REM reissue debut album to mark its 25th anniversary

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'Murmur' gets the deluxe treatment

REM have announced that they will re-release their landmark debut album to mark its 25th anniversary.

'Murmur', which was originally released in 1983, will be reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition due out on November 25 in the US.

The package will include a newly remastered version of the original album, as well as a previously unreleased concert recorded at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto three months after 'Murmur's original release.

It also includes essays written by the album's producers and record label executives.

The 'Murmur' deluxe edition tracklisting is:

Disc One

'Radio Free Europe'
'Pilgrimage'
'Laughing'
'Talk About The Passion'
'Moral Kiosk'
'Perfect Circle'
'Catapult'
'Sitting Still'
'9-9'
'Shaking Through'
'We Walk'
'West Of The Fields'

Disc Two - Live at Larry’s Hideaway

'Laughing'
'Pilgrimage'
'There She Goes Again'
'7 Chinese Brothers'
'Talk About The Passion'
'Sitting Still'
'Harborcoat'
'Catapult'
'Gardening At Night'
'9-9'
'Just A Touch'
'West Of The Fields'
'Radio Free Europe'
'We Walk'
'1,000,000'
'Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)'

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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REM tickets:

Jan 19, 2009 at Carling Academy 2, Birmingham - Check availability
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fruitcake23

Oct 22, 2008

just heard a bit of murmur on last.fm - bloody great. the whole thing is catchy and sounds way more fresh and original than the stuff theyre doing now, although, to give credit to them, they've been about for 25 years. I'm a casual fan of REM, but this album might make me a follower! Great listen, especially 'Radio Free Europe', 'Pilgramage','Talk About the Passion' and 'Catapult'!

RealMode

Oct 23, 2008

they are classic, last album not that good.

JOHNEW

Oct 23, 2008

It's a classic, one of my favourite albums.There more recent stuff isn't the best, although the latest was a bit foa return to some kind of form, but there early stuff, this in particular, is quality. I'd say if you've not heard this and are not sure about REM based on their early stuff then get this when it gets its UK release - or just buy the original album now for about a fiver probably!