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''Document'' is the fifth studio album by the R.E.M. and their sixth overall. It was released in 1987 a few months after their rarities collection '' Dead Letter Office '' appeared and is the last album of new material by the band released on the I.R.S. Records label. DETAILS ''Document'' was R.E.M.'s first album co-produced by Scott Litt and the band, a collaboration that continued through '' Green '', '' Out Of Time '', '' Automatic For The People '', '' Monster '', and '' New Adventures In Hi-Fi '', and may account for their success with this album as well as the following five. This album was significant not only in launching R.E.M.'s first U.S. Top 10 hit in "The One I Love" (which reached #9), but also giving them their first Platinum Album . The album was first time REM departed from the melodic sound that had been a hall mark of their previous four albums. Songs "Exhuming McCarthy" makes an explicit parallel between the red-baiting of Joe McCarthy 's time and the strengthening of the sense of American Exceptionalism during the Reagan Era , especially the Iran-Contra Affair . Starting with the click-clack of a typewriter, it also includes a sound clip of Joseph Welch 's rebuke of McCarthy from the Army-McCarthy Hearings : "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator.... You've done enough. ''Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?''" The song "Strange" was originally recorded by the Post-punk band Wire . This version has slightly altered lyrics, such as " Michael 's nervous and the lights are bright." After ''Document'', their I.R.S. contract expired. With the band poised to become a major rock group—perhaps to the dismay of their college rock fans—R.E.M. signed a five-album deal the following year with major label Warner Bros. and saw their commercial fortunes grow exponentially. Cover The original sleeve for the album featured the message "File under Fire", a reference to what Michael Stipe considered to be the central lyrical theme of the albumwww.rem-central.com {Link without Title} . A similar message ("File under Water") could be found on the cover of the band's second album, '''' (the last one having been suggested by Peter Buck, who felt that America under the presidency of former actor Ronald Reagan was beginning to feel a lot like the famed amusement park).''In Time: The Best of R.E.M.'', Johnny Black, 2004 2005 re-release In 2005, Capitol Records (whose parent company EMI now own I.R.S. Records' catalog) issued an expanded DualDisc edition of ''Document'' which includes a Digitally Remastered version of the album on the CD side, a DVD-Audio , DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner on the DVD side, and the original CD booklet. Critical praise In 1989, the album was ranked #41 on '' Rolling Stone '' magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s . In 2006, it ranked 49th in a '' Q '' readers' poll of the "Best Albums Ever". TRACK LISTING All songs were written by Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe , except as indicated. # " Finest Worksong " – 3:48 # "Welcome to the Occupation" – 2:46 # "Exhuming McCarthy" – 3:19 # "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32 # "Strange" ( B.C. Gilbert , Graham Lewis , Colin Newman , Robert Gotobed ) – 2:31 # " It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) " – 4:05 # " The One I Love " – 3:17 # "Fireplace" – 3:22 # " Lightnin' Hopkins " – 3:20 # "King of Birds" – 4:09 # "Oddfellows Local 151" – 5:21 ''The IRS Years'' reissue On May 11 1992 , EMI (which owns the I.R.S. catalogue) re-released ''Document'' with six bonus tracks: # # "Last Date" ( Floyd Cramer ) – 2:16 # "The One I Love" (Live)1 – 4:06 # "Time After Time Etc..." (Live) – 8:22 # "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live) – 3:26 # "Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) – 5:52 Notes 1 Originally released as "This One Goes Out" on a 1987 single. REFERENCES PERSONNEL
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