REM Re-Issue Announced

US alternative rock gods REM are set to re-issue their debut album 'Murmur' is expanded form, to be released on November 25th in the US it has been announced.

Having spent the past selling twenty years selling bucketloads of albums, its difficult to imagine the fledgling REM earnestly pushing their debut album into the hands of critics. 1983's 'Murmur' shows little sign of the stadium sized melancholy they would use to such success, but it is nonetheless a classic album.

With Michael Stipe's vocals hidden deep in the mix, 'Murmur' is a mysterious album that synthesizes many of the band's formative influences. In the new re-issue, these influences are explored on the second disc, a live set recorded shortly after the album was released. Containing many early songs from the album, as well as the 'Chronic Town EP', the live set also includes formative versions of tracks destined for future albums such as 'Reckoning'.

REM will release the expanded version of 'Murmur' on November 25th in the US. Full tracklisting is below:

Disc 1:

1 Radio Free Europe
2 Pilgrimage
3 Laughing
4 Talk About the Passion
5 Moral Kiosk
6 Perfect Circle
7 Catapult
8 Sitting Still
9 9-9
10 Shaking Through
11 We Walk
12 West of the Fields

Disc 2 (Live at Larry's Hideaway):

1 Laughing
2 Pilgrimage
3 There She Goes Again
4 7 Chinese Brothers
5 Talk About the Passion
6 Sitting Still
7 Harborcoat
8 Catapult
9 Gardening at Night
10 9-9
11 Just a Touch
12 West of the Fields
13 Radio Free Europe
14 We Walk
15 1,000,000
16 Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)