Hmmm, yeah. I started buying REM records with Reckoning, and stopped with Document. I think I saw them as mainstream after that, no longer the college radio band I loved.
I just checked, that means I missed out on Green, Out of Time and this one, from 92. They were still the same great guys, making great music. I just moved on, personally.
I’m listening to Automatic rn and it’s fine. I remember Everybody Hurts being huge in its day. The band was never known for bright and shiny songs, eh, but this isn’t The Cure either.