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R.E.M.
Fables of the Reconstruction
Critic Score
81
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1985 Ratings:
#25
/ 84
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80
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1985 Ratings:
#22
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June
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1985
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Recorded in London with Joe Boyd, the band's third album diffuses a strong need of reconstructing its own fables and, after a quiet but persistent struggle, it achieves its apparently difficult goal.
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Spin (1985-2009)
Track List
Feeling Gravitys Pull
Maps and Legends
Driver 8
Life and How to Live It
Old Man Kensey
Cant Get There from Here
Green Grow the Rushes
Kohoutek
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
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