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Artist Icon Document (1987)
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Document es el nombre del quinto álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense procedente de Georgia, R.E.M.. El álbum fue publicado en 1987, poco tiempo después del lanzamiento de su álbum de rarezas Dead Letter Office. Es el último álbum de material nuevo que la banda publica con su antigua discográfica I.R.S. Records.

"Document" fue el primer co-producido por Scott Litt y la banda, cuya colaboración estaría presente en los posteriores álbumes de R.E.M., Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People, Monster y New Adventures in Hi-Fi y el éxito que tuvieron. Con este álbum, R.E.M. alcanzó su primer Top 10 en las listas estadounidenses con The One I Love, que alcanzó el número 9 y consiguieron su primer disco de platino.

Algunas canciones del álbum hacen referencia a la situación de Estados Unidos en la época en la que se lanzó el disco, como el excepticismo americano surgido durante la era de Ronald Reagan, especialmente en relación a la situación con Irán.

La canción "Strange" fue originariamente grabada por la banda pos-punk Wire, aunque se hicieron algunas modificaciones en la letra.

Originalmente en la portada del álbum figuraría el mensaje "File Under Fire" (Documento bajo el fuego), una referencia a lo que Michael Stipe consideró el tema central de la lírica del disco. Un texto similar ("File Under Water", Documento bajo el agua) se puede encontrar en la portada del segundo álbum de la banda Recknoning y en el álbum recopilatorio Eponymous ("File Under Grain", Documento bajo el grano). Algunos de los nombres que se barajaron para el álbum fueron: Mr. Evil Breakfast, Skin Up with R.E.M. y Last Train to Disneyland.
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Back in 1987 R.E.M. were the darlings of college radio and their quirky alternative act had not yet registered on the global stage.

Document was to change all that by being so bloody marvellous that even the mainstream listening audience took the Athens, Georgia-based four-piece to their hearts and propelled them on the road to international superstardom.

Containing their first top 10 hit in the States, The One I Love, and also providing the band with their first platinum album, Document showcases a band at the top of their game and hints at more stunning work still to come.

Featuring Michael Stipe’s increasingly political lyrics and distinctive vocals, combined with Peter Buck's elegantly twisted guitar lines and the superb rhythm section of Mike Mills and Bill Berry, Document doesn’t lose a trick and is a complete rock album from start to finish.

The second single off the album, It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine), cracks along at a scintillating pace and, whilst it didn’t make a big impression on the mainstream charts, is a firm favourite with fans at live shows.

R.E.M. display a wonderful versatility in their songwriting here, and are not content to pen tracks aimed simply for radio play. Other highlights include the wonderfully feedback laden intro to Oddfellows Local 151, the catchy Exhuming McCarthy and Finest Worksong which gives us the cue that this is definitely their finest hour.


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