Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M.'s third album, was released in 1985. It featured a darker and distinctly Southern sound that distinguished it from the previous two albums in the R.E.M. catalogue. It also sold the most records out of any of their albums up to that point, selling 300,000 copies.
The album reached 28 on the U. S. Billboard 200 and was certified gold.
Track listing[]
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.
- "Feeling Gravitys Pull" – 4:51
- "Maps and Legends" – 3:10
- "Driver 8" – 3:23
- "Life and How to Live It" – 4:06
- "Old Man Kensey" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe) – 4:08
- "Cant Get There from Here" – 3:39
- "Green Grow the Rushes" – 3:46
- "Kohoutek" – 3:18
- "Auctioneer (Another Engine)" – 2:44
- "Good Advices" – 3:30
- "Wendell Gee" – 3:01
Personnel[]
- R.E.M.
- Bill Berry – drums, vocal (credited as "WT Berry – Best Boy")
- Peter Buck – guitar, banjo, harmonica (credited as "PL Buck – Ministry of Music")
- Mike Mills – bass guitar, piano, vocal (credited as "ME Mills – Consolate Mediator")
- Michael Stipe – lead vocal (credited as "JM Stipe – Gaffer Interpreter")
| Albums by R.E.M. |
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| Murmur • Reckoning • Fables of the Reconstruction • Lifes Rich Pageant • Document • Green • Out of Time • Automatic for the People • Monster • New Adventures in Hi-Fi • Up • Reveal • Around the Sun • Accelerate • Collapse into Now |