The Vinyl Countdown # 1503

R.E.M., Murmur (1983)

I first heard Murmur after the late-80s/early-90s version of R.E.M. So I loved Green and Out Of Time and then wanted to hear where it had come from. Murmur was next for me. And I loved it. Instantly. I’ve argued before that R.E.M. is/was the best band of the 1980s. And they had a good run across the 1990s too – even if they did turn…