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'Around the Sun' with R.E.M.

NPR
Published October 11, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Music critic Will Hermes takes a listen to the new record from R.E.M., Around the Sun. The band has been making quieter, more introspective, records since drummer Bill Berry left the group in 1997.

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