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Dead Letter Office - released in the year 1987, is composed of covers and originals of b-sides throughout the I.R.S. years. The history behind the songs is just as interesting as the songs themselves! Originals such as Ages of You -- which was recorded and intended to be put on the band's EP Chronic Town, but was replaced with Stumble instead due to Ages of You having a much more pop-ier sound, which would have not quite fit with the theme of Chronic Town -- and Burning Down -- which is an unfinished recording that was initially intended to be put on the band's second LP Reckoning. But according to guitarist Peter Buck, they got bored of it, and moved on with Reckoning with the absence of the song -- are truly magnificent tracks. Recordings such as Voice of Harold -- which composes of the instrumentation including backing vocals from 7 Chinese Bros., along with readings from the Bible and lyrics based on Harold in the Bible sang by lead singer and predominant songwriter Michael Stipe; was recorded to boost the confidence of Stipe during the recording sessions of Reckoning -- are keen to Dead Letter Office. The instrumentals will not make you bored! Original instrumentals White Tornado and Rotary Ten are extremely catchy! Covers such as Crazy, Toys in the Attic, Femme Fatale, etc. are given the R.E.M. touch, and sound truly wonderful. Dead Letter Office is truly an amazing album and collection of covers and originals! -- I personally love it!!!! 3 --Read full review
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Not only does this CD contain the amazing "Chronic Town" EP which introduced the world to R.E.M., it also contains b-sides to singles that were not before available on an album, many of which are cover songs. As a whole, the collection is fun to listen to. It has a loose, friendly, back porch vibe.
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While they were redefining popular music, becoming superstars, amassing a fortune and remaining remarkably grounded, R.E.M., on occasion, had fun. I like the goofy out-takes and my favorite is getting the Chronic Town EP in digital entirety. Chronic Town and the Radio Free Europe single garnered the lion's share of air time on Athens' WUOG and was the background music for early -80's UGA students, many of whom were picking up instruments and dreaming big. Lots of entertaining surprises and deeper insight into why they were, and are, great.
I dig the first R.E.M. album because you only can understand maybe half of the words Michael Stipe is saying. I like making my own words when I cant figure out theirs.Also, this was at a point in their career that they were eating L.S.D. like beer nuts. I love those acid soaked lyrics."teeth...heh.heh." Good times!
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