Well, sure, you can just say it, but you don't mean it! I do think it's an excellent and underrated album; had it been put out by any other band, it would probably be ranked more highly. (I'm personally partial to Electrolite and How The West Was Won.) But those R.E.M. albums (particularly Murmur/Reckoning) are…

Like I needed one more reason for YLT to be my favorite band of the past 20 years (hence my user name…) — but this is it. This commercial comes on every day during my commute home, right before or after the traffic report so I can't even turn it off. Simply the worst. Thanks, Ira, now I have to think about it the…