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[Brannan]

Hi Everyone,

I hope you don't mind me posting here. But we recently wrote an article dedicated to R.E.M. that I thought might be of interest to all you members of the Murmurs community.

In honor of R.E.M's retirement, the team at Spectrum Culture decided to put together the ultimate R.E.M. playlist. But rather than compile a list of R.E.M.'s best songs, we decided to make it a bit more challenging: One song per album. Of course, each album is peppered with a number of brilliant songs, so how do you choose just one? It wasn't easy, but this is what we came up with: [http://spectrumcultu...best-songs.html] It would be cool to see which ones you all might choose. I hope you all like the article.

Cheers!
Brannan at Spectrum Culture.

[Remixomatosys]

That was really great, many thanks.
I also agree with a lot of the selections, and I particularly liked the "Imitation of life" description

[Siv_Dan]

Today, I'd go with the following; though tomorrow, it could be something quite different:

Carnival of Sorts
Pilgrimage
Little America
Maps and Legends
Cuyahoga
Disturbance at the Heron House
Pop Song 89
Half a World Away
Nightswimming
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Low Desert
Daysleeper
Imitation of Life
Around the Sun
Horse to Water
It Happened Today

[rosie]

thanks for posting - an interesting list.
i'm fascinated and pleased that you chose bang and blame from monster.  it wouldn't be everybody's choice, but that was the track which made me want to investigate r.e.m. further, and turned me into a massive fan.

[7 chineSe robs.]

Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
Talk About the Passion
Harborcoat
Driver 8
I Believe
Finest Worksong
Orange Crush
Half a World Away
Sweetness Follows
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Leave (most underrated song in R.E.M.'s catalog)
Hope
Beat a Drum
The Ascent of Man
Living Well is the Best Revenge
It Happened Today

[Circus Envy]

Wolves Lower
Perfect Circle
Camera
Good Advices
Flowers of G.
Disturbance at the Heron House
Orange Crush
Half a World Away
Find the River
Kenneth
Undertow
Daysleeper
Beat a Drum
Leaving NY
Until the Day is Done
It Happened Today

[Remixomatosys]

wolves lower
sitting still
second guessing
kohoutek
fall on me
king of birds
turn you inside out
texarkana
find the river
let me in
leave
sad professor
imitation of life
leaving new york
living well is the best revenge
mine smell like honey

[mregpala]

Gardening at Night
Sitting Still
Harborcoat (Depending on the day, this choice may have been Letter Never Sent)
Driver 8
Fall on Me
Disturbance at the Heron House
World Leader Pretend
Texarkana
Find the River (On a different day, this choice may be Drive)
Let Me In
E Bow
Diminished
Beat a Drum
Ascent of Man
Man Sized Wreath
Walk it Back (Though on a different day I might have chosen Uberlin)

[Pilgrimager]

I think i've done this b4 but I love doing it so...
Gardening at night
Shaking through
Harbourcoat
Feeling gravities pull
Flowers of Gutamala
Welcom to the occupation
Hairshirt
Losing my religion
The sidewinder sleeps tonight
Bang and blame
Leave
Lotus
Immitation of life
The ascent of man
Living well is the best revenge
Oh my heart

[Mohrmann]

Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) from Chronic Town
Talk about the passion from Murmur
So. Central Rain from Reckoning
Driver 8 from Fables of the Reconstruction
These days from Life's Rich Pageant
Finest Worksong from Document
World Leader Pretend from Green
Country Feedback from Out of Time
Find The River from Automatic for the people
Circus Envy from Monster
New Test Leper from New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Lotus from Up
She just wants to be from Reveal
Boy in the well from Around the Sun
Living Well is the Best Revenge from Accelerate
Überlin from Collapse Into Now

[orlie21]

For me it goes like this:
Perfect circle
So. Central Rain
Driver 8
Swan Swan H
Exhuming McCarthy
You Are Everything
Texarkana
Try Not to Breathe
I Don't Sleep, I Dream
So Fast, So Numb
Falls to Climb
She Just Wants to Be/ I've Been High
The Outsiders
Supernatural Superserious
Uberlin

[Slow Education]

Wolves, Lower
Talk About the Passion
Letter Never Sent
Green Grow the Rushes
Fall On Me
King of Birds
I Remember California
Country Feedback
Find the River
Circus Envy
E-Bow the Letter
Suspicion
Disappear
Make It All Okay
Man-Sized Wreath
UBerlin
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Hallelujah

[stipeeyes]

One from each album is always a difficult choice.   It always changes.

Wolves, Lower
Perfect Circle
Camera
Feeling Gravity's Pull
I Believe
King of Birds
Turn You Inside-Out
Belong
Try Not to Breathe
I don't Sleep, I Dream
Bittersweet Me
Suspicion
I've Been High
High Speed Train
Sing For the Submareen
All the Best

[Trytek]

Today's picks (subject to frequent change):

Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
Sitting Still
Pretty Persuasion
Driver 8
I Believe
Disturbance at the Heron House
You Are The Everything
Texarkana
Nightswimming
Circus Envy
Be Mine
Parakeet
I'll Take The Rain
Electron Blue
Living Well Is The Best Revenge
All The Best

[dtram]

I did this too when they split.

Wolves
Shaking Through
Letter Never Sent
Life And How To Live It
I Believe
Disturbance
You Are The Everything
Me In Honey
Nightswimming
Kenneth
Undertow
Sad Professor
Chorus And The Ring
Electron Blue
Man Sized Wreath
It Happened Today
+
Put a Part Truth song here but realized it wasn't at least as good as the 2nd choice on all of those records (and I do like all 3 of them but....)