Graham (VM) took offence to my "R.E.M's early stuff is lame" comment and reviewed "Life's Rich Pageant" on RAN as way of reply (much better than an "are not" if you ask me). Previously I'd reviewed "Automatic For The People" and "Reveal". For some reason I though Graham had reviewed Murmur once but I couldn't find it...

My comment was based entirely on Murmur (which I received only minor enjoyment from) and Document (which I enjoyed a lot more than Murmur) when compared to the later albums (ie. Out Of Time, Monster, Automatic, Reveal, New Adventures). I'm prepared to give it all a continued go though.