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R.E.M.'s Albums Ranked: #10 - #6

R.E.M.'s Albums Ranked: #10 - #6

Dissecting the discography of America's greatest rock band

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Author, producer, and regular WAIM pod guest Matt Berenson recently published his ranked list of the R.E.M. discography. Much like me, Matt is an R.E.M. fanatic, so I was fascinated by his list.

Of course, it made me consider how my list would stack up. So what the hell? Let’s do it. Here we go.

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Alright friends, the is where the rubber hits the road. In my estimation, the ten best records in the R.E.M. canon are something from very good, to great, to downright perfect. Deciding how to rank them was always going to be a difficult task to be sure, but as I got to the top ten, that reality began to hit a bit harder.

Here we go, again.

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