Rating The Tracks: REM's Around The Sun
Submitted by Wezzo on Fri, 02/25/2005 - 13:49
Tags:
- Rating the tracks series c/o Rushmore
- Scoring system c/o AfterHours
- Tracks
- Leaving New York =
9 / 10
- Electron Blue =
8.5 / 10
- The Outsiders =
9 / 10
- Make It All Okay =
9.5 / 10
- Final Straw =
7 / 10
- I Wanted to Be Wrong =
9 / 10
- Wanderlust =
7 / 10
- Boy In The Well =
5 / 10
- Aftermath =
10 / 10
- High Speed Train =
8.5 / 10
- The Worst Joke Ever =
5.5 / 10
- The Ascent Of Man =
9 / 10
- Around The Sun
8.5 / 10
- 81.1/100
- Other
- Track Continuity/Pacing: 10/10
- Ingenuity: 16/20
- Depth: 30/30
- Artistic Conviction: 40/40
- 96/100
- Overall: 89/100
Thoughts:
: Far from the mediocre album many made it out to be, this proves R.E.M. still have it in them to create a brilliant record. A step in the right direction.
Author Comments:
Comments welcomed.
i promise i'll give Aftermath another listen
Hey, it's a matter of opinion, I'm just messing about with ya!
But when it's my Audioscrobbler #1 track, and my 6th most-played song of the last two years.. yeah, give it another go!
FWIW, my fave part is the verse that starts witrh "Now the universe left you for a runner's lap..."
Also, have to say, it's apparently the same with me and Boy In The Well - you give it 9/10 but IMO it's one of REM's weakest ever! :) Just different thoughts.
Final q: is there a way for me to contact you outside Listology? E-mail maybe? Just wondering as it'd be cool to be able to chat in general via another medium. :) (wesley@snpp.com is my e-mail address, if you require it)
yeah sure but right now i don't have an email, well i do but its been playing up and not working so i wouldn't give you the address incase it is a computer virus of any kind. but soon as i get that sorted then sure.
(sorry for the late reply, just watched a film!)
its just i wouldn't want to pass the Virus onto your computer via email, so when that clears up i'll send you a email.
That's fine with me, completely! :)