R.E.M. - Document

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Feb 1, 2020 Sold Date

Nov 6, 2019 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Document
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: IRS Titelanzahl: 11 Dauer: 39:34

Trackliste LP - 1

1. R.E.M. - Finest Worksong 2. R.E.M. - Welcome to the Occupation 3. R.E.M. - Exhuming McCarthy 4. R.E.M. - Disturbance At the Heron House 5. R.E.M. - Strange 6. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) 7. R.E.M. - One I Love 8. R.E.M. - Fireplace 9. R.E.M. - Lightnin' Hopkins 10. R.E.M. - King of Birds 11. R.E.M. - Oddfellows Local 151

Beschreibung

R.E.M. began to move toward mainstream record production on Lifes Rich Pageant, but they didn't have a commercial breakthrough until the following year's Document. Ironically, Document is a stranger, more varied album than its predecessor, but co-producer Scott Litt -- who would go on to produce every R.E.M. album in the following decade -- is a better conduit for the band than Don Gehman, giving the group a clean sound without sacrificing their enigmatic tendencies. "Finest Worksong," the stream-of-conscious rant "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," and the surprise Top Ten single "The One I Love" all crackle with muscular rhythms and guitar riffs, but the real surprise is how political the mid-tempo jangle pop of "Welcome to the Occupation," "Disturbance at the Heron House," and "King of Birds" is. Where Lifes Rich Pageant sounded a bit like a party record, Document is a fiery statement, and its memorable melodies and riffs are made all the more indelible by its righteous anger. In other words, it's not only a commercial breakthrough, but a creative breakthrough as well, offering evidence of R.E.M.'s growing depth and maturity, and helping usher in the P.C. era in the process. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine