Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724349348028
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Packaged Height: 54 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 555 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 497 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 1998-01-27
Studio: Capitol
Product Description:
R.E.M. Photos More from R.E.M.
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Customer Reviews:
 The Final Document, 2008-11-24
R.E.M. ended their tenure at IRS Records with their second 5-star album, "Document." Having flirted with mainstream production with Don Geham on Lifes Rich Pageant, the switch to producer Scott Litt kept the smoother, more arena ready sound, but brought back some of the band's trademark atmosphere. "Document" also became R.E.M.'s first album to sport a hit single, the breakout "The One I Love."
Along with The Police's "Every Breath You Take," "The One I Love's" tale of obsession and paranoia marks one of the most deceptive Top 10 love songs of the 80's. It also sported one of Peter Buck's heaviest riffs. Paired with the high speed rant of "It's The End Of The World as We Know It," (which might as well have become a hit), "Document" boosted R.E.M, from the arms of its beloved cult and into the arms of the mainstream.
Even with that new-found appeal, it's amazing just how political the band was becoming. "ITEOTWAWKI," "King Of Birds" and "Welcome To The Occupation" all some charged lyrical content, upping the ante from "Pageant." There was still plenty of jangle-pop and Byrds-ish chiming to go around, like "Finest Worksong" and "End of the World," but by finding a sympathetic soul with Producer Litt (who would helm them for the next few albums and their peak Automatic for the People, "Document" was R.E.M. hitting their stride and setting themselves up for the bidding war that Warner Brothers ultimately won (Green).
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