Not my favorite R.E.M. album, but still one of the all-time great albums from start to finish. This remastered deluxe edition sounds amazing, even better than the cassette I still own. “Reckoning ‘confirms R.E.M. as one of the most beautifully exciting groups on the planet.’ wrote NME in 1984. R.E.M.’s second full-length album also prompted The Washington Post to proclaim that ‘there isn’t an American band worth following more than R.E.M.’”