AMG Review of Strange Currencies

Steven McDonald
All Music Guide

A very pretty song about falling in love with more or less the wrong person, but making the best of it. Michael Stipe's vocals are more than usually impassioned for this one, and the music is lovely. Tossed in for good measure are three further tracks from the November 1992 performance for Greenpeace, this time featuring "Drive," a cover of Iggy Pop's "Funtime," and "Radio Free Europe." Not a bad little package.