From Sylvie Simmons MOJO review of the new Patty Loveless record:

“The songs on her nineteenth album are all covers, most about love gone wrong, from country’s classic age, when in its varied forms was handled by singers with stoicism and a stiff drink rather than Celine-Dion-in-a-stetson histrionics.

Old R.E.M. is comfortable for me, like old jeans and t-shirts, jasmine tea and Tom Robbins in the grass with a nice looking girl. Spring brings that out in me, as I mentioned in my recent post called The Great Pastry Debate.

I really loved Life’s Rich Pageant, thought Green was a good record and still like to play Crush With Eyeliner really loud. And contrary to what a lot of people thought, I found some of the songs on Around The Sun to be really beautiful.

Life’s Rich Pageant F45 Favorites

R.E.M. – Fall On Me
R.E.M. – Cuyahoga
R.E.M. – Hyena

Green F45 Favorites

R.E.M. – You Are The Everything
R.E.M. – Stand
R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend

Automatic For The People (Hmmmm…or maybe that was Monster?) F45 Favorite

R.E.M. – Crush With Eyeliner

Around The Sun F45 Favorites

R.E.M. – Leaving New York
R.E.M. – I wanted To Be Wrong

Namaste,
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Music Junkie

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