Document (studio album) by R.E.M.
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Document is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by R.E.M. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by R.E.M. is Automatic For The People which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,445.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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90/100  | 05/08/2024 21:22 | javicho07 | | 86/100 |
70/100 | 04/20/2024 21:04 | Tuur | | 67/100 |
95/100 | 04/19/2024 03:45 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 04/19/2024 03:11 | colabunga | | 81/100 |
70/100 | 03/21/2024 17:59 |  AAL2014 | | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Solid, but far from their best. The One I Love is my favourite track.
Brings REM's unique and beautiful sound into it's most interesting and listenable package.
Another solid album, imo the best since Murmur, I like how they push further with sound from previous record and add a lot of political themes. Lyrics are thought-provoking and leave a lot for interpretation, some of the best tracks are: Finest Worksong, It's The End Of The World As We Know It, The One I Love and very underrated, dark Fireplace.
Jboy56 02/11/2022 12:38
Hmm, One great song the others are not bad but not too memorable or getting airplay after 35 years after their release.
sszwalbenest 02/03/2022 16:37
I've been a democrat my whole life, but my god, this album has taught me what Fox News means by 'smug liberal'. Hard to appreciate the music when bumper sticker messages are being shoved down my throat.
I like this album, the first seven tracks are excellent and then the standard drops slight bit. It is the start to their commercial success.
teague 06/23/2020 18:30
Lifes Rich Pageant is where they decided to strip back their sound, and Document is where it pays off. The songs are catchy, contrasting with the angry lyrics with grace and finesse. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) will always be a fun song to listen to, and The One I Love is still one of their best songs.
Fischman 01/03/2019 20:46
The album that told me I was done buying REM albums. Not bad, but a disappointment after the previous two and nothing to get me excited about subsequent releases.
Boltzmann 09/03/2018 11:56
The upbeat sound of their earlier records is just gone. That’s what I loved about R.E.M.: that they didn’t try hard to be so deep and pessimistic like most post-punk bands at the time that had heard Unknown Pleasures and wanted to remake it.
There are some nice guitar riffs on here though, especially the opening track.
hereforashortime 02/25/2018 05:05
Better than AFTP in my opinion.
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