- alternative rock, rock, jangle pop, post-punk
- 99 min
- 28 tracks
- A&M Records
Murmur is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records. The album was recorded in the winter of 1983 at Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, with musicians Don Dixon and Mitch Easter serving as producers.
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Character-led, spare, grave and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
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- Pitchfork10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
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- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Radio Free Europe4:06
- 2Pilgrimage4:29
- 3Laughing3:58
- 4Talk About the Passion3:21
- 5Moral Kiosk3:32
- 6Perfect Circle3:31
- 7Catapult3:56
- 8Sitting Still3:18
- 99-93:03
- 10Shaking Through4:31
- 11We Walk3:01
- 12West of the Fields3:22
- 1Laughing3:52
- 2Pilgrimage4:08
- 3There She Goes Again2:44
- 47 Chinese Bros.4:15
- 5Talk About the Passion3:02
- 6Sitting Still3:18
- 7Harborcoat3:44
- 8Catapult3:53
- 9Gardening at Night3:33
- 109-93:16
- 11Just a Touch2:27
- 12West of the Fields3:06
- 13Radio Free Europe3:46
- 14We Walk2:56
- 151,000,0003:05
- 16Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)3:58
28 tracks, 99 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- R.E.M.
- Label
- A&M Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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