Title: This was my first REM CD...
Product review: but after listening, certainly not my last. Though not as good as Automatic For the People, this album is a poetic masterpiece. Stipe and the rest of REM write mainly in metaphors, which I think is a really great way to listen to a song. The words I believe speak to the masses and directly to whomever may be listening...songs like Country Feedback that describe an old relationship, or songs like (I know, I know, everyones favorite or least favorite...) Losing My Religion that basically describes a crush. You feel like you know this band after giving this one or two listens straight thru...but I must admit...if you aer going to buy an REM album and it is your first one...don't even think about buying this one. It is slow, and turned me off from the band at first....but now...they are my new "adopted" band!
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