Dead Letter Office – R.E.M.April 20th, 1987 or iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Alternative Released: Apr 20, 1987 Customer Ratings (48 Ratings)
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Dead Letter Office – R.E.M.View More By R.E.M.. Customer ReviewsBetter than most A-side recordings (5 stars)This remains my favorite R.E.M. album, capturing them in their most creative and spontaneous moments. I remember when this was released as a throwaway B-side and outtakes compilation thinking "This is better than most of the dreck many bands put out as new material!" The fact that the Chronic Town EP has been added in on the CD/download is a super extra bonus. I've listened to this so much over the years that "Voices of Harol Before rem mailed it in... (5 stars) You can divide rem's career into 2 parts: their first 4 albums (chronic town, murmur, reckoning and DLO) and the drivel they produced afterwards. Dead Letter Office is a collection of B-sides, covers and out-takes and its now being packaged with Chronic Town. It offers a glimpse at a band that didn't take itself that seriously and figured that most songs could be improved by simply playing them faster. These were the albums that changed alte Chronic Town (5 stars) NOTE: This review is only for the original "Chronic Town" EP featured in the last 5 tracks of this album, and ignores the rest of the tracks. There's not much left to say about this band that hasn't already been said. Their albums from "Murmur" through "Automatic for the People" have been praised by critics, fans, and general music lovers alike for years. But what has largely been ignored by all but the BiographyFormed: 1980 in Athens, GAGenre: Rock Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s R.E.M. marked the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional...
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