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Eponymous | 
 enlarge | Artist: R.e.m.
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 146664
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 076732626221
EAN: 0076732626221
ASIN: B000002O5O
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Radio Free Europe | | • | Gardening at Night | | • | Talk About the Passion | | • | So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) | | • | (Don't Go Back To) Rockville | | • | Can't Get There from Here | | • | Driver 8 | | • | Romance | | • | Fall on Me | | • | The One I Love | | • | Finest Worksong | | • | It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) |
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Amazon.com
Much as the outtake and B-side collection Dead Letter Office anthologizes the many oddities of R.E.M., 1988's Eponymous is a document testifying to the astounding strength of their formative I.R.S. years. Eponymous reinforces the notion that the inchoate R.E.M. was a rare and brilliant gem of a group. While a somewhat brief CD, it provides quality listening from start to finish with hits such as "The One I Love," "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville," and "Driver 8" tucked amid the likes of an alternate take of "Finest Worksong" and the wonderfully mysterious "Gardening at Night." Especially noteworthy is the inclusion of the original seven-inch version of "Radio Free Europe," the band's 1981 release. --Lorry Fleming
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| Customer Reviews:
 The R.E.M. collection to own April 15, 2008
Johnny Boy (Hockessin, DE)
R.E.M.'s music is among the most influential of all-time. Their hits like 'Orange Crush' and 'Losing My Religion' still get played on FM radio stations everyday.
But, unfortunately, their early years are overlooked for their more famous Warner Bros. recordings. And that's a real shame, because R.E.M.'s best music came from their years on the IRS label, which is now owned by Capitol.
This set, 'Eponymous' is the set to own if you are just starting your R.E.M. collection. It's got all of the major early IRS recordings from 1983-1988. I can't get enough of songs like 'Radio Free Europe,' 'The One I Love' and 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It,' all of which appear on this set.
And, Capitol gets tons of credit for remastering all of these classics. In translation, the sound quality is excellent!
Overall, if you enjoyed the famous Warner Bros. years from R.E.M., than it's almost guaranteed you'll like these just as much.
Highly recommended for any R.E.M. fan. ENJOY!!!
 More Than in Name Only September 28, 2006
Rocky Raccoon (Boise, ID)
'Eponymous' is R.E.M.'s conception of their greatest hits from their formidable years with IRS. It is admirable: It works well as a sampler; it adds to the experience with archival recordings that contrast from some of the originals; and it 'Documents' their growth and progression from their roots as a Southern college art band that helped create alternative rock before it became a word. The selections are fine, but they don't totally mesh together like their albums, and, though they don't spoil additional purchases for their original albums (which this reviewer believes are the best series since the Beatles) it doesn't flow or coalesce as well as their Warner Brothers' collection 'In Time, 1988-2003'.
Specifically, the punkier version of "Radio Free Europe" does "squish the [other] recording like a grape," as bassist Mike Mills renders it, but it doesn't make the 'Murmur' album version extraneous, either. All of the rest of the songs show a versatality these perfectionists mastered, including folk-rock "Talk About the Passion", New Wave ("Gardening at Night"), country-accented rock ("Don't Go Back to Rockville"), and, even jazzy music with guitar that has the trajectory of the Ramones ("Can't Get There from Here"). All in all, despite the particular criticisms, 'Eponymous' can jump start or cap off a fine R.E.M. C.D. collection.
Eponymous in name only August 12, 2006
T. Cronin (Holiday, Florida United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I want to start this review by saying that another reviewer called this album a waste to get, simply because all of the songs can be found other releases by R.E.M. This isn't a wholly true statement, though.
At the time he wrote that review, Eponymous was the only place where you could find the Hib-tone version of Radio Free Europe. That will change when R.E.M. releases a new I.R.S. years compilation a month from when this review was written. Now, the different vocal mix of Gardening At Night and the mutual drum-horn mix of Finest Worksong can be found on a couple of rare b-sides collections (namely "R.E.M. In The Attic" and "R.E.M. Singles Collected"), but the only other place you can find the song Romance is on the Made In Heaven soundtrack, which--as far as I know--has never been released on CD; only on cassette and vinyl.
So, with all that out of the way, I can move on. Eponymous was my first R.E.M. album ever. I found it one day in my brother's drawer, and I never looked back. This is a very good album for people who want to get familiar with pre-Warner Brothers R.E.M. stuff, but with that being said, it barely scratches the surface of their early work.
On the more technical side of things, the album suffers from many of the typical problems found in early CDs: not much bass, brittle treble, and rather poor dynamics. Be that as it may, it's still a good starting point for the uninitiated and a great collector's item for the die-hard fan.
Great collection of R.E.M. classics August 11, 2006
Chad Williams
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
While its always better to have each of the individual albums to get some of the deeper cuts. This disk has a great collection of R.E.M. classics.
 Get A Less Expensive CD of This Album June 14, 2006
zugzwang
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love this album.
The problem is that the older copy I bought years ago sounds terrible - muddy low volume, poor dynamics. I bought THIS Japanese import hoping that the sound would be much better, since I've had good experiences with other Japanese issued CDs.
Unfortunately this CD is EXACTLY like the domestic version. The Amazon listing shows an issue date of July 3, 2003. But the actual CD has an issue date of 1988! Needless to say I am very disappointed, having spent over $25 for a disc I already have, that I could have purchased again for a mere $2.00 --- WHAT A RIPOFF!
Buyers, beware - you have been warned...
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