E-Bow the Letter
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"E-Bow the Letter" was the first single from R.E.M.'s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. It was released in August 1996 just weeks before the album's release. During the same month, R.E.M. signed its then record-breaking five-album contract with Warner Brothers. Although it peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Charts, the highest any R.E.M. song charted in the UK until "The Great Beyond" in 2000, the song flopped in the United States, reaching only #49 on the Hot 100. It became R.E.M.'s lowest charting lead single since "Fall on Me" released from Lifes Rich Pageant in 1986, when the band was on a smaller record label.
The song's title refers to the E-Bow, an electromagnetic field-generating device that creates a distorted sound when used with the electric guitar and to a "letter never sent" by Michael Stipe.
Patti Smith sings guest backing vocals on this song.
The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best of" album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 in 2003.
Track listing
All songs by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.7\", Cassette and CD Single
- "E-Bow the Letter" – 5:22
- "Tricycle" (St. Louis soundcheck, September 22 1995) – 1:59
12\" and CD Maxi-Single
- "E-Bow the Letter" – 5:22
- "Tricycle" (St. Louis soundcheck, September 22 1995) – 1:59
- "Departure" (Rome soundcheck, February 22 1995 – 3:35
- "Wall of Death" (Richard Thompson) – 3:07 from Richard Thompson tribute album Beat the Retreat - produced by John Keane
Personnel (E-Bow the Letter only)
- Bill Berry – drums, percussion
- Peter Buck – guitar, electric sitar
- Mike Mills – bass, organ, mellotron, Moog synthesizer
- Michael Stipe – vocals
Additional personnel
External links
| R.E.M. |
| Peter Buck - Mike Mills - Michael Stipe |
| Bill Berry |
| Other musicians: Nathan December - Buren Fowler - Peter Holsapple - Barrett Martin - Scott McCaughey - Bill Rieflin - Ken Stringfellow - Joey Waronker |
| Management and producers: Joe Boyd - Don Dixon - Bertis Downs, IV - Mitch Easter - Don Gehman - Jefferson Holt - Scott Litt - Pat McCarthy |
| Discography |
| Albums: Chronic Town (EP) - Murmur - Reckoning - Fables of the Reconstruction - Lifes Rich Pageant - Document - Green - Out of Time - Automatic for the People - Monster - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Up - Reveal - Around the Sun |
| Compilations: Dead Letter Office - Eponymous - - The Best of R.E.M. - In the Attic - In Time |
| Soundtracks: ''Man on the Moon |
| Videos: Succumbs - Pop Screen - Tourfilm - This Film Is On - Parallel - Road Movie - Perfect Square - In View |
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