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This LP has been play graded.  Side B track 4 has 1 light pop.  Picture re-used as this one no longer has original plastic outer sleeve. NM


High Quality 180g Vinyl Pressed at RTI! Remastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman From Original Stereo Master Tapes!
R.E.M.'s Beloved 1988 Album Receives The WB/Rhino Vinyl Treatment!
Ranked #97 - Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists!
R.E.M.'s beloved sixth studio album receives 25th Anniversary audiophile treatment by WB Rhino!
Released in November 1988, "Green" was the group's major label debut for Warner Bros. Records. The album represented a stylistic departure from its guitar-driven rock sound to an acoustic approach. Exploring left-wing political values, the group promoted 'green' politics through the album from its the name to its packaging and lyrics.
R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Throughout the '80s, they worked relentlessly, releasing records every year and touring constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-'80s to scores of alternative pop groups in the '90s, who admired their slow climb to stardom.
Features: • 180g HQ Rhino Vinyl • Pressed at RTI • Re-mastered by Chris Bellman • Re-mastered at Bernie Grundman studio • Re-mastered from original analog stereo masters • 25th Anniversary Reissue • Original art & packaging
Selections: 1. Pop Song 89 2. Get Up 3. You Are The Everything 4. Stand 5. World Leader Pretend 6. The Wrong Child 7. Orange Crush 8. Turn You Inside-Out 9. Hairshirt 10. I Remember California