Right, so is there a reference anywhere that says Michael Stipe said not to judge Shiny Happy People by itself unless heard in the context of the album? You're ragging on Golem for dismissing REM based on his experiences of the band with the seemingly pompous reasoning of not judging anything unless you've heard a whole album. Music is subjective, if you like something then great. But to take that and try and belittle people who don't by using some Sparafucilian logic just annoys me.