R.E.M. - RECKONING - 1983

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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 the cod-country of "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" and the brisk but disillusioned tour around "Little America." An astonishingly assured and uncommercial half-sibling to MURMUR: file under water.

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.

R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Mike Mills (vocals, bass); Bill Berry (vocals, drums); Peter Buck (guitar).

Rolling Stone (p.77) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he powerful RECKONING established the band as bona fide leaders of the new American indie-rock underground."

Tracklist:
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

Link:
RECKONING

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