- Band Name: R.E.M.
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Release Date: Nov 15, 2011
- Band members: Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
- Summary: The two-disc compilation release for the alternative rock band led by Michael Stipe collects not only the hit singles from its time on Warner Brothers Records but also from its first label, I.R.S. records, and includes three new songs.
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Dec 12, 2011100Pageant has aged well, with the bonus disc of Athens Demos confirming that much of the album's brilliance is down to band and producer making the most of slum resources.[Aug. 2011, p. 113]
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Nov 11, 2011100Not only did they change the course of rock music; they also sustained an inspired creativity for almost two decades, something that the career arc of this retrospective brings into focus, right down to the Bacharach-esque touches of the final unreleased tracks, which pleasingly bring things full-circle in certain ways.
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Nov 29, 201160[Disc two] makes clear the fact that R.E.M. never could get back to the top of the mountain for most of their career
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