An American Masterpiece Turns 40
How one of the finest debut albums in rock history laid the humble foundations of the college rock revolution
‘Radio Free Europe’, the lead track from the R.E.M. debut LP, Murmur has all of the earmarks of a catchy underground hit. A simple, repeatable chorus line draped within a catchy, ascendant voca…
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