Hey, hey, hey! It's an OUT OF TIME anniversary weekend... the band's 7th studio LP, produced by Scott Litt, was released in the UK
#OTD
in 1991 (Mar. 12 in 🇺🇸). What's your favorite Out Of Time track?
Today we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Murmur, the band’s debut album, released way back when on April 12, 1983.
Visit REMHQ to read Bill, Peter, Mike, & Michael's Murmur Memories:
#murmur40
📸
@BossladyVego
30 Years of Automatic For The People! Share your favorite track from the band's eighth album in the comments.
(Though it's 5 years onward, the 25th Anniversary Edition Vinyl & Box Set are available at : )
It's Lifes Rich Pageant day around here today. The band's fourth studio LP, produced by Don Gehman, was released on July 28, 1986.
Share your favorite track and LRP memories in the comments!
#lifesrichpageant
#lifesrichdemand
Just for fun, the guys put together a playlist of their 40 favorite R.E.M. songs. Each picked 10 songs & the results are quite interesting. Michael's are 1-10, Peter's 11-20, Mike's 21-30, & Bill's 31-40. Check it out & let us know your own favorites.
We've just heard Eddie Vedder's awesome version of "Drive" for Sean Penn's new film Flag Day. The band is psyched to have "Drive" in the film which opens in theaters today. Check it out below.
@PearlJam
#eddievedder
"It usually takes a good few years for me to decide where an album stands in the pantheon of recorded work we've done. This one may be third behind Murmur & Automatic for the People" - Mike Mills, Mojo 1996.
Happy anniversary to New Adventures in Hi-Fi. 24 years and counting.
"
@JasonIsbell
's version of 'Driver 8' is stellar! I can’t wait to hear the rest of the record, esp. Now It's Overhead's 'Reverse', one of my favorite songs ever! Congrats to Jason & thanks for shining a light on these awesome GA-based orgs" -Michael
Flashback: Fables Of The Reconstruction was released on June 10th, 1985. Produced by Joe Boyd in London, the album, R.E.M.'s third, included the singles "Can't Get There From Here," "Driver 8," and "Wendell Gee."
“I picked the name [Monster] because I like one-word titles...we can’t ever think of titles.... but also some of the characters on the record are kind of creepy.” - Peter Buck
Today is the anniversary of Monster’s release: 9.27.1994. What’s your favorite Monster Moment?
"We just didn't want to make a safe record. We've got a bunch of mandolin & accordion on the record, and 3 songs with no drums." -
@m_millsey
, Time, Mar. 1989
GREEN was released this week in 1988. Share your favorite track from the band's sixth studio LP in the comments!
GREEN was released on November 7, 1988. R.E.M.'s sixth studio LP included four singles: "Orange Crush," "Pop Song '89," "Get Up," and "Stand." Share your favorite GREEN track in the comments...
Hey, kids, rock ‘n’ roll, nobody tells you where to go, baby….Oh life…it’s bigger…. Follow me/don’t follow me… The world is collapsing around our ears
I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it...
Thanks for listening!
MURMUR was released in the US on this day in 1983. In the book Remarks, Peter said: "When the album was finished I remember thinking, 'God, I can't wait until everyone hears this' Because it was so different... it didn't sound like anything else that was coming out."
In a testament to its staying power and resonance with music fans everywhere, “Losing My Religion” hit the 1 billion stream mark on
@Spotify
this week. Thanks to all who have listened.
🎧:
File Under Water—Reckoning turns 40 today! The band’s second studio album, recorded at Reflection Sound in Charlotte with Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, was released in the UK on April 9. Share your favorite Reckoning track with us in the comments.
Bruce Springsteen's "Philadelphia" repurposed in this film by Don Winslow...
Michael's reaction:  “As Stacey Abrams says, November 3rd is last call—vote as soon as you possibly can to secure our voices in this important moment—what will we make of America?? Lets find out!”
NEW:
#AmericaNeedsPennsylvania
w/ Bruce
@springsteen
!
Donald Trump arrives in Pennsylvania later today.
We need more than **1 MILLION VIEWS** before he lands.
Please RETWEET and QUOTE RETWEET.
!!! TURN VOLUME UP LOUD !!!
Happy Murmur Day!
Today is the anniversary of the release of the band's debut studio album, MURMUR, in 1983.
Here's the video for "Talk About The Passion" directed by Jem Cohen.
#Murmur
"We are all saddened to hear the news. Dolores was a brilliant & generous spirit w/ a quick humor & a stunning voice. Our love to the band & to her family & fans." -Michael Stipe & the whole of R.E.M. & REMHQ
Today marks 27 years of New Adventures in Hi-Fi! R.E.M.’s tenth studio album was released on September 9, 1996, featuring the lead single “E-Bow The Letter” with the one and only Patti Smith. Which track from the album are you queuing up first today?
"We just didn't want to make a safe record. We've got a bunch of mandolin & accordion on the record, and three songs with no drums." - Mike Mills, Time, March 1989.
GREEN, R.E.M.'s sixth studio album., was released in the U.S. on this day in 1988 (11-7 in the UK).
Happy Anniversary to Chronic Town released on August 24th, 1982 on I.R.S. Records.
From the archives: "This headlong tumble proves them the wittiest and most joyful of the postgarage sound-over-sense bands..." - Robert Christgau, Village Voice.
The band &
@TheBearFX
have partnered to release a full-length music video for “Strange Currencies (Remix)" w/ footage from Road Movie (documenting R.E.M's '95 tour), plus exclusive clips & behind-the-scenes footage from season 2, which premiered June 22 exclusively on Hulu.
Bill, Peter, Mike & Michael are thrilled to have received news this morning that they are entering the Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen & Walter Becker & non-performing songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Timothy Mosley (p/ka Timbaland) & Dean Pitchford.
Happy anniversary day to the band who played their first ever show on April 5, 1980, at a friend's birthday party at the former St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Athens. The rest, as they say, is history... R.E.M. history.
@m_millsey
photos by
@slpatslp
UP ⬆️ was released this week 24 years ago, reaching
#2
in the UK &
#3
in the US. The album had four singles: "Daysleeper," "Lotus," "At My Most Beautiful," & "Suspicion." Share your favorite track from the band's eleventh studio LP in the comments.
Michael's new single “Drive to the Ocean” is available exclusively on . For 365 days, all his proceeds from the download will go to
@Pathway2Paris
. The exclusive bundle includes audio, video and extras. Watch the music video at:
“Losing My Religion” was released
#onthisday
in 1991 as the lead single from OUT OF TIME. The track peaked at
#4
on the Billboard charts & scored the band two GRAMMY Awards. Check out the recently-upgraded HD music video: