Eponymous (compilation album)
by R.E.M.
R.E.M. bestography
Eponymous is ranked 17th best out of 36 albums by R.E.M. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by R.E.M. is Automatic For The People which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,260.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Eponymous track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Eponymous ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/22/2025 08:21 |  NowhereMan | 1,402 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2024 03:44 | Cherrycolalover | 121 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2024 15:39 | Fevernova | 3,136 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2023 16:38 | Elauqsapid | 2,705 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2023 21:42 | saltydog12 | 51 | 87/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Excellent compilation.
A nice compilation but your better off listening to the songs in context to the other material on the original records.
Good album, nice review of r.e.m early years. It's nice to listen to but it's no life changing music.
Perfect summary of their earlier work.
This CD was my first exposure to popular music. It will always be a very special album to me. It's a good overview of the I.R.S. years, but this mix of Finest Worksong is simply unlistenable for me because I hate the horns in the mix...
RoundTheBend 03/20/2012 17:06 | #38666
For the Albums from Murmur to Green, I think I would rather listen to this one, plus maybe a few missing key tracks.
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