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For their fourth album, R.E.M., who previously bought their sonic murk in bulk, hired John Cougar Mellencamp's producer. "It's a great-sounding record, but I really hated [producer] Don Gehman at the time," lead singer Michael Stipe said years later about being pushed to be less willfully obscure. "It was like throwing a baby into ice-cold […]

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R.E.M.'s pivotal 1986 album is remastered and reissued with an intriguing bonus disc of full-band demos.