Chamber pop doesn’t sell. And yet, when R.E.M.—after 10 years of grassroots groundwork—made its big leap to household-name status in 1991, the band did it with Out Of Time, a bright, gentle album filled with string sections, horns, keyboards and mandolin. Oh yeah, the mandolin. Sometimes, the album’s massive hit single “Losing My Religion” can … Continue reading Essential New Music: R.E.M.’s “Out Of Time: 25th Anniversary Edition”