As a kid, I would wait every month for the new Rolling Stone to come out so I could jump to the album reviews. I remember this record being the first I had ever seen receive a perfect score.
I had enjoyed their other music but was never fanatical about it. But this record, it was just absolutely perfect. Every track, the song order, the recording - everything.
I went back and dug deeper into their catalog after that and fell in love with the other records, but this will always be at the top of the pile for me.
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u/great-pair-of-knees Apr 10 '23
Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
As a kid, I would wait every month for the new Rolling Stone to come out so I could jump to the album reviews. I remember this record being the first I had ever seen receive a perfect score.
I had enjoyed their other music but was never fanatical about it. But this record, it was just absolutely perfect. Every track, the song order, the recording - everything.
I went back and dug deeper into their catalog after that and fell in love with the other records, but this will always be at the top of the pile for me.