Album – Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
Highlight – Wendell Gee
Reason – To give it the full name, Fables Of The Reconstruction Of The Fables Of The.. and so on, bloody art students. Recorded in London in between much touring, the band had barely a week to write the album with a new producer far away from home. It’s testament to their creative powers that they pushed themselves away from their jangly stereotypes and into some more choral and folk-esque arrangements. ‘ Gee, the closing track, is everything that REM do best. Ambiguous, elusive, frustratingly cryptic but achingly beautiful.
Stipe Gayness Factor – 2. OK, we’re beginning to get somewhere. Becoming a storyteller, our young man is. He shaved his head, dyed the new hair with mustard, drew words on himself and took to some odd fashion choices. Experimenting :)
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