R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant LP
The last album R.E.M. made before migrating to Warner Bros., and very arguably the last start-to-finish masterpiece the band created in its acclaimed career, Document turned Georgia’s celebrated sons into mainstream stars. Musically unadulterated and sonically pure, the group’s 1987 work epitomizes the unmistakable sound and feeling of college rock during a period where innocence, experimentation, and adventurousness freely collided before being co-opted and branded as “alt-rock.” Document is the record to which everyone refers when citing R.E.M. as the premier example of how a respected band is expected to behave, evolve, and maintain its integrity after experiencing mass success.
Finest Worksong
Welcome to the Occupation
Exhuming McCarthy
Disturbance at the Heron House
Strange
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The One I Love
Fireplace
Lightnin’ Hopkins
King of Birds
Oddfellows Local 151