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I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind... allow me to introduce the magnificent seven
Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven...
How distortion, chaos and a world gone mad shaped R.E.M.’s game-changing album Document album
On 1987’s Document album, ‘the thinking person’s rock band’ ditched the jangling guitars for distortion, power chords and arena rock singles
R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on having Lemmy and Phil Lynott in the crowd at the band’s first ever UK gig
The Athens, Georgia quartet made their British bow in Camden, with Lemmy and Phil Lynott there to witness it
Michael Stipe on the day that R.E.M. announced their split, and what he's learned about the band since
The R.E.M. frontman has had a lot of time to reflect on his band's work in the years since and here's what he thinks
Michael Stipe on the making of What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? and the crazy tale behind its title
The lead single from Monster is about to turn 30 - and its title has got a crazy back story
10 classic albums that would be better if they were shorter
Making great records greater, one edit at a time
Radiohead's Philip Selway on what the band learned from touring with R.E.M.
The two groups toured together in 1995 and it was a valuable lesson for the Oxford band
R.E.M.'s Reckoning: raw, mysterious and strangely melodic, refracting their influences through a murky Southern prism
How the melodic sophistication of R.E.M.'s second album Reckoning served as a pre-echo of their 90s success
