PART LIES, PART HEAR 01/31/1994 Had you dared to suggest

Had you dared to suggest back in the late '80s that Napalm Death -- not one of their supposedly more stable peers -- would be the ones to survive through thick and thin and become elder statesmen of extreme metal

and that's why Call It What It Is is a cut above many of his records

45 years on and recently remastered at Abbey Road

and a general distrust of the recording industry that kept him bouncing from label to label for one-off albums in which he always made sure he got his money upfront before he played a note

The twist is that they don't bloat the songs out with breakdown after breakdown

PART LIES, PART HEAR 01/31/1994 Had you dared to suggestR. E. M. close out their Warner contract not to mention their entire career with the double disc Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage, their first compilation to combine early recordings from their time at IRS with their major label hits for Warner. It's misleading to look at these as merely two separate eras, as it more accurately breaks down into a three act structure: the IRS years when R. E. M. were the kings of college rock; the stretch