Warner Music has announced the publication on May 20 of a double CD that will collect the audio of the two concerts that the American band REM made for the music chain MTV within its emblematic series «Unplugged«. It was in 1991 and 2001 when the band of michael stipe He made separate recordings, becoming the only main band that made a double within this mythical space, consisting of acoustic performances and awarded with a Grammy and an Emmy.
The audio of these concerts had never been edited before and in their first foray into the market, in addition to all the songs from the original television broadcast, they will include 11 songs that were never seen in their appearances on MTV. The first album, corresponding to his 1991 performance, focuses on the album "Out of Time", which sold more than 18 million copies worldwide and was his first number 1 in the US, with hits such as "Losing My Religion ». Of their six previous albums, ranging from their debut "Murmur" (1983) to "Green" (1988), songs like "Fall On Me", "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) ”, a cover of The Troggs song“ Love Is All Around ”,“ Get Up ”and“ World Leader Pretend ”.
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In the "Unplugged 2001", it is worth highlighting songs from the albums "Reveal" (2001) and "Up" (1998), as well as the turn of the screw that they imprinted on their song "The One I Love", from their 1987 album. "Document", which can now be downloaded by reserving the disc on iTunes. REM., composed of Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry, was born in the American town of Athens in 1980. At the end of 1997, after releasing two of his most iconic albums, the aforementioned "Out of time" and "Automatic for the people ”(1992), Berry left his post. After releasing five more studio albums, the band disbanded in 2011, through an announcement on its official website. Members of the Rock Hall of Fame since 2007, they are estimated to have global sales of 85 million copies of all their albums.
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