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Reckoning by R.E.M.

Reckoning by R.E.M.

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Key Information
Artist: R.E.M.
Record Label: A&M Records (USA)
Genre: Rock and Pop
Subgenre: Alternative
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Album Duration: 37m:57s
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: Disc 1
: 1. Harborcoat
2. 7 Chinese Brothers
3. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
4. Pretty Persuasion
5. Time After Time (Annelise)
6. Second Guessing
7. Letter Never Sent
8. Camera
9. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
10. Little America
More Information
Details: R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Mike Mills (vocals, bass); Bill Berry (vocals, drums); Peter Buck (guitar). Recorded at Reflection Sound, Charlotte, North Carolina. Personnel: Bill Berry (vocals, drums, percussion); Michael Stipe, Mike Mills (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar). Audio Mixer: Mitch Easter. Recording information: Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, NC. Photographers: Ed Colver; Mike Cameron. Unknown Contributor Role: Howard Finster. The murmuring continued with this, R.E.M.'s second album, recorded in only two weeks, and yet critical acclaim and a growing fanbase had not made the music any less elusive. From the cover depiction of a winding river/snake, the jangly music within was similarly ambiguous, drenched in alternately murky, then dazzlingly clear, images. The water theme predominates throughout side one's five-song suite, with talk of harbours, oceans and water towers, crowned by the sublime lament of "So. Central Rain." Later, the melancholic eulogy of "Camera" sits comfortably beside th...
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