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Green is the sixth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released in the United States on November 8, 1988, by Warner Bros. Records and the following day in the UK and Europe. The second album to be produced by the band and Scott Litt , it continued to explore political issues both in its lyrics and packaging.
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Instrumentally, the song was almost entirely composed by Mike Mills, with Michael Stipe supplying the lyric and vocal (Mills' backing vocal is "Gonna miss you, boy"). [3] Peter Buck hated the song when it was initially recorded, claiming its only redeeming feature was his banjo solo, and it was only included on the album at the last minute.
The lyrics frequently refer to making and avoiding phone calls. It is also an air pump such as the one used for inflatable mattresses. All three meanings seem to involve wordplay, but this seems to be the primary meaning. [clarification needed] Mike Mills said: "It's about somebody that doesn't have a place to stay.
"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". [3]
In the liner notes to the compilation album Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011, Mike Mills wrote that the guitar solo to this song was played by himself, guitarist Peter Buck and producers Easter and Don Dixon on multiple acoustic guitars. [5] Buck said: "We'd never played it all the way through before.
"Get Up" is the fourth and final single released by R.E.M. from the band's sixth album Green (1988). It was included in the limited edition Singleactiongreen box set released in November 1989. The song was released as a single only in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Michael Stipe about Mike Mills.
The music video shows Chessie System trains running around Clifton Forge, Virginia. [citation needed] Guitarist Peter Buck admitted in the liner notes for the band's 2003 compilation album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 that the verse chords for the song "Imitation of Life" were unintentionally taken from the verse chords of "Driver 8."