Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on April 12,1983,by I.R.S. Records. The album was recorded at Reflection Studios in Charlotte,North Carolina,with musicians Don Dixon and Mitch Easter serving as producers. Murmur drew critical acclaim upon its release for its unusual sound,defined by lead singer Michael Stipe's cryptic lyrics,guitarist Peter Buck's jangly guitar style,and bass guitarist Mike Mills's melodic basslines. In 2003,the album was ranked number 197 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It retained the position in the 2012 list and was raised to number 165 in the 2020 revision.
William Thomas Berry is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style,Berry also played other instruments,including guitar,bass guitar and piano,both for songwriting and on R.E.M. albums. In 1995,Berry suffered a cerebral aneurysm onstage and collapsed. After a successful recovery he left the music industry two years later to become a farmer,and has since maintained a low profile,making sporadic reunions with R.E.M. and appearing on other artists' recordings. His departure made him the only member of the band to not remain with them during their entire run. Berry eventually returned to the industry in 2022.
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 band's final album recorded with founding drummer 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.
Reveal is the twelfth studio album by American rock band R.E.M. It was released on May 14,2001,through Warner Bros. Records and was the second of three albums by the band to be produced with Pat McCarthy. It was also R.E.M.'s second album as a three-piece following the departure of drummer Bill Berry,and includes contributions from the band's touring members Joey Waronker,Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow. The band recorded the album in various locations,including in Dublin,Miami,Vancouver,and their hometown of Athens,Georgia. The album saw R.E.M. continue to experiment with electronic music as they had on their previous album Up (1998),utilizing keyboards and drum machines,while also retaining elements of their earlier sound.
Hindu Love Gods was an American rock band that was,in essence,an occasional side project of members of R.E.M.,with Warren Zevon and Bryan Cook.
"Radio Song" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released as the fourth single from their seventh album,Out of Time (1991),where it appears as the opening track. Lead singer Michael Stipe once said that he hoped everyone had enough sense of humor to realize that he was "kind of taking the piss of everyone," himself included. Stipe also asked KRS-One,leader of Boogie Down Productions,to contribute to the track. He provides some backing vocals for the track,as well as a closing rap,and appears prominently in the video.
"Electrolite" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released as their third single and closing track from their tenth studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996). The song is a piano-based ballad to Los Angeles,Hollywood icons and the closing 20th century. Initially,Michael Stipe objected to including the song on the album,but was won over by Peter Buck and Mike Mills. It has since become one of his favorite R.E.M. songs as well as one of Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke's;Radiohead has covered the song.
Road Movie is a documentary-style film by rock group R.E.M.,released on both VHS and DVD,charting the conclusion of the band's 1995 worldwide tour in support of Monster,their album released the previous year. Directed by Peter Care,the ninety-minute-long footage features nineteen songs performed over the final three nights of the tour,at The Omni in Atlanta,Georgia. The set-list reads very much like a complete R.E.M. show—gigs on the Monster tour were opened by either "I Took Your Name" or "What's the Frequency,Kenneth?",while the last song of the night was invariably "It's the End of the World as We Know It ". The film is a companion piece to the Tourfilm documentary,which chronicles the band's 1989 tour on the back of the previous year's album Green.
"Country Feedback" is a song by R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time. The title describes the music,rather than describing the song's lyrical content,a series of chaotic,disconnected and keening observations describing the state of mind of a protagonist contemplating the breakdown of a relationship. In 2016,Pitchfork described the track as "the rawest expression of sheer remorse the band ever captured on tape."
In View:The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is a DVD featuring videos by the rock band R.E.M. from 1988 to 2003,released as a companion to the Warner Bros. compilation In Time:The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. All but two of the songs included on the audio CD made the DVD—the exceptions being "All the Right Friends" and "Animal".
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.
"Turn You Inside-Out" is a song by American rock band R.E.M. from their sixth studio album Green. Like all tracks on the album,it was written by group members Michael Stipe,Peter Buck,Mike Mills,and Bill Berry. The song's main guitar riff is an inversion of that used in "Finest Worksong". The recording also features percussion from former Sugar Hill Records house drummer Keith LeBlanc.
Live from London is a live EP by R.E.M. that was recorded on March 26,2008 and released exclusively on iTunes on July 1,2008. It is one of several releases in the Live from London series.
R.E.M. were an American alternative 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,Pixies and Pavement viewed R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left in 1997,the band continued with mixed critical and commercial success. The band broke up amicably in 2011,having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music acts.
Live at The Olympia is a live album by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was recorded during the band's five-night residency at the Olympia Theatre,Dublin,between June 30 and July 5,2007,and released on October 27,2009. In this series of "working rehearsals" the songs on Accelerate were debuted,with many still works in progress. Every song from "Accelerate" appear on the album with the exception of "Hollow Man" and "Sing for the Submarine". The album is a two-CD release,and contains a total of 39 songs. In addition,a DVD with a documentary entitled This Is Not a Show directed by Vincent Moon is included. A special edition box set containing the album on four LPs as well as the two CDs and the DVD is also available.
Live from Austin,TX is a 2010 video album by R.E.M. recorded on March 13,2008 for the television series Austin City Limits. The television broadcast aired on PBS starting March 24,2008.
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.
Unplugged:The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions is a 2014 live album from alternative rock band R.E.M.,released initially on vinyl recordings through Rhino Records for Record Store Day,and later made available on compact disc and digitally. The album is composed of two performances that the band made on the U.S. television show MTV Unplugged. Among the album's 33 tracks are 11 performances which were not aired on either broadcast. To promote the album,Mike Mills signed copies at independent record store Bull Moose in Scarborough,Maine. Video of the concerts was released later that year on REMTV.
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.
