#165 R.E.M., 'Murmur' (1983)

‘Murmur’ was the debut album of R.E.M., one of alternative music’s biggest artists of the ‘90s. The music was new and unique sounding. The guitars bright and jangly, Michael Stipe’s voice different to everything else around at the time. Peter Buck initially met Stipe in a record store in which he worked. They bonded over a shared taste in music and would soon after meet Billy Berry and Mike Mills, all of whom were students at the University of Georgia. The latter two had been playing music together since high school.