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"... downright schizophrenic: the rock is arena-ready, the acoustic interludes more fragile than ever. B+." - Entertainment Weekly "... it's fascinating to see how R.E.M. handles fame and commercial success. On paper, this looks to be the band's biggest album ever: strong singles material ... a major label, a more accessible sound ... R.E.M. may be dangerously close to becoming a conventional rock & roll band, but Green proves it's a damn good one." - Rolling Stone "... no marked departure from what has worked in the past, but it does show a willingness to experiment and change within the prudent limits that a gradualist sets ... (the higher-wattage songs) steady move from jangly folkiness to toughened, high-impact rock. There's a raw but sharply honed edge to Peter Buck's guitar attack and the band adds bite with new found percussive effects." - Los Angeles Times Green marked R.E.M.'s entry into the big leagues of the music industry: the band's first major label release and the first of a multimillion dollar, multi-album deal. It yielded two number one hits on both modern rock and mainstream rock radio, Orange Crush and Stand, with Turn You Inside-Out going top 10 on both formats. R.E.M.'s biggest commercial success to that point, Green has since sold four million copies globally. This deluxe 25th anniversary edition includes an additional disc of 26 live songs recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1989.