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Reckoning (R.e.m. Album) | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Reckoning | | lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|LP by R.E.M. | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|1984 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|??? | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|College rock | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|37 min 57 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|IRS Records | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Mitch Easter | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic.com | valign="top"|5 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Robert Christgau | valign="top"|B+ | valign="top"|link | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|R.E.M. Chronology | align="top"|Murmur
(1983) | valign="top"|Reckoning
(1984) | valign="top"|Fables of the Reconstruction
(1985) | Reckoning is the second LP released by the band R.E.M.. It was released in 1984 by indie label IRS Records. The album explores a number of different musical styles. Song topics include cold weather, a fairy tale in which a child drowns, a flood, superficiality, and separation. Yet the jangling guitars and beautiful melodies hide the dark lyrics. The final song, "Little America", is written about rural America, and the song is a prelude to the Southern themes on the subsequent album, Fables of the Reconstruction. The cover art is a collaboration between lead singer Michael Stipe and Georgia outsider artist Howard Finster. Track Listing - Harborcoat - 3:54
- 7 Chinese Brothers - 4:18
- So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - 3:16
- Pretty Persuasion - 3:51
- Time After Time (Annelise) - 3:30
- Second Guessing - 2:52
- Letter Never Sent - 2:59
- Camera - 5:26
- (Don't Go Back to) Rockville - 4:55
- Little America - 2:56
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