#96 R.E.M., 'Automatic for the People' (1992)

A worthy jump into the Top 100 by one of the ’90s most influential Alternative bands. ‘Automatic For The People’ was born immediately out of the sessions of previous release, ‘Out Of Time.’ While mixing that album at Prince’s Paisley Park, the quartet would record demos for ‘Drive,’ ‘Try Not To Breathe’ and ‘Nightswimming.’ Following the promotion of ‘Out Of Time,’ Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry went to work on new music sans vocalist, Michael Stipe. Their intention was to make an album of faster rock songs, but they came up short.