R.E.M. - Green

£ 14

$ 19

£ 14 Sold For

Mar 18, 2016 Sold Date

Sep 14, 2015 Start Date

1 Number Of Bids

Germany Country Of Seller

eBay Sold at

save auction

Description

General

Article name: Green
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: RHINO Number of tracks: 11

Tracklist LP - 1

1. R.E.M. - Pop Song 89 2. R.E.M. - Get Up 3. R.E.M. - You Are the Everything 4. R.E.M. - Stand 5. R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend 6. R.E.M. - Wrong Child 7. R.E.M. - Orange Crush 8. R.E.M. - Turn You Inside Out 9. R.E.M. - Hairshirt 10. R.E.M. - I Remember California 11. R.E.M. - Untitled

Description

As far as major-label debuts by underground bands go, Green is fairly uncompromising. While it displays a more powerful guitar sound on "Get Up," "Turn You Inside Out," and "Orange Crush," it also takes more detours than Document, whether it's the bizarrely affecting contemporary folk of "The Wrong Child" and "You Are the Everything," the bubblegum of "Stand" and "Pop Song 89," or the introspection of the lovely "Hairshirt" and "World Leader Pretend." But instead of presenting a portrait of a band with a rich, eclectic vision, Green is incoherent. While its best moments are flat-out great, the band has bitten off more than it can chew; many of the songs sound like failed experiments, and its arena-ready production now sounds slightly dated. Nevertheless, half of the record is brilliant, and it certainly indicates that R.E.M. are continuing to diversify their sound. [A 25th Anniversary Edition was released in 2013.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine