The R.E.M. Star Profile

Star Profile (Interview Series), R.E.M. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Point Records
• ASIN: B00000JZ0D
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,043,931 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Chapter One: Garage Life

3. Chapter Two: Stepping Stones

4. Chapter Three: A Gang of Four

5. Chapter Four: Tired Fables

6. Chapter Five: It's the Start of the World

7. Chapter Six: Mandolin Crush

8. Chapter Seven: No Tours, Extra Bubblegum

9. Chapter Eight: Monster Problem

10. Chapter Nine: up... Of Course

11. Discography

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty lame., October 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The R.E.M. Star Profile (Audio CD)

Prepare to spend lots of time listening to a breathy Englishwoman read from a script. This is pretty ridiculous, containing about only three actual interviews with the band members, one with Peter Buck stretching over about 8 out of 12 tracks. There's a brief snippet from Stipe from around the release of "Up", but it's hardly worth noting. Mostly it's gushing English music reviewers, discussing each album in pointless detail that any fan already knows. If you can find a transcript of Buck's interview that appears on this, skip the CD. Skip the CD anyway.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting history/interview of R.E.M., September 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The R.E.M. Star Profile (Audio CD)

Narrated by a woman with a heavy british accent, this cd gives a good overview of the history of R.E.M. (THE BEST BAND EVER). Interviews with Peter Buck, and others, gives an insight into the garage band beginnings of the musical leviathan that R.E.M. has become. For a more detailed history of the band's beginnings the 100 page picture booklet that comes with the cd does a much better job. Very good on the whole.