Green
by R.E.M.
- Type: Album
- Released: 7 November 1988
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:00
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Peter Buck
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marking their high-profile major-label debut, 'Green' balances quirky, mandolin-driven folk rock with muscular, stadium-ready alternative anthems that expanded their sonic horizons. Michael Stipe addresses environmental and political themes with a distinctive blend of deadpan irony, bubblegum pop sensibility, and genuine sincerity. The record successfully introduced the Athens, Georgia quartet to a massive global audience while rigorously retaining their core, jangly neo-psychedelic roots.
Genres
Descriptors: political, melodic, jangly, acoustic, diverse
Tracklist
- Pop Song 89 (3:04)
- Get Up (2:41)
- You Are The Everything (3:44)
- Stand (3:12)
- World Leader Pretend (4:19)
- The Wrong Child (3:38)
- Orange Crush (3:51)
- Turn You Inside-Out (4:17)
- Hairshirt (3:55)
- I Remember California (5:03)
- Untitled (3:09)
Credits
- R.E.M. - primary artist, producer
- Frank Olinsky - design [packaging design], layout, graphic design
- Jon McCafferty - design [packaging design], layout, photography by [photographs], sleeve [packaging alliance], graphic design, photography
- Michael Stipe - design [packaging design], layout, performer, photography by [photographs], sleeve [packaging alliance], songwriter [all songs], graphic design, photography
- Tom Laune - engineer [second engineer - ardent], assistant recording
- George Cowan - engineer [second engineer - bearsville], assistant mix
- Thom Cadley - engineer [second engineer - bearsville], assistant mix
- Jay Healy - engineer, mixed by, mix
- Scott Litt - engineer, mixed by, producer, mix
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
- Susan Green - other [interloper]
- Bill Berry - performer, songwriter [all songs]
- Mike Mills - performer, songwriter [all songs]
- Peter Buck - performer, songwriter [all songs]
- Jem Cohen - photography by [photographs], photography
- Michael Tighe - photography by [photographs], photography
- Curtis Goodman - supervised by [overseen by]
- Robert Hall - technician [drum technician]
- Chris Laidlaw - technician [studio assistants]
- Jeff Kahan - technician [studio assistants]
- Jane Scarpantoni - musician [additional musicians], cello
- Bucky Baxter - musician [additional musicians], pedal steel guitar [pedal steel]
- Keith LeBlanc - musician [additional musicians], percussion