R.E.M. To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of UP With Remaster and Expansion
R.E.M. were a critical success beginning in their IRS Records days where they produced five ‘out of the gate’ classic sets. All of the five were Gold except their last…
R.E.M. were a critical success beginning in their IRS Records days where they produced five ‘out of the gate’ classic sets. All of the five were Gold except their last…
DISCLAIMERS:First: I chose to use the PROPER/original artwork for Chronic Town. Second, there is no objectivity contained within this review. So the story begins: Summer, 1982. I was reading the…
R.E.M. began their meteoric rise with the release of their first set of recorded music on Murmur. That album was released in 1984 by the influential and rising star vehicle…
The day the album was released, I was having lunch with two of the art directors (I worked in Atlantic’s Creative Services department) when one of the other directors came…
It has been 10 years since a new R.E.M. album graced us. But perhaps they pulled out in the proper frame of mind. The band has 15 studio classics in…
Since R.E.M.’s 2011’s break up, Michael Stipe has made intermittent musical appearances. He’s now releasing his first official solo track, “Your Capricious Soul” (heard here, live, from earlier this year)…
After R.E.M.‘s departure from indie-adored IRS Records for the larger filed of Warner Brothers Records, the fear was that the band would be manipulated into producing more radio friendly hits.…
R.E.M. has an anniversary arriving for Automatic For The People. Originally released in 1992, 2017 marks the 25th Anniversary for the classic album that spawned well over eighteen million units…
R.E.M. has an anniversary arriving for Automatic For The People. Originally released in 1992, 2017 marks the 25th Anniversary for the classic album that spawned well over eighteen million units…
After the IRS years, R.E.M. furthered their career by creating strong Pop/Rock hits that began with the Warner debut, Green (1988). That album drove the band into multi-platinum peaks selling…
R.E.M.’s Out Of Time album came a few years after their Warner Bros Music debut, Green. With it, the band turned into more than the cult band they were previously…
More and more desirable titles are emerging on vinyl LP these days. And they’re doing so at a faster clip. Here’s a brief list of upcoming LP reissues coming over…