5 Things to Know About R.E.M.'s Reckoning
- Reckoning was released on April 9, 1984, by I.R.S. Records.
- It is the band’s second studio album, following their 1983 debut Murmur.
- The album was recorded in just two weeks at Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- It features a more direct and jangly sound compared to the murky production of Murmur.
- Rolling Stone ranked it number 127 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.