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Life's Rich Pageant

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発売日 1999年04月06日
国内/輸入 輸入(オーストラリア盤)
レーベルI.R.S Records (Australia)
構成数 1
パッケージ仕様 -
規格品番 517792
SKU 766485177926

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:43:15
The songs on LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT are listed out of order on the packaging. Two songs on the record, "Underneath The Bunker" and a cover of the Clique's "Superman," aren't listed at all. R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums). Recorded at The Belmont Mall, Belmont, Indiana. Australian edition includes six bonus tracks, "Tired Of Singing Trouble", "Rotary Ten", "Toys In The Attic", "Just A Touch", "Dream (All I Have To Do Is)", and "Swan Swan H." Coming after the dark and arty FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1986's LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT was R.E.M.'s first tentative step towards the rock & roll mainstream. At the time, Don Gehman's production sounded shockingly bright and commercial, but, in hindsight, the album is clearly a dry run for the impending commercial pinnacle of GREEN, OUT OF TIME, and AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE. The gorgeous "Fall on Me" (an ecological meditation featuring a spectacularly pretty chorus sung in counterpoint by Michael Stipe and Mike Mills) remains the record's best-known track. However, it is a quartet of harder-rocking songs--"Begin the Begin," "Cuyahoga," "Just a Touch" (which quotes Patti Smith's 1975 deconstruction of "My Generation") and a giddy cover of the Clique's psych-pop obscurity "Superman" sung by Mills--that points towards the Georgia band's more emotionally direct and musically loose future. LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT has been largely overshadowed by its more commercially successful follow-ups, but it remains one of R.E.M.'s strongest albums.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)

  1. 1.[CDアルバム]
    1. 1.
      Begin the Begin

      アーティスト： R.E.M.

    2. 2.
      Cuyahoga

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    3. 3.
      Fall on Me

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    4. 4.
      The Flowers of Guatemala

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    5. 5.
      Hyena

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    6. 6.
      Underneath the Bunker

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    7. 7.
      Swan Swan H

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    8. 8.
      Superman

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    9. 9.
      Dream (All I Have to Do)

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    10. 10.
      I Believe

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    11. 11.
      Just a Touch

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    12. 12.
      These Days

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    13. 13.
      What if We Give It Away?

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    14. 14.
      Tired of Singing Trouble

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    15. 15.
      Rotary Ten

      アーティスト： R.E.M.

    16. 16.
      Toys in the Attic

      アーティスト： R.E.M.

    17. 17.
      Just a Touch (Live in Studio)

      アーティスト： R.E.M.

    18. 18.
      Swan Swan H

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作品の情報

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アーティスト： R.E.M.

オリジナル発売日：1986年

商品の紹介

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey went bigger and bolder, stepping toward radio-friendliness while retaining their iconclastic spirit." Spin (p.80) - "[T]heir cleanest, biggest-sounding production and most straightforwardly bold political statement." Uncut (p.102) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "PAGEANT is where REM properly admit to themselves the degree to which they're a Southern rock band....A startlingly great leap forward." CMJ (1/5/04, p.18) - Ranked #12 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986" Q (Magazine) (p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ope, rebirth and fears for an uncertain future were the album's themes..." NME (Magazine) (9/6/97, p.53) - "...Rickenbacker jangles and increasingly audible lyrics to the fore, ...PAGEANT is the sound of an REM completely jarred off with their 'indie darlings' tag and duly picking up proper FM airplay..." Paste (magazine) - "[I]t shines a giant and unmistakable signal toward the direct and poppy approach the band would undertake on their next few albums..." Pitchfork (Website) - "[The album was] their most overtly political collection, with songs addressing environmental crises and political malaise." Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]y LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT they were touring hard, were world-wise as a result and, to put it crudely, rocked."
Rovi

Fables of the Reconstruction was intentionally murky, and Lifes Rich Pageant was constructed as its polar opposite. Teaming with producer Don Gehman, who previously worked with John Mellencamp, R.E.M. developed their most forceful record to date. Where previous records kept the rhythm section in the background, Pageant emphasizes the beat, and the band turns in its hardest rockers to date, including the anthemic "Begin the Begin" and the punky "Just a Touch." But the cleaner production also benefits the ballads and the mid-tempo janglers, particularly since it helps reveal Michael Stipe's growing political obsessions, especially on the environmental anthems "Fall on Me" and "Cuyahoga." The group hasn't entirely left myths behind -- witness the Civil War ballad "Swan Swan H" -- but the band sound more contemporary both musically and lyrically than they did on either Fables or Murmur, which helps give the record an extra kick. And even with excellent songs like "I Believe," "Flowers of Guatemala," "These Days," and "What if We Give It Away," it's ironic that the most memorable moment comes from the garage rock obscurity "Superman," which is sung with glee by Mike Mills. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rovi

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Life's Rich Pageant｜CDアルバム
REMで一番好きなアルバム。丁度商業的にも成功しはじめた頃でインディーズ、カレッジロックからメジャーロックバンドへの過渡期でした。Begin..やFall..は今でもライブの定番です。Supermanではゴジラ襲来の臨時ニュースが聞けます。Bonus Tr.のDreamやエアロのコピーは楽しめました。
2004/10/28 roomservice555さん
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