R.E.M.

Album Review : Reckoning (Deluxe Edition)

source: Rolling Stone

Artist: R.E.M. Album: Reckoning (Deluxe Edition) Review: "Murmur" is the more inventive of R.E.M.'s early albums, but their second disc, the powerful Reckoning, established the band as bona fide leaders of the new American indie-rock underground. Drummer Bill Berry shines here, propellin...

Published Mon, Jun 8

WATCH THE MAKING OF MURMUR INTERVIEW HERE

source: REMHQ

This past Friday night in Winston-Salem, Mitch Easter and Don Dixon (producers of R.E.M.'s Murmur and Reckoning) got together with ...

Published Wed, May 27

AllMusic’s Favorite Pop/Rock Reissues of 2008

source: The Allmusic

R.E.M. - Murmur (Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition) The Replacements - Let It Be (Deluxe Edition) The Replacements - Tim (Expanded Edition) Squeeze - Argybargy (Deluxe Edition) Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition) Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968

Published Fri, Dec 19

Key Tracks: Britney Spears, Cat Power, Scott Weiland

source: Rolling Stone

Photo: Bedder/Getty R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” [Listen] “There She Goes Again” [Listen] From Murmur (Deluxe Edition) [Review] Pavement “Stereo” “Harness Your Hopes” From Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition [Review]

Published Tue, Dec 9

CD Review: R.E.M.

source: NewBeats

R.E.M.’s full-length debut, Murmur, which came out 25 years ago, set the standard for many alternative/college bands and rock albums to come. The sound from that album was the antithesis of the popular music in the early ‘80s—it was minimalist (no bloated, overextended guitar solos or synt...

Published Mon, Dec 1

R.E.M. Reissues A Classic, New Singles From The Decemberists, The Heligoats, More

source: NPR

This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut full-length album, Murmur. The band is marking the occasion with a remastered version of the record, which includes a bonus live concert of R.E.M. performing in 1983. The Decemberists are also back with a collection of new singles. Always The...

Published Mon, Dec 1

Confessions of a Fanboy » The Shopping Chronicles: Fanboy VS Guns ...

source: Confessions of a Fanboy

I planned on buying R.E.M.’s deluxe edition Murmur, Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March, and Scott Weiland’s Happy in Galoshes. I told myself I was not going to buy Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy. I’m over GNR. I’m done with them. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Special Edition of Great Album Isn’t So Special

source: Dusty Wright's Culture Catch

When I first heard the news, my heart jumped ever so slightly. I was so excited that Universal were releasing one of their famed Deluxe Edition versions of an album I loved, R.E.M.’s 1983 full-length debut, Murmur. "What cool gems had they unearthed?" I wondered. Sure, there had been many before...

Published Tue, Nov 25