Fables Of The Reconstruction
by R.E.M.
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R.E.M. bestography
Fables Of The Reconstruction is ranked 10th 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 19,226.
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Fables Of The Reconstruction 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/25/2026 23:23 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 02/09/2026 17:45 | Juneof44 | 2,578 | 69/100 | |
| 02/05/2026 11:41 | Leginlists | 2,500 | 84/100 | |
| 01/25/2026 20:41 | brent13 | 1,904 | 68/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 05:03 | LordMark | 416 | 94/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Great album! But I want to spend this comment raving on Bill Berry; who just might be my favorite drummer of all time. His feel for the pocket is phenomenal with complex hi-hat patterns complimenting his simple but tasteful fills. Could keep incoherently rambling about him but I'll save you guys from that.
Favorite Songs: Feeling Gravitys Pull, Life And How To Live It, Auctioneer (Another Engine)
HoldenM 03/23/2025 23:15 | #308166
So close to being perfect. Can't quite stick the landing. But damn, I love how moody this is. R.E.M. does post punk and it rocks!
The album didn’t get a lot of love from the band themselves so can easily be overlooked.
Don’t be fooled by this. It is a masterpiece.
I think of the first three R.E.M. albums as a suite. A journey from youth to experience. It was my own journey too, having discovered the band at the time of Murmur. I love many of their other albums as well, particularly Automatic but these are the ones that still resonate to me down the years. This should definitely be Top 1,000. It gets stronger for me all the time.
The idea that this isn't rated as one of their top 3 best is ridiculous. Perfect representation of REM just perfectly in between Indy and sold-out genres.
Fischman 01/03/2019 20:43 | #228773
IMO, REM's best. The most great songs and the most consistent among the deep cuts as well. The only REM album still in regular rotation with me.
Brad1770 08/31/2017 09:38 | #196998
Brilliant, the album that made me fall in love with REM & follow their entire career as my all time favourite band . What a trilogy REM produced beginning with Fables , into Lifes Rich Pageant and closing with Document a 3 album masterpiece only bettered by The Fab Four . The tension between band members is palpable on this album best demonstrated by the off key guitar separation which brings Feeling Gravitys Pull to a close . Breath taking album
Outstanding throughout ....... Right behind murmur in their catalog imo.
REM's third album is actually my favourite of their early records, it has a very rustic feel, their first genuine Americana moment, featuring tales of the great outdoors, of railroads, and, old men with stories to tell. It's REM as The Band. It's got some of their best early songs, feeling gravitas pull, driver 8, and, old man Kensey, are all great, as are, green grow the rushes, and, maps and legends. In fact It's all great, the most atmospheric of the band's early records. It ends nicely with the beautiful, Wendell Gee. It all sounds like it was recorded in a barn, or around a campfire. This is REM in the great wide open. Brilliant.
This one falls a bit short towards the end, and is very dark as well, still very good though
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