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R.E.M.
Released 1994

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- 1
- What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 04:00
- 21,234 plays

- 2
- Crush With Eyeliner
- 04:38
- 11,374 plays

- 3
- King Of Comedy
- 03:41
- 5,236 plays

- 4
- I Don't Sleep, I Dream
- 03:28
- 5,610 plays

- 5
- Star 69
- 03:08
- 6,549 plays

- 6
- Strange Currencies
- 03:53
- 8,014 plays

- 7
- Tongue
- 04:13
- 5,042 plays

- 8
- Bang And Blame
- 05:30
- 14,099 plays

- 9
- I Took Your Name
- 04:03
- 5,131 plays

- 10
- Let Me In
- 03:28
- 6,007 plays

- 11
- Circus Envy
- 04:15
- 4,635 plays

- 12
- You
- 04:54
- 4,649 plays

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album review

Monster is indeed R.E.M.'s long-promised "rock" album; it just doesn't rock in the way one might expect. Instead of R.E.M.'s trademark anthemic bashers, Monster offers a set of murky sludge, powered by the heavily distorted and delayed guitar of Peter Buck. Michael Stipe's vocals have been pushed to the back of the mix, along with Bill Berry's drums, which accentuates the muscular pulse of Buck's chords. From the androgynous sleaze of "Crush With Eyeliner" to the subtle, Eastern-tinged menace of "You," most of the album sounds dense, dirty, and grimy, which makes the punchy guitars of "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and the warped soul of "Tongue" all the more distinctive. Monster doesn't have the conceptual unity or consistently brilliant songwriting of Automatic for the People, but it does offer a wide range of sonic textures that have never been heard on an R.E.M. album before. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide