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R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens,
Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe (lead vocals),
Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and
Bill Berry (drums and percussion). R.E.M. was one
of the first popular alternative rock bands, and
gained early attention due to Buck's ringing,
arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear
vocals. R.E.M. released its first single,
"Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the
independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was
followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the
band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983,
the band released its critically acclaimed debut
album Murmur, and built its reputation over the
next few years through subsequent releases,
constant touring, and the support of college
radio. Following years of underground success,
R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the
single "The One I Love". The group signed
to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to
espouse political and environmental concerns while
playing large arenas worldwide.
By the early 1990s, when alternative rock began
to experience broad mainstream success, R.E.M. was
viewed as a pioneer of the genre and released its
two most commercially successful albums, Out of
Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992),
which veered from the band's established sound.
R.E.M.'s 1994 Monster was a return to a more
rock-oriented sound. The band began its first tour
in six years to support the album; the tour was
marred by medical emergencies suffered by three
band members. In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with
Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the
time the most expensive recording contract in
history. The following year, Bill Berry left the
band amicably, with Buck, Mills, and Stipe
continuing as a three-piece. Through some changes
in musical style, the band continued its career
into the next decade with mixed critical and
commercial success. In 2007, the band was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fables of the Reconstruction is the third
studio album released by the American alternative
rock band R.E.M., released on the I.R.S. Records
in 1985. As the cover art shows, the title is
"circular" - the album can also be called
Reconstruction of the Fables.
Despite the growing audience and critical acclaim
experienced by the band after their initial two
albums, Murmur and Reckoning, R.E.M. decided to
make noticeable changes to their style of music
and recording habits, including a change in
producer (Joe Boyd) and recording location
(London, England).
Boyd was mostly known for his work with modern
English folk musicians, such as Fairport
Convention and Nick Drake. However, Fables was a
conceptual record by R.E.M. standards. Lyrically,
the album explores the mythology and landscape of
the Southern United States. The title, Fables of
the Reconstruction or Reconstruction of the
Fables, makes possible reference both to the
Reconstruction period after the Civil War, and to
the literary process of deconstruction. The source
of the title and chorus of "Cant Get There
from Here", the album's first single, is a
non-sarcastic rejoinder sometimes heard when
asking for directions in the rural United
States.[citation needed] The video for "Cant
Get There From Here" was played frequently on
MTV, though it failed to chart.
The opening song "Feeling Gravitys Pull"
describes falling asleep while reading; Michael
Stipe's lyrics also reference surrealist Man Ray,
setting the tone for the album. Musically it was
an unusual song for the band, making use of a
dark, chromatic guitar figure by Peter Buck, and a
string quartet, while R.E.M.'s previous albums had
opened with rhythmic, "jangly" rock songs.
"Maps and Legends" fit the category, and
features distinct harmony vocals by bassist Mike
Mills, singing different lyrics from Stipe, common
to the early era of the band. The song is
dedicated to the Reverend Howard Finster, a noted
outsider artist and according to the band, "a
man of vision and feeling?a fine example to
all" (Finster had done the album sleeve for
R.E.M.'s Reckoning the year prior).
"Driver 8" describes the scenery
surrounding railroad tracks, in somewhat abstract
terms. Trains are a frequent topic of Southern
music; they epitomize the freedom and promise of
an escape from one's home environment. Driven by a
blues guitar riff, it was one of the songs on the
album to receive college radio play, and a music
video was made as well. Beginning with a soft
introduction, "Life and How to Live It"
charged through another atmospheric, folk rock
arrangement, and again referenced storytelling.
Without mentioning him by name, the song may have
been about Georgian author Brivs Mekis, as alluded
to in the live performance on the And I Feel
Fine... bonus disc.
Much of the band's songwriting material in this
era also came from their own experiences traveling
through the country in near-constant tours over
the previous several years, as well as an
increasing sense of political activism which would
find expression on their subsequent albums Lifes
Rich Pageant and Document. Stipe later said that
no lyrics he sang on the band's first three albums
meant anything. However, the Fables song
"Green Grow the Rushes," which contains
the line "the amber waves of gain," is
thought to be about migrant farm laborers.
"Kohoutek" is about Comet Kohoutek, and is
perhaps one of the earliest R.E.M. songs about a
romantic relationship. "Auctioneer (Another
Engine)" was a song deviating from the typical
R.E.M. sound of the time, with jagged guitar riffs
and more references to old rural ways of life.
The plaintive "Good Advices" contained a
much-quoted Stipe lyric, "When you meet a
stranger, look at his shoes / keep your money in
your shoes." A celebration of an eccentric
individual is the subject of "Old Man
Kensey" and closing track "Wendell
Gee." The latter, a ballad with piano and more
harmonies from Berry and Mills, was the album's
third and final single in the UK only, although it
made no commercial impression there.
Upon its release, Fables of the Reconstruction
reached #28 in the U.S. (going gold in 1991) and
was their best showing yet in the UK, peaking at
#35. Recorded during a period of internal
strife?largely due to the R.E.M. members'
homesickness and an unpleasant London winter?the
band's unenthusiastic view of the album has been
public for years, and is often reflected among
fans and the press. Drummer Bill Berry was quoted
in the early 1990s as saying that Fables of the
Reconstruction "sucked"; frontman Michael
Stipe once shared the opinion but lately has said
he considers it home to some of their more notable
songs, telling producer Joe Boyd that he had grown
to love the album.
Fables was often characterized by a slow tempo
and an intentionally murky sound, in contrast with
the more upbeat (if equally abstract) material on
other early R.E.M. albums. Nevertheless, the focus
on American folk instruments such as the banjo in
"Wendell Gee", and a few additional
orchestrations (string instruments in "Feeling
Gravitys Pull" and honking brass in "Cant
Get There From Here") began the band's route
toward the layered, acoustic-based sound they
adopted for their popular breakthrough in the late
'80s and early '90s with albums such as Green, Out
of Time, and Automatic for the People.
The album's liner notes lists a song entitled
"When I Was Young" as among the
tracklisting, but it does not appear on the
release. It was played live three or four times
during the 1985 "Preconstruction" U.S.
College tour (a tour that took place before the
release of the album), but the song was quickly
dropped. However, a few lines of its lyrics would
eventually form part of "I Believe", a
completely different track later released on Lifes
Rich Pageant.
Tracks:
"Feeling Gravitys Pull" ? 4:51
"Maps and Legends" ? 3:10
"Driver 8" ? 3:23
"Life and How to Live It" ? 4:06
"Old Man Kensey" (Jerry Ayers, Berry,
Buck, Mills, Stipe) ? 4:08
"Cant Get There from Here" ? 3:39
"Green Grow the Rushes" ? 3:46
"Kohoutek" ? 3:18
"Auctioneer (Another Engine)" ? 2:44
"Good Advices" ? 3:30
"Wendell Gee" ? 3:01
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