Fables of the Reconstruction, også kendt som Reconstruction of the Fables, er det tredje studiealbum fra det amerikanske alternative rockband R.E.M., der blev udgivet i 1984 på I.R.S. Records. Joe Boyd producerede albummet, og blev som det eneste af gruppens albums indspillet uden for USA. Det er et konceptalbum med sydstatsgotik-temaer og karakterer.
Albummet blev godt modtaget af anmelderne.
Spor
Alle sange er skrevet af Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills og Michael Stipe med mindre andet er noteret.
- Side one – "A Side"
- "Feeling Gravitys Pull" – 4:48
- "Maps and Legends" – 3:10
- "Driver 8" – 3:23
- "Life and How to Live It" – 4:06
- "Old Man Kensey" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe) – 4:08
- Side two – "Another Side"
- "Cant Get There from Here" – 3:39
- "Green Grow the Rushes" – 3:46
- "Kohoutek" – 3:18
- "Auctioneer (Another Engine)" – 2:44
- "Good Advices" – 3:30
- "Wendell Gee" – 3:01
- 1992 IRS Vintage Years genudgivelse med bonus tracks
- "Crazy" (Randy Bewley, Vanessa Briscoe, Curtis Crowe, Michael Lachowski)
- B-side of "Driver 8" 7" single
"Burning Hell"
- B-side of "Can't Get There From Here" 12" single
"Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Lynda Stipe, Stipe)
- B-side of "Can't Get There From Here" 7" and 12" single
"Driver 8" (Live)
- B-side of "Wendell Gee" 12" single
"Maps and Legends" (Live)
- B-side of "The One I Love" 7" single
- 2010 25th Anniversary Edition genudgivelse med bonus tracks (The Athens Demos)
- "Auctioneer (Another Engine)" – 2:52
- "Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Lynda Stipe, and Michael Stipe) – 2:24
- "Cant Get There from Here" – 3:41
- "Driver 8" – 3:31
- "Feeling Gravitys Pull" – 4:36
- "Good Advices" – 3:31
- "Green Grow the Rushes" – 3:47
- "Hyena" – 2:53
- "Kohoutek" – 3:26
- "Life and How to Live It" – 4:10
- "Maps and Legends" – 3:12
- "Old Man Kensey" (Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe) – 4:07
- "Throw Those Trolls Away" – 3:10
- "Wendell Gee" – 3:07
Hitlister
- Album
- Singler
Referencer
Eksterne henvisninger
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- Fables of the Reconstruction på Allmusic
- Fables of the Reconstruction på Discogs
- Fables of the Reconstruction på MusicBrainz
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