R.E.M. set out to make an idyllic album about summer, but instead made a product that showed the world just how comfortable they'd gotten. The highs are still high, but the search for what R.E.M.'s voice would be would continue.

Links:

• r.e.m.IX - Wikipedia
• The Lifting (Original Version) - YouTube
• (1) Beat A Drum (Dalkey Demo) - YouTube
• (1) 2JN - YouTube
• (1) REM / Yellow River - YouTube
• (1) 165 Hillcrest (R.E.M) - YouTube
• (1) Summer Turns To High (32 Chord Song Demo) - YouTube
• (1) R.E.M. - Fascinating - YouTube
• (1) R.E.M. Reveal February 2001 Advance Master - YouTube
• (1) REM - Favorite writer - YouTube