On September 1, 1987, “I.R.S.” label released “Document”, the fifth R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded April – May 1987, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, and was mixed at “Master Control” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Scott Litt, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 470 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 1988, “Document” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- Michael Stipe– lead vocals
- Peter Buck– guitar, dulcimer
- Mike Mills– bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Berry– drums, backing vocals
- Steve Berlin– horns
- Carl Marsh – Fairlight CMI synthesizer
- Steve Catania – engineer
- Tom Der – engineer
- Toni Greene – engineer
- Gary Laney – engineer
- Ted Pattison – engineer
- Todd Scholar – engineer
- Bob Ludwig– mastering
- Jim McKay – photography
- Michael Meister – photography
- Sandra-Lee Phipps – photography
- Ron Scarselli – packaging
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.
- Finest Worksong
- Welcome to the Occupation
- Exhuming McCarthy
- Disturbance at the Heron House
- Strange – Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- The One I Love
- Fireplace
- Lightnin’ Hopkins
- King of Birds
- Oddfellows Local 151
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