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Fables of the Reconstruction
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Fables of the Reconstruction is R.E.M.'s third studio album and came out on 10 June 1985. After two albums with Don Dixon and Mitch Easter, the band wanted a different producer. Michael Stipe thought of Van Dyke Parks, but it became Joe Boyd, known for folk rock with, among others, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention. For the first time the band recorded outside the United States, at Livingston Studios in London. The weather was bad and Boyd's precise way of working, with hours of mixing, clashed with the band's spontaneous approach.
The sound is darker and murkier than on earlier records. The lyrics draw their themes and figures from the Gothic of the American South. There is more variety in instruments, with strings, brass and banjo. The reviews were positive and praised the folk elements in particular. Driver 8 has since become one of R.E.M.'s best-known and most covered early songs.
Listening
Track list
- 1Feeling Gravitys Pull4:51Apple Music ↗
- 2Maps and Legends3:11Apple Music ↗
- 3Driver 83:24Apple Music ↗
- 4Life and How To Live It4:08Apple Music ↗
- 5Old Man Kensey4:11Apple Music ↗
- 6Can't Get There From Here3:39Apple Music ↗
- 7Green Grow the Rushes3:46Apple Music ↗
- 8Kohoutek3:18Apple Music ↗
- 9Auctioneer (Another Engine)2:44Apple Music ↗
- 10Good Advices3:31Apple Music ↗
- 11Wendell Gee3:01Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