1986 Landmark Finds R.E.M. Blossoming Into Iconic Artists: Arguably the Quartet's Finest-Ever Outing
Half-Speed Mastered From the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity's LP Exposes Benefits of Cleaner, More Forceful Production Very few albums are regularly credited with changing people's lives. R.E.M.'s Life's Rich Pageant is one of them. For a generation that came of age in the 80s, as well almost everyone that came within earshot of its contents, the Georgia band's 1986 landmark effort remains an utterly distinctive sonic blend of elegance and whimsy, seriousness and humor, artfulness and accessibility.
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