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Murmur

by R.e.m.

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All Time

of 455,637

62
1980's

of 12,289

12
1984

of 274

3
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,161
    
    19
  - Alternative Styles
    
    of 8,677
    
    6
  - American Alternative
    
    of 3,633
    
    5
  - Indie & Lo-Fi
    
    of 13,608
    
    6
  - Rock
    
    of 7,792
    
    6
  - Indie Pop
    
    of 4,151
    
    3
  - Jangle Pop
    
    of 450
    
    1
- Miscellaneous
  - Miscellaneous
    
    of 67,812
    
    28
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,907
    
    61
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    43
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,783
    
    45

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.7079 Murmur is ranked overall as 3.7079 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.8400 Murmur has an avg. critic score of 3.8400 out of 4 stars

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Slant Magazine

With their first full-length release,Murmur, R.E.M. dumped the trademark jangle-pop of their lo-fi debut EP,Chronic Town, for much bleaker themes. Singer Michael Stipe took on a more cerebral socio-political stance, his distant tone casting an ...more

The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Around the same time The White Stripes were in high school, one of my co-workers called R.E.M.’sMurmur“the greatest garage rock album of all time.”Say what?I initially thought garage rock meant loud, dissonant guitars. Bands like ...more

John Mcferrin Music Reviews

The more I listen to this album, the more I'm amazed by something that I don't really see mentioned much by other people. If I knew absolutely nothing about R.E.M., and you were to play this album for me and ask me to guess how far into the ...more

All Music Guide

Leaving behind the garagey jangle pop of their first recordings, R.E.M. developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut album,Murmur. Heightening the enigmatic tendencies ofChronic Townby de-emphasizing ...more

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