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Williams employed a live-on-the-floor production ethic that not only had the musicians playing together-a relative rarity on major label rock recordings-but playing without the isolation/separation that producers use to keep the sound of each instrument from bleeding into the other musicians' microphones

The guys never sacrificed the punk soul summoned in beat-up vans and basement shows

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R.E.M. "Monster" (25th Anniversary) import It turned the sound ofR. E. M.s ninth album, Monster, was released at a time when the band were coming off the peak of their mainstream success, following Out of Time (1991) and Automatic For The People (1992). Coming from a long break in touring (the band famously didnt tour with the two previous records), Monster represented an intentional shift in R. E. M.s sound, a return to rock with guitar laden, simple arrangements. It was released to strong reviews and significant