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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1985 - August: R.E.M. “Fables of the Reconstruction”
Description: The year 1985 would find the band R.E.M. in transition between college band success and the mainstream powerhouse they were to become in future years. The quartet of Michael Stipe on vocals, Mike Mills on bass and vocals, Peter Buck on guitar, and Bill Berry on percussion and backing vocals were moving towards a greater variety of instrumentation and a bit more experimentation with their third studio album, Fables of the Reconstruction.
The album actually has two names, as "Fables of the Reconstruction" was the name if you held the cassette or album with one side u...