Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.48) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Spin - Ranked #2 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991.
Q Magazine (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
Q Magazine - One of Q's 50 best albums of 1991.
Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #3 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...A merry breakdown and a mighty breakthrough..."
Rolling Stone (3/21/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...R.E.M. has done it again: defied and fulfilled the conflicting expectations of a broad, mainstream audience and a smaller, more demanding, and possessive, cult....This may well be America's best rock & roll band....surely, America's most resourceful rock & roll band..."
Spin (3/91) - "...More textured, lighter, brighter, and poppier than 1988's GREEN....This album will nail it once and for all: They're no longer innovative, original, or particularly exciting in the way they used to be--but they are writing more consistently excellent songs..."
New York Times (1/1/92) - "...Sing about love in a self-conscious era, R.E.M. toyed with its own sound--playing unfamiliar instruments, sometimes adding a string section--to create eccentric yet indelible songs..."
New Musical Express (3/16/91, p.30) - 10 - Classic - "...REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention, and OUT OF TIME is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet, although it is still very identifiably REM--a brand new book from a familiar author...."
