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- Posted: 07/10/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1324): Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
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Today's album of the day
Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M. (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1986.
Country: 
Overall rank: 358
Average rating: 80/100 (from 266 votes).
Tracks:
1. Begin the Begin
2. These Days
3. Fall On Me
4. Cuyahoga
5. Hyena
6. Underneath the Bunker
7. The Flowers of Guatemala
8. I Believe
9. What if We Give it Away?
10. Just a Touch
11. Swan Swan H
12. Superman
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 07/10/2014 20:38
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Sometimes this is my favourite R.E.M. album, so many gems here. Never been so fussed about about Begin The Begin, but every other song is a gem - their most fun album for sure. Fall On Me is possibly their best work, and These Days is irresistibly punchy, even the cover of 'Superman' has some goofy charm. Solid 9/10 for me.
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- Posted: 07/10/2014 22:32
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definitely my favourite REM album!! i love Begin the Begin, and for me too Fall on Me is probably the greatest REM song.. maybe! I love it!!
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- #4
- Posted: 07/10/2014 22:53
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70/100
Best tracks: Fall on Me, Cuyahoga, Swan Swan H.
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junodog4
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- Posted: 07/11/2014 01:52
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I actually find this easier to overlook than the other IRS releases. Maybe I shouldn't...
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- Posted: 07/11/2014 02:11
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| junodog4 wrote: | | I actually find this easier to overlook than the other IRS releases. Maybe I shouldn't... |
No. You should. 
This is where they started to become Dad Rockers losing the excitement & enigma of their first three releases. It plods where they used to sprint. The ballads are the best stuff here.
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drakonium
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- Posted: 07/11/2014 08:49
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| RepoMan wrote: | | This is where they started to become Dad Rockers losing the excitement & enigma of their first three releases. It plods where they used to sprint. The ballads are the best stuff here. |
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT
Best release from my favorite band of the 80s. Incredible stuff. Their first five albums are the best five-album suite ever. There just isn't a single mediocre track on any of these records. What a band.
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- Posted: 07/11/2014 11:02
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Not my favourite REM album, but it contains my two favourite REM songs ('Cuyahoga' and 'Swan Swan Hummingbird').
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Patman360
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- Posted: 07/11/2014 11:32
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R.E.M. are one of those bands I find pretty consistent and this is no exception, it's pretty great but I'd still only rate it 5th out of their albums (I tend to go 'Automatic For The People', 'Green', 'Murmur' and 'Document', then 'Lifes Rich Pageant'). I really like 'The Flowers Of Guatemala' and 'These Days' in particular and 'Superman' is good fun of course, it's good solid R.E.M., like the majority of the time.
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NickVolos
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- #10
- Posted: 07/11/2014 13:55
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One of my favorite REM albums... 
Murmur > Automatic for the People > Fables of the Reconstruction > Lifes Rich Pageant > Reckoning > The rest...
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