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Originally Posted by evollove

Let's settle this. Rate each album (comps, live, and eps don't count) on a scale of one to ten:

What do you come up with? 150? Then they are the best band ever. 75? Then they are inconsistent. 25? Then they aren't very good.

Not that consistancy is the only issue when judging a band. Murmur is so gaddamn good, they could've released utter shit for the next twenty years and so what? They would've still justified their existence.

O.k. (rearranged for correct order and inserting 1st ep and b-side collection)

Chronic Town - 10
Murmur - 10
Reckoning - 9
Fables of the Reconstruction - 6
Life's Rich Pageant - 2
Document - 6 (In principle I am against the band in this direction, but there are a couple hits that are pretty good candy pop on here).
Dead Letter Office - 8
Green - 2
Out of Time - 2
Automatic for the People - 2
Monster - 2
New Adventures in Hi-Fi - 2
Up - 2
Reveal - 2
Around the Sun - 2
Acclerate - 2
Collapse into Now - 2

Total = 71. Walked out of them in 1995 out of boredom after watching SY open for them.

Murmur -10
Reckoning -2
Fables of the Reconstruction- 2
Lifes Rich Pageant- 7
Dead Letter Office (including this one)- 3
Document- 3
Green- 3
Out of Time-3
Automatic for the People- 1
Monster -8
New Adventures in Hi-Fi- 10
Up- 0
Reveal- 0
Around the Sun- 0
Accelerate-0
Collapse into Now- 0

Mean- 3.05
Bleh.

I actually quite liked Reveal, but then i dont really like REM

Murmur
Reckoning
Life's Rich Pagant
Fables of the Reconstruction
Document
Green

these are all sweet and delicious and fantastic and rule.

everything after was either adult contempo or just plain sux.
they should have quit when Bill Berry could not drum no more.

I like "What's the Frequency Kenneth"... it's utter nonsense, but a good tune. Lots of good tunes on Monster. One of my first alt rock albums.