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Document is the fifth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on September 1, 1987, by I.R.S. Records. It was their first album to be co-produced by the band and Scott Litt . Continuing in the vein of their previous album Lifes Rich Pageant , Document features more audible lyrics and a harder rock sound in comparison to the band's ...
In truth, Stipe carefully crafted the lyrics to many early R.E.M. songs. [7]: 88 Stipe explained in 1984 that when he started writing lyrics they were like "simple pictures", but after a year he grew tired of the approach and "started experimenting with lyrics that didn't make exact linear sense, and it's just gone from there."
The record has become a popular radio dedication to loved ones, relying on a misinterpretation of its refrain, "This one goes out to the one I love." However, subsequent lyrics in the same verse contradict the love song interpretation and suggest a darker, more manipulative theme ("A simple prop to occupy my time").
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, [6] to whom they had been contracted since 1982, having just signed with Warner Bros. Records.
Songs in the Key of X:Music from and Inspired by The X-Files "Revolution" [143] 1997 Batman & Robin soundtrack "Leave" (alternate version) [144] A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack "Draggin' the Line" [145] 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack "The Great Beyond" Man on the Moon soundtrack "All the Right Friends" 2001 Music from ...
"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 in which two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
[4] [6] Prior to the recording of the album, Stipe studied Appalachian music and took an interest in oral storytelling, both of which influenced the material. [1] The combination of the album's sound and the Southern focus of its lyrics have many critics to declare Fables R.E.M.'s most "Southern" album, [7] [11] as well as an example of ...
"Lotus" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., released as the second single from their eleventh studio album, Up (1998). The song is somewhat minimalist, with Michael Stipe singing surreal lyrics in a percussive manner.