These Days (track)
by R.E.M.

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These Days by R.E.M.
Year: 1986
From the album Lifes Rich Pageant (track #2)

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84/100 (from 154 votes)

     

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These Days appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:

• Lifes Rich Pageant (track #2) (this album) (1986)
• Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs (track #20) (2009)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
75/100  !	11/18/2025 05:38	Exist-en-ciel	77,796	70/100
85/100  !	10/24/2025 08:36	NowhereMan	14,374	85/100
80/100  !	09/16/2025 00:10	brent13	11,031	85/100
95/100  !	09/06/2025 21:23	matterhornrider	22,625	86/100
85/100  !	08/28/2025 19:19	Szyfman	1,306	86/100

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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 84.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.3.

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90/100

From Foxforce5 06/08/2025 14:47 | #309299

Full of REM magic

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From flamingyesdept 08/18/2023 11:08 | #298672

How is this not top-rated?? Absolutely killer

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From LordMark 07/19/2018 05:38 | #218479

One of my favourite R.E.M. songs. I LOVE that chorus.

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From Brad1770 12/18/2017 13:23 | #203447

This track 2 is Stipes call to arms and proclaims 3 things that unites us:
(1) We are young
(2) We are concerned
(3) We are hope (despite the times)
With These Days following Begin The Begin R.E.M deliver my favorite one two knock out punch to open an album

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