R.E.M. - Murmur (Top 500 Countdown Update)

I have no idea how long it has been since I listened to this album but it has been a long time. It is much better than I remembered I'm surprised to say. The sound is much more polished and clean than I remember though it is still just a sign of what is to come and not the final product. Still it is a fun album with consistently good songs. The only problem the sound is a bit muddy something that they would improve upon on their next album which is a much better constructed album than Murmur. Funny thing is as much as I enjoyed listening to this album I know it will be another unrememberable amount of time until I listen to it again. In some ways it is too comfortable an album. It all feels somewhat strangely familiar and has since the first time I ever listened to the album. I think it's that feeling that has always pushed me away from this album and toward Reckoning and Fables of the Reconstruction.