The Reconstruction period immediately following the American Civil War was a time of change in the South; when the former Confederate states worked on reintegrating into the Union, Black slaves ...

When Fables of the Reconstruction was released on June 10, 1985, it brought R.E.M. another step closer to mainstream popularity, reaching No. 28 on the Billboard 200, winning the CMJ New Music ...

At that point, the Athens, Georgia quartet were only three albums in but a pillar that remained right the way through to their split in 2011 had been set: R.E.M. were always the b ...

Four decades later, what Fables Of The Reconstruction really sounds like is R.E.M. tapping in to all the things they could be for the first time. They had blown the future wide open.

The 'King of Queens' star talks about navigating comedy in today's world and buying his first Phil Collins album.

Striding biblically into the green room at a London Bridge rehearsal studio, Michael Shannon is a daunting figure. Six foot three, craggier than Mount Rushmore and pathologically unsmiling, the double ...

‘Fables Of The Reconstruction’ by R.E.M. The Georgia quartet kept their impressive career-opening hot streak intact with their third album.

Looking back four decades, it’s hardly a coincidence that Fables of the Reconstruction (released 6/10/85), is just as murky as its predecessors, if not more so.With sessions taking place in London ...

R.E.M.'s third album 'Fables Of The Reconstruction,' could only have been recorded by one band, and is one of Michael Stipe's favorite LPs.