i decided to buy this cd in order to add a bigger variety to my music taste. usually mainly into heavy metal bands like iron maiden,acdc, motorhead etc. id heard some of the songs from this album from my brother and was impressed by what i heard. although i rate this a good album-it is somewhat inconsistent. what makes it good is that there are some excellent tracks on here. however on the down side there are tedius fillers that go nowhere. half a dozen songs make the album here. pop song 89, get up, stand, world leader pretend and orange crush are all awesome songs. theres nothing special about the others so il probly always just listen to the good tracks and never bother listening to the album all the way through again. coming from a guy who generally doesnt like the genre of indie ( i hate bands like coldplay and keane) i think i did well to find an album with a few songs i like of this genre.
Being a great fan of REM I thought this would be a must have CD, I looked closely at the comments made about the music they were making at the time and decided that it had to be included into my collection... I have to say I wasn't let down in any way, great music, great lyrics and as always a truely great band...