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  • Artist: R.E.M.
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 724349348028
  • Item Number: EMI934802
  • Release date: 01/27/1998
  • 1. Finest Worksong
  • 2. Welcome to the Occupation
  • 3. Exhuming McCarthy
  • 4. Disturbance at the Heron House
  • 5. Strange
  • 6. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
  • 7. The One I Love
  • 8. Fireplace
  • 9. Lightnin' Hopkins
  • 10. King of Birds
  • 11. Oddfellows Local 151
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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, Rovi
  • Artist: R.E.M.
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 724349348028
  • Item Number: EMI934802
  • Release date: 01/27/1998
  • Label: Capitol
  • Genre: Pop/Rock
  • Style: Alternative Pop/Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock
  • Album Time: 39:34

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  • Document R.E.M. CD
Document R.E.M. CD