Document is the fifth studio album by R.E.M. It was released in 1987 a few months after their rarities collection Dead Letter Office appeared and is the last album of new material by the band released on the I.R.S. Records label. It is the first album the band worked with producer Scott Litt.
In 1989, the album was ranked #41 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 470 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2006, it ranked 49th in a Q readers' poll of the "Best Albums Ever".
Track list (click on song title to view its lyric):
All songs were written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except as indicated.
1. "Finest Worksong" – 3:48
2. "Welcome to the Occupation" – 2:46
3. "Exhuming McCarthy" – 3:19
4. "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32
5. "Strange" (B.C. Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed) – 2:31
6. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" – 4:05
7. "The One I Love" – 3:17
8. "Fireplace" – 3:22
9. "Lightnin' Hopkins" – 3:20
10. "King of Birds" – 4:09
11. "Oddfellows Local 151" – 5:21
The IRS Years reissue:
On May 11, 1992, EMI (which owns the I.R.S. catalogue) re-released Document with six bonus tracks:
12. "Finest Worksong (Other Mix)"
13. "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16
14. "The One I Love" (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop)1 – 4:06
15. "Time After Time Etc..." (Live) – 8:22
16. "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop) – 3:26
17. "Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) – 5:52
