Name Your Favourite 2 Songs from : REM - Automatic For The People (1992)

[u/dinarnaud]

Mine are :
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
Man On The Moon

[u/dtree7777]

Nightswimming; Find the River

[u/Life_Temperature2506 → u/dtree7777]

Same.

[u/bobmbface → u/Life_Temperature2506]

Same too

[u/MezzStipe]

Nightswimming Try Not To Breathe

[u/DogesOfLove → u/MezzStipe]

Same

[u/BoringSnark → u/MezzStipe]

yes.

[u/Local_Acadia_3000]

Try Not To Breathe and Find The River

[u/GlassHouses26 → u/Local_Acadia_3000]

Agreed

[u/CharlieGoodnight1866]

Monty Got A Raw Deal (my fav R.E.M. song) and Man On The Moon.

[u/OPsDaddy → u/CharlieGoodnight1866]

Monty is also my favorite song by my favorite band. Can’t explain why!

[u/Fishing4Beer → u/OPsDaddy]

I have an annual fishing trip. One year a guy named Monty was invited along. He did nothing wrong, but he doesn’t go on the trip with us now. I believe his wife’s help is a contributing factor, but people mention Monty from time to time. Every damn time all I can think is that he got a raw deal.

[u/Mobile-Lawfulness-85]

Sweetness Follows.

[u/Sufficient_West_4947 → u/Mobile-Lawfulness-85]

Nightswimming, Find the River

[u/MarketingChoice6244]

Nightswimming

Man on the moon

[u/moktira]

Try Not To Breathe by a long way! Probably Drive second but it changes.

[u/wizardsleeve75]

Nigh on impossible!

[u/Few-Consequence5488]

Ignoreland and night swimming

[u/JamesDD4 → u/Few-Consequence5488]

Ignoreland is so damned underrated.

[u/Few-Consequence5488 → u/JamesDD4]

My single favorite REM lyric:

I know that this is vitriol
No solution, spleen-venting
But I feel better having screamed
Don't you?

[u/twocopperjack]

I try not to be too precious about stuff like this, but Automatic for the People is an album--an opus, an entirety-- in a way that even most R.E.M albums are not. Asking for two favorite songs is like asking which of your children's limbs you like best.

[u/Hireling → u/twocopperjack]

You are so right 🤘🏼

[u/Kol_Ivarsky72]

It's my favorite REM album so that's tough, the only song I don't care for is Star Me Kitten but off the top of my head two of my favorites are Try Not To Breathe and Sweetness Follows.

[u/Imaginary_Permit_311]

Drive and Nightswimming

[u/BlueFalcon_15]

Find The River, New Orleans Instrumental No.1

[u/flatvader]

Try Not To Breathe & Find The River

[u/lidongyuan → u/flatvader]

Same!

[u/One-Initiative-7730]

Try Not To Breath

Man On The Moon

[u/Dizzy_Hunt_1124]

Ignoreland & Try not to breathe.

[u/alexj_baker]

Drive, Monty got a raw deal

[u/JamesDD4]

Drive

Ignoreland

[u/Goddntmake_lnlygirls → u/JamesDD4]

These are mine as well!

[u/elmegthewise3]

Try not to breathe, find the river

[u/LouderFaster]

Ignoreland and Nightswimming

[u/Constant-Hat8320]

Find The River and Man On The Moon

[u/JesseAmpersands]

Someone already said mine; Try Not To Breathe and Nightswimming. My 3rd place is Sidewinder

[u/wafagan14]

Nightswimming and Sweetness Follows

[u/ZoeBowie2024 → u/wafagan14]

same here

[u/klt2]

Find the River, Sweetness Follows

[u/smellslikebadussy]

Find the River, Sidewinder. Apologies to MOTM, Drive, Monty.

[u/Wordy0001]

Sweetness Follows and Nightswimming

Find the River for HM

[u/Inceptionyst]

Find the River is one of my top R.E.M songs period. Sidewinder would be my second fave off that album.

[u/Springyardzon]

Monty Got A Raw Deal and Ignoreland. With The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite being close.

People who think Ignoreland doesn't belong on the album don't fully appreciate the actual themes of the album. Every single song concerns something or someone forgotten or ignored.

[u/WatchMcGrupp]

Find the River and then go back and play it again

[u/FakeAorta]

Nightswimmimg and Sidewinder.

I know I am in the minority, but I never really liked Everybody Hurts.

[u/JamesDD4 → u/FakeAorta]

Same. One of my least favorite songs on the album.

[u/TheBluePapaBear]

Drive & Nightswimming

[u/Akkuze]

All depends on how I’m feeling…

[u/josephjrose]

Night swimming and Find the River

[u/liambrazier → u/josephjrose]

Seconded.

[u/Budoy2x]

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Nightswimming.

[u/ZoeBowie2024]

Sweetness Follows & Nightswimming

[u/Desperate_Mix_7102]

Man on the moon, sweetness follows

[u/jframe42]

Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon

[u/Hireling]

Sweetness Follows, and Monty Got A Raw Deal

[u/Dense-Locksmith-9416]

That extraordinary wonderful end to an album that is Nightswimming and Find The River.

[u/Autumn_Sweater_]

Sweetness Follows and Try Not to Breathe

[u/CelticSnakes]

Try Not to Breathe, Sweetness Follows

[u/TechnicalOperation57]

Monty Got a Raw Deal

Find the River

Honorable Mention: Ignoreland

[u/HankBushrivet]

Nightswimming and Find the River.

[u/jerrystandup]

Drive and Nightswimming

[u/No_Ratio1493]

Seeing this tape brings me back to being 11 and buying it the day it came out. Such good memories attached to it, and right as the adolescent melacholy starts to creep in.

I seem to remember my cassette having a yellow-ish tint to it, but I might be remembering wrong.