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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0007599257952 Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea Sales Rank: 7010 MPN: 25795
Amazon.com: Green catapulted R.E.M. from campus cult favorites to rock stars of the highest order. The album contains three of the Athens, Georgia, quartet's most popular radio hits ("Pop Song 89," "Stand," and "Orange Crush"), punching up the big rock hooks and letting the spooky independent production slip away. Some diehard fans cried "Sellout!" but that's a strange attitude given singer Michael Stipe's environmental activism. "I'm very scared of this world," he sings above jangling mandolins on "You Are the Everything." It's still unclear what he's trying to say, but at least we can understand the words this time. --Steve Knopper
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Rating: - Should we talk about the Government?
Warner Brothers took home the trophy when R.E.M. reached the end of their IRS contract, and before "Green" was even released, the murmurs of "sell-out" began. Oddly enough, the band had been consistently ... Read More
Rating: - Green
R.E.M.-Green ***1/2
First off, Green is not that bad of an album. Though it isn't that great of an album either, especially for a group like R.E.M. Now I am not going to get into the whole sellout ... Read More
Rating: - R.E.M. begins to rise from the underground
The 1990s music landscape saw Alternative Rock begin to basically become part of the mainstream music fold. Alternative Rock actually had its roots in the 1980s. Alternative Rock really ties itself to ... Read More
Rating: - Great Major Label Debut
Only four stars for this album? Green is absolutely amazing. I've read reviews where people say this album is more mainstream than their earlier work. I wouldn't agree with those statements. It is different from ... Read More
Rating: - Truly Spectacular
This is personally my favorite album (and I own all R.E.M.'s albums)as it is the album that got me into this group. This is an excellent album to start out with if you are not too familiar with R.E.M. Songs like ... Read More
- Great Major Label Debut