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Title: R.E.M. – Green
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1988, Alternative, College Rock/Jangle Pop, Athens, Georgia 5/26
Matrix #: W2 25795
Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Michael S (60' - ), Peter B (56' - ), Mike M (58' - ), Bill B (58' - )
Cultural Facts:
Scene Ecology Green was R.E.M.’s first album for Warner Bros., moving the band from underground college-radio heroes into the major-label system without fully abandoning their Athens identity.
Personal Struggle Bill Berry suffered a brain aneurysm during a 1995 concert in Switzerland and later left the band in 1997, making Green part of the classic four-member era before that major rupture.
Political Science “Orange Crush” dealt with Vietnam War-era Agent Orange imagery, showing how R.E.M. could smuggle political weight into songs that still worked on mainstream alternative radio.
