02. R.E.M. – ‘Country Feedback’
Easily R.E.M.’s finest moment, rivaled only, perhaps, by ‘World Leader Pretend’. Michael Stipe’s voice has such a desperate quality here. I like the way the intensity builds in his vocal, but isn’t really reflected in any of the other instruments, it makes it so powerful. It has a lot of the mystery of the 13th Floor Elevators song, clearly that band influenced R.E.M. early on.