This 1984 recording was the follow-up to Murmur which spawned a plethora of imitators to the R.E.M. 'sound'. Produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, Reckoning is a first rate recording with powerful songs such as So. Central Rain and (Don't Go Back To) Rockville. On this recording, R.E.M. projects a different mood, brightening the sound a...