| R.E.M. / Document (25th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Album: | Document (25th Anniversary Edition) | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | R.E.M. | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | Emi Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-09 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-14 |
| Week Ending: | Mar 31 | Mar 24 | Mar 10 | Feb 17 | Feb 10 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 09, 2022: | Mix Tape: The Origin of German Trauerspiel Exhuming Mccarthy | 4. | Dec 24, 2015: | In Your Ear Radio | Near the End, Again Exhuming Mccarthy, Welcome To The Occupation, Finest Worksong | |
| 2. | Sep 19, 2017: | In Your Ear Radio - A Little Indie Noise Exhuming Mccarthy, Welcome To The Occupation, Finest Worksong | 5. | Nov 29, 2014: | Mix Tape Strange | |
| 3. | Jan 07, 2016: | In Your Ear Radio | The Final Report It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Strange, Disturbance At The Heron House | 6. | Mar 30, 2013: | The Base of A Dream is Empty It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) |
| Album Review |
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| Andy S Reviewed 2013-02-09 | ||
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Remaster of the 1987 album that saw R.E.M. transition out of the "college rock" thing into mainstream radio hits. The sound is a confused hybrid between the murky metallic jangle-rock of Fables of the Reconstruction and the hyper-radio-friendly pop of Out Of Time. Somehow this remaster makes the album sound more sonically dated—the drum sounds especially are almost too 80s-radio-pop to take seriously. Disk 2 is a 1987 concert recording from Holland. Musically clunky at times, especially when Stipe and Mills try to coordinate vocals, but worth it for some interesting alterations. FCC clean —Andy *1 - (3:50) high energy, slightly cheesy 80s rock with metallic guitars and big reverbed-out snare hits; works thanks to Mike Mills' "whoa-whoa"s on the chorus 2 - (2:49) dark, Fables-esque pondering with simple, emblematic Peter Buck guitar **3 - (3:22) starts with 7 seconds of quiet typewriter sounds; pounding, politically charged rock with grooving interludes; seriously dated sound, but still thrilling **4 - (3:34) bright and wistful; great intertwined simple guitar riffs and vocal lines that could fit on Out Of Time *5 - (2:33) Wire cover; high power, snarling rock; Mills' backing vocals again make it worthwhile *6 - (4:07) you know this one; super fun head-bobbing pop with rapid-fire verse lyrics and fuck-it-all guitar wandering around in the background 7 - (3:18) midtempo, sinister pop with howling choruses; proof that they could write a powerful chart-topper; still, simplistic and less interesting than most of the record 8 - (3:24) weird rock with chugging guitar, dumb lyrics, sax break 9 - (3:21) fast, weird, metallic rock; nasal, snarled vocals; this one's particularly butchered by the remaster *10 - (4:10) mid-tempo march with exotic arrangement at start; calm, interlaced vocals 11 - (5:21) steady, bass-heavy groove; structurally, basically a weirder version of "One I Love" 1 - (4:10) cool stuttering start *2 - (3:35) gets some extra Mike Mills in the live version; one of their best rock songs 3 - (3:43) prominent harmonica, clumsy harmonizing at start, yelping at end; ends with 30s left 4 - (2:53) 5 - (3:35) *6 - (5:31) 30s guitar feedback lead-in, loud outro 7 - (4:33) Stipe leads in by crooning another song *8 - (3:20) first verse just voice and guitar, works well *9 - (3:22) more bite than the album version 10 - (4:23) the oldest song in this set; Buck stumbles a little with the (excellent) riff 11 - (3:05) 12 - (3:04) rockin 13 - (5:01) extended jamming, noisy at end 14 - (2:50) Stipe recites the pledge of allegiance at start and end; it's over the top 15 - (4:01) lots of fun, cool ending 16 - (3:58) another good rocker, Stipe talks briefly afterward 17 - (3:41) 18 - (3:02) loud, yelping 19 - (6:28) Stipe tells a story for first 1:30; recording seems to have some weird clicking 20 - (5:19) slow, moving rendition; unfortunately it's nearly ruined by the clicking | ||
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