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View Poll Results: The Smiths vs. R.E.M?
The Smiths 12 54.55%
R.E.M 10 45.45%
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Old 05-09-2022, 01:53 PM   #21 (permalink)
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For most Smiths studio albums, there was a duff track in them that stuck out like a sore thumb, whether it's "Meat is Murder" (or "Barbarism Begins at Home"), "Miserable Lie", or in Strangeways case, basically the entire b-side of the record. I'll give "Vicar in a Tutu" a pass, even though it is the weakest track on TQID.

R.E.M.'s first two records didn't have duff tracks.

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Old 05-09-2022, 04:34 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I have no opinion on the matter but I voted for REM just to make the poll tied.
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Old 05-09-2022, 04:52 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I'm fairly cool with the Smiths and appreciate The Queen is Dead quite a bit, but I'll admit that R.E.M. is a pretty big hole in my familiarity with the music of their heyday, i.e. I don't know anything much of them beyond the "big hits" – "Losing my Religion" etc.
What would the R.E.M. aficionados among you recommend as a good starting point in their discography?
I certainly agree with SGR about the early albums (also add Fables of the Reconstruction) but I'd also add Automatic For the People on the list. Also, I think New Adventures in Hi-Fi is highly underrated.
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Old 07-14-2022, 09:08 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I even like Reveal. Think it's pretty underrated. "Imitation of Life" being one of their more underrated singles - with probably the coolest music video they ever did.
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Old 07-14-2022, 10:44 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Old 07-14-2022, 04:19 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Anton Lavey was a good humored circus organ grinder. Probably an exciting guest for your cocktail party, but calling him Satan seems like a bit of an overestimation.

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Old 07-14-2022, 07:59 PM   #27 (permalink)
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a vote for REM in this poll is a vote for satan
For the record, I voted for the Smiths. But I love REM too - I mean, what would be wrong with me getting a Michael Stipe tattoo on my left asscheek?
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a vote for REM in this poll is a vote for satan
Have you ever liked the popular option?
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Old 07-14-2022, 09:28 PM   #29 (permalink)
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According to the poll they are the popular option.
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Old 07-15-2022, 07:27 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I wonder how it would look if we threw The Cure in as a third option
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