R.E.M. - Life`s Rich Pageant

Artist:

R.E.M.

See Also:

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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:

DISC 1

1. Begin the Begin
2. These Days
3. Fall on Me
4. Cuyahoga
5. Hyena
6. Underneath the Bunker
7. Flowers of Guatemala, The
8. I Believe
9. What If We Give It Away?
10. Just a Touch
11. Swan Swan H
12. 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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