I've been listening to R.E.M.'s album Out of Time over and over and over and over on my tape player in the car. I almost look forward to driving just so I can listen to it again! It's on a cassette tape I bought for a quarter.

I love every song on the album. I had heard "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People" before and liked those songs but they aren't as good when place in context with the rest of the album because there are other songs I like better than these two radio friendly ones. "Endgame" might be my favorite song on the album, it's an instrumental.

This album has just gripped my brain and won't let go. Does this happen to you?



Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.