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REM Lifes Rich Pageant

R.E.M. Life’s Rich Pageant Turns 40 as the Album That Changed the Band’s Future

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant remains the album that reshaped the band’s sound, broadened its audience and paved the way for its commercial breakthrough.

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