R.E.M.’s Best Songs By Album: Murmur
Yesterday’s winner: Gardening At Night
Today, little boys and little girls, we walk the pilgrimage from Chronic Town to talk about Murmur as we create our perfect circle of album tracks. Not a laughing matter, and no time to waste sitting still. Take a turn!
u/MatSchCar is curating a YouTube playlist for our enjoyment:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSkUknJX0S9Q0uXilBld3tnmsQ9uWryN
Fun album fact from Wikipedia:
“[Murmur]” was Rolling Stone's Best Album of 1983, beating Michael Jackson's Thriller, The Police's Synchronicity and U2's War.”
Regarding requests for the inclusion of releases such as Dead Letter Office or Eponymous, we quickly run into the problem of, “But why not include [any number of non-album releases]?” …Which is a great problem to have! So I propose we do the album-albums first and then the compilations, b-sides, live albums, greatest hits in the “postseason.” I know, I know Chronic Town isn’t technically an album, but that ship has sailed.
Voting guidelines:
- One comment = one vote.
- Nested comments count.
- Upvotes do not count.
- One vote per person.
- When mentioning multiple songs in a comment, a preference must be specified or the vote will not be counted.
- For songs beginning in “The,” do not count the “The” (following standard practice).
- Entries must be submitted by 12:00 P.M. PST the following day.
Yesterday’s winner: Gardening At Night
Today, little boys and little girls, we walk the pilgrimage from Chronic Town to talk about Murmur as we create our perfect circle of album tracks. Not a laughing matter, and no time to waste sitting still. Take a turn!
u/MatSchCar is curating a YouTube playlist for our enjoyment:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSkUknJX0S9Q0uXilBld3tnmsQ9uWryN
Fun album fact from Wikipedia:
“[Murmur]” was Rolling Stone's Best Album of 1983, beating Michael Jackson's Thriller, The Police's Synchronicity and U2's War.”
Regarding requests for the inclusion of releases such as Dead Letter Office or Eponymous, we quickly run into the problem of, “But why not include [any number of non-album releases]?” …Which is a great problem to have! So I propose we do the album-albums first and then the compilations, b-sides, live albums, greatest hits in the “postseason.” I know, I know Chronic Town isn’t technically an album, but that ship has sailed.
Voting guidelines:
- One comment = one vote.
- Nested comments count.
- Upvotes do not count.
- One vote per person.
- When mentioning multiple songs in a comment, a preference must be specified or the vote will not be counted.
- For songs beginning in “The,” do not count the “The” (following standard practice).
- Entries must be submitted by 12:00 P.M. PST the following day.