(Sound is) "Pacific Coast, the closer I get, the further away I feel..." - Michael Stipe in Tourfilm

Stipe singing Everybody Hurts.

"Over the last five years R.E.M. has sold over 30 million records, more than any other band in the 90's.  They're considered by critics and musicians to be the most influential band in America today." -- Good Morning America, 1991.

Continue to my R.E.M. fan site...

The R.E.M. song "At My Most Beautiful" was Up's 3rd single and took Michael one year to write.

"Losing My Religion" came in at #18 on a Rolling Stone/MTV list of the 100 best pop songs of all time.  "Yesterday", by the Beatles topped the list.  This song also placed at #143 on the top songs of the century from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Automatic for the People came in at #35 on Spin's Best Albums of the past 25 years, as did Fables of the Reconstruction, which came in at a respectable #65 (2010).

The Liberty of Congress announced in 2010 that "Radio Free Europe" had been added to the National Recording Registry.

Top 10 R.E.M. videos as voted by fans; shown on MTV's 120 Minutes:

R.E.M. 1998 group picture.

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