The songwriting is more focused and accessible here, as a look at the classics “So. Central Rain (I‘m Sorry)” and “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” would indicate. It would be a long time before the words sung by Michael Stipe would be so straightforward. Nor would the band let loose with so many easy country rockers.
From AMG:
“Opening with the ringing "Harborcoat," Reckoning runs through a set of ten jangle pop songs that are different not only in sound but in style from the debut. Michael Stipe continues to sing powerful melodies without enunciating, but the band has a propulsive kick that makes the music vital and alive. On the surface, Reckoning may not be as distinctive as Murmur, but the record's influence on underground American rock in the '80s was just as strong.”
Athens trivia, as per Wikipedia:
The cover art is a collaboration between Stipe and Georgia folk artist Howard Finster. The video for “Radio Free Europe” was actually filmed in Finster’s garden, and he also appears in Athens, GA Inside Out, a documentary chronicling the mid-80s Athens music scene.
Harborcoat
Pretty Persuasion
These two songs really are great. You should download them.
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