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Music : In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003
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In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003 by: REM List Price: £10.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £6.01 (55%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093624838128 Label: Wea Manufacturer: Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Wea Release Date: October 27, 2003 Studio: Wea Sales Rank: 554 MPN: 48381 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: In 1988, REM were a cult on the cusp of major success. In 1992 they were somewhere close to being the biggest band in the world. In 2003, they're marginalised again, a middle-aged institution purportedly on the wane. Still, uninformed listeners to In Time might find it tricky to work out which songs come from which era. The 18 singles collected here in non-chronological order show a band that's operated at a terrifyingly high standard throughout the period, so that less lauded songs like "The Great Beyond" stand proud alongside the familiar anthems from the early 1990s. Of course, these compilations are sent to irritate loyalists, whose relief at the inclusion of "E-Bow the Letter" (a mesmerising duet with Patti Smith from 1996) will be undermined by the bewildering absence of 1992's tearjerking epiphany "Find the River". For a more comprehensive survey of REM's excellence, you'll also need The Best of REM, the highlights of their elliptical early years. One suspects a box set which tells the full story of this enduring band can't be that far away. For now, though, In Time will do well enough. --John Mulvey Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - GOOD ALBUMThis is the first time I have bought a REM Cd and so far, the tracks I have heard are great. Every song on this album is great. Rating: - Timely collectionThere may never be agreement on the best tracks of such an important, much-loved band. Universally successful groups like REM reach a great variety of people with diverse tastes, connecting with different sides of their musical personality. This, their second best-of, covers REM's albums with Warner, incorporating their most commerically successful period and taking us up to their more recent slip from the limelight. Still a great band, there is no disputing the fading of their relevance lately, but their time will come again. This collection concentrates mostly on their singles output, but somehow largley avoids the sunnier side. I think - and I think the diehards would agree - that this Best Of is at least a close representation of the Spirit ... Read More: Rating: - Classic Songs from a Great BandI picked this up in a sale recently and was surprised at just how great these songs are. I didn't know them all, but all of them had a kind of familiarity about them as if you had heard them before. This is great music to just relax and chill out to. My personal favourites are All the Right Friends, Bad Day, The Great Beyond, Man on the Moon and my all-time favourite REM song Nightswimming. Definitely worth a purchase at this price. Rating:  - An excellent reflectionCan the story of R.E.M. be told in one compilation? Possibly not, but In Time tries to tell half of the tale thus far. The band tried to take into account fan opinion when compiling In Time, though when it came down to it, the view of both themselves and Warner Brothers carried a heavier weight. Warners wanted one of the catchy singles on it, R.E.M. were less convinced and only acquiesced to The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite. In the end, Shiny Happy People was left off at the band's request and in doing so, prevented In Time being a true Greatest Hits 1888-2003. In Time is almost entirely made up of singles, apart from the strange decision to include All The Right Friends, an original track performed at R.E.M.'s first ever ... Read More: Rating: - Accessible tribute for the passing listenerOver the years (more than I like to remember) I've seen and heard a number of hits by R.E.M. but I've never actually bought an album of theirs - an "error" corrected with this "best of". Some people complain that it does not represent their best, but for me it contains those 4 key tracks that sum up their career: "Man On The Moon", "Bad Day", "Everybody Hurts" and "Losing My Religion". On the one hand the 18 singles clearly highlight the quality of the group, but equally there is certain monotony of voice and style that for me makes it difficult to listen to the album in one go. The tracks are not mixed in chronological order (I prefer) and in any case I prefer to insert the tracks at random in my different play-lists. Someone summed it quite ... Read More: |
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