R.E.M. "Green" dark wave Sounds' Dave McCullough praised it

Sounds' Dave McCullough praised it in a 5-star review and noted: "The Cure are going somewhere different on each track

The double LP release in gorgeous gatefold packaging and a 12 page 12"x12" book-complete with liner notes from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons who witnessed the show first hand-gives this seminal performance it's proper platform

' and an appropriately gross and desperate cover of Shellac's 'Prayer to God

he began visiting multiple studios in greater Philadelphia

but the highlight is Elfman's singing

R.E.M. "Green" dark wave Sounds' Dave McCullough praised itgreen catapulted r. e. m. from campus cult favorites to rock stars of the highest order. the album contains three of the athens, georgia, quartet's most popular radio hits ("pop song 89," "stand," and "orange crush"), punching up the big rock hooks and letting the spooky independent production slip away. some diehard fans cried "sellout!" but that's a strange attitude given singer michael stipe's environmental activism. "i'm very scared of this