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Fables of the Reconstruction
by: REM

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0008811901622
Label: MCA
Manufacturer: MCA
Publisher: MCA
Release Date: April 01, 1992
Studio: MCA
Sales Rank: 166264

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From Amazon.com:
R.E.M.'s third full-length recording, Fables of the Reconstruction delivers the purest distillation of the band's early sound. With the exception of the horn-laden, radio-friendly "Can't Get There from Here," the songs form a connected soundscape. Nearly transparent production highlights the glittering guitar arpeggios, active bass, and the disciplined, patterned drum lines, with organ and spare string arrangements adding texture to several pieces. And then there are the vocals: dense harmonies of voices calling out to each other, a rich humming and howling around Michael Stipe's central mumble. A careful listener can discern most of the lyrics, though what exactly they signify remains unclear. The album is best contemplated in its entirety, and the songs reward careful, repeated listening. This is a seminal alternative album, its material evocative, its ultimate meanings elusive. If your CD collection has room for only a few R.E.M. albums, Fables should be one of them. --Albert Massa

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- That difficult third album...
If you like their pop songs, buy "Green" or "Out Of Time". If you like their lush arrangements buy "Automatic" or "Reveal". If you like them to rock, buy "Document" or "Monster". But if you want to hear a bizarre R.E.M. record that you thought never existed, buy this. "Fables" is my favourite because it sounds so intimate and otherworldly. The production actually benefits from having no bottom end because it lends the album a creepy, skeletal feel that fits the songs. The music is post punk turned rustic, alien and beautiful. The lyrics are amongst Stipe's most moving, whispered to the listener and shot through with a desperate melancholy. In short, R.E.M. for Cure fans. A classic.

Rating:

- Surreal Wonderland
This is definitely REM's least commercial album. There are few catchy melodies and the lyrics are far too indecipherable to be memorable.

But why I love this album is that it has an incredible atmosphere. The murky sound of Buck's guitar and Stipe's murmurs together create a wonderfully textured soundscape. Who cares if you can't hear Stipe's vocals, this is still a surreal wonderland of pure genius.

The songs 'Life and How To Live It', 'Maps and Legends' and 'Can't get there from here' particularly stand out.

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