Chronic Town

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Chronic Town
Chronic Town cover
EP by R.E.M.
Released August 24, 1982
Recorded October 1981 and early 1982
Genre Jangle pop, College rock
Length 20:26
Label I.R.S. Records
Producer Mitch Easter and R.E.M.
Professional reviews
R.E.M. chronology
Chronic Town
(1982)		 Murmur
(1983)

Chronic Town is an EP released by the band R.E.M. in 1982 for I.R.S. Records. Chronic Town is the first illustration of R.E.M.'s signature musical style: jangling guitars, chords played in arpeggio, murmured vocals, and lyrics that completely avoid the standard topics of popular music - love and relationships. The band was unhappy with the sound of the record when it was released, although fans and critics hailed it as a great achievement. As a result of the critical appraisal, I.R.S. gave R.E.M. the green light to record their debut album, Murmur, which would be released in 1983.

The album's cover shows a gargoyle in blue tones. The back cover shows a photo of the band members, also in blue tones. The EP's title comes from a line in "Carnival of Sorts".

In 1987, Chronic Town was added to the CD edition of the rarities compilation album, Dead Letter Office, its only current source of availability on CD, it is however released in LP format, and cassette format.

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. "1,000,000" – 3:06
  2. "Stumble" – 5:40
  3. "Wolves, Lower" – 4:10
  4. "Gardening at Night" – 3:29
  5. "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" – 3:54

v • d • e
R.E.M.
Peter Buck · Mike Mills · Michael Stipe
Bill Berry
Accompaniment Scott McCaughey · Bill Rieflin · Ken Stringfellow · Amanda Brown · Nathan December · Buren Fowler · Peter Holsapple · Barrett Martin · Joey Waronker
Management and producers Bertis Downs, IV · Jacknife Lee · Joe Boyd · Don Dixon · Mitch Easter · Don Gehman · Jefferson Holt · Scott Litt · Pat McCarthy
Studio albums and EPs Chronic Town · Murmur · Reckoning · Fables of the Reconstruction · Lifes Rich Pageant · Document · Green · Out of Time · Automatic for the People · Monster · New Adventures in Hi-Fi · Up · Reveal · Around the Sun · Upcoming studio album #14
Compilations Dead Letter Office · Eponymous · The Best of R.E.M. · Singles Collected · In the Attic · In Time · And I Feel Fine
Other albums Athens Andover · Man on the Moon · Not Bad for No Tour · r.e.m.IX · R.E.M. Live
Singles List of singles
Videos Succumbs · Tourfilm · Pop Screen · This Film Is On · Parallel · Road Movie · In View · Perfect Square · When the Light Is Mine
Related articles Discography · Alternative rock · Hindu Love Gods · I.R.S. Records · Warner Bros. Records · Hib-Tone · Homer the Moe
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