- alternative rock, rock, jangle pop, pop rock
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
Document is the fifth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on August 31, 1987, by I.R.S. Records. It was their first album to be co-produced by the band and Scott Litt.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.2/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1Finest Worksong3:48
- 2Welcome to the Occupation2:46
- 3Exhuming McCarthy3:19
- 4Disturbance at the Heron House3:32
- 5Strange2:32
- 6It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)4:07
- 7The One I Love3:17
- 8Fireplace3:24
- 9Lightnin’ Hopkins3:20
- 10King of Birds4:08
- 11Oddfellows Local 1515:23
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- R.E.M.
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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