The Tuesday List: R.E.M. Albums, Ranked by Personal Preference

Please note: This list focuses on studio albums. Therefore, greatest hits, b-sides, imports, soundtracks, and live albums are not included.

"I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses/I proclaim that claims are left unstated/I demand Un Gajje." (photo from youtube.com)

R.E.M. Albums, in Order of Preference (Subjective), Worst to Best

15.) Reveal (2001)

14.) Around the Sun (2004)

13.) Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)

12.) New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)

11.) Reckoning (1984)

10.) Collapse into Now (2011)

9.) Murmur (1983)

8.) Out of Time (1991)

7.) Accelerate (2008)

6.) Life's Rich Pageant (1986)

5.) Up (1998)

4.) Document (1987)

3.) Monster (1994)

2.) Green (1988)

1.) Automatic for the People (1992) 

"Courageous, stumbling/Gage was my middle name/But somewhere there I lost my way" (photo from samsonlinejournal.com)