Album - Reckoning (1984)
Highlight – So. Central Rain
Reason – The follow-up to their universally applauded debut, REM attempted to capture a sound closer to their wild and energetic live shows. Never going to be the classic debut of Murmur, but REM neatly avoided the “difficult second album” cliché by broadening their sound and freshening their output with the angelic vocals of ‘Rain, repeating the refrain “I’m sorry” until the microphone broke. True, microphone really did break.
Stipe Gayness Factor - 1. While the vocals did become a little clearer, we’re still nowhere near knowing what’s going on in that guy’s head. The Mike Mills’ song “Don’t Go Back To Rockville” written as a plea to his girlfriend to stay over summer probably didn’t help.
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