April 12 1983
R.E.M.
Murmur
5 out 5
Murmur
5 out 5
Highlights:
Radio Free Europe
Catapult
Pilgrimage
Laughing
Moral Kiosk
9-9
Shaking Through
Catapult
Pilgrimage
Laughing
Moral Kiosk
9-9
Shaking Through
Finally.
Knowing this was sitting out there was like an oasis in the midst of quite a desolate desert of music.
I just listened to the whole thing again and, even with the nostalgia, it is still magnificent.
Even though some of us were prepared for it because either we heard Chronic Town or just the college radio hit, “1,000,000” (which I requested every day from the Fairleigh Dickinson University radio station), Murmur still sounds like a revelation. Something that had not existed before but seems like it should have always been there.
Knowing this was sitting out there was like an oasis in the midst of quite a desolate desert of music.
I just listened to the whole thing again and, even with the nostalgia, it is still magnificent.
Even though some of us were prepared for it because either we heard Chronic Town or just the college radio hit, “1,000,000” (which I requested every day from the Fairleigh Dickinson University radio station), Murmur still sounds like a revelation. Something that had not existed before but seems like it should have always been there.
I’ve written about this album a couple of times so, I will put my 2011 review in the comments.
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