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- Artist:
- R.E.M.
- See Also:
- Minus 5 (The) Tuatara Various Artists - The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. Vol. 2 Various Artists - Fragile: The Piano Tribute To R.E.M. Various Artists - The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene [Remaster]
- Description:
- The songs on LIFE`S RICH PAGEANT are listed out of order on the packaging. Two songs on the record, "Underneath The Bunker" and a cover of the Clique`s "Superman," aren`t listed at all.
R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums).
Recorded at The Belmont Mall, Belmont, Indiana.
Coming after the dark and arty FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1986`s LIFE`S RICH PAGEANT was R.E.M.`s first tentative step towards the rock & roll mainstream. At the time, Don Gehman`s production sounded shockingly bright and commercial, but, in hindsight, the album is clearly a dry run for the impending commercial pinnacle of GREEN, OUT OF TIME, and AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE. The gorgeous "Fall on Me" (an ecological meditation featuring a spectacularly pretty chorus sung in counterpoint by Michael Stipe and Mike Mills) remains the record`s best-known track. However, it is a quartet of harder-rocking songs--"Begin the Begin," "Cuyahoga," "Just a Touch" (which quotes Patti Smith`s 1975 deconstruction of "My Generation") and a giddy cover of the Clique`s psych-pop obscurity "Superman" sung by Mills--that points towards the Georgia band`s more emotionally direct and musically loose future. LIFE`S RICH PAGEANT has been largely overshadowed by its more commercially successful follow-ups, but it remains one of R.E.M.`s strongest albums.
- Track Listing:
- Begin the Begin
- These Days
- Fall on Me
- Cuyahoga
- Hyena
- Underneath the Bunker
- Flowers of Guatemala, The
- I Believe
- What If We Give It Away?
- Just a Touch
- Swan Swan H
- Superman
Album Information
- Release Date:
- 01/27/1998
- Type:
- Performer
- Genre:
- Rock & Pop
- Subgenre:
- Alternative
- Label:
- IRS
- Producer:
- Don Gehman
- Catalog Number:
- 93478
- Original Release Year:
- 1986
- # of Discs:
- 1
- SPARS Coding:
- AAD
- Studio/Live:
- Studio
- Mono/Stereo:
- Stereo
- Runtime:
- 38 : 33
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Customer Reviews
Overall Rating: 5
This is one of those cd's that reinforced REM's initial effort. Anyone who listens to the 'vintage' REM would definitely enjoy listening to this cd. I recommend it to anyone who is even a casual fan of the band.
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