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| ARTIST: | R.E.M. |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | A&M Records |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | HarborcOat, 7 ChineSe Bros., so. Central Rain, Pretty Persuasion, Time After Time (annElise), second GuessinG, letter Never seNt, camerA, (don't Go back To) ROCKVILLE, little america |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 044797004421 |
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Customer Reviews of Reckoning
best of the mid-80s This album is not the equal of R.E.M.'s first album, Murmur, but it comes damn close. Murmur was the more definitive artistic accomplishment. Reckoning is more frolicking, upbeat, and adventurous. This is R.E.M. after they were taken seriously but before they became superstars. The great songs on this disc have appeal from so many different angles. 7 Chinese Bros. is edgy and ominous. Time After Time and Camera are powerful and wistful. Letter Never Sent is mysterious. Don't Go Back To Rockville is playful with a touch of grateful nostalgia. Harborcoat, Pretty Persuasion, and Second Guessing are straightforward, quality pop. So. Central Rain is in a class by itself. The song that clinches this album's greatness is the underrated Little America. The last song on the CD, it sends the listener off with bouncing energy, urgency, and a touch of giddiness. It drives home the message "We're R.E.M. We are here to stay. There is much more to come. Thank you for indulging yourself in this musical masterpiece". The greatest recording act of the 1980s was thus born.
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R.E.M. abandoned the enigmatic post-punk experiments of Murmur for their second album Reckoning, returning to their garage-pop origins instead. Opening with the ringing "Harborcoat," and Reckoning runs through a set of ten jangle-pop songs that are different not only in sound but in style from the debut. Where Murmur was enigmatic in its sound, Reckoning is clear, which doesn't necessarily mean that the songs themselves are straightforward. Stipe continues to sing powerful melodies without enunciating, but the band has a propulsive kick that makes the music vital and alive. And, if anything, the songwriting is more direct and memorable than before - the interweaving melodies of "Pretty Persuasion" and the country-rocker "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" are as affecting as the melancholic dirges of "Camera" and "Time After Time," while the ringing minor-key arpeggios of "So. Central Rain," the pulsating riffs of "7 Chinese Bros.," and the hard-rocking rhythms of "Little America" make the songs into classics. On the surface, Reckoning may not be as distinctive as Murmur, but the record's influence on underground American rock in the '80s is just as strong.
An album to be Reckoned with
"Reckoning" is one of the top five R.E.M. albums in my opinion and probably my second favorite of the IRS years (behind "Document", and slightly edging out "Life's Rich Pageant").
Songs like "So. Central Rain", "Pretty Persuasion", and "(Don't Go Back) Rockville" are classics that you can listen to over and over.
While I am not one of those R.E.M. fans that only likes their early work, I do appreciate listening to the band play at a time when it was far less encumbered by the introspection and seriousness that have come with age. This album is a great one for getting a glimpse at that free-spirited, youthful time during the band's evolution to what it is today.
"Reckoning" is R.E.M's umpteenth great album but to those not familiar with R.E.M.'s early work, it may sound perhaps a bit unpolished and raw compared to the later albums released under the Warner Bros. label. Much like nascent cartoons or comics that look a bit different than they do in their later years, R.E.M.'s sound, though definitely still taking shape, is unmistakable.