4 Stars Out of 5 -- "On Album Five, R.E.M. Went Platinum for the First Time...", Ranked #41 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" Survey., 4 stars out of 5 - "...makes interesting archival listening. It shows a group cresting the cusp between art-rock alternative-ism and chart friendliness....the general impression is of a band freed from constraints, rocking with a vengeance..."
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The band's final album for indie label IRS was also its first commercial breakthrough, featuring the haunting mid-tempo rocker "The One I Love."
