Reckoning is the second studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on April 9,1984,by I.R.S. Records. Produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon,the album was recorded at Reflection Sound Studio in Charlotte,North Carolina,over 16 days in December 1983 and January 1984. Dixon and Easter intended to capture the sound of R.E.M.'s live performances,and used binaural recording on several tracks. Lead singer Michael Stipe dealt with darker subject matter in his lyrics,with water-related imagery being a recurring theme on the album.
Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on June 10,1985 through I.R.S. Records. It was the band's first album recorded outside of the U.S.,with sessions taking place at Livingston Studios in London with producer Joe Boyd. The record displays a darker,murkier sound and lyrics drawing from Southern Gothic themes and characters. Additionally,more varied instrumentation is utilized,including string and brass arrangements and banjo.
In Time:The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M. Issued in 2003,it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records era,from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal,as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. The album was the tenth-best-selling album of 2003 in the UK,and the 50th-best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was their fifth major-label release for Warner Bros. Records,released on September 9,1996,in Europe and Australia,and the following day in the United States. New Adventures in Hi-Fi was the last album recorded with founding member Bill Berry,original manager Jefferson Holt,and long-time producer Scott Litt. The members of R.E.M. consider the recorded album representative of the band at their peak,and fans generally regard it as the band's last great record before a perceived artistic decline during the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has sold around seven million units,growing in cult status years after its release,with several retrospectives ranking it among the top of the band's recorded catalogue.
Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band R.E.M.,released on October 26,1998,by Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's first album without drummer Bill Berry,who retired from the group in October of 1997. In his place,R.E.M. used session drummers like Joey Waronker and Barrett Martin,as well as programming drum machines. The band has said that the album probably would have sounded much the same with Berry,as initial rehearsals with him had commenced,but his departure almost “broke”them and "hung over" the resulting recordings.
Around the Sun is the 13th studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on October 5,2004 on Warner Bros. Records.
Eponymous is the first greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released in 1988. It was their last authorized release on I.R.S. Records,to whom they had been contracted since 1982,having just signed with Warner Bros. Records.
The Best of R.E.M. is a greatest hits album by R.E.M. released in 1991,shortly after the success of the band's seventh studio album,Out of Time,released by Warner Bros. The Best of R.E.M.,however,was released by the band's previous record label,I.R.S. Records,and only includes tracks from their first five albums while the group was with that label. As such,it covers their output from 1982 to 1987.
"So. Central Rain" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released in May 1984 as the first single from the group's second studio album,Reckoning.
"Wendell Gee" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released as the third and final single from the group's third studio album Fables of the Reconstruction in 1985. It was released in Europe only,in two 7" and two 12" formats.
And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 is a compilation album by American band R.E.M. It features songs from the band's years at I.R.S. Records. All tracks have been remastered,and the set was released 12 September 2006. A companion DVD,titled When the Light Is Mine,was released the same day.
Accelerate is the 14th studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on March 31,2008,in Europe,and on April 1 in North America. Produced with Jacknife Lee,Accelerate was intended as a departure from the 2004 album Around the Sun. R.E.M. previewed most of the album's tracks during a five-night residency at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin,Ireland,and recorded the album in a nine-week schedule.
R.E.M. Live is a live album from R.E.M.,recorded at the Point Theatre,Dublin,Republic of Ireland,on February 26 and 27,2005,the closing nights of the winter European leg of the Around the World Tour in support of their thirteenth studio album Around the Sun,released in late 2004. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 15,2007 and in the United States a day later as a two-CD audio set and a DVD,then released in February 2008 as a triple vinyl set. The performance was filmed by Blue Leach,who also directed Depeche Mode's Touring the Angel:Live in Milan.
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens,Georgia,formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry,guitarist Peter Buck,bassist Mike Mills,and lead vocalist Michael Stipe,who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative rock bands,R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing,arpeggiated guitar style;Stipe's distinctive vocal quality,unique stage presence,and obscure lyrics;Mills's melodic bass lines and backing vocals;and Berry's tight,economical drumming style. In the early 1990s,other alternative rock acts such as Nirvana and Pavement viewed R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left the band in 1997,the band continued its career in the 2000s with mixed critical and commercial success. The band broke up amicably in 2011 with members devoting time to solo projects after having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music acts.
"Pretty Persuasion" is a song by R.E.M. that was first released on the band's 1984 album Reckoning. It was released as a promotional single and reached number 44 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart. According to R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher,it is often regarded as "the 'archetypal' R.E.M. anthem".
Collapse into Now is the fifteenth and final studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on March 7,2011,on Warner Bros. Produced by Jacknife Lee,who previously worked with the band on Accelerate (2008),the album was preceded by the singles "It Happened Today","Mine Smell Like Honey","Überlin" and "Oh My Heart".
Part Lies,Part Heart,Part Truth,Part Garbage 1982–2011 is a 2011 greatest hits album from alternative rock band R.E.M. Intended as a coda on their career,this is the first compilation album that features both their early work on independent record label I.R.S. Records in addition to their 10 studio releases through Warner Bros. Records. The double-disc retrospective was released through Warner Bros. on November 11,2011,and was compiled by the band members;the existence of the compilation was revealed simultaneously with the group's announcement that they were disbanding on September 21,2011.
Complete Rarities:Warner Bros. 1988–2011 is a 2014 compilation album featuring live songs,singles' b-sides and non-album tracks recorded by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records. All material has been previously released either physically or in digital-only formats.
R.E.M. at the BBC is a 2018 live album box set by American alternative rock band R.E.M. released on October 19,2018. The eight-disc compilation features sessions recorded between 1984 and 2008,including a bonus DVD of videos. Additionally,a two-disc best-of collection was released on the same day.
