I think it suffers from 2 very specific things, the brilliance of automatic and nevermind being released in the same year. But it has 2 more important things i

I think it suffers from 2 very specific things, the brilliance of automatic and nevermind being released in the same year. But it has 2 more important things in its favor. It turned me on to REM and the rest of popular music that year. The album holds up better than the hate it receives but in its own era it is an amazing bright spot.