All my favorite R.E.M. songs from the 80s! Inspired in part by this wonderful article, which really resonated with me, about one music critic's personal transformative experience with their music. It seems there are many of us for whom they had a profound effect.
https://medium.com/@danbennett/take-this-joy-wherever-175f1e1740f1
Playlist
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Begin the Begin by R.E.M. on Life's Rich Pageant -
Get Up by R.E.M. on Green -
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville by R.E.M. on Reckoning -
Catapult by R.E.M. on Murmur -
Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single Version) by R.E.M. -
Finest Worksong (Other Mix) by R.E.M. on Document -
Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars) by R.E.M. on Chronic Town EP -
Little America by R.E.M. on Reckoning -
Bad Day (Outtake) by R.E.M. on And I Feel Fine...The Best of the I.R.S. Years -
I Believe by R.E.M. on Life's Rich Pageant -
There She Goes Again by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office -
Pilgrimage by R.E.M. on Murmur -
Time After Time (AnnElise) by R.E.M. on Reckoning -
Gardening At Night (Acoustic) by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office -
Dark Globe by R.E.M. -
Perfect Circle by R.E.M. on Murmur -
Hairshirt by R.E.M. on Green -
The Flowers of Guatemala by R.E.M. on Life's Rich Pageant -
Welcome To the Occupation by R.E.M. on Document -
These Days by R.E.M. on Life's Rich Pageant -
Fireplace by R.E.M. on Document -
Voice of Harold by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office -
Turn You Inside Out by R.E.M. on Green -
Pretty Persuasion by R.E.M. on Reckoning -
So. Central Rain by R.E.M. on Reckoning -
All the Right Friends (Outtake) by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office -
King of Birds by R.E.M. on Document -
We Walk by R.E.M. on Murmur -
Untitled by R.E.M. on Green -
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. on Document