Michael Stipes R.E.M. Peter Buck "UP" Sealed Original 1998 US Rock 2 LP & Poster
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R.E.M. "UP" - Warner Bros. Records 47112 (1998) (USA) ...This auction is for an original, factory sealed Double Record on (US) vinyl. This record was available in a limited pressing and are getting harder to find still sealed. Also included is a 2-sided promotional album size poster flat with the album art on one side.
New Adventures in Hi-Fi functioned as the starting point for Up, R.E.M.'s first album without drummer Bill Berry and their first that truly repudiates the legacy of jangle pop. Up is dominated by keyboards, muted percussion, buried guitars, and moody melodies -- only "Daysleeper" finds the group in familiar sonic territory. What's striking about the album is that it doesn't sound like a dramatic departure; even without the ringing guitars, it sounds like R.E.M.
Track listing and reviews below...
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Detailed item info:
Album Features UPC: 093624711216 Artist: R.E.M. Format: 2LPRelease Year: 1998 Record Label: Warner Bros. Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
Track Listing:
RECORD 1
Side A
1. Airportman
2. Lotus
3. Suspicion
Side B
1. Hope
2. At My Most Beautiful
3. The Apologist
4. Sad Professor
RECORD 2
Side C
1. You're in the Air
2. Walk Unafraid
3. Why Not Smile
4. Daysleeper
Side D
1. Diminished
2. Parakeet
3. Falls to Climb
Details Playing Time: 64 min. Contributing Artists: Scott McCaughey, Barrett Martin Producer: R.E.M., Pat McCarthy, Patrick McCarthy Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo
Album Notes
R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals, guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass).
Principally recorded at La Casa Del Elefante, Seattle, Washington; Toast, San Francisco, California; John Keane Studios, Athens, Georgia; Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
Audio Mixers: Suzanne Dyer; John Hanlon; John Keane; Alex Lowe; Nigel Godrich; Patrick McCarthy; R.E.M.
The departure of drummer Bill Berry in 1997 no doubt unsettled his former R.E.M.-mates, who found themselves straddling not only creative, but personal crossroads. Rather than giving up, the remaining members of R.E.M. reinvented themselves and released UP, a stunning, eloquent album of dark vulnerability and experimentalism. The emotional disquiet Stipe evokes is nearly shocking in its plainspoken lyricism. Songs like the agonized "Sad Professor" and the wary, hypnotic "Suspicion" seem almost too naked for Stipe, who spent years cloaking his words in mumbles and misnomers. For the first time, lyrics are even included in the packaging."Hope" is a breathless, galloping piece of pseudo-electronica that raises the ghost of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" before ending in a heady roar of noise. The gorgeous jangle of "At My Most Beautiful" is pure poetry, an unabashed disclosure of Buck's giddy reverence for Brian Wilson. Although a drum machine is used at times (Beck drummer Joey Waronker and Tuatara percussionist Barrett Martin also guest on many tracks), an array of disparate sounds, from vibes to violin, infuses the songs with a newfound expressiveness. UP is unlike any other album in the band's long catalogue--a bold, brilliant spark of musical genius and genuine empathetic revelation.
Editorial Reviews
- Stars (out of 5) - ...R.E.M.'s great knack is to make everything they play sound organic....Up's bashfulness brings with it a peculiar grace....there is a market for warped, experimental rock music as beautiful as this...
Q (19981201)
...UP is the sound of the band trying to reshape its sound and vision. Their solution is to focus on mid-tempo, or often no-tempo, hymns and ballads. The shift suits them...
Entertainment Weekly (19981030)
8 (out of 10) - ...UP floats away from R.E.M.'s past moorings in weighty, enigmatic symbolism....UP's lushly arranged tunes show off Stipe at his most, er, beautiful; narcissistic retreat into private space, a self-indulgence for some celebs, is a necessity for him...
Spin (19981201)
Ranked #15 on Spin's list of Top 20 Albums of '98.
Spin (19990101)
...a look back and a dream forward from the greatest rock-ballad band that ever existed....Buck and Mills have orchestrated their rock as never before. Losing Berry has allowed R.E.M. to literally think outside the rock box...
Rolling Stone (19981112)
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