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Track List
01) Crazy
02) There She Goes Again
03) Burning Down
04) Voice of Harold
05) Burning Hell
06) White Tornado
07) Toys in the Attic
08) Windout
09) Ages of You
10) Pale Blue Eyes
11) Rotary Ten
12) Bandwagon
13) Femme Fatale
14) Walter's Theme
15) King of the Road
16) Wolves, Lower
17) Gardening at Night
18) Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
19) 1,000,000
20) Stumble
01) Crazy
02) There She Goes Again
03) Burning Down
04) Voice of Harold
05) Burning Hell
06) White Tornado
07) Toys in the Attic
08) Windout
09) Ages of You
10) Pale Blue Eyes
11) Rotary Ten
12) Bandwagon
13) Femme Fatale
14) Walter's Theme
15) King of the Road
16) Wolves, Lower
17) Gardening at Night
18) Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
19) 1,000,000
20) Stumble
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2:50
4:13
4:25
3:49
1:56
2:30
2:00
3:44
2:54
2:00
2:17
2:50
1:31
3:15
4:13
3:30
3:55
3:06
5:40
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First Released
1987
Pop-Rock
Moody
Rock/Pop
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Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in 1987. The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made pre-Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as flip sides to their singles internationally. Many of the tracks are favorite cover versions indicating the band's disparate influences and musical tastes, including three Velvet Underground covers, and songs by Pylon, Aerosmith and Roger Miller.
Guitarist Peter Buck composed wry, self-deprecating (and, in one instance, apologetic) liner notes to the songs on the album. Buck initially had doubts about releasing it, saying he felt as though people would perceive the album as the band "trying to cash in, maybe to sell some records," as the ultimate release date predated that of the band's final studio album with IRS, Document, by a mere five months.
The album was initially issued as a 15-song collection on vinyl and cassette, but when its CD edition appeared (now the only available edition of Dead Letter Office) the five tracks from the band's 1982 Chronic Town EP were added. This is also the only current CD availability of Chronic Town.
Dead Letter Office originally reached #52 in the U.S. and #60 in the UK.
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Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in 1987. The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made pre-Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as flip sides to their singles internationally. Many of the tracks are favorite cover versions indicating the band's disparate influences and musical tastes, including three Velvet Underground covers, and songs by Pylon, Aerosmith and Roger Miller.
Guitarist Peter Buck composed wry, self-deprecating (and, in one instance, apologetic) liner notes to the songs on the album. Buck initially had doubts about releasing it, saying he felt as though people would perceive the album as the band "trying to cash in, maybe to sell some records," as the ultimate release date predated that of the band's final studio album with IRS, Document, by a mere five months.
The album was initially issued as a 15-song collection on vinyl and cassette, but when its CD edition appeared (now the only available edition of Dead Letter Office) the five tracks from the band's 1982 Chronic Town EP were added. This is also the only current CD availability of Chronic Town.
Dead Letter Office originally reached #52 in the U.S. and #60 in the UK.
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