Document (album)

Occupation

Document is the fifth studio album by the alternative rock band REM and their sixth album overall.

The album

Document was published in 1987 a few months after their rarities compilation Dead Letter Office and is the last album that was released with new songs under the label IRS Records. Document is the fifth regular studio album by the group, which will also be noted on the record sleeve again.

Significantly the Document is that it the first U.S. Top 10 hit, the volume contains ( The One I Love reached # 9 on the charts in the U.S.) and the first album of their career is, which was certified platinum. The album reached the 10th place in the U.S. charts, and also number 76 in the total annual hit parade of the U.S. Billboard charts in 1987 and arrived in the UK until at chart position 29 The single release It's the End of the World as We know It (And I Feel Fine ) proved to be a great commercial success.

The band at this time was to be on the way, a great rock group with an international reputation - but not always to the delight of their fans, who then often were composed of college students. But R.E.M. sign in the following year a new record deal with the major label Warner Bros. Records, and her commercial success should continue to rise in the coming years.

2002 Document was listed by the music magazine Rolling Stone in the ranking of " Rolling Stones " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " as # 470.

Title list

All songs (except Strange ) by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

Persons involved

  • Bill Berry - bass, percussion, drums
  • Peter Buck - guitar
  • Mike Mills - bass, drums
  • Michael Stipe - vocals

Studio albums: Murmur (1983 ) | Reckoning ( 1984) | Fables of the Reconstruction (1985 ) | Lifes Rich Pageant ( 1986) | Document (1987 ) | Green ( 1988) | Out of Time (1991 ) | Automatic for the People (1992 ) | Monster (1994 ) | New Adventures in Hi- Fi ( 1996) | Up ( 1998) | Reveal ( 2001) | Around the Sun (2004 ) | Accelerate ( 2008) | Collapse into Now (2011)

Singles ( selection): The One I Love (1987 ) | It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine ) (1987 ) | Stand (1989 ) | Losing My Religion (1991 ) | Shiny Happy People (1991 ) | Man on the Moon (1992 ) | Bang and Blame (1994 ) | imitation of Life (2001)

  • Album ( Alternative Rock )
  • Album 1987
  • R.E.M. album
Record label Genre The One I Love (R.E.M. song) Rock music Bass guitar Singing Murmur (album) Out of Time (Album) Monster (R.E.M.-Album) New Adventures in Hi-Fi Up (R.E.M.-Album) Reveal (R.E.M. album) Accelerate (R.E.M. album) Man on the Moon (song) Imitation of Life (song)
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