R.E.M. Album by Album
Max Pilley
- From
- cowering,
- introverted
- founders
- of
- the
- alternative
- rock
- movement
- to
- one
- of
- the
- twenty
- best-selling
- American
- bands
- of
- all
- time,
- the
- story
- of
- R.E.M.
- covers
- three
- decades,
- two
- generations
- and
- the
- passions
- of
- millions.
- First,
- they
- lifted
- a
- humble,
- Southern
- college
- town
- into
- myth,
- re-calibrating
- rock
- music
- at
- the
- moment
- that
- it
- threatened
- to
- reach
- the
- point
- of
- terminal
- excess,
- and
- then,
- unsatisfied,
- they
- carried
- their
- progressive
- ideology
- right
- into
- the
- heart
- of
- mainstream
- popular
- culture,
- selling
- over
- 85
- million
- records
- and
- winning
- universal
- acclaim
- along
- the
- way,
- totally
- without
- compromise.
- R.E.M.
- Album
- by
- Album
- tells
- that
- story,
- tracing
- the
- band
- from
- its
- formation
- in
- 1980
- when
- four
- young
- men
- sought
- respite
- from
- the
- difficulties
- of
- real
- life
- by
- starting
- a
- covers
- band,
- right
- up
- until
- their
- eventual
- split
- in
- 2011,
- shedding
- new
- light
- on
- the
- lyrical
- and
- musical
- development
- of
- the
- band
- as
- artists,
- from
- their
- esoteric
- early
- masterpieces
- to
- the
- moment
- that
- they
- signed
- the
- world’s
- largest
- ever
- recording
- contract.
- For
- the
- very
- first
- time,
- too,
- we
- examine
- the
- first
- decade
- after
- the
- band’s
- demise,
- scrutinizing
- the
- shifting
- sands
- of
- their
- legacy
- as
- the
- dust
- settles
- on
- one
- of
- pop
- music’s
- most
- extraordinary careers.
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