▁Record ▁Collect or ▁editor ▁Peter ▁Dog get t . ▁ ▁" Well , ▁I ▁hadn ’ t ▁heard ▁of ▁R . E . M . ▁But ▁my ▁manager ▁had , ▁so ▁he ▁suggested ▁working ▁with ▁them ▁on ▁our ▁new ▁album . ▁And ▁when ▁I ▁listened ▁to ▁their ▁records , ▁I ▁thought ▁they ▁wer en ’ t ▁far ▁removed ▁from ▁what ▁we ▁were ▁doing ▁when ▁we ▁started . ▁They ▁invited ▁me ▁and ▁Chris ▁over ▁to ▁Ath ens ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁them ▁for ▁a ▁week . ▁By ▁this ▁time ▁I ’ d ▁real ised ▁quite ▁how ▁big ▁they ▁were , ▁and ▁so ▁we ▁spent ▁the ▁first ▁five ▁minutes ▁walking ▁around ▁one ▁another ▁going , ▁' W ow '. ▁It ▁was ▁quite ▁different ▁working ▁with ▁them . ▁With ▁the ▁Tro gg s ▁it ▁had ▁always ▁just ▁been ▁you ▁had ▁a ▁guitar ▁and ▁so ▁you ▁had ▁a ▁sound . ▁With ▁them , ▁you ▁had ▁a ▁room ful ▁of ▁ 6 5 ▁gu it ars ▁to ▁get ▁exactly ▁the ▁right ▁sound . ▁They ▁were ▁very ▁laid ▁back , ▁very ▁normal . ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁high ▁fal ut in ▁sort ▁of , ▁' List en ▁to ▁this ▁' cos ▁we ’ re ▁better ▁than ▁you .' ▁After ▁all , ▁their ▁drum mer ▁was ▁s elling ▁h amb urg ers ▁until ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁before ▁they ▁made ▁it . ▁He ▁was ▁doing ▁quite ▁well ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁business . ▁Having ▁been ▁a ▁ro o fer ▁when ▁" W ild ▁Th ing " ▁hit ▁the ▁charts , ▁I ▁could ▁relate ▁to