Right from their first EP, Chronic Town, R.E.M. gained a reputation for lyrics that were impenetrable, either because they were hard to actually hear clearly or because the meanings were sometimes opaque. By the time they released their ninth album, Monster, in 1994, that had become less of a defining part of R.E.M.’s music. However, […]
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