Monster is the ninth studio album by American rock band R.E.M.,released on September 27,1994,by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by the band and Scott Litt and recorded at four studios. The album was an intentional shift from the style of their previous two albums,Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992),by introducing loud,distorted guitar tones and simple lyrics.
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.
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 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 best of the band's recorded catalogue.
Around the Sun is the thirteenth studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released on October 5,2004 on Warner Bros. Records. The album was supported by several singles and a world tour. It was commercially successful but received mixed reception and is often considered the weakest in the band's catalogue.
"Leaving New York" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the lead single from the band's 13th studio album,Around the Sun (2004). Although it was not as heavily promoted as earlier singles,it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart,becoming their 11th and final top-10 hit there. However,the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100,becoming the only lead US single from an R.E.M. studio album not to chart on the US Hot 100 besides "Cant Get There from Here" from Fables of the Reconstruction in 1985.
Perfect Square is a 2004 concert film of the alternative rock band R.E.M.,filmed on July 19,2003,at the Bowling Green in Wiesbaden,Germany. It was released by Warner Reprise Video on March 9,2004.
"Electrolite" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released as the closing track from their tenth studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996),and as the album's third single later that year. The song is a piano-based ballad dedicated to Hollywood and the closing twentieth century. Frontman Michael Stipe initially objected to including the song on the album,but was convinced by his bandmates Peter Buck and Mike Mills.
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" is the second and final single released by American rock band R.E.M. from their second studio album,Reckoning. The song failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Charts.
"Near Wild Heaven" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released in August 1991 as the third single from their seventh studio album,Out of Time (1991). The song was also the first single released by the band to have had its lyrics both co-written and sung by bassist Mike Mills. According to a quote from Peter Buck in R.E.M. Inside Out:The Stories Behind Every Song by Craig Rosen,the lyrics are a collaboration between Mills and lead singer Michael Stipe. It peaked at No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart but the single was not released in the United States. Mike Mills had written the lyrics to the single "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville",and he had sung the cover song "Superman",but he had not sung his own work on a released-as-a-single recording.
Accelerate is the fourteenth 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.
"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. was an American alternative rock band formed in Athens,Georgia 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 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.
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.
Green is the sixth studio album by American rock band R.E.M.,released on November 7,1988,by Warner Bros. Records. The second album to be produced by the band and Scott Litt,it continued to explore political issues both in its lyrics and packaging. The band experimented on the album,writing major-key rock songs and incorporating new instruments into their sound including the mandolin,as well as switching their original instruments on other songs.
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.
