Great news today that took me on a nostalgia trip… R.E.M.’s Warner Bros. debut Green will be getting a reissue. The 1988 record will be a deluxed CD that includes some art and live recordings. There will also be a vinyl package that recreates the original 1988 art.
I know that Green doesn’t always get the love in the pantheon on amazing R.E.M. records…but to me personally, it will always be a favourite. For some reason, this record was the R.E.M. album I would jam almost every night before bed in high school (well this and Alice In Chains). Before falling asleep, I’d read and have my discman blasting. I’d just listen to albums front-to-back-to-front over and over till I fell asleep. I’d wake up with the headphone cord wrapped all over the place.
I think one of my earliest concious memories of R.E.M. is being 10-years-old and watching the Fox sitcom Get a Life featuring… “Stand”
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
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