Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Feeling Gravity's Pull	4:48
2	Maps And Legends	3:01
3	Driver 8	3:18
4	Life And How To Live It	4:20
5	Old Man Kensey Songwriter – J. Ayers*	4:10
6	Can't Get There From Here	4:10
7	Green Grow The Rushes	3:42
8	Kohoutek	3:10
9	Auctioneer (Another Engine)	2:41
10	Good Advices	3:30
11	Wendell Gee	2:56

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured For – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D100165
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – International Record Syndicate, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – International Record Syndicate, Inc.
• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
• Marketed By – MCA Records, Inc.
• Produced At – Livingston Studios
• Engineered At – Livingston Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Bass, Piano, Vocals – ME Mills*
• Cello – David Newby
• Drums, Vocals – WT Berry*
• Engineer – Barry Clempson, Jerry Boys, Tony Harris
• Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica – PL Buck*
• Lead Vocals – JM Stipe*
• Mastered By – Jack Skinner
• Producer – Joe Boyd
• Songwriter – R.E.M.
• Tenor Saxophone – Peter Thomas
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – David Bitelli*
• Trumpet – Jim Dvorak
• Violin – Camilla Brunt, Philippa Ibbotson

Notes

Produced and Engineered at Livingston Studios, London, N22, March 1985

Credits are listed as:
JM Stipe: Gaffer Interpreter
ME Mills: Consolate Mediator
PL Buck: Ministry of Music
WT Berry: Best Boy

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L238
• Mould SID Code: IFPI4111
• Matrix / Runout: IRSD5592 4H 13

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
IRS-5592	R.E.M.	Fables Of The Reconstruction / Reconstruction Of The Fables ‎(LP, Album, (G))	I.R.S. Records	IRS-5592	US	1985
IRSC-5592	R.E.M.	Fables Of The Reconstruction ‎(Cass, Album)	I.R.S. Records	IRSC-5592	Canada	1985
IRSBD-5592	R.E.M.	Fables Of The Reconstruction ‎(CD, Album, RE)	I.R.S. Records	IRSBD-5592	Canada	Unknown
IRSMC 5592	R.E.M.	Fables Of The Reconstruction ‎(Cass, Album)	I.R.S. Records	IRSMC 5592	Canada	1985
IRSC-5592	R.E.M.	Fables Of The Reconstruction ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	I.R.S. Records	IRSC-5592	US	1985

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