R.E.M. Document

Released in 1987, with a new producer in tow, this album saw the one-time post-punks leaning into radio-friendly rock, albeit without airbrushing their left-field instincts. The result was the beginning of a decade of commercial and critical success for the group There comes a time in every band's career when the only way is pop. Having slowly built a loyal cult fanbase and a burgeoning critical reputation on the back of three albums (and an early EP) that intertwined artful post-punk and lopsided, Paisley Underground-adjacent guitar rock, by 1987 R.E.M.

R.E.M.'s fifth album, an accumulation of everything that the band has done to this point; 'Document.' The album is a fiery statement, and it's

Document

Half-page ad for Document in Spex (Germany), September 1987 : r/rem

R.E.M. / Document 12 Vinyl 1987 Japanese LP I.R.S. Records 28AP 3382 REM Album

REM No.5 Document OMR – Turntable Treasures

R.E.M. 'The One I Love': 'Document' @30 – Circlekj

Document - Album by R.E.M.

R.E.M. 文書 (ビンテージCD、1987年8月、I.R.S. レコード)レム- – Tacos Y Mas

1987 R.E.M. Document Multi-Signed Vinyl Album With (3) Signatures - Featuring Michael Stripe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills - Beckett LOA on Goldin Auctions

R.E.M.'s classic LP Document turns 25 - CBS News