Michael Stipe reveals his favorite R.E.M. album

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills talks with Kyle Meredith about their music, past, and future.
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[@KyleMeredith]

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[@djangle67]

Life’s rich pageant for me

[@jimbailey5681]

Murmur is their best album

[@natehtf5760]

Agreed.

[@keithkoenig5320]

"Fables of the Reconstruction." 👍

[@tattoofthesun]

My man

[@w00df0rd]

Life's Rich Pageant.

[@Rob954ever]

I was 16 when Murmur was released. I remember staying up with my brother and watching TV. I saw their first national TV debut on Letterman. I bought Murmur that weekend. I have literally grown up with R.E.M. I'm now in my late 50's. I own every single R.E.M. album. My favorite? Murmur because it was the first and the B side of that album is unbelievably beautiful. My sentimental favorite is Lifes Rich Pageant.

[@tattoofthesun]

Hell yes. Talk about the Passion is my favorite and Perfect Circle is in my top 10 ever songs. It’s close to my heart.

[@curly_wyn]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi might be my favorite R.E.M. album as well! It’s the perfect sprawling culmination of every styles the band had ever done to that point. You get jangle and distortion, intimacy and stadium feel, quietness and loudness, light and darkness; I just adore it. Michael Stipe had never been so confident than he is on that album!

[@nigelleslie3896]

Automatic for the People is their masterpiece. Just add Losing my Religion as an extra track and it's perfect.

[@timbaker4253]

John Paul Jones brought the star dust

[@dad_gad]

This is insane. The two albums he mentions are near the bottom of my list

[@jasonmercer5779]

Same

[@dommccaffry3802]

Fables for me

[@timpipe]

I don't think any of the others even come close

[@wsmrosanch]

Murmur

[@PontiacS.]

"Murmur" is their best Record. "Chronic Town" is a Close second.

[@rolandkunzjr263]

My Favorite Album Is Up. Criminally Underrated One. A Pure Gem.

[@zandykarasulas]

Agreed - it's probably their album that's influenced me the most

[@keithkoenig5320]

UP is a overlooked album.

[@mhisalive]

I'm warming up to it

[@paulf2898]

It's my fave too,really different sound to their other albums

[@stefanob.8885]

Murmur/Automatic..

[@jackcade68]

Green 💚

[@deweypug]

Murmur, for sure is one of my favorite debut albums!

[@fe2nq]

They have about five albums that I could say is their best or my favorite but if I had to pick a favorite it’s reckoning followed very closely by murmur

[@BM-vi5hk]

I like Fables of the Reconstruction best. Something dark and murky about it. Even the album art reflects that with its rustic brown tones. I was surprised when Life's Rich Pageant came out and how bright it looked and sounded.

[@daniel.markis]

Definitely: Up and Reveal!

[@MusicWizard85]

My top 3 are Automatic For the People, Out of Time, and Monster. Two more to round out a top 5: New Adventures In Hi-Fi and Document.

[@curly_wyn]

New Adventures is an amazing record. Leave might be my favorite R.E.M. song, the siren on that song is so fucking awesome!

[@Scott-pw2qu]

That album sucks it’s so boring bill berry decided to quit after making it.

[@latenightlogic]

Indeed, there is something about reveal.

[@Kelleyp]

Fables and Life's Rich Pageant

[@drbaker3845]

Tough one. Pound for pound chronictown. Fables. Document

[@DavidNesler-g5e]

Love Michael

[@curly_wyn]

He’s my hero!!

[@darrenthetuber743]

I love how he explains its not about road life, only to say its about road life but its too boring and cliche so i added fictional characters to it lol

[@DavidNesler-g5e]

His music is beautiful

[@bcpme8637]

Their music is beautiful. Mike Mills is ultra talented

[@KimTHRC]

Automatic for The people es mi favorito.....

[@cpt.marley]

I believe that any album mentioned by a true REM fan can be the best album. Albums like Automatic or Reckoning aren't my favorites, but I totally understand that they could be someone else's.

[@KidWizard1]

Probably Up for me. I knew he'd mention Reveal somewhere, ha!

[@blackstrapelectrikco.8565]

Chronic Town through Fables was perfect. They became a singles band after that for me

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Green

[@Owlstretchingtime78]

''Green" or "Out Of Time." It tends to vary!

[@mateosimon4237]

Well, i choose Green. Its the album that introduced me to this band, and i will never forget that first listen. But its a very difficult pick, this band has no low points

[@JonSmith-xt1cb]

Eponymous ❤

[@sweetsour335]

I miss them❤

[@mallafets]

In no particular order. LRP, Up, NAIHF.

[@masongunn708]

'Up' could've been their 2nd best but it was just too damn long. 'Automatic For The People' is majestic in terms of artistic maturity. 'Murmur' and 'Reckoning' are sister albums so it's hard to consider one without the other, but Murmur was their best because it's so damn enigmatic and atmospheric. 'Out of Time' was a perfect mid-career album for them.

[@MsSirAndy]

Mine is Fables of Reconstruction

[@stephensullivan1879]

What album he never says it lol

[@UrMom-xm4tq]

Monster is my favorite REM album by far

[@cafinario]

Automatic for the people. Huge.

[@adderon]

I can hear you

[@muzwell]

OMG - this is so great - Michael agrees with me! 😂 Can't believe how hard it is to get my friends who think REM "sold out" (when they went to Warner) to even give this album a chance. Their loss I guess.

[@billyraybar]

So much information packed into one video

[@mojopin1997]

Ebow the letter and leave are classics.

[@Newadventuresinpony]

New adventures is a fantastic album.

[@ndesdsadfd]

Murmur, Fables of the Reconstruction and the criminally underrated Monster, for me.

[@kellyschneider2545]

Fables!

[@WillyWP]

Fables 100%

[@pling2228]

Monster

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Love Automatic For The People, one of their best albums. Favorite songs are The One I Love, Losing My Religion and Everbody Hurts