R.E.M. In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 [2 LP] 02/19/2016 and the Perry-Tyler songwriting team

and the Perry-Tyler songwriting team generates both musical sophistication and four-on-the-floor hard rock

though its presentation is

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R.E.M. In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 [2 LP] 02/19/2016 and the Perry-Tyler songwriting teamR. E. M.: Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry. Includes liner notes by Peter Buck. Many of those who revere R. E. M. tend to fixate on the Athens band's earlier days, when the Byrds gone new wave jangle of Peter Buck's guitar and the inscrutable murmurs of curly headed frontman Michael Stipe ruled the college rock roost and set the standard for what came to be known as "alternative rock." Thus, it's often overlooked that the band didn't