Only CDs Is Sounding Like These # 24: R.E.M., Out of Time (1991)

A new occasional series - CDs are coming back baby! And I’m here for it. BIGTIME! Also, some albums just REALLY suit the format, right

This was the album that fully won me over, made me a huge R.E.M. fan. And because, as world-beating as it is, or was, there was some frustration from Day One fans about how this was sell-out stuff, and took R.E.M. to the stadiums in much the same way that the post-Joshua Tree world had worked out for U2, I should clarify that it wasn’t the first R.E.M. …