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Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 praised the album, and called "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
"It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...

" an "inspirational title." Stephan Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that "Where Lifes Rich Pageant
Lifes Rich Pageant
Lifes Rich Pageant is the fourth album by the American band R.E.M., released in 1986. Intended as an upbeat reaction to the sobering and historical Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M...

sounded a bit like a party record, Document is a fiery statement, and its memorable melodies and riffs are made all the more indelible by its righteous anger."

Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

reviewer David Fricke
David Fricke
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...

 felt that the album was R.E.M.'s "finest to date", and said that "Document is the sound of R.E.M. on the move". Rolling Stone went on to include the album in their list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s (in 41st place), and then ranked it #470 on 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bill Berry
Bill Berry
William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....

, Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

, Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...

 and Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

, except as indicated.

Side one – "Page side"
  1. "Finest Worksong
    Finest Worksong
    "Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK....

    " – 3:48
  2. "Welcome to the Occupation" – 2:46
  3. "Exhuming McCarthy" – 3:19
  4. "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32
  5. "Strange" (Bruce Gilbert
    Bruce Gilbert
    Bruce Gilbert is an English musician. One of the founding members of the influential and experimental art-punk band Wire, Gilbert branched out into electronic music, performance art, music production, and DJing during the band's extended periods of inactivity...

    , Graham Lewis
    Graham Lewis
    Graham Lewis is an English musician.Lewis is the bassist with punk rock/post-punk band Wire, a band formed in 1976...

    , Colin Newman
    Colin Newman
    Colin Newman is an English musician, record producer and record label owner.-Biography:Newman is a member of the rock band Wire. When the band temporarily split in 1980, Newman pursued a solo career. His first solo LP, A-Z, was released in 1980 on the Beggar's Banquet label...

    , Robert Gotobed) – 2:31
  6. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    "It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...

    " – 4:05


Side two – "Leaf side"
  1. "The One I Love" – 3:17
  2. "Fireplace" – 3:22
  3. "Lightnin' Hopkins" – 3:20
  4. "King of Birds" – 4:09
  5. "Oddfellows Local 151" – 5:21


1993 I.R.S. Vintage Years reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Finest Worksong (Other Mix)" – 3:47
    • B-side of "Finest Worksong
      Finest Worksong
      "Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK....

      " 12" single
  2. "Last Date
    Last Date (song)
    "Last Date" is a 1960 instrumental written and performed by Floyd Cramer. "Last Date" peaked at number 11 on the country chart and peaked at number two on the Hot 100.-Chart performance:-Cover versions:...

    " (Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

    ) – 2:16
    • B-side of "The One I Love" American 12" single and "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      "It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...

      " American 7" single
  3. "The One I Love" (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop
    McCabe's Guitar Shop
    McCabe's Guitar Shop is a musical instrument store and live music venue on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California. Opened in 1958, McCabe's specializes in acoustic and folk instruments, including guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, fiddles, psaltries, bouzoukis, sitars, ouds, and ethnic...

    ) – 4:06
    • B-side of "The One I Love" American 12" single and "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      "It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...

      " British 7" and 12" singles
  4. "Time After Time, Etc." (Live) – 8:22
    • B-side of "Finest Worksong
      Finest Worksong
      "Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK....

      " 7 & 12 Inch & "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
      "It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...

      " 12 Inch UK
  5. "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop) – 3:26
    • B-side of "The One I Love" British 12" single
  6. "Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) – 5:52
    • B-side of "Finest Worksong
      Finest Worksong
      "Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK....

      " 12" single

  • Note: Although sometimes referred to as such, the first release of this edition does not have the original tracks remastered. They follow the first print of the album and only add the extra tracks.

Personnel

R.E.M.
  • Bill Berry
    Bill Berry
    William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....

     – drums
    Drum kit
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    , backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Peter Buck
    Peter Buck
    Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , dulcimer
    Appalachian dulcimer
    The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...

     on "King of Birds"
  • Mike Mills
    Mike Mills
    Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , backing vocals
  • Michael Stipe
    Michael Stipe
    John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

     – lead vocals


Additional musicians
  • Steve Berlin
    Steve Berlin
    Steve Berlin is an American saxophonist, keyboardist and record producer, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, The Blasters, and The Flesh Eaters...

     – horns
    Horn section
    In music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...

     on "Fireplace"
  • Carl Marsh – Fairlight CMI
    Fairlight CMI
    The Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...

     synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

     on "Fireplace"


Production
  • Bill Berry – production
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

  • Peter Buck – production
  • Steve Catania – engineering
    Audio engineering
    An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...

