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Track Listings
| 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 |
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Singer Michael Stipe finally confesses that even he doesn't know what he's trying to say--among the lines flying by are "tryin' to tell you something we don't know" and "there's something going on that's not quite right." But R.E.M.'s roar is at its sharpest, as Peter Buck's guitars twist up surf riffs and the Bill Berry-Mike Mills rhythm section captures the force of forebears Big Star and the Byrds. After half a decade of college-rock heroism, R.E.M. achieved its first hit album thanks to the rambling "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" and the gentle (but subtly barbed) "The One I Love." --Steve Knopper
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Vinyl LP repressing of their 1987 album, their first real commercial breakthrough. Features the hits 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It', 'The One I Love' and more. IRS. 2008.
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By Brian Maitland
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Format:Audio CD
I would find it hard to argue that Document is not REM's finest album from start to finish. Not sure why birds play such a part in the album from the herons ("Disturbance at The Heron House") to the "King of Birds."
Of course, "It's The End of The World" gets all the attention now but listen to this album in its entirety and you can just tell this band hit a home run.
Of course, "It's The End of The World" gets all the attention now but listen to this album in its entirety and you can just tell this band hit a home run.
By Wariner
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the best CD's from REM. I enjoy every song even though I don't what the words mean. My favorite is the The one I love, Finest Worksong just to name a few.
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
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.
Though R.E.M. have been criticised by some as the offspring of early 1980s pop music, this criticism could never be levelled at what they do on "Document". More than anything else, the music on "Document" is proof of the eccentricity R.E.M. were developing during their years at now-defunct independent label IRS.
Often seen as R.E.M.'s effort at "power pop", "Document" really was and is much, much more than that. The amazingly thing about this album is that the band manages to be incredibly funny on the standout "Exhuming McCarthy" and at the same time develop their musicianship into waters they were never to chart after moving to Warners. The dark "Fireplace" and "Lighning Hopkins" were equally brilliant: ominous, yet amazingly powerful for that.
The more familiar, famously sly "The One I Love" might not quite compare with these three tracks, but still it marks out the direction of their best-selling "Automatic For The People" album five years before the fact. "Finest Worksong", especially in its remixed version, was a superb tribute to the past folk heroes in America.
A record that, though acclaimed in its time, is now often forgotten. Nonetheless, if you can only buy one R.E.M. record, it should be this one.
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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. Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Problem with R.E.M.
No, I am not going to bash R.E.M. Far from it! It's just that while I definitely would rank Automatic for the People as my favorite R.E.M. Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by Reviewer
4.0 out of 5 stars
This album is "The One I Love".
This was my first "R.E.M." album, which makes sense since it was the first of theirs to reach the ears of the masses. Read more
Published on April 6 2004 by H3@+h
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pioneers of Alternative Rock / Great Album
REM truly are the pioneers of alternative music this album came out in 1987 at time when hair metal bands ruled the airwaves. Read more
Published on April 1 2004 by N. Damiano
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pioneers of Alternative Rock/ Great Album
REM without a doubt set a standard for Alternative music. They were Indie before it was hip to be. This album is their best work in my opinion this CD is essential for fans of true... Read more
Published on April 1 2004 by N. Damiano
5.0 out of 5 stars
A five-star effort and result.
There're lots of good albums out there, but there's a big gap between good and great... something almost unexplainable. It's like going from one world to another. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2004 by JohnnyDoolittle
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best REM Has to Offer
This is my favorite REM album. It is one of the few cds in my collection I can put on at any time and enjoy no matter what mood I'm in. Read more
Published on Feb 28 2004 by "funky_monk_76"
3.0 out of 5 stars
Really not so good album
This is typical pre-grand success REM album: full of mediocre songs. Only two hit songs are great (It is the end of the world as we know it and The one I love). Read more
Published on Jan 1 2004 by Riku Simonen
5.0 out of 5 stars
DVD-Audio version blows CD out of the water!
It's really a damned shame that EMI has priced the DVD-Audio version of R.E.M.'s "Document" so high and done NOTHING to promote the format, because the sound is awesome! Read more
Published on Nov 3 2003 by W.R. German
4.0 out of 5 stars
R.E.M.'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). Read more
Published on Oct 26 2003 by irishman77
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