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Certain Songs #1690: R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe”

November 26, 2019 by Jim Connelly

Album: Murmur
Year: 1983

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A lot of records, I don’t remember when I first heard them. The vast majority, actually. Murmur, however, is an exception. I heard it at the KFSR production studios in April, 1983. It had just shown up, and so we had to hear it this second. And upon first blush of hearing an album that is in my all-time top 5 — if not my all-time top 1 — I was . . . disappointed.

Gone was the rollicking electric tumble of Chronic Town, and instead, the songs were somewhat slower and more sophisticated. Hell, they had acoustic guitars and pianos and cellos! (Though no synths, thank the gods.)

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Murmur, R.E.M., Radio Free Europe

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