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"R.E.M" received mixed reception from music critics. In 2018, Complex 's Mallorie List ranked "R.E.M" number two on her list of "The Best Ariana Grande Songs". [13] Christopher Rosa of Glamour called the song's lyrics "a tad generic". [14] Out 's Dennis Hinzmann said the track "feels like a throwback and a fresh pick all at the same time". [15]
R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills stated that after he composed the piano part to "At My Most Beautiful", he felt it sounded like music the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson would have written two decades prior. [3] Once guitarist Peter Buck received the basic tracks of the song from Mills, he too found the music reminiscent of Wilson. [4]
The list consists mostly of studio recordings. Remix and live recordings are not listed separately unless the song was only released in that form. [1] Album singles are listed as released on their respective album. Only one release is listed per song, except for a couple of re-recordings, like their first Hib-Tone single.
Eponymous is the first greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1988.It was their last authorized release on I.R.S. Records, [6] to whom they had been contracted since 1982, having just signed with Warner Bros. Records.
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their ninth studio album, Monster (1994). The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986 in which two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
"Fall on Me" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their fourth album Lifes Rich Pageant (1986). It was the first of two singles released from that LP. It peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was one of the band's early compositions about environmentalism, discussing acid rain.
Their version was released on the download-only live album Radar Redux. [6] Indie rock band The Walkmen covered the song as a part of The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series in August 2010. Santa Cruz Bicycles produced a mountain bike model called Driver 8. It was first released in 2009. [7] Love Canon covered the song on their 2018 album Cover ...
The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics which have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since." [4] The single received critical acclaim, and its success earned the band a record deal with I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. re-recorded the song for their 1983 debut album Murmur.