Album Description: Mid-priced reissue of the foreign edition of their 1987 landmark album with six bonus tracks added, 'Finest Worksong' (Other Mix), 'Last Date', 'The One I Love' (Live), 'Time After Time Etc.' (Live), 'Disturbance At The Heron House' (Live) and 'Finest Worksong' (Lengthy Club Mix). 17 tracks total, also including their first top 10 hit, 'The One I Love', plus the top 75 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)'. The album was their first to make the top 10, their first to go platinum and their last for I.R.S. Records.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Big Surprise
I actually owned every R.E.M. album but Document until I finally broke down. I had thought the two strongest songs would be "The One I Love" and "It's The End of The World...." Since neither of those songs ... Read More
Rating: - The most important R.E.M. work
Following on from the difficult though rewarding Fables Of The Reconstruction and Life's Rich Pageant, R.E.M.'s final independent release, "Document", stands as the best thing they ever did.
Rating: - REM's big breakthrough
This album introduced the world to REM. It also showed a huge growth in songwriting and musicianship from their earlier albums (Murmur, Reckoning, etc). This album is known for the huge hits "The One I Love" and ... Read More
Rating: - A tasty transition
This album deftly blends REM's firmly established mysticism with its burgeoning pop sensibilities. Some of the band's best writing is here on such gems as "Heron House," "Exhuming McCarthy," "End of the World ... Read More
Rating: - Average by REM standards
I can understand why this album became their first big hit album. That doesn't mean to say I really like it though. In fact I think it's their second worst album. Their worst being 'Out of Time'.
- A Big Surprise
- The most important R.E.M. work
- Average by REM standards