Green (album)
Green is
R.E.M.'s sixth album, and their debut major label release for
Warner Bros., released on
Election Day, 1988.
Featuring a slick production (which guitarist
Peter Buck has publicly regretted),
Green transformed R.E.M. from a college radio band to a major league group. It is also notable for Peter Buck's first use of mandolin, which can be heard in three of its tracks.
Green's featured hits are "
Orange Crush" and the US Top 10 smash "
Stand". "
Pop Song 89" also received a measure of success, as did "Turn You Inside-Out" which was consistently played to favorable stadium crowds on tour supporting the album. A commentary on the state of U.S. politics by Michael Stipe, "World Leader Pretend" was the first R.E.M. song to have its lyrics printed in one of their albums.
With warm critical reaction and the conversion of many new fans,
Green ultimately went double-platinum in the US, reaching #12, and peaked at #27 in the UK. The band would tour extensively in support of the album throughout 1989, before beginning work on what would prove their worldwide commercial breakthrough, 1991's
Out of Time.
In 2005, Warner Brothers Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of
Green which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by
Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The CD (as with all in this series) is not remastered.
All songs written by
Bill Berry,
Peter Buck,
Mike Mills and
Michael Stipe.# "
Pop Song 89" â€" 3:04# "
Get Up" â€" 2:39# "You Are the Everything" â€" 3:41# "
Stand" â€" 3:10# "World Leader Pretend" â€" 4:17# "The Wrong Child" â€" 3:36# "
Orange Crush" â€" 3:51# "Turn You Inside-Out" â€" 4:16# "Hairshirt" â€" 3:55# "I Remember California" â€" 4:59# [Untitled] â€" 3:10
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Bill Berry â€"
drums*
Peter Buck â€"
guitar*
Mike Mills â€"
bass guitar*
Michael Stipe â€"
vocalsAdditional personnel
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Jane Scarpantoni â€"
cello on 5
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Keith LeBlanc â€"
percussion on 8
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Bucky Baxter â€"
pedal steel guitar on 5
AlbumSingles| Year | Song | Chart | Position | | 1988 | "Orange Crush" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1988 | "Orange Crush" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1988 | "Pop Song 89" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 16 |
| 1988 | "Stand" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1988 | "Stand" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1989 | "Pop Song 89" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 |
| 1989 | "Stand" | Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| 1989 | "Turn You Inside-Out" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1989 | "Turn You Inside-Out" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
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