“In an MTV documentary that tracked the career of R.E.M. up to and including the release of their 1991 album Out of Time, bassist Mike Mills spoke about how important it was for the band early on to play live anywhere and everywhere they could. It was, he said, how they bonded as musicians and friends, while helping build the core fanbase that would launch them instantly into the upper reaches of t”
“By bouncing among eras and albums, this enormous box set of sessions and broadcasts offers an elliptical, revisionist portrait of a band whose legacy is largely undecided.”
