Document

by R.E.M.

Document cover art

'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

  • Alternative Rock
  • Jangle Pop

Tracklist

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