Fables Of The Reconstruction

New UNCUT Magazine With Cover Stars R.E.M. And Free THE DOORS CD

Posted on by JL

26 April 2025

40 years ago, jingle jangle stars R.E.M. travelled to London to record their third LP
Fables Of The Reconstruction. A cryptic record, it arrived in difficult circumstances,
yet played a critical role in the band’s transformation.

UNCUT had exclusive interviews with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills who shine a new light on their early years. “By the time we got to Fables, we were all crazy, to one degree or another.”


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Also articles about The Doors, Bon Iver, Shack, Prince, Dire Straits, Clem Burke, and many more. New album reviews by Stereolab, Martin Carthy, Robert Forster, Suzi Be Ungerleider, The Doobie Brothers, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Ganavya and others.

This month’s Free CD is one by The Doors featuring rarities, demos, and live tracks.
You can purchase a copy of this issue and have it sent to your home. Info HERE.

Third Album REM ‘Fables Of The Reconstruction’ Came Out 35 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

10 June 2020

Band: R.E.M (Athens, Georgia)
Active: 1980-2011
Album: Fables Of The Reconstruction
The band’s third LP – A concept album with
Southern Gothic themes and characters
Released: 10 June 1985 – 35 years ago

BBC MUSIC:“This third effort marked a change in direction for the band,
who infused its 11 songs with dark, unsettling undertones… Overall, Fables
is the embodiment of confusion, of minds and worlds unsure about their
futures, a sense of foreboding intensified by Stipe’s oblique, muddied lyrics.”

Keywords: Jingle jangle grooviness that inspired thousand bands afterward
Key tracks:  Driver 8 / Can’t Get There From Here / Wendell Gee

– DRIVER 8 –

– CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE –

– WENDELL GEE –

Full album…

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