Monster is the ninth studio album by American rock band R.E.M.,released on September 27,1994,by Warner Bros. Records. Produced by the band and Scott Litt and recorded at four studios,the album was an intentional stylistic shift from R.E.M.'s previous two albums,Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992),with loud,distorted guitar tones and simple arrangements. Michael Stipe's lyrics at times deal with the nature of celebrity,and some are sung from the viewpoint of a character.
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.
"What's the Frequency,Kenneth?" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their ninth studio album,Monster (1994). The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986,when two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather,while repeating "Kenneth,what is the frequency?"
"Crush with Eyeliner" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released as the fourth single from their ninth studio album,Monster (1994). Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore provides background vocals. Michael Stipe claims the song was inspired by the band New York Dolls,who,in his opinion,"knew how to exaggerate a song,to make it sound really sleazy and over the top." This was also one of the first songs that surfaced from Stipe after the writer's block that hounded him after the death of his friend,actor River Phoenix.
"Strange Currencies" is a song by American rock band R.E.M. It was included on their ninth studio album,Monster (1994),and was released as the album's third single on April 18,1995. The single reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 47 in the United States. Like "Everybody Hurts" on R.E.M.'s previous album,it has a time signature of 6
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"Tongue" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released on July 17,1995 as the fifth and final single from their ninth studio album,Monster (1994). It was only released in the US,UK,and Ireland. In the song,lead singer Michael Stipe performs in falsetto;he has stated on several occasions that the narrator of the song is female. Stipe has also said the track is "all about cunnilingus".
Tourfilm (1990) is a documentary-style concert film by American rock band R.E.M. The film chronicles the band's 1989 Green tour of North America. Produced by frontman Michael Stipe and director Jim McKay,the black-and-white film features aspects of avant-garde and experimental filmmaking,including handheld camera shots and stock footage.
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 R.E.M. released as their third single and closing track from their tenth studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi. 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.
Parallel is a video feature compiling all of R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People and Monster-era promotional videos,as well as several recorded for this release alone. It was released on video on May 30,1995,and on DVD format on August 22,2000,both on the Warner Brothers label.
American alternative rock band R.E.M. has released fifteen studio albums,five live albums,fourteen compilation albums,one remix album,one soundtrack album,twelve video albums,seven extended plays,sixty-three singles,and seventy-seven music videos. Formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe,guitarist Peter Buck,bassist Mike Mills,and drummer Bill Berry,the band was pivotal in the development of the alternative rock genre. Their musical style inspired many other alternative rock bands and musicians,and the band became one of the first alternative rock acts to experience breakthrough commercial success. R.E.M. have sold more than ninety million albums worldwide,making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
"Bittersweet Me" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,released as the second single from their 10th studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996). Like much of the album,the song originated while the band were on the road for the Monster tour,although the song was only ever soundchecked and has never been played live as part of a concert. The song was a bigger hit in the United States than the first single from the album,"E-Bow the Letter",except on the Modern Rock Tracks chart,where the first single's number-two peak bested the number-six peak of "Bittersweet Me".
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,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-Compact Disc 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.
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.
REMTV is a six-disc DVD box set collecting appearances by American alternative rock band R.E.M. on MTV and related channels,from 1983 to 2008,released November 24,2014. The collection was compiled by the former band members as they looked through all of the MTV film footage in their vault to prepare the release of Unplugged:The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions.
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.
