REM: Document (25th Anniversary Edition) – review

(2CD, EMI)Document, released in 1987, saw REM taking a giant step towards the arenas: Scott Litt's production put Bill Berry's drums front and centre, huge and echoing, in the mid-80s fashion; Michael Stipe's lyrics were getting ever more discernible; Peter Buck's guitar no longer just jangled, but crunched and roared in the way required of Major Rock Bands. It was REM's angriest album to date, with Stipe increasingly concerning himself with the state of America, and even when the politics are s...

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