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DULL_FLAME, enough with this damn Bjork!!!

You say a little about the album, but in the review appears the same word I would use to describe it: "fascinating," though to be understood in its less conventional sense; to the ears of a pimply fifteen-year-old like I was, the album sounded very differently than it does now, but there remains the wonder of discovering such a twisted and disturbing sonic world, a precursor to a musical adventure that would lead to great works.

Starblazer, go hide... By claiming that "Bad Day" is the best (catchiest) song by R.E.M., you show that you really don't know what you're talking about.

the votes

"Begin The Begin" is about "Lifes Rich Pageant" (which is a beautiful album) and not about "Monster" (which is not a beautiful album). Personally, I believe that in the R.E.M. career there are much more unattainable melodic moments than "Drive."

This album has been the soundtrack of my 14 years, just as "Blue's" was for my 12. After that, I definitely changed my tastes, but I remember these two albums with great affection.

I forgot to add that the A.O.R. standards require the use of great melodies and ultra-singable choruses, rhythms as linear as possible, and a high number of "ballads" (the so-called "slow songs") per album.

A.O.R. (it may have already been written, but I’m tired of reading all this nonsense) stands for "Adult Oriented Rock," and with this acronym, a type of music that is usually polished and (sometimes) feignedly aggressive is commonly defined, characterized by an abundant use of guitar licks and riffs, as well as (almost) omnipresent keyboards, possibly pompous; this musical genre, of course born before the definition, was intended by record companies to satisfy the musical needs of the average adult American, since between the mid and late '70s the youth had hard rock and heavy metal to thoroughly dazzle them, while the older folks were still lamenting over Elvis's crooning.
Certainly, Journey, Toto, and R.E.O. Speedwagon were part of this genre, and to some extent Styx and Kansas, as well as all the more or less pale imitators of the aforementioned; for example, Meat Loaf and Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and Europe can be thrown into the mix, but certainly not Pink Floyd, at least in light of the direction that the A.O.R. definition took in the '80s, developing a parallel and opposing genre to "glam," which was more Bacchanalian and musically less refined.

Dear Lux, you know how much I care about going against you or any other user, let alone exploiting others' adverse situations. If you are free to vote on reviews however you please, recklessly and for the wrong reasons (too many reviews from one user on the same page... so what?), and maybe even without having listened to the album, why shouldn't Anatas or anyone else be able to submit 10 reviews all at once? Why does it bother you? There are already editors to determine what should or shouldn't be published; it's up to us users to enjoy (or not enjoy) reading, commenting, and engaging, preferably in a civil and intelligent manner. A reaction like Anatas's, which could have understandably been kept to themselves, was probably triggered by the plethora of negative comments about the number of their reviews.