Fables of the Reconstruction

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	A[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[7]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[1]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
Uncut	[11]
The Village Voice	B+[12]

Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album by alternative rock band R.E.M. and was released on June 10, 1985. It went to number 28 in the United States and number 35 in the United Kingdom.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Perpetua, Matthew (July 14, 2010). "R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction [Deluxe Edition]". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
2. ↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (July 13, 2010). "Album Review: R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction: Deluxe Edition". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Fables of the Reconstruction – R.E.M." AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
4. ↑ "R.E.M. Disc Two: Fables of the Reconstruction". KCRW. July 5, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
5. ↑ Gordon, Scott (July 13, 2010). "R.E.M.: Fables Of The Reconstruction". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
6. ↑ Kot, Greg (March 24, 1991). "Traveling Through The Years With R.E.M." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
7. ↑ Browne, David (March 22, 1991). "An R.E.M. discography". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
8. ↑ "R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction". Q. No. 290. September 2010.
9. ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (June 20, 1985). "Fables of the Reconstruction". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
10. ↑ Nawrocki, Tom (2004). "R.E.M.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 685–687. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
11. ↑ Jones, Allan (September 2010). "R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction". Uncut. No. 160. p. 107.
12. ↑ Christgau, Robert (June 25, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 31, 2015.