Man On The Moon, Nightswimming and Find The River.
Very often when I’m about 15 minutes away from my home on a night out I put those three track on. Perfect way of ending a night out. (Works best in autumn/winter months.)
I agree with what everyone is saying here about songs they love from AFTP but I would like to state that I think ‘Drive’ is actually the best song on that album. When the overdrive guitar comes in… ahhhhhh.
When I had AFTP on cassette, those couple of seconds before Drive began were torturous. As soon as it began I knew the next 49 minutes or so were going to be alright, no matter what kind of maelstrom was going on around me.
The strings on that song sound amazing too.
Just done this on the tram home. Lovely!
I don’t get choked up by songs too often, but this is one that always does it. Perfect ‘rolling’ piano from Mills.
I want to get very drunk and misty eyed listening to their entire back catalogue with fellow people of taste.
*and me
Brilliant shout that.
Just off to put a few bottles and a sleeping bag in my car, see you in a bit.
Ah, all this AFTP love. I need to relisten now. Can’t pick a best song though. Prob Drive but that last run of three…
Love AFTP. Always thought I would be in a minority being a fan of Drive… it’s a brilliant song and an odd choice for an opener. Think the whole album is a cracker, though Everybody Hurts is a bit much to stomach nowadays.
When I was younger and stupider and didn’t like AFTP because it was in the charts and I was too cool for chart music and my mum had bought a copy, Drive was the only song on the album that I admitted to liking. Still one of my all time favourite REM songs.
I can’t imagine it being anything other than an opener or a closer. Genuinely brilliant, totally REM but new sounding for them, still has that deep south sound sonehow
You could make a playlist of just REM album opening tracks and it would be better than 90% of all albums.
Go!
My favourite from AFTP has always been ‘Sweetness Follows’. Breaks my heart every time.
This was my sleepy-time headphones playlist last night. I might extend it further this evening
Hope At My Most Beautiful Why Not Smile? Daysleeper Falls To Climb Get Up You Are The Everything The Wrong Child Belong Half A World Away Me In Honey
I still stand by Everybody Hurts.
I can’t like enough posts in this thread
