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	R.E.M. Chronic Town 1983 IRS Records		1,000,000 Stumble	Wolves, Lower Gardening at Night Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
Hint of great things to come . . . their debut EP.

	R.E.M. Murmur 1983 IRS Records		Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage Laughing Talk About the Passion Moral Kiosk Perfect Circle	Catapult Sitting Still 9 - 9 Shaking Through We Walk West of the Fields
My best album of the 80s. Magnificently independent, these guys took the world by storm. And it all started here. If you don't have this record, you should be severely flogged.

	R.E.M. Reckoning 1984 IRS Records		HarborcOat 7 chineSe bros. so. Central Rain Pretty Persuasion Time After Time (annElise)	second guessinG letter Never seNt camerA (don't Go back To) ROCKVILLE little america
Continuing their work from Murmur, R.E.M. began to take it's hold on commercial radio as well as every college in the U.S. I saw this tour in a small hall (about 300) in Lakewood, Ohio. It was the best R.E.M. show I have ever seen, buouyed by the wonderful material from this and their debut album.

	R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction 1985 IRS Records		Feeling Gravitys Pull Maps and Legends Driver 8 Life and How to Live It Old Man Kensey	Can't Get There from Here Green Grow the Rushes Kohoutek Auctioneer (Another Engine) Good Advices Wendell Gee
Still good, but starting to get a little weird. Not as many catchy tunes as their previous releases.

	R.E.M. Lifes Rich Pageant 1986 IRS Records		Begin the Begin These Days Fall On Me Cuyahoga Hyena Underneath the Bunker	The Flowers of Guatemala I Believe What If We Gave It Away? Just a Touch Swan Swan H Superman
GREAT record! So-so show (saw this tour as well in Cleveland in front of a sold out crowd of 10,000). Plus there's a song about the Cuyahoga River! Love Cleveland / NE Ohio references! There's no place like home!

	R.E.M. Document 1987 IRS Records		Finest Worksong Welcome to the Occupation Exhuming McCarthy Disturbance at the Heron House Strange It's the End of the World as We .......... Know It (And I Feel Fine)	The One I Love Fireplace Lightnin' Hopkins King of Birds Oddfellows Local 151
Suffered from the Fables virus. Weird tunes, few catchy ones.

	R.E.M. Dead Letter Office 1987 IRS Records		Crazy There She Goes Again Burning Down Voice of Harold Burning Hell White Tornado Toys in the Attic	Windout Ages of You Pale Blue Eyes Rotary Ten Bandwagon FemmeFatale Walters Theme King of the Road
A collection of B-Sides and unreleased stuff that IRS records was looting from their vaults in anticipation of losing the band to a bigger, major label. Interesting stuff, but nothing to write home about (pardon the pun!)

	R.E.M. Eponymous 1988 IRS Records		Radio Free Europe ......... (original hib-tone single) Gardening at Night Talk About the Passion So. Central Rain (Don't Go Back to) Rockville Can't Get There from Here	Driver 8 Romance Fall On Me The One I Love Finest Worksong It's the End of the World as ....... We Know It (and i feel fine)
IRS Records last ditch effort to milk the R.E.M. cow for all it was worth.

	R.E.M. Green 1988 Warner Bros. Records		Pop Song 89 Get Up You Are the Everything Stand World Leader Pretend	The Wrong Child Orange Crush Turn You Inside Out Hairshirt I Remember California
Their first for a MAJOR label, again it suffers from too few catchy tunes and too many weird ones. Shapes of things to come. At least they didn't dumb down there stuff for the sake of sales. Plus, this record SOLD! Just when you think the masses are a bunch of sheep, they surprise you. Not often, but they do.

	R.E.M. Out of Time 1991 Warner Bros. Records		Radio Song Losing My Religion Low Near Wild Heaven Endgame	Shiny Happy People Belong Half a World Away Texarkana Country Feedback Me in Honey
HUGE hits with 'Losing My Religion' and 'Shiny Happy People.' A little more mainstream, but still arty.

	R.E.M. Automatic for the People 1992 Warner Bros. Records		Drive Try Not to Breathe The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Everybody Hurts New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 Sweetness Follows	Monty Got a Raw Deal Ignoreland Star Me Kitten Man On the Moon Nightswimming Find the River
R.E.M.'s Abbey Road! There was no stopping them now. Arguably the most successful band in the world. And one of the most talented.

	R.E.M. Monster 1994 Warner Bros. Records		What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Crush with Eyeliner King of Comedy I don't Sleep, I Dream Star 69 Strange Currencies	Tongue Bang and Blame I Took Your Name Let Me In Circus Envy You
R.E.M. was starting to get blasted by fans and critics alike for releasing two mellow (although stellar) albums in a row. Monster was supposed to be the rocker that brought back original fans like me to the fold. Didn't work, but it was a good try. Unfortunately for me though, this was the beginning of the end.

	R.E.M. Accelerate 2008 Warner Bros. Records		Living Well is the Best Revenge Man-Sized Wreath Supernatural Superserious Hollow Man Houston	Accelerate Until the Day is Done Mr. Richards Sing for the Submarine Horse to Water I'm Gonna DJ
Well, it only took 14 years, but R.E.M. is back! What a great, strong album! Well worth the wait. Then again, if they're capable of this, why can't they do it EVERY time?


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