R.E.M. have introduced a twenty fifth anniversary reissue of their eleventh studio album ‘Up’ – discover all the main points beneath.
The Michael Stipe-fronted band launched the unique model of the report again in 1998, marking their first venture because the amicable departure of their founding drummer Invoice Berry.
Co-produced by R.E.M. alongside Pat McCarthy (U2, Counting Crows, The Waterboys) with help from Nigel Godrich (Radiohead), ‘Up’ options the singles ‘Daysleeper’, ‘Lotus’, ‘At My Most Lovely’ and ‘Suspicion’.
As we speak (September 19) it has been introduced {that a} collection of expanded and remastered reissues of the album will arrive on November 10 through Craft Recordings. You’ll be able to pre-order/pre-save your copy right here.
Created in partnership with R.E.M., the deluxe 2CD/1 Blu-ray version consists of the band’s beforehand unreleased set from their visitor look on the hit TV collection Occasion Of 5 in 1999.
The accompanying Blu-ray boasts HD music movies from the 1998 album (‘Daysleeper’ ‘Lotus’, ‘At My Most Lovely’), a six-song efficiency from the period titled Uptake, the report’s unique EPK, plus hi-resolution and 5.1 encompass sound audio.
Housed in a 32-page hardcover ebook, the gathering additionally consists of liner notes from journalist and Talkhouse Government Editor Josh Modell, that includes new interviews with members of R.E.M..
Moreover, the expanded reissue – consisting of ‘Up’ and the Occasion Of 5 efficiency in its entirety – will likely be obtainable on 2CD, digital streaming platforms, and hi-res configurations.
The 14-track, 2LP album, in the meantime, will likely be reissued on 180-gram vinyl. A limited-edition urgent on Inexperienced Marble vinyl can be obtainable completely through R.E.M.’s official retailer together with particular ‘Up’ merchandise.
All reissue codecs characteristic newly remastered audio by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.
R.E.M. have right now shared the remastered model of ‘Daysleeper’ in addition to their never-before-released efficiency of the tune from the Occasion Of 5 session. Verify them out above.
R.E.M. introduced their break-up in 2011. Two years in the past, frontman Stipe – who has since launched a solo profession – mentioned that the group would “by no means reunite”.
“We determined once we break up up that [a reunion] would simply be actually cheesy and doubtless money-grabbing, which could be the impetus for lots of bands to get again collectively,” he defined.
“We don’t actually need that, and I’m actually blissful that we simply have the legacy of the 32 years of labor that now we have.”