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Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records. The album was recorded at Reflection Studios in Charlotte , North Carolina, with musicians Don Dixon and Mitch Easter serving as producers.
Murmur (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition): A vintage radio promo for the original Murmur album is hidden in the bonus disc's pregap. Reckoning (1984): A short, untitled song plays in between "Camera" and "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" and another is featured on the first pressing of the album at the end of final track "Little America;" this was ...
Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: 2011 "Walk It Back" Collapse into Now: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Jacknife Lee and R.E.M. 2011 "Walk Unafraid" Up: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe: Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. 1998 "Wall of Death" Beat the Retreat Richard Thompson tribute ...
A live performance at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, Canada, from July 9, 1983, was released on the 2008 Deluxe Edition reissue of Murmur. Michael Stipe has stated that "Talk About the Passion" was a song about hunger, but the lyrics were not clear enough, with the only direct reference in the song being to "empty mouths". [3]
Murmur: R.E.M. 1983 Stephen M. Deusner — [37] 13 February 2009 Paul's Boutique: Beastie Boys: 1989 Nate Patrin — [38] 26 March 2009 Histoire de Melody Nelson: Serge Gainsbourg: 1971 Tom Ewing — [39] 16 April 2009 The Bends: Radiohead: 1995 Scott Plagenhoef — [40] 2 July 2009 Reckoning: R.E.M. 1984 Matt LeMay — [41] 7 September 2009 In ...
A performance at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, Ontario, from July 9, 1983, was released on the 2008 Deluxe Edition reissue of Murmur. A performance from Chicago's Aragon Ballroom from July 7, 1984 was released on the 2009 Deluxe Edition reissue of Reckoning.
Despite the song being named after the United States government broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mike Mills claimed in the liner notes to the two-CD edition of And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 that the song's content was unrelated to the network and that the name was picked purely because it sounded appealing.
[35] Joe Sasfy of The Washington Post felt that the songs on the album "trump even Murmur ' s outstanding songwriting" and stated "there isn't an American band worth following more than R.E.M." [45] NME reviewer Mat Snow wrote that Reckoning "confirms R.E.M. as one of the most beautifully exciting groups on the planet" and called the album ...