Track Listing
1. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. King of Comedy
4. I Don't Sleep, I Dream
5. Star 69
6. Strange Currencies
7. Tongue
8. Bang and Blame
9. I Took Your Name
10. Let Me In
11. Circus Envy
12. You
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Thurston Moore | | Producer: | R.E.M., Scott Litt | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums).
Additional personnel: Bertis Downs (keyboards); Jefferson Holt, Sally Dworski, Ane, Lynda, Lou, Rain.
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California; Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida; Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta, Georgia; Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MONSTER was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
A return to big guitars and big statements following the dark, intimate AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE.
Editorial Reviews
...Lulled by the aural Prozac of their more melodic tunes, it's easy for one to forget that R.E.M. are a rock 'n' roll band. Their new MONSTER puts them back on the block of their noisy origins and Stipe's buried-in-the-mix lyrics...
Vibe
...MONSTER proves no one cranks the amplifiers and mumbles lyrics in quite the same thrilling way as the originators... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (09/30/1994)
7 - Very Good - ...At best stunning, at worst merely diverting, MONSTER sounds like the album they 'had' to make, to clear out their system...
NME (09/29/1994)
3 Stars - Good - ...MONSTER is a balder and starker bit of landscaping and whether everything in the garden remains lovely is up to debate...
Q (11/01/1994)
...the band hasn't really changed at all: the songs still stress melody over meaning, the playing still emphasizes the unit over the individuals, and the sound remains as fresh as it was a dozen years ago...
Musician (11/01/1994)
Highly Recommended - ...this is its most implacable --and convincing--music since MURMUR....Even as MONSTER flirts with unreason and breaks down old taboos, it observes the strict protocols of the forms it plays havoc with...
Spin (11/01/1994)
4.5 Stars - Excellent - ...MONSTER is a deeply felt, thematically coherent, consistently invigorating challenge to 'evolve or die,' with all the courage of its convictions...
Rolling Stone (10/06/1994)
Ranked #14 in NME's list of the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
NME (12/24/1994)
Ranked #3 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (02/28/1995)
Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - ...This is R.E.M.'s big, dumb rock record. Except it's not dumb at all...
New York Times (01/05/1995)
Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - ...Peter Buck's guitars blare and buzz to carry the pioneering collegiate-rock band into the age of grunge.
New York Times (01/05/1995)
Ranked #6 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of '94.'
Spin (12/01/1994)
Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - ...This is R.E.M.'s big, dumb rock record. Except it's not dumb at all...
New York Times (01/05/1995)
4 stars out of 5 - With '92's AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, R.E.M. reached their creative peak.
Mojo
5 stars out of 5 -- MONSTER is music of a moment -- '90s alt-rock perfected.
Blender
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