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REM

Lifes Rich Pageant

REM’s Collapse Into Now: A Track-By-Track Review

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Live At The Olympia

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Accelerate

Articles 7

Film

This Is Ourselves: Music And Memory In Aftersun

Charlotte Wells' searing directorial debut, now Oscar-nominated, captures memories through music with singular poignancy, finds Danny Wright
Anniversary

All Of This Is Coming Your Way: R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People

Twenty-five years after the release of REM’s Automatic For The People, Stewart Smith looks back on a masterpiece of nostalgia and loss that still retains its mysteries
Black Sky Thinking

“I Prefer Their Later Work”: 40 Brilliant Albums At The End Of Artists’ Careers

Sod the first few EPs, we say a band's real hidden gems are buried at the end, among the ill-advised career moves and last grasps at fading relevance. Here, tQ writers fight the corner for their favourite unloved and underrated records from the tail-end of their favourite artists' discography.
Anniversary

Sex & Trash Aesthetics: REM’s Monster Revisited

Twenty years after the release of REM's Monster, Stewart Smith looks back at the awkward and highly sexual record which, he argues, is their queerest work
A Quietus Interview

Michael Stipe’s Last Stand – An R.E.M. Exit Interview

Michael Stipe wants to retire. Trouble is, Jude Rogers won't let him until he's been suitably debriefed...
Rock's Backpages

Post-Yuppie Pop: A Classic R.E.M. Interview By Jon Savage

As R.E.M. call it a day, we visit the Rock's Backpages archive for an interview by Jon Savage. He found the dress-wearing group quietly eager to take their liberal politics into the mainstream
Black Sky Thinking

Why Everybody Hurts Is The Last Thing Haiti Needs

Jude Rogers takes issue with the mauling of 'Everybody Hurts' by Simon Cowell and co

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 6

Baker's Dozen

Life is a Jumble Sale: Dale Cornish’s Favourite Albums

From to getting his grandma into Björk to the golden years of electroclash, Dale Cornish takes Jennifer Lucy Allan through the soundtrack of his life via 13 key albums
Baker's Dozen

Access All Areas: Barbara Charone’s Baker’s Dozen

The legendary music PR talks to Lucy O’Brien about the albums and the people who have most inspired her, from the Rolling Stones to Madonna, and why artists aren’t necessarily your friends
Baker's Dozen

Musical Conversations: Mary Lattimore’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen Mary Lattimore speaks to Kareem Ghezawi about the albums that have shaped her life, and how musical friendships sustain her work
Baker's Dozen

Nicely Proposed, Coxy! Bradford Cox Of Deerhunter’s Favourite LPs

After we asked the Deerhunter and Atlas Sound man to pick his top LPs, Tristan Bath rang him in Atlanta and, over the course of a two-hour dog walk, had Bradford Cox talk through 13 albums of "accidents and starkness"
Baker's Dozen

Mouth Of The Mersey: Ian McCulloch’s Favourite Albums

Gregarious Scouser Mac tells Rod Kitson what’s what about his favourite albums in one of the most entertaining Baker’s Dozens we’ve run so far

Baker's Dozen

Stewart Lee Selects His Favourite 13 Albums

Comedian Stewart Lee talks to Simon Jablonski about his thirteen albums of all time, including The Fall (obviously), Ted Chippington, Guided By Voices, REM (who are a disappointment) and why Miles Davis and jazz are like stand-up

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