Rolling Stone (p.77) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he powerful RECKONING established the band as bona fide leaders of the new American indie-rock underground."<br>Spin (p.91) - "[T]he songs betrayed a folk-country influence -- the Byrds, in particular -- resulting in an album refreshingly out of fashion for 1984."<br>Spin (12/03, p.122) - "...RECKONING gets over on straight-up songcraft..."<br>Uncut - 5 stars out of 5 -- "RECKONING, remarkably, deepened the band's mythology, projecting a kind of existential restlessness wrapped in webs of gorgeous guitar arpeggio and interweaving vocal textures."<br>CMJ (1/6/03, p.14) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"<br>CMJ (1/5/04, p.14) - Ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984".<br>Q (Magazine) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he jangle and crunch of Buck's Rickenbacker brooked no confusion; here were the seeds of every baroque experiment with mandolins and balalaikas that lay ahead..."<br>Blender (Magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "RECKONING aims for the gut with roundhouse drumming, sunburst guitars, Podunk country ballads...and just enough poetic vagueness..."<br>Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]t is host to a kind of determined minimalism, each song building via subtle variations in performance and instrumentation."<br>Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "RECKONING remains a highpoint in REM's first chapter of existence. 'Central Rain' sounds like a lost soul classic..."<br>Disc 1<br>1. Harborcoat<br>2. 7 Chinese Brothers<br>3. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)<br>4. Pretty Persuasion<br>5. Time After Time (Annelise)<br>6. Second Guessing<br>7. Letter Never Sent<br>8. Camera<br>9. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville<br>10. Little America<br><br>Disc 2<br>1. Femme Fatale - (live)<br>2. Radio Free Europe - (live)<br>3. Gardening At Night - (live)<br>4. 9-9 - (live)<br>5. Windout - (live)<br>6. Letter Never Sent - (live)<br>7. Sitting Still - (live)<br>8. Driver 8 - (live)<br>9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - (live)<br>10. 7 Chinese Bros. - (live)<br>11. Harborcoat - (live)<br>12. Hyena - (live)<br>13. Pretty Persuasion - (live)<br>14. Little America - (live)<br>15. Second Guessing - (live)<br>16. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville - (live)<br>
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