Green
by R.E.M.

Green by R.E.M.
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-11-08
Overall rank: 485th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 753 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1988 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (73rd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (485th)

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R.E.M. bestography

Green is ranked 6th 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 19,174.

R.E.M. album bestography « Higher ranked (482nd)
Lifes Rich Pageant
This album (485th)
Green
Lower ranked (536th) »
Reckoning

(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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Green rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 485th | 1980s rank: 73rd | 1988 rank: 8th

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Green ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 753 votes)
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41 hours ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,13470/100
 
85/100
 
03/05/2026 02:34 Robert Anton Wil  Ratings distribution  51886/100
 
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02/25/2026 23:23 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/19/2026 10:38 platus  Ratings distribution  5,87374/100
 
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01/18/2026 23:02 BroknsocialShawn  Ratings distribution  29185/100

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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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90/100
From 03/24/2025 02:03 | #308169
Yet another R.E.M. album that shoots up on revisit.
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90/100
From 01/21/2024 01:22 | #301348
I enjoyed this album the most out of their catalog.
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85/100
From 12/20/2023 19:34 | #300564
Tesouro "escondido"
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95/100
From 08/19/2023 04:33 | #298696
Uncredible!
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Rating:  
80/100
From 03/18/2023 09:05 | #295138
This is another solid alt rock album by this band, this time with more pop and folk tunes which not always work. But when this album hits it hits and tracks like Orange Crush, World Leader Pretend, Pop Song 89 and I Remember California are one of their best. Stand and Get Up are slightly annoying, but definietely not bad. Overall it's still a strong effort.
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45/100
From 03/11/2022 20:15 | #282747
Didn't really get in to this album after two listens. Highlights are Stand and Orange Crush, and I like the guitar in I Remember California, but other than that nothing too special.
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85/100
From 08/24/2021 21:58 | #272800
After repeated listenings (which I've found is necessary for R.E.M. albums) this has ended up being my favorite R.E.M. album.
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85/100
From 04/10/2021 21:32 | #268425
Another good album from R.E.M. ,and some of the songs have a strong folky feel to them. Its also rocks with songs like Pop Song 89,Stand and Orange Crush. Lyrically very good.
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90/100
From 08/18/2020 08:13 | #257149
This caught my attention as a 20 year old. For me it wasn't bettered. Some belting tracks, pop song 89, get up, orange crush, sounding like a rehashed one I love somewhat.
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85/100
From 07/06/2020 19:35 | #255115
Green doesn't do much to improve upon the formula they had set for themselves on Document, but R.E.M. doesn't commit any cardinal sins along the way, making it a fairly enjoyable listen. Highlights include: Stand, World Leader Pretend, and Orange Crush.
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