- alternative rock, rock, jangle pop
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- I.R.S. Records
Lifes Rich Pageant is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on July 28, 1986, by I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. chose Don Gehman to produce the album, which was recorded at John Mellencamp's Belmont Mall Studio in Belmont, Indiana.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Uncut5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Begin the Begin3:28
- 2These Days3:25
- 3Fall on Me2:51
- 4Cuyahoga4:21
- 5Hyena2:51
- 6Underneath the Bunker1:28
- 7The Flowers of Guatemala3:57
- 8I Believe3:51
- 9What If We Give It Away?3:35
- 10Just a Touch3:01
- 11Swan Swan H2:50
- 12Superman2:53
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- R.E.M.
- Label
- I.R.S. Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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