Sounds like we dodged a bullet there.

Sounds like we dodged a bullet there.

But which half has he already explored? If he's listened to hours of post-1992 REM music and is still looking forward to more, I dare say that nearly 100% of their remaining output might be worth exploring for him.

But which half has he already explored? If he's listened to hours of post-1992 REM music and is still looking forward to more, I dare say that nearly 100% of their remaining output might be worth exploring for him.

Seriously.

Seriously.

Yes, there is also that!

Yes, there is also that!

While I can't get on board with the notion of the very existence of "objectively wrong opinions," I have to agree with every single other thing you wrote and say that the opinions in question expressed in this otherwise fine article are about as close to objective wrongness as opinions can get.

While I can't get on board with the notion of the very existence of "objectively wrong opinions," I have to agree with every single other thing you wrote and say that the opinions in question expressed in this otherwise fine article are about as close to objective wrongness as opinions can get.

Oh, also:

Oh, also:

I'm not there yet. I've only given it around 1.3 listens, well below the apparently requisite five. Leaving New York is a really good song. That one stuck with me.

I'm not there yet. I've only given it around 1.3 listens, well below the apparently requisite five. Leaving New York is a really good song. That one stuck with me.

Wow, Tom Bomb, that Colourfield song was badass. Thank you for that.

Wow, Tom Bomb, that Colourfield song was badass. Thank you for that.

Yes, I do the exact same thing, Shoulder Upholster!

Yes, I do the exact same thing, Shoulder Upholster!

I honestly think that the only reason that most REM fans couldn't immediately rank Collapse Into Now as one of REM's top five albums is that we were conditioned for so many years to believe that the band just didn't have it in them to put out another great record.

I honestly think that the only reason that most REM fans couldn't immediately rank Collapse Into Now as one of REM's top five albums is that we were conditioned for so many years to believe that the band just didn't have it in them to put out another great record.