VINYL FORMAT. "Leaving behind the garagey jangle pop of their first recordings, R.E.M. developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut album, Murmur. Heightening the enigmatic tendencies of Chronic Town by de-emphasizing the backbeat and accentuating the ambience of the ringing guitar, R.E.M. created a distinctive sound for the album - one that sounds eerily timeless. Even though it is firmly in the tradition of American folk-rock, post-punk, and garage rock, M...   [ read more ]

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Prepared in conjunction with the band, this 25th Anniversary Edition features the original album remastered as well as a previously unreleased live show recorded in Toronto, July 1983. Includes new essays by album producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, and former I.R.S. executives Jay Boberg, Sig Sigworth, Carlos Grasso and Michael Plen. Leaving behind the garagey jangle pop of their first recordings, R.E.M. developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut a...   [ read more ]

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