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    knowerofnada liked and reviewed Lifes Rich Pageant
    
    A classic. Best REM album ever.
    
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    Trent Fordham liked and reviewed Lifes Rich Pageant
    
    Early REM is simply the best.
    
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    Kyle Sasse liked and reviewed Lifes Rich Pageant
    
    It may be my place in time in rock history; but, when I ask, "what is your favorite album?," I hear Life's Rich Pageant more than anything else. To each person, the album is their own. Some think... more
    
    It may be my place in time in rock history; but, when I ask, "what is your favorite album?," I hear Life's Rich Pageant more than anything else. To each person, the album is their own. Some think of it as a call to activism. Others a metaphor for life. Some love the rich imagery and great lyrics. Some recognize this as a triumph over depression (Stipe reportedly had thoughts of suicide during this period). It is not perfect, as is life. All agree it includes a song that doesn't belong, though there is no agreement on which song that is. In the end, the folks that love this album, do so because it becomes something special to each individual.
    This was really when the REM sound emerged and they started experimenting. Some songs have the hardest edge to them to date. There is of course the joke song, which almost every album of theirs includes. And here they introduce the offbeat instrumental / vocalization they will use again on future albums.
    My Number 1 fave.
    
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    Sam Rees liked and reviewed Lifes Rich Pageant
    
    Great album
    
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    bill baxter liked and reviewed Lifes Rich Pageant
    
    Its been awhile...
    
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R.E.M. Photos <table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"> <tr align="center"> <td><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/music/REM_1_thumb.jpg" width="125" border="0"></td> <td> </td> <td><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/music/REM_2_thumb.jpg" width="125" border="0"></td> <td> </td> <td><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/music/REM_3_thumb.jpg" width="125" border="0"></td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> More from R.E.M. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr align="center" valign="top" class="small"> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UVY.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Eponymous</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000GTJSLM.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> The Best of the I.R.S. Years: Collector’s Edition</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UW0.01.SWATCHZZ.jpg" border="0"> Fables of the Reconstruction</td></tr> </table>R.E.M.'s early recordings purposefully bury Michael Stipe's vocals, allowing them to dominate the audio mix no more than Peter Buck's jangly guitar figures or Mike Mills's bass. Lifes Rich Pageant represents a subtle shift in the program, with clearly audible lyrics (though they remain obscure in meaning) on most tracks. The band still has a bit of fun with its audience, listing the songs out of order on the album sleeve and leaving a couple of them ("Underneath the Bunker," "Superman") off entirely. As good as it is to hear Stipe enunciate while he sings, the music is equally revelatory and forward-looking on the radio-friendly "Fall on Me"; harder-rocking songs like "Begin the Begin," "These Days," and "Superman" (the latter tune sung by Mills); and the haunting, folkish "Swan Swan H." --Daniel Durchholz

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