Review: REM :: Up

It’s considered the album that made everything worse. “Up” brings together REM’s last major song collection

More popular than the album itself is the comparison with the animal: after the departure of drummer Bill Berry, the band was like a three-legged dog, said singer Michael Stipe at the time. Art break. But even a three-legged dog, Stipe added, could still walk. Maybe it’s because of this somewhat unsuccessful self-PR that many fans thought…

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