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Bart Ebisch's avatar

Thanks. As a student my top 3: Reckoning, Garlands (Cocteau Twins), New Gold Dream (Simple Minds)

Vollyrocks's avatar

Waste another year (or two).

John Dolan's avatar

Great album! Always drawn to Rockville. For me I think it was a reminder to never give up. Thanks for the reminder Michael.

John Dolan's avatar

Used to listen to this a lot. Time to revisit. Thank you for the essay & a reminder to visit an old friend.

Diego da Costa's avatar

These "IRS" years are really amazing. It's REM not at their peak in terms of popularity, but has a lot of what you mentioned... this mysterious felling, the unknown meaning, ambiguity, surprise.

I got into REM a bit before "Out of Time". It's was crazy because I was moving between different world s: Green, then Reckoning, Out of Time - Murmur, Automatic for the People - Fables of Reconstruction...