R.E.M. – Green

Great album and a sentimental favorite. Anyone else have both sides with the Metal label? Sounds great of course

I never noticed the 4 in the rr in green. So cool!!! Thank you

As an Athens, GA local, I find this AMAZING. Totally recommend to any local Athens music fan or anyone just into powerful ass cool music.

As someone who will usually go for the best sounding pressing, whether it be a 1st, or a later remaster, this pressing is phenomenal and I'm glad that I went with it over the 25th anniversary release. Its still at an accessible price point. Full, dynamic, loud, all the adjectives.

There’s a lot of things here that should tip you off to the fact that this is a great sounding pressing - probably all analog (SPARS code is AAD on the CD), mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, DMM pressed by Specialty, etc. And you’d be 100% correct in assuming that - this pressing has a really spacious, gorgeous sound; dead quiet, packed with incredible detail. Highly recommended.

I've always considered Green as a genre unto itself. Be still for a time and think about it, this is a strange, strange album. It is psychedelic, but not in the way that is normally thought of. It is Americana, but not in the way one would normally think of Americana. It is Pop, but as odd a Pop as one could find. It is Rock, yet again an odd Rock.Songs as happy as it can be, songs as heartbreaking as can be, songs as angry as can be. Just a truly unique album, that sadly get's overlooked when talking about the greatest albums of all time. I put Green up with the greats, where it belongs in my opinion.

I snagged this one for $15 at a record store somewhat near me in a rare journey to North Carolina whilst stopping in Mckaysville.

I think the club version is the version I have. If so I’m very excited, Oasis is one of my favorite bands and I’d like to have the best sounding version personally from the first year of each studio album.

This is my first to add to my collection of their discography, and contains their masterpiece in my opinion “Orange Crush” though probably a lot of people will disagree because they are wrong and Orange Crush slaps harder than a bit too much of whatever delicious alcoholic fruit concoction I’ve crafted for enjoying adding this to my collection. I’ve recently been shifting around my collection quite a bit after changing what I want from what are necessarily “worthy” records of adding to the collection, but that I will actually play.

While off topic, Today we got a haul of both! Original 1963 Mono Surfin’ USA, 1988 Club pressing of Green (which I was most excited about), and 1965 Stereo Summer Days (And Nights). Surprisingly, these are the only original beach boys LP’s I’ve not seen for eye watering sums lately, so I grabbed them while I could. The Beach Boys are my favorite band.

Back onto the actual album, it interestingly has a very acoustic sound to it, which is unlike most of the albums in my collection. I’m happy to have something so warm and comfortable in my collection finally. Great for everyone at all times. R.E.M is probably the greatest rock band of all time, except The Beach Boys. Fight me. The pressing is warm, lovely with lilting guitar and piano melodies and snapping drum breaks that give the album a really purposeful affair. The vocals are my favorite part, and what I wish more rock vocals were like. Simply stunning. This gives all the life to the album it really needs, and in a really neat and nice feeling sleeve. The label has a little swirly, but what really makes my head spin is the quality of lyrical content here. I’d recommend either paying attention fully to the words or wearing headphones to assist in blocking sound out so the message is totally understandable. Really the entirety of R.E.M’s studio discography to me touches exactly on what should be delivered through music, and as great rock and roll. Not too preachy, not just grooves, and masterfully designed in lyric, sound, and intent. Music is not just there to fill the void of silence. It’s powerful. This album is powerful.

10/10

Favorite Track: Orange Crush

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If I had to pick R.E.M.'s best album, I'd have to say this one has a slight edge over the others. Why? The variety of songs from rockers ("Turn You Inside Out") to folky ballads ("Hairshirt"). Their best song ever ("World Leader Pretend") is here, as well as several other classics including "You Are The Everything" and the quintessential college rock tune "Orange Crush." It contains all the gravitas, levity, and pioneering spirit that a great R.E.M. record should have. Most of all, Michael, Peter, Mike, and Bill are all at the absolute top of their respective games here. I actually prefer this original pressing over the 25th Anniversary remastered vinyl. This version just sounds right, even though it's a tad low on bass, while on the remaster it's kind of overwhelming.