Just had a great suggestion from @harsh3466@lemmy.world - how about we start a "book club" but for alternative albums! Apparently our friends over at HipHopHeads has started one. I think that sounds splendid!
As !hiphopheads@sopuli.xyz wrote: "Next week I will start the thread. Every week will be a different album and anybody who is interested can give it a listen, then share their opinions in the weekly thread!"
Sound good?
YOUR ALBUM ASSIGNMENT: REM - Automatic For The People
The band that is our community header that kicked off a 1000 alternative bands of their own. After taking college rock and literally kick starting the "authenticity" alternative music boom of the 90s, REM returned with this brooding dark album.
https://songwhip.com/rem/automatic-for-the-people1992
First thread will be next week!
Have fun and get listening!!!
Feel free to DM me or any mod suggestions.
Hmmm, yeah. I started buying REM records with Reckoning, and stopped with Document. I think I saw them as mainstream after that, no longer the college radio band I loved.
I just checked, that means I missed out on Green, Out of Time and this one, from 92. They were still the same great guys, making great music. I just moved on, personally.
I'm listening to Automatic rn and it's fine. I remember Everybody Hurts being huge in its day. The band was never known for bright and shiny songs, eh, but this isn't The Cure either.
@perishthethought @ren I saw them in concert for their Green tour. Absolutely amazing show.