Eponymous
by R.E.M.

Eponymous by R.E.M.
(Compilation album)
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 8,240th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 105 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (110th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,195th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,240th)

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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 46 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,198.

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Eponymous track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Eponymous rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,240th | 1980s rank: 1,195th | 1988 rank: 110th
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2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198811/864
2026 swedTop 53 Music Albums of the 1980s52/531
2026 HeliosTop 100 Music Albums of 198858/1002
2025bertdepoortereTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s27/10015
2025ElauqsapidTop 54 Music Albums of the 1980s21/5413
2025 PurplepashTop 47 Music Albums of 198821/473
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198868/1002
2025 NowhereManTop 12 Music Albums of 19885/123
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198815/1004
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198835/502
2024musicawarenessTop 40 Greatest Music Albums27/40 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198865/1002
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 198832/1003
2024pago82Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s22/10016
2023ElauqsapidThe 100 Greatest Music Albums Vol. 249/59 -
2023JohnnyoGeorgia5/93 -
2022 chisholm.mattTop 10 Music Albums of the 1980s4/1014
2021Steppenwolf666Virgin All Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin 2000 (701-800)72/100 -
2021 RoundTheBendTop 41 Music Albums of 19883/415
2021bertdepoortereTop 15 Music Albums of 198810/152
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 39
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 151
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Eponymous ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 105 votes)
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65/100
 
04/03/2026 04:49 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,03870/100
 
80/100
 
10/22/2025 08:21 NowhereMan  Ratings distribution  1,43178/100
 
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11/19/2024 03:44 Cherrycolalover  Ratings distribution  12183/100
 
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05/20/2024 15:39 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,14682/100
 
80/100
 
10/21/2023 16:38 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,71664/100

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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 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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90/100
From 05/07/2019 06:59 | #235948
Excellent compilation.
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75/100
From 02/14/2016 21:17 | #159734
A nice compilation but your better off listening to the songs in context to the other material on the original records.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/27/2015 16:34 | #148680
Good album, nice review of r.e.m early years. It's nice to listen to but it's no life changing music.
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From 03/09/2013 18:14 | #67553
Perfect summary of their earlier work.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/21/2012 02:17 | #44917
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...
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95/100
From 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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