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With the two of you making your lists, I might have to as welI--if for no other reason than to defend my claim that Out of Time is fantastic. Lol. It's Top 5--if not Top 3-- for me.

I still have yet to find anyone that even likes Around The Sun, much less rates it higher than 14th or 15 on their list of REM records. They've gotta be out there somewhere, right?

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I would love to compare our three lists and then record a chat about why we stacked them up the way we did. Could be a great excuse to get the three of us together if you're up for it.

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Definitely up for that!

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The “worst” five is easy, though only 14 & 15, which are probably the same for all fans, are actually not good. The fun begins when you get and 10-6 and really fun at the top 5! Looking forward to those posts!

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Oh yeah, this will be the simplest of the three sections, for sure. Top five will be like choosing my favorite kid.

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I thought this was the piece by Berenson.

Anyway, I'm a music writer myself. Let's subscribe to each other's newsletters

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Great to have you here. Subscribed.

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You're doing great so far. Surprised to see you place Out of Time here as often as you defend it when I slag on it.

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'Out Of Time' was either going to be 11 or 10. I love portions of it as much as any REM record, but the misses are . . . oof dah.

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I like Collapse.

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