The epilogue of R.E.M.'s thirty-year saga. With this concluding chapter, the book "Perfect Circle" — devoted to their history and lyrics — is now available in full online on OndaRock
The final surge before the last stop. "Accelerate" is a noble parting shot, R.E.M.'s true last testament
R.E.M.'s journey around the sun conceals weariness and nostalgia beneath a cloak of old-fashioned ballads
With the rhythm section restored - buried on its predecessor out of respect for their defected friend Berry - Stipe & co. go back to basking in the melodic ballads that made the fortune of the celebrated Athens outfit
Having lost Berry, the Athens band ventures into a bold project blending electronics with bloody riffs, without quite managing to hide its disorientation
The captivating black-and-white travel diary that would come to stand as the swan song of R.E.M. at their best. Featuring Patti Smith
One of the most disorienting chapters in the great R.E.M. story turns 25, caught between grunge nods and requiems for departed friends
After the triumph of "Out Of Time", R.E.M. wrongfoot everyone with their darkest, most pensive album, reveling in the ballad format...
The album of the Georgians' definitive breakthrough, propelled by their first worldwide hit "Losing My Religion"
The first album of the Warner era for Stipe and co., caught between environmental activism, politics and the awareness of their new role as rock stars
"Document", R.E.M.'s pivotal record, turns 30. We're taking the opportunity to bring you the chapter of "Perfect Circle" devoted to the album
The new chapter of "Perfect Circle": Stipe and co.'s comeback with the record that tells the "human comedy" in their own way
We reopen the "Perfect Circle" book. In the 3rd chapter, the rediscovery of Stipe & co.'s Southern roots with Fables of the Reconstruction
We reopen the "Perfect Circle" book. In the second chapter: "Reckoning", the record with which the former Athens freshmen came of age
The "Perfect Circle" book reconstructs R.E.M.'s fairy tale through their songs. Starting today we'll bring it to you online: in the first chapter, the EP debut and the breakthrough of "Murmur"