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| 1 | What's the Frequency, Kenneth? | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:00 |
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| 2 | Crush with Eyeliner | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:38 |
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| 3 | King of Comedy | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 3:41 |
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| 4 | I Don't Sleep, I Dream | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 3:28 |
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| 5 | Star 69 | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 3:08 |
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| 6 | Strange Currencies | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 3:53 |
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| 7 | Tongue | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:13 |
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| 8 | Bang and Blame | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 5:30 |
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| 9 | I Took Your Name | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:03 |
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| 10 | Let Me In | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 3:28 |
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| 11 | Circus Envy | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:15 |
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| 12 | You | Berry/Buck/Mills/St | 4:54 |
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Overview
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Editorial Reviews
Monster
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Warner Bros.
Style: Alternative Pop/Rock
Monster
UPC: 093624574026
Release Date: 09/27/1994
Original Release Date: 09/27/1994
Number of Discs: 1
- R.E.M.
Main Performer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Monster is indeed R.E.M.'s long-promised "rock" album; it just doesn't rock in the way one might expect. Instead of R.E.M.'s trademark anthemic bashers, Monster offers a set of murky sludge, powered by the heavily distorted and delayed guitar of Peter Buck. Michael Stipe's vocals have been pushed to the back of the mix, along with Bill Berry's drums, which accentuates the muscular pulse of Buck's chords. From the androgynous sleaze of "Crush With Eyeliner" to the subtle, Eastern-tinged menace of "You," most of the album sounds dense, dirty, and grimy, which makes the punchy guitars of "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and the warped soul of "Tongue" all the more distinctive. Monster doesn't have the conceptual unity or consistently brilliant songwriting of Automatic for the People, but it does offer a wide range of sonic textures that have never been heard on an R.E.M. album before. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
