Reckoning
by R.E.M.
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R.E.M. bestography
Reckoning is ranked 7th 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 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,612.
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Reckoning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 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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| ! | 08/15/2026 13:04 |  VictorVale | 3,883 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 17:06 | stareaterogni0n | 552 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 21:48 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:19 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 01:58 | RomanRelic | 1,024 | 74/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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VictorVale 08/15/2026 13:04 | #315693
R.E.M. já estavam completamente cientes de quem era e do que eram capazes. uma máquina de clássicos.
HoldenM 03/23/2025 22:34 | #308162
Maybe my new favorite R.E.M. album?? This thing rocks. (Edited)
Jboy56 05/08/2024 13:39 | #303421
Liked (Edited)
Good follow-up to Murmur, it starts with 4 strong tracks with So. Central Rain being the biggest highlight of the whole album, then we get 4 weaker ones (Camera would be great if not so long), and by the end we get 2 gems with Little Anerica being probably the most underrated on the record. (Edited)
I like the live feel of this album compared to Murmur, which feels more like R.E.M. still finding themselves. Used to love watching "Left of Reckoning" also
Really good album. I appreciate that REM couldn't just keep churning out albums with the same sound and approach forever but those IRS discs really are special. I don't agree that the band was lousy after going to the majors but they were definitely different. (Edited)
seb7 12/02/2020 05:28 | #261785
My favorite of REM’s, and also the best with murmurs right behind. Extremely high highs and meh lows
A really mature album considering that this was only their second and rarely hit these heights again (Edited)
Boltzmann 09/03/2018 11:57 | #220485
Murmur no. 2... eh, why not
Brad1770 01/02/2018 03:53 | #204376
One of my favorite R.E.M albums , clearly better that Murmur IMO . "Pretty Persuasion" & "Don't Go Back To Rockville" sit comfortably as 2 of my all time R.E.M tracks . Only 2 tracks bomb here in "Time After Time" and "Second Guessing" , everything else is either good or great. Oh and it stands the test of time really well as I never get tired of listening to it.
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