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spongemike

#1 top best.

Apr 21, 2005 19:45

R.E.M. - "murmur" is like the best record i've ever heard ( Read more... )

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ryanwilliams April 22 2005, 00:55:20 UTC

naihf is a really good album, actually, and so is up, the 1998 album. i think you'd like those two. up is really ambient. i hate reveal.

i love murmur. do you like chronic town? it was the ep released before murmur, and it was also recorded at reflection studios in charlotte.

my favorite album though is green. specifically 'hairshirt'.

i have fables of the reconstruction and life's rich pageant on vinyl. they are good albums to have on vinyl.

and no, murmur is not as good as evol.

spongemike April 22 2005, 04:22:52 UTC

i never got Up, but i'll try picking it up. i liked reveal!

yeah i got chronic town on vinyl at the same time i got murmur, but from different people (macrock).

i want to get green also. i think i have it taped on a cassette? i've seen it at truckstops alot.

i also have life's rich pageant. i need the rest!

and it's true, evol is better. but i think they're both equally as timeless.

ryanwilliams April 22 2005, 16:11:18 UTC

nah, i think pageant, murmur, and document are the only really incredible albums from their irs days. reckoning is boring after track 3, fables is good but not great, and i never listen to the b-side album besides the velvet underground covers on it. but yeah, Up sounds a lot like that first song on reveal, which is the only one i really liked. too poppy and too repetitive for me i guess.

drownmylegsarm April 22 2005, 05:36:02 UTC

i've got some REM tape that was recorded in NC, but i'm not sure which one it is. its blue with a gargoyle or something on it. anything with a gargoyle is good or great.

helloyesterday April 22 2005, 17:59:32 UTC

chronictown!

spongemike April 28 2005, 03:53:42 UTC

you fucking myspace'd the shit out of me. it's almost another ryanstackspace now. that's not fair. i'll be getting you back soon. you'll get yours, we'll hang out this summer when i'm in fucking greensboro during it.

innocent_face April 22 2005, 06:06:46 UTC

we can listen to rem on the way to asheville. josh would like that a lot. he gets really excited about stuff he doesnt know much about!

thatismyname April 22 2005, 06:22:05 UTC

i am so in love with old rem too. the best.

fromhereon April 22 2005, 06:33:18 UTC

I came across a ton of old REM records, as well as some U2 lps at nice price in raleigh a while ago. they might still have a few.