REM - Monster/New Adventures in Hi-Fi...
It's absolutely pathetic that the Monster album got criticised and absolutely penned (certainly in England, not sure about the US of A), I mean it's not excellent, but there is nothing wrong with it. Just because the ballads are rare....(actually Strange Curruncies is a lot better than everybody hurts, but obviously you can't change people's opinions on a well known song.) I took your name, Crush with eyeliner, Bang and Blame, all better songs than a lot of the stuff on Automatic, but that was a sort of god-like and yet i'd rather listen to "I don't sleep I dream" or "Star 69" than "Nightswimming" or "Ignoreland." Following on from Monster was New Adventures in Hi-Fi and that was in some ways even better! But i'm in the minority...