Library Rock's Backpages

R.E.M.: Out Of Time (WEA)

Max Bell, Vox, April 1991

THEY MUST have scratched their heads at Burbank when R.E.M. delivered Out Of Time. Far from capitalising on the success of Green, where America's most popular least mainstream rock'n'roll group assembled their clutter into something approaching easy listening, Berry, Buck, Mills & Stipe have returned wearing an enigmatic smile.

Total word count of piece: 589

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.