Reckoning ends on a great note. I'm not exactly sure what is intended with "Little America", but it sounds like a road song - a light-hearted ditty with a cheery riff that incorporates little glimpses of the guys' early days together touring our great land. How many bands make multiple references to their manager in song? For some reason I always think of Ian Faith's rant in Spinal Tap defending his contribution to the band: finding mandolin strings in Austin, Texas, and "prizing the rent from the local Hebrews".
Of note, after half the tunes on Reckoning end with some unresolved chord, Little America has a big definitive ending that is drawn out in a twelve second fade. And so ends probably the most catalytic album in REM's catalog.
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whaddya say, chronic town next?
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