℗ 2014 R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. Under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc.
| Released | 2014 |
| Duration | 48m 58s |
| Record Label | Concord Records |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
R.E.M. |
3:59 | |||
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1.2
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Crush With Eyeliner
R.E.M. |
4:39 | |||
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1.3
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King Of Comedy
R.E.M. |
3:40 | |||
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1.4
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I Don't Sleep, I Dream
R.E.M. |
3:26 | |||
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1.5
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Star 69
R.E.M. |
3:07 | |||
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1.6
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Strange Currencies
R.E.M. |
3:51 | |||
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1.7
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Tongue
R.E.M. |
4:10 | |||
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1.8
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Bang And Blame
R.E.M. |
5:28 | |||
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1.9
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I Took Your Name
R.E.M. |
4:01 | |||
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1.10
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Let Me In
R.E.M. |
3:27 | |||
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1.11
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Circus Envy
R.E.M. |
4:14 | |||
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1.12
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You
R.E.M. |
4:56 |
Billboard 200 - #1, 1994
UK Albums Chart - #1, 1994
UK Singles Chart - #9, 1994 - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
"Four Stars ... incorporating echoes of everything from the Beatles and the Stones through grunge and the indie rock sound that R.E.M. helped define in the '80s, Monster is a spirited celebration of rock history and imagination ... a work that showcases Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry as both fans and masters of the form."
- Los Angeles Times
"If the new album isn't exactly a sonic grungefest, it comes a hell of a lot closer than anyone could have anticipated ... gone are the manicured interweavings of strings, mandolins and other acoustic instruments ... R.E.M.'s exceptional pop craftsmanship, their luminous melodic inventions, their sense of mission, in short, everything fundamental, are still there and shining more brightly than ever ... Monster is one urgent-sounding album and that's as it should be ... what's truly impressive about Monster is the way R.E.M. make an album with such potentially grave subject matter so much fun ... if you've been a fan of R.E.M. live and missed the raw power of their gigs on earlier albums, this one's for you ... a deeply felt, thematically coherent, consistently invigorating challenge to 'evolve or die' with all the courage of its convictions."
- Rolling Stone
Debuting at number one in both the US and UK and topping the charts in at least five other countries, R.E.M.'s 1994 album Monster ranks among the band's most successful and without a doubt heaviest, noisiest, most guitar-centric releases. Monster lived up to its name, containing several rock and alternative radio hits, including What's The Frequency, Kenneth?, Bang And Blame, Crush With Eyeliner, Strange Currencies, Tongue and Star 69.
"On past albums we had been exploring acoustic instruments, trying to use the piano and mandolin and we did it about all we wanted to do it. And you come back to the fact that playing loud electric guitar music is about as fun as music can be."
- Mike Mills
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Concord Records Studio Masters
Tracks 3 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit.
Tracks 3 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit.
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.10 -4.94 to -1.00 | -18.10 -20.06 to -16.05 | -15.35 -17.50 to -13.40 | 11 10 to 12 | |
| 1 | What's The Frequency, Kenneth? | -1.40 | -17.21 | -14.3 | 11 |
| 2 | Crush With Eyeliner | -1.26 | -16.77 | -14.1 | 11 |
| 3 | King Of Comedy | -2.60 | -20.02 | -17.5 | 12 |
| 4 | I Don't Sleep, I Dream | -1.00 | -17.67 | -15.9 | 12 |
| 5 | Star 69 | -2.89 | -17.89 | -15.2 | 11 |
| 6 | Strange Currencies | -1.85 | -17.92 | -15.1 | 11 |
| 7 | Tongue | -2.36 | -19.40 | -17.1 | 11 |
| 8 | Bang And Blame | -1.04 | -18.49 | -15.9 | 11 |
| 9 | I Took Your Name | -1.70 | -16.86 | -13.6 | 10 |
| 10 | Let Me In | -4.94 | -20.06 | -16.3 | 10 |
| 11 | Circus Envy | -1.43 | -16.05 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 12 | You | -2.75 | -18.91 | -15.8 | 10 |