Out Of Time - R.E.M. Reviews

From its instantly recognisable cover, you just know that this is a classic. I recall this album getting considerable play on my father's car stereo as a child and astonishingly the album doesn't seem to have dated a day. An amazing selection of REM songs reading like a best of the band, it's amazing that this was just a regular ...  Read the complete review

R.E.M. are one of the most important bands of the last quarter-century. This album proves why. 1991's "Out of Time", their second for Warner Bros., was by far the band's most commercially successful to date. Home to megahit "Losing My Religion", it spent - literally - years in the UK Album Chart top 75 and sold over ...  Read the complete review

American rock has always been the stuff of legend - somehow so much more authentic than our own home bred mimics. The US had Elvis Presley and Eddie Cochrane, Britain had Cliff Richard and (perish the thought) Tommy Steele (remember Little White Bull). We had The Motors and The Jags and they had REM, 'nuff said. Ah well, we've had our ...  Read the complete review

R.E.M enjoyed true success with this album which put them on the map in this country. Ten songs makes it short on quantity but very high on quality. "Pop song" track 1 has an annoying intro but that is quickly brushed aside by a great REM song which enjoyed chart success. "Losing my ...  Read the complete review

People who accuse this album of being too happy aren't paying attention to the lyrics, which are among Stipe's (and Mills's) best (and darkest). This is an album about love and the pain left when it's gone. KRS-One's rant aside, Radio Song is about that song that seems to follow you everywhere you go, taunting you ...  Read the complete review

Out of time takes the biscuit as the best ever REM album in my opinion. It typifies REM's original, ever changing music style. With all of the hype surrounding Reveal's release I think people may be forgetting some of the earlier and best REM albums (Out of time and Automatic for the People particularly). If anyone is a perspective REM ...  Read the complete review

Out Of Time was REM's seventh studio album (and second under Warner Bros) and to this day remains one of my favourites. In its armoury is possibly the single greatest song of all time, Losing My Religion. The album is quieter and has a more folky feel than their predecessing album, Green, reaching back to some of their first albums ...  Read the complete review

'Out of Time' must rate as one of the best R.E.M. albums and arguably as one of the greatest albums of the 1990’s, this is REM at their best. Part of the beauty of this album is the real diversity contained in the playlist. Since this album REM have become increasingly downbeat in their music and lyrics, seemingly ashamed to be ...  Read the complete review

This has to be all-time classic album, as it includes the hits Shiny Happy People, Losing my Religion and Radio Song. It does have loads of other good songs such as Low and Me In Honey. If you don't own this album then you should, as it's not just for REM fans, but for everyone (especially as you can pick it up on a special offer ...  Read the complete review

Out Of Time pre-ceeds REM's most popular album, Automatic For The People, but I think Out Of Time is just as excellent! Although this album is slightly short with 11 songs, they are all fantastic. From the start with "Radio Song" through until the end to "Me In Honey". With the most popular track from ...  Read the complete review

Out of Time was the 1991 release which saw REM's explosion onto the world stage. Featuring songs of the likes of "Radio Song", "Near Wild Heaven" and "Shiny Happy People" it boasts songs of a superb quality, although it is a lot less heavy than the band?s recent releases. Of course the most ...  Read the complete review

Out of time is a classic album. This was one of the biggest records of the nineties, especially in the US. R.E.M. are one of those bands that will go on forever and carry on after that. R.E.M. has developed their own brand of music that cannot be pigeonholed. This album contains classic track's such as "Losing my religion", "The ...  Read the complete review

After releasing a succession of great but largely unappreciated records over the course of a decade, REM finally achieved world domination with OUT OF TIME. Yet curiously it toned down the political sentiment and abrasive rock that had marked much of their previous work. OUT OF TIME is all lush strings and ethereal harmonies, very much in the vein ...  Read the complete review

Out Of Time pre-ceeds REM's most popular album, Automatic For The People, but I think Out Of Time is just as excellent! Although this album is slightly short with 11 songs, they are all fantastic. From the start with "Radio Song" through until the end to "Me In Honey". With the most popular track from this ...  Read the complete review

Along with 'Automatic For The People', 'Out Of Time' (released in 1991) is R.E.M.'s most well known album to date. The album is arguably the groups strongest and probably just has the edge over 'Automatic For The People' as my own personal favourite R.E.M. album. 'Losing My Religion' put R.E.M. on the ...  Read the complete review

Out of Time is one of REM's centrepiece albums, and with good cause. The album, recorded in 1991, shows a wide range of REM's musical styles and what makes it even more phenomenal is that Out Of Time still gained massive recognition despite the early 1990s grunge movement that dominated American record sales and culture. The very fact ...  Read the complete review

This album contains REMs two best known, and most contrasting hits, 'Losing my religion', and 'Shiny Happy People'. The rest album seems to be at these two extremes also; there are a lot of bouncy pop songs, but there is also a lot of melancholy folk music. The overall sound is much more gentle and pop orientated than other REM ...  Read the complete review