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"The One I Love" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on the band's fifth full-length studio album, Document , and also as a 7" vinyl single in 1987. The song was their first hit single, reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , No. 14 in Canada, and later reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart in its 1991 re ...
One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar playing, Stipe's distinctive vocal quality, unique stage presence and cryptic lyrics, Mills's melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry's tight, economical drumming.
"The One I Love" single: Floyd Cramer: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1987 "Laughing" Murmur: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Don Dixon, Mitch Easter: 1983 "Leave" New Adventures in Hi-Fi, A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Scott Litt and R.E.M. 1996 "Leaving New York" Around the Sun
For live performances of the song, Peter Buck alternates between electric guitar (chorus) and keyboard (verse). "Playing keyboard always excites me," Buck explained in a soundbite during MTV Uplink, a recording of the band's performance at New York's Bowery Ballroom in October 1998, "even though it's only with one finger." "But it's a big ...
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Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in April 1987.The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made from before Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as B-sides to their singles internationally.
The original CD booklet's liner notes were expanded with lyrics and a photo gallery. [60] In November 2011 Monster was ranked ninth on Guitar World 's top-ten list of 1994 guitar albums, between Rancid's Let's Go and Tesla's Bust a Nut. [61] Guitar World also included the album on their list "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994". [62]
In the liner notes to the band's compilation album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, Buck stated the song was intended as a "sick tribute" to songwriter Jimmy Webb, citing the use of six-string bass guitar and the song's "semi-rococo chord changes" as examples of Webb's influence. [13]