NewCC0003: R.E.M.

Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 04/27/2001 - 12:14
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  • Murmur (83): *****
  • Automatic for the People (92): *****
  • Document (87): *****
  • Eponymous (88): ****
  • Reckoning (84): ****
  • Life's Rich Pageant (86): ****
  • Out of Time (91): *** 1/2
  • Fables of the Reconstruction (85): *** 1/2
  • Green (88): *** 1/2
  • New Adventures in Hi-Fi (96): *** 1/2
  • Monster (94): ***
  • Up (98): ***
  • Dead Letter Office (87): ** 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever