Radio Free Europe (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1983
From the album Murmur (track #1)
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Radio Free Europe appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Murmur (track #1) (this album) (1983)
- The Best Of R.E.M. (track #2) (compilation) (1991)
- Eponymous (track #1) (compilation) (1988)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #2) (compilation) (2011)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #2) (compilation) (2006)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #44) (compilation) (2018)
- The Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC (track #21) (compilation) (2018)
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Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 10/13/2025 23:04 |  Superunknown | | 86/100 |
5/100 | 07/16/2025 20:18 | TradeShark | | 30/100 |
90/100 | 07/06/2025 15:37 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
100/100 | 05/17/2025 10:16 | ShenBapiro | | 77/100 |
100/100 | 03/24/2025 14:10 |  HoldenM | | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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The start of that alt rock thing
In my opinion their best track, and my favorite.
Onater 09/25/2016 20:33
Possibly the first alternative rock song every written. I especially love the "decide yourself: come in on a boat" part
Basically the song that kicked off pure Alternative Rock (not related to New Wave or Punk)
koner1 11/10/2014 02:43
catchy and energetic!
GandalfORiley345 06/06/2014 00:32
so, this is R.E.M, GREAT!!! full charged song, happy, interesting, good start
Classic R.E.M.
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