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Murmur
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Album: Murmur
Artist: R.E.M.
Genre: Rock/Pop
Leaving behind the garagey {\jangle pop} of their first recordings, {$R.E.M.} developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut album, {^Murmur}. Heightening the enigmatic tendencies of {^Chronic Town} by de-emphasizing the backbeat and accentuating the ambience of the ringing guitar, {$R.E.M.} created a distinctive sound for the album -- one that sounds eerily timeless. Even though it is firmly in the tradition of American {\folk-rock}, {\post-punk}, and {\garage rock}, {^Murmur} sounds as if it appeared out of nowhere, without any ties to the past, present, or future. Part of the distinctiveness lies in the atmospheric production, which exudes a detached sense of mystery, but it also comes from the remarkably accomplished songwriting. The songs on {^Murmur} sound as if they've existed forever, yet they subvert {\folk} and {\pop} conventions by taking unpredictable twists and turns into melodic, evocative territory, whether it's the measured riffs of {&"Pilgrimage,"} the melancholic {&"Talk About the Passion,"} or the winding guitars and pianos of {&"Perfect Circle."} {$R.E.M.} may have made albums as good as {^Murmur} in the years following its release, but they never again made anything that sounded quite like it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Track Name plays | downloads
Radio Free Europe 0 0    
Pilgrimage 0 0    
Laughing 0 0    
Talk About the Passion 0 0    
Moral Kiosk 0 0    
Perfect Circle 0 0    
Catapult 0 0    
Sitting Still 0 0    
9-9 0 0    
Shaking Through 0 0    
We Walk 0 0    
West of the Fields 0 0    

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Murmur - IMPORT BONUS TRACKS  |  1983
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