Dead Letter Office [Import with Bonus Tracks] (Import)
R.E.M. - CD
- Artist: R.E.M.
- Format: CD
- Year: 1993
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 077771319921
- Item Number: MSI131992
- Release date: 12/16/2003
- 1. Crazy
- 2. There She Goes Again
- 3. Burning Down
- 4. Voice of Harold
- 5. Burning Hell
- 6. White Tornado
- 7. Toys in the Attic
- 8. Windout
- 9. Ages of You
- 10. Pale Blue Eyes
- 11. Rotary Ten
- 12. Bandwagon
- 13. Femme Fatale
- 14. Wolves, Lower
- 15. King of the Road
- 16. Wolves, Lower [Bonus Track]
- 17. Gardening at Night [Bonus Track]
- 18. Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) [Bonus Track]
- 19. 1,000,000 [Bonus Track]
- 20. Stumble [Bonus Track]
- 21. Gardening at Night [Acoustic]
- 22. All the Right Friends [Bonus Track]
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Dead Letter Office [Import with Bonus Tracks] (Import) by R.E.M. on CD
Arriving mere months before Document took the group into the Top Ten, the B-sides and rarities collection Dead Letter Office sums up all of the quirks and idiosyncrasies that made R.E.M. the leading underground guitar pop band of the '80s. While only a handful of songs on Dead Letter Office rank among the group's best, the record is extremely entertaining, even for casual fans, particularly because it captures the wild spirit of R.E.M. that was evident at their concerts, but not always on their records. Among the gems scattered throughout the collection are the cheerily ridiculous "Band Wagon," "Voice of Harold" (which features Michael Stipe singing the liner notes to a gospel album over the backing of "7 Chinese Brothers"), covers of the Velvet Underground, Pylon, and Aerosmith, the ringing pop of "Burning Down" (which is later reworked as "Ages of You"), and "Walter's Theme," a drunken attempt at a commercial for a local restaurant that segues into a clueless cover of "King of the Road." The material may be slight, but it's fun -- and R.E.M.'s albums aren't always fun. [All CD versions of Dead Letter Office contains the group's debut EP, Chronic Town. In 1992, the British division of IRS reissued all of R.E.M.'s albums with bonus tracks that were culled from flexi-discs, fan-club singles, compilation contributions, B-sides, live tracks, and outtakes. Since Dead Letter Office itself was a B-sides collection and already contained Chronic Town as a bonus EP, there wasn't much room for bonus tracks on this disc. Nevertheless, two previously unreleased cuts were featured as bonus cuts: an acoustic version of "Gardening at Night" and "All the Right Friends," an outtake from the Reckoning sessions. There are no great revelations here, but it's worth the extra price for hardcore fans, even if R.E.M. themselves were reportedly unhappy with the bonus tracks on these reissues. However, keep in mind that many of these bonus tracks -- the ones that weren't originally on Dead Letter Office -- later appeared on the limited-edition U.S. rarities collection In the Attic, which means that these imports aren't necessarily worth the search.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Artist: R.E.M.
- Format: CD
- Year: 1993
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 077771319921
- Item Number: MSI131992
- Release date: 12/16/2003
- Label: EMI Music Distribution
- Genre: Pop/Rock
- Style: Alternative Pop/Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, American Underground, Pop
- Album Time: 71:29
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