Murmur

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Copyright: ℗ 2008 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Radio Free Europe engineer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter producer: Don Dixon, Mitch Easter and R.E.M. (American rock band) mixer: Mitch Easter bass: Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) drums (drum set): Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer) guitar: Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) vocals: Michael Stipe part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 174) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 379) recording of: Radio Free Europe lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music	3.85	4:06
2	Pilgrimage engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter vibraphone: Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) recording of: Pilgrimage lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.25	4:29
3	Laughing engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Laughing lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	2.9	3:58
4	Talk About the Passion engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Talk About the Passion lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.7	3:21
5	Moral Kiosk engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Moral Kiosk lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	4.15	3:32
6	Perfect Circle engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Perfect Circle lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music	3.6	3:31
7	Catapult engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Catapult lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.65	3:56
8	Sitting Still engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Sitting Still lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.7	3:18
9	9-9 engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: 9‒9 writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.35	3:03
10	Shaking Through engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: Shaking Through lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.4	4:31
11	We Walk engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recorded at: Reflection in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (in 1983-01) recording of: We Walk (in 1983-01) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.35	3:01
12	West of the Fields engineer and producer: Don Dixon and Mitch Easter mixer: Mitch Easter recording of: West of the Fields additional lyricist: Neil Bogan lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe	3.6	3:22

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Laughing recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Laughing (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:52
2	Pilgrimage recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Pilgrimage (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		4:08
3	There She Goes Again recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live cover recording of: There She Goes Again (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Lou Reed		2:44
4	7 Chinese Bros. recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: 7 Chinese Bros. (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music		4:15
5	Talk About the Passion recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Talk About the Passion (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:02
6	Sitting Still recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Sitting Still (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:18
7	Harborcoat recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Harborcoat (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music		3:44
8	Catapult recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Catapult (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:53
9	Gardening at Night recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Gardening at Night (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:33
10	9-9 recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: 9‒9 (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:16
11	Just a Touch recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Just a Touch (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music		2:27
12	West of the Fields recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: West of the Fields (on 1983-07-09) additional lyricist: Neil Bogan lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:06
13	Radio Free Europe recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Radio Free Europe (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe publisher: Night Garden Music		3:46
14	We Walk recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: We Walk (on 1983-07-09) lyricist and composer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		2:56
15	1,000,000 recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: 1,000,000 (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:05
16	Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) recorded at: Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1983-07-09) live recording of: Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) (on 1983-07-09) writer: Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe		3:58

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Release

purchase for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/id1440722628 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/ca/album/1440722628 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Radio Free Europe Talk About the Passion

part of:

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 8) (order: 8)
The Phoenix: The Ten Landmark Albums That Made Indie Rock (number: 8) (order: 8)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2022-07-01) (number: 11) (order: 11)
Paste: The 50 Best Post‐Punk Albums (by Josh Jackson 2016‐07‐13) (number: 12) (order: 12)
33⅓ (number: 22) (order: 22)
Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 22) (order: 22)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 39) (order: 39)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 165) (order: 165)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 165) (order: 165)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 197) (order: 197)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 197) (order: 197)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 516) (order: 517)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/14515 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Rem/Murmur [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9cp2 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/r_e_m/murmur/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/40619/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Murmur/4746 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000650666 [info]
Wikidata:	Q904480 [info]

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Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 1:39:12

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Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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Canada

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