by accident that I wound up being a big fan of R.E.M. A happy accident, I might add. Earlier in this series I talked about my early obsession with Robyn Hitchcock. Not long after I became a big fan of Robyn Hitchcock, a friend of mine turned up with tickets to R.E.M.'s Green … Continue reading “Life’s Rich Pageant” by R.E.M. (No. 42)