Document [Import]

R.E.M. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B0000DEMRS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,067,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Finest Worksong

2. Welcome to the Occupation

3. Exhuming McCarthy

4. Disturbance at the Heron House

5. Strange

6. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

7. The One I Love

8. Fireplace

9. Lightnin' Hopkins

10. King of Birds

11. Oddfellows Local 151

12. Finest Worksong [Other Mix]

13. Last Date [*]

14. The One I Love [Live][*]

15. Time After Time etc. [Live][*]

16. Disturbance at the Heron House [Live][*]

17. Finest Working [Lengthy Club Mix][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars REM's big breakthrough, October 25, 2003

By 

irishman77 "music lover" (Lexington, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Document (Audio CD)

This album introduced the world to REM. It also showed a huge growth in songwriting and musicianship from their earlier albums (Murmur, Reckoning, etc). This album is known for the huge hits "The One I Love" and "End of the World As We Know It" but top to bottom all the songs here are strong and veryd diverse. Finest Worksong begins the album with intelligent neo-metal, then you get some trademark REM jangle rock. The next curveball is the horn-driven semi-swing of Exhuming McCarthy. The stylistic experiments all work, and you still know it's REM the whole time. This album may not be REMs best (that will be debated between Out Of Time, Automatic for the people and Murmur) but it's just a notch below and a must for any fan of REM and/or rock n roll. ENJOY!!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Big Surprise, November 1, 2006

By 

Robert Rossi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Document (Audio CD)

I actually owned every R.E.M. album but Document until I finally broke down. I had thought the two strongest songs would be "The One I Love" and "It's The End of The World...." Since neither of those songs are rated highly by me, I figured I would be disappointed by this album. Was I ever wrong! There are some great songs here. "Exhuming McCarthy" and "King of Birds" are personal favorites. It's definitely not up to par with what came before it, and some of what came after it, but it's definitely a worthy part of their catalogue.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tasty transition, November 14, 2002

By 

Joel T. Davis (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Document (Audio CD)

This album deftly blends REM's firmly established mysticism with its burgeoning pop sensibilities.
Some of the band's best writing is here on such gems as "Heron House," "Exhuming McCarthy," "End of the World as We Know It" and "Oddfellows." The production is just right.I really like Peter Buck's cow-punkish fret work on this record, and you could sense Michael Stipe coming into his own as a singer. Definitely in the upper register of the REM canon.