Document

by R.E.M.

Document cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 August 1987
  • Label: I.R.S.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:50
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: Fergal O'Ceallachain, Ron Boustead, Bill Berry, David Agnew, Elizabeth Leonard, Michael Healy, David Martin, Anne Page, Sou-Chun Su, Willard Shull, Pamela Forde, Elizabeth Proctor Murphy, Sebastian Petiet, Peter Buck, Annette Cleary, Ellie Arenz, Helen Porter, Get The Horns Section, Elizabeth Dean, Jun-Ching Lin, Nicola Cleary, Debbie Ellis, Ruth Mann, Michael Stipe, Hillary O'Donovan, Jenniffer Cassidy, Douglas Sommer, Peter Crooks, Paul O'Hanlon, Cliona O'Driscoll, Paul Murphy, Eoin Daly, Jere Flint, Jay Christy, Nan Maddox, David Arenz, Shaun Hooke, Carol Quigley, Heidi Nitchie, Ruth Murphy, Michelle Lalor, Daniel Laufer, David James, Reid Harris, David Braitberg, David Carmody, Eileen Murphy, Christopher Rex, Marcus Miller, Mike Mills, Patti Gouvas, Sunniva Fitzpatrick

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Document' marked a significant turning point for R.E.M., featuring a sharper, more muscular alternative rock sound and increasingly decipherable vocals from Michael Stipe. The album is anchored by cryptic, politically conscious lyricism that critiques the Reagan administration alongside fiercely energetic, jangle-pop guitar hooks. It successfully propelled the Athens quartet from college-radio darlings into the mainstream consciousness.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, political, conscious, jangly, witty

Tracklist

  1. Finest Worksong (3:50)
  2. Welcome To The Occupation (2:48)
  3. Exhuming McCarthy (3:21)
  4. Disturbance At The Heron House (3:34)
  5. Strange (2:33)
  6. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (4:06)
  7. The One I Love (3:18)
  8. Fireplace (3:24)
  9. Lightnin' Hopkins (3:21)
  10. King Of Birds (4:10)
  11. Oddfellows Local 151 (5:21)

Credits

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