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- Summary: 'Sun' is the 13th studio disc for R.E.M., who are joined here by frequent collaborators Ken Stringfellow and Scott McCaughey. Q-Tip also guest raps on "The Outsiders."
- Record Label: Warner Brothers
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Aftermath | |
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now the radio stutters. snaps to life. some sour song that sets it right. and when London falls he'd like to call but the stars collide. they're... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 27
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Mixed: 15 out of 27
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Negative: 3 out of 27
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As the songs unfold over multiple listens, though, what becomes clear is that R.E.M. still has plenty to say, and plenty of interesting ways to say it.
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R.E.M. still have the remarkable distinction of never once producing a bad album, but this is perhaps the biggest example yet of the group merely treading water, whereas once they majestically swam.
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Unfortunately, things do go awry more than a few times.
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Its sporadic pockets of accessibility aside, it's difficult to listen to Around the Sun without hearing it as a holding pattern, or worse, a piece of product released simply to keep the R.E.M. brand out among the public.
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The good news is things pick up, eventually. The bad news is the album ends just as it starts getting interesting.
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In eliminating both the mystery of its early years and the restless spirit of more recent times, R.E.M. leaves just exactly what R.E.M.-haters probably felt the band made all along: midtempo, largely hookless adult rock.
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FilterWeak poetry set to any music sucks, let alone this plodding folk-lite. [#13, p.90]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 49 out of 74
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Mixed: 14 out of 74
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Negative: 11 out of 74
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CollingsjMar 8, 2006a master piece
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flamerNov 8, 2004i really liked this album especially electron blue
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ScottYJul 9, 2005
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TonyONov 21, 2004
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Apr 5, 2012
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thomasmOct 6, 2004quiet and peacefull, something for the background, no peaks, no lows
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ZacharyFOct 8, 2004
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