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Green | 
 enlarge | Artist: R.e.m.
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 24377
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 25795
UPC: 075992579520
EAN: 0075992579520
ASIN: B000002LFU
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Pop Song 89 | | • | Get Up | | • | You Are The Everthing | | • | Stand | | • | World Leader Pretend | | • | The Wrong Child | | • | Orange Crush | | • | Turn You Inside-Out | | • | Hairshirt | | • | I Remember California | | • | Bonus Track 1 |
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Green catapulted R.E.M. from campus cult favorites to rock stars of the highest order. The album contains three of the Athens, Georgia, quartet's most popular radio hits ("Pop Song 89," "Stand," and "Orange Crush"), punching up the big rock hooks and letting the spooky independent production slip away. Some diehard fans cried "Sellout!" but that's a strange attitude given singer Michael Stipe's environmental activism. "I'm very scared of this world," he sings above jangling mandolins on "You Are the Everything." It's still unclear what he's trying to say, but at least we can understand the words this time. --Steve Knopper
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 Great Major Label Debut May 10, 2008
Only four stars for this album? Green is absolutely amazing. I've read reviews where people say this album is more mainstream than their earlier work. I wouldn't agree with those statements. It is different from anything they had released before, but I don't agree that they sold out. For me it doesn't sound like a "commercial" record at all. It's just a natural progression for the band. Orange Crush is definitely one of the greatest songs this band ever produced. My favorite track off this album is World Leader Pretend; amazing! Someone said that Stand was the most commercial track they produced up to that point. I don't agree at all. This is an odd, quirky song that was the theme song for the short lived sit-com Get A Life, which was quite bizarre. REM was gaining popularity when this album came out, but they didn't get really big until Out of Time was released. To label this album commercial or sell out is ridicuous.
Truly Spectacular April 6, 2008
This is personally my favorite album (and I own all R.E.M.'s albums)as it is the album that got me into this group. This is an excellent album to start out with if you are not too familiar with R.E.M. Songs like Stand, Orange Crush, and Pop Song 89 make this album utterly amazing. Not to mention a great untitled hidden track (which I am still waiting to hear live). This is a must for anyone who likes R.E.M. the slightest bit.
Great!! February 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great album from REM, my favorite songs are Orange Crush, Wrong Child, World Leader Pretend, Pop Song 89 and the best of all, I remember California; Peter Buck guitar style makes me feel out of this planet on that song, the chorus sang by Michael gives me goose bumps..
Solid Album November 2, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is often overlooked because of the negatives (first major label release, "Stand" -need I say more?) But any album with "you Are Everything" and "World Leader Pretend" on it has to be in your collection. These are not just two of the best R.E.M. songs, they are two of the best songs-period.
One of the other great songs isn't even on the label, so don't eject the CD from the player too fast!
'Green' Showcases Organic Development September 5, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
'Green' has all of R.E.M's energy and virtuoso musicianship. It is a propelling and pleasing encyclopedia of pop music. The positive spirit pervades, much like 'Life's Rich Pageant,' but the richness of sound continues with the able hand of Scott Litt, who became, with of late Pat McCarthy, one of two anchor producers. The lyrics, which improved on '...Pageant' and later more consistently on 'Document' is even better this time overall.
The first half is rightly heralded as nearly flawless. "Pop Song '89," "Get Up," and "World Leader Pretend" are propulsive and lyrically skillful. "You Are the Everything" is folk-rock perfect, much like "Fall on Me" before it. Here they started a string of beautiful ballads. Then, there is novelty. But, what novelty! "Pop Song '89" is funny, but their hit song "Stand" is gourmet bubble gum. Sounding like an updated version of an old "Twister" commercial, they entertain without losing their expertise. Side Two is usually criticised, but it also a gem. "Orange Crush" follows the perfect power pop with an anthem and one of the C.D.'s very best songs. "Hairshirt" is ably written with some fine mandolin accompaniment by Peter Buck. The reference to "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" only accentuates the loneliness of the one addressed, but they still retain their originality. "I Remember California" is edgy; "Turn You, Inside-Out" is their biggest slab of hard rock; and their finale, originally named, "..." is a beautiful Beach Boys' coda, full of warmth and harmony.
Many will find fault with portions of 'Green,' but it remains a progressive and heartfelt cornerstone for R.E.M.'s portfolio of excellent albums.
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