The vinyl reissues are for two long out-of-print titles from the second half of R.E.M.’s celebrated career: 2004’s 'Around the Sun' and 2011’s 'Collapse Into Now.'
How do you explain power pop, a music genre that has ‘simple’ as its middle name? Well, you give it a simple explanation to boot - “Power pop is The Beatles meets The Who. That’s literally all there is to it.”
The follow-up to the band’s breakout 1981 single “Radio Free Europe,” 'Chronic Town' features the classic tracks “Gardening at Night,” “Wolves,” and more.