Green

Green is the sixth album by the American band R.E.M. It was their debut major label release for Warner Bros., released in November 1988. Green was notably the first album to feature two songs to reach the top spot on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Orange Crush," and "Stand." With the release of Document in 1987, R.E.M. had fulfilled its contract with I.R.S. Records. The band decided to switch to a major record label due to the lack of adequate pr... more

Green is the sixth album by the American band R.E.M. It was their debut major label release for Warner Bros., released in November 1988. Green was notably the first album to feature two songs to reach the top spot on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Orange Crush," and "Stand." With the release of Document in 1987, R.E.M. had fulfilled its contract with I.R.S. Records. The band decided to switch to a major record label due to the lack of adequate promotion outside of the United States. In 1988, R.E.M. signed a $10 million contract with Warner Bros. Records for their next five albums. Under the terms of the contract, the group was given complete ownership of the songs. Green was R.E.M.'s first album for Warner Brothers, and took a total of four months to record and mix, and was released on November 7, 1988, one day before the 1988 presidential election. The members of R.E.M. consciously changed their usual recording practices in order to avoid falling into the trap of putting out the same... less