  • Tom Der – engineering
  • Toni Greene – engineering
  • Gary Laney – engineering
  • Scott Litt
    Scott Litt
    Scott Litt is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is best known for producing six R.E.M. albums.-Biography:...

     – production
  • Bob Ludwig
    Bob Ludwig
    Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....

     – mastering
    Audio mastering
    Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...

     at Masterdisk, New York City
    New York City
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    , New York
    New York
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    , United States
    United States
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    ; remastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland
    Portland, Maine
    Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

    , Maine
    Maine
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    , United States in June 1999
  • Jim McKay
    Jim McKay
    James Kenneth McManus , better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist....

     – photography
  • Michael Meister – photography
  • Mike Mills – production
  • Ted Pattison – engineering
  • Sandra-Lee Phipps – photography
  • Ron Scarselli – packaging
  • Elliot Scheiner
    Elliot Scheiner
    Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations, 6 of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award for his work with the Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast, three TEC Awards nominations, a TEC Hall of...

     – mixing on 2005 re-release
  • Todd Scholar – engineering
  • Michael Stipe – production

Release history

In 1999, the album was remastered by Bob Ludwig and re-released on Compact Disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 by I.R.S. Records
I.R.S. Records
I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands. I.R.S. was the sister label of Copeland's Illegal Records .I.R.S...

 in the United States. This version came in a replica of the record sleeve made of cardboard. In 2005, Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 (whose parent company EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 now own I.R.S. Records' catalog) issued an expanded DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...

 edition of Document which includes a digitally remastered
Remaster
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 version of the album on the CD side, a DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio is not intended to be a video delivery format and is not the same as video DVDs containing concert films or music videos....

, DTS and Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...

 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations, 6 of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award for his work with the Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast, three TEC Awards nominations, a TEC Hall of...

 on the DVD side, and the original CD booklet.
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States I.R.S.
I.R.S. Records
I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands. I.R.S. was the sister label of Copeland's Illegal Records .I.R.S...

vinyl LP
Gramophone record
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IRS-42059
Compact Disc
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IRSD-42059
cassette tape IRSC-42059
United Kingdom I.R.S. LP IRLD 19144/MIRG1025
Australia I.R.S. LP 460105 1
Brazil Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

LP 231111
Greece I.R.S./CBS
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...

LP ILP-460105 1
Japan I.R.S. LP 28AP-3382
The Netherlands I.R.S. LP ILP-460105 1
Zimbabwe CBS LP ASF-3174
Worldwide MCA
MCA Records
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Compact Disc 42059
I.R.S. cassette tape IRSC-42059
Worldwide Universal
Universal Music Group
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Compact Disc 19144
The Netherlands I.R.S. Compact Disc 7 13200 2 6†
Brazil Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

/EMI
EMI
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Compact Disc 7 13200-2
Worldwide EMI Compact Disc 1508
United Kingdom I.R.S. LP 0777/CTMCD 337†
Worldwide EMI Compact Disc 337
Worldwide Capitol
Capitol Records
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Compact Disc 93480
Worldwide Capitol Compact Disc 21276
United States I.R.S. LP 724349946613-4
Compact Disc 72435-21276-2-7‡
Europe EMI Compact Disc 13200†
United States EMI LP 499466
United States Capitol DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio
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90149•
United States Capitol DualDisc
DualDisc
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99398•
United States Capitol LP 220591

†I.R.S. Vintage Years edition, with bonus tracks

‡Compact Disc remastered edition

•DualDisc remastered edition

A truncated edition of Document was also issued on Armed Forces Radio—catalogue number P-24576—with "Finest Worksong", "Welcome to the Occupation", "Fireplace", "Lightnin' Hopkins", and "King of Birds" on one side and tracks from Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
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's A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released in the UK and US in September 1987. In 1985 guitarist David Gilmour began to assemble a group of musicians to work on his third solo album...

on the other.

Chart performance

Album
Year Chart Position
1987 Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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10 (33 weeks on chart)
1987 UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
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28 (5 weeks on chart)


Singles
Year Song Chart Position
1987 "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 16
1987 "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" UK Singles Chart 39
1987 "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" Billboard Hot 100 69
1987 "The One I Love" Billboard Hot 100 9
1988 "The One I Love" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1988 "Finest Worksong" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 28
1988 "Finest Worksong" UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

50
1991 "The One I Love" UK Singles Chart 16

Sales certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold November 2, 1987
RIAA – U.S. Platinum January 25, 1988

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