Dead Letter Office - R.E.M.

Bought this 2nd hand at a music fair in guildford and its a collection of bsides and out takes. I recommend it to serious REM fans as it contains work not on anything else but it probably wouldnt appeal to a lot. Ranging from excellent to pants it has 20 wide varying tracks so i suppose its value for money. Of course its remastered so isnt put together that well and sounds quite dated at times. "Crazy" starts the album and is a cover version from "Pylon" "There she goes again" is another cover version this time from Velvet underground,quite a nice cover actually,i think Velvet underground and Lou reed are one ...

This odds'n'sods collection of out-takes and B-sides shows a less serious side side to REM that should appeal to more than just die-hard fans. DEAD LETTER OFFICE contains several cover versions ('Crazy' by Pylon, 'Toys In The Attic' by Aerosmith, and no less than three Velvet Underground tracks). You get a much clearer picture of the roots and influences of the band than you do on most of their studio albums, and Michael Stipe's whispering vocals are well-suited to much of this material, particularly the version of 'Femme Fatale'. There is a lot of humour on the album, particularly on 'Voice of Harold' ('7 ...