It Crawled from the South: An R.E.M. Companion

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Summary: The R.E.M. book, Period.
Review: A wonderful resource. Can be used as a reference, or novel-type of a read. Covers everything you wanted to know about R.E.M. and more. The revised edition is wonderfully thorough and well-researched. This is the R.E.M. Bible.

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Summary: fantastic
Review: All i can say is, if you want to get into rem's head, then read this and you will be right in there. A pleasure to read, a great peice of rock and roll history

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Summary: In a league of it's own
Review: Beyond compare. Aside, obviously, from his accomplishments in ammassing a wealth of information and trivia the chief outstanding feature of the book is the author's ability to convey his admiration and enthusiasm for the band while remaining somehow detatched and clear-sighted enough to criticise and poke fun of them. Volumes of this sort are typically so laden by melodramatic praise that the fawning writer makes his work unreadable. In short 'It Crawled From the South', is not only a break from the norm, but is also a spectacular piece when viewed out of context and in isolation.

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Summary: Absolutely brill, indispensable background-info.
Review: Contains all the stuff u ever wanted 2 know about this world's best band. + it's hilarious. Definitely recommendet reading 4 any fan!

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Summary: A must read for any R.E.M. fan
Review: Gray does a spectacular job, covering everything about the band, history, lyrics, even alternate names. Best of all are the very informative chapters on the lyrics. A great vaction read for students. It goes quickly despite its length.

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Summary: IT CRAWLED FROM THE SOUTH: AN R.E.M. COMPANION
Review: I HAD THIS BOOK AT ONE POINT. IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE! THE BEST R.E.M. BOOK I'VE READ. I USED TO HAVE 5 BOOKS. BUT, I'M BUILDING MY COLLECTION AGAIN. I'VE LOVED R.E.M. SINCE 1995.

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Summary: IT CRAWLED FROM THE SOUTH: AN R.E.M. COMPANION
Review: I HAD THIS BOOK AT ONE POINT. IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE! THE BEST R.E.M. BOOK I'VE READ. I USED TO HAVE 5 BOOKS. BUT, I'M BUILDING MY COLLECTION AGAIN. I'VE LOVED R.E.M. SINCE 1995.

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Summary: well, it's a good book...
Review: I've read this book cover to cover and then gone back to read my favorite bits later. It was my introduction to the details of R.E.M.'s history, and I think it certainly served that purpose well. And I enjoyed the writing style and the commentary almost as much as I enjoyed all the insanely random little bits of information.

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Summary: well, it's a good book...
Review: I've read this book cover to cover and then gone back to read my favorite bits later. It was my introduction to the details of R.E.M.'s history, and I think it certainly served that purpose well. And I enjoyed the writing style and the commentary almost as much as I enjoyed all the insanely random little bits of information.

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Summary: This is a review of the FIRST edition
Review: so it might be outdated. That being said, I do not care enough to find out if Mr. Gray's writing skills have improved since then, because, along with braces and eighties hair bands, it is not somehting I have any interest in enduring yet again. Lots of reseacch, plenty of insight (his analysis of "Kahotek" from Fables is extremely illuminating, but, man, what a miserable excuse for a writer...You'd be better off reading Talk About the Passion and the Rolling Stone compendium.