The coming of age of intelligent alternative rock.
Sophisticated melodies and layered sounds.
This album sublimates the experimental nature of their previous albums with a pop sensibility, proving the band's maturity. It's a masterpiece that evokes a gentle sense of exhilaration.
12 TRACKS:
1)
The Lifting
2)
I've Been High
3)
All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)
4)
She Just Wants To Be
5)
Disappear
6)
Saturn Return
7)
Beat A Drum
8)
Imitation Of Life
9)
Summer Turns To High
10)
Chorus And The Ring
11)
I'll Take The Rain
12)
Beachball
Artwork [Packaging] - Michael Stipe
Arranged By [Strings] - R.E.M.
Producer - R.E.M.
Accompanied By - Glen Brady
Accompanied By - Jamie Candiloro
Recorded By, Mixed By - Jamie Candiloro
Producer - Pat McCarthy
Recorded By, Mixed By - Pat McCarthy
Accompanied By - John Keane
Engineer [Athens] - John Keane
Strings - Nicola Cleary
Engineer [Second, Vancouver] - Dean Maher
Accompanied By - Scott McCaughey
Mastered By - Bob Ludwig
Strings - David James (3)
Accompanied By - Joey Waronker
Engineer [Second, Vancouver] - Zach Blackstone
Engineer [Second, Dublin] - Kieran Lynch
Accompanied By - Ken Stringfellow
Engineer [Second, Vancouver] - Alex Aligizakis
Edited By - Adam Ayan
Other [Advisor] - Bertis Downs IV
Woodwind - David Agnew
Arranged By [Strings] - Johnny Tate
Engineer [Second, Miami] - Christine Tramontano
Strings - Ruth Murphy
Artwork [Packaging] - Chris Bilheimer
Field Recording [Field Recordings] - Lou Kregel (9)
Engineer [Second, Dublin] - Dave Hughes
Horns - David Martin (13)
Strings - Elizabeth Dean
Horns - Shaun Hooke
Strings - Cliona O'Driscoll
Strings - Michelle Lalor
Strings - Ruth Mann
Strings - Peter Crooks
Strings - Hillary O'Donovan
Horns - Get The Horns Section (12)
Horns - Eoin Daly
Strings - Marcus Miller (4)
Strings - Annette Cleary
Strings - Elizabeth Leonard
Technician [Assistant, Dublin] - Mark Fitzgerald (2)
