Category: R.E.M.

The band’s debut provided a high-water mark in the alternative rock movement and remains the best thing they’ve ever done.

No big hits this time, but a good batch of songs where the band’s sound really begins to crystallize.

Mike Mills’ song about a college sweetheart is one of the high points of Reckoning.

An inspired if difficult album that only could have come from the American South and only from R.E.M.

Although it got lost on the way to the charts, it’s still a good driving song.

A collection of B sides and unreleased tracks, including three (!) covers of Velvet Underground songs.

Maybe the most honest love song ever written, a point that sailed over most people’s heads including the videographer’s.

The One I Love, It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Finest Worksong. Need I say more?

A re-energized R.E.M. rediscovers their alternative-rock roots.