Music, Open Threads

The Day Thread Ranks R.E.M.’s Albums: #6

This is part of a series of mini-reviews of R.E.M.’s studio albums, ranked worst to best. (Don’t worry; I’ll keep them short.)

#6: Accelerate.

A return to form late in their career. One of their hardest rocking records.

BEST SONGS: Living Well Is The Best Revenge, Supernatural Superserious, Houston, Accelerate, Mr. Richards (which I still think was about Dick Cheney).

WORST SONGS: None; but the sound is compressed rather hard.

I wrote a short story based on this song. One of my favorites.