R.E.M. - Reckoning [Digipak] [6/23]

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. Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene [Remaster]

Description:

R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Mike Mills (vocals, bass); Bill Berry (vocals, drums); Peter Buck (guitar).
Recorded at Reflection Sound, Charlotte, North Carolina.
The murmuring continued with this, R.E.M.`s second album, recorded in only two weeks, and yet critical acclaim and a growing fanbase had not made the music any less elusive. From the cover depiction of a winding river/snake, the jangly music within was similarly ambiguous, drenched in alternately murky, then dazzlingly clear, images. The water theme predominates throughout side one`s five-song suite, with talk of harbours, oceans and water towers, crowned by the sublime lament of "So. Central Rain." Later, the melancholic eulogy of "Camera" sits comfortably beside the cod-country of "(Don`t Go Back To) Rockville" and the brisk but disillusioned tour around "Little America." An astonishingly assured and uncommercial half-sibling to MURMUR: file under water.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Harborcoat
2. 7 Chinese Brothers
3. So. Central Rain
4. Pretty Persuasion
5. Time After Time (Annelise)
6. Second Guessing
7. Letter Never Sent
8. Camera
9. (Don`t Go Back To) Rockville
10. Little America

DISC 2: LIVE AT THE ARAGON BALLROOM, CHICAGO, IL, JULY 7, 1984 / WXRT-FM BROADCAST:

1. Femme Fatale - (live)
2. Radio Free Europe - (live)
3. Gardening At Night - (live)
4. 9-9 - (live)
5. Windout - (live)
6. Letter Never Sent - (live)
7. Sitting Still - (live)
8. Driver 8 - (live)
9. So. Central Rain - (live)
10. 7 Chinese Bros. - (live)
11. Harborcoat - (live)
12. Hyena - (live)
13. Pretty Persuasion - (live)
14. Little America - (live)
15. Second Guessing - (live)
16. (Don`t Go Back To) Rockville - (live)

Album Information

Release Date:

06/30/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

A&M Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

0762

Original Release Year:

1984

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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