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R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
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Side one – "A Side"
"Feeling Gravitys Pull" – 4:48
"Maps and Legends" – 3:10
"Driver 8" – 3:23
"Life and How to Live It" – 4:06
"Old Man Kensey" (Jeremy Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe) – 4:08
Side two – "Another Side"
"Cant Get There from Here" – 3:39
"Green Grow the Rushes" – 3:46
"Kohoutek" – 3:18
"Auctioneer (Another Engine)" – 2:44
"Good Advices" – 3:30
"Wendell Gee" – 3:01
R.E.M. Band Members / Musicians
Bill Berry – drums, backing vocals (credited as "WT Berry – Best Boy")
Peter Buck – guitar, banjo, harmonica (credited as "PL Buck – Ministry of Music")
Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano (credited as "ME Mills – Consolate Mediator")
Michael Stipe – lead vocals (credited as "JM Stipe – Gaffer Interpreter")
David Bitelli – tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone on "Cant Get There from Here"
Camilla Brunt – violin on "Feeling Gravitys Pull"
Jim Dvorak – trumpet on "Cant Get There from Here"
Philippa Ibbotson – violin on "Feeling Gravitys Pull"
David Newby – cello on "Feeling Gravitys Pull"
Pete Thomas – tenor saxophone on "Cant Get There from Here"
Joe Boyd – production
Berry Clempson – audio engineering
Tony Harris – engineering
M. K. Johnston – photography and art
Fables of the Reconstruction, also known as Reconstruction of the Fables, is the 3rd studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on I.R.S. Records on June 10, 1985. The Joe Boyd-produced album was the first recorded by the group outside the United States. It is a concept album with Southern Gothic themes and characters.
