Which is better?

Murmur. I like things a tad more rough.

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Both great albums but i would pick AFTP.

My vote changes depending on my mood. There’s no way to pick one over the other. I listened to Murmur last night, and that record will always be Brilliant for what it is.

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I think AFTP has better songs than Murmur but is dragged down by ‘Sidewinder’, ‘Everybody Hurts’ and ‘Star Me Kitten’. I can listen to Murmurs without skipping anything, so I think Murmurs is a better album.

If that makes sense! lol

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Hah! I love Star Me Kitten. During worst days of pandemic I would always sing to myself, “have we lost our minds…will this never end…”. Was oddly comforting

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Not a big fan of Everybody Hurts, but love Sidewinder and Star Me Kitten.

And Automatic is tragic (but not in quality, but in tone with songs like Try Not To Breathe ,which we all know is about Stipe’s grandmother’s death and Everybody Hurts). I think that kinda puts it above for me because it definitely has a specific feel over the sort of silly dance-ability of Murmur, not that is is bad. Murmur was definitely a crazy thing to release as a debut though, and that’s why it worked.

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