***"R.E.M."*** was an American rock band from ***[Athens, Georgia](https://cutt.ly/NmRkghQ)***, formed in 1980 by drummer ***[Bill Berry](https://cutt.ly/AmRklXQ)***, guitarist ***[Peter Buck](https://cutt.ly/ymRkcq5)***, bassist ***[Mike Mills](https://cutt.ly/CmRknrO)***, and lead vocalist ***[Michael Stipe](https://cutt.ly/lmRkQn5)***, who were students at the University of Georgia. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, ***"R.E.M."*** brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. The band marked the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock, and inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-'80s to scores of alternative pop groups in the '90s, who admired their slow climb to stardom. With second studio album ***”Reckoning”***, producers ***[Mitch Easter](https://cutt.ly/6mRcELA)*** and ***[Don Dixon](https://cutt.ly/hmRcYcW)*** wanted to capture the energy of ***”R.E.M.'s”*** live sound. ***Dixon*** was enamored of the **[binaural recording](https://cutt.ly/RmRUdor)** technique, and used it extensively on the album. In ***Easter'*** opinion the method made drummer ***Bill Berry's*** parts "fresher sounding". Binaural recording also allowed bassist ***Mike Mills'*** backing vocals to be loud without obscuring ***Stipe's*** lead vocals. With the album ***R.E.M.*** abandoned the enigmatic post-punk experiments of ***"[Murmur](https://cutt.ly/6mPIH1l)"***, returning to their garage pop origins instead. Where ***”[Murmur](https://cutt.ly/6mPIH1l)”*** was enigmatic in its sound, ***”Reckoning”*** is clear, which doesn't necessarily mean that the songs themselves are straightforward. On the surface, ***”Reckoning”*** may not be as distinctive as ***[Murmur](https://cutt.ly/6mPIH1l)***, but the record's influence on underground American rock in the '80s was just as strong. ***”SONG”*** is the first song on the band’s second studio album ***"Reckoning"***, released on April 9, 1984 by ***"[I.R.S. Records](https://cutt.ly/rmRk1BH)"***. The album was recorded at ***Reflection Sound Studio*** in **Charlotte**, **North Carolina**. *** ***"R.E.M."*** info: **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/UmEN4em)** **/** **[Official](https://remhq.com/)** **/** **[Allmusic](https://cutt.ly/VmEMxKC)** **/** **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/dmEMlJa)** **/** **[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/UmEMgFG)** **/** **[Last.fm](https://cutt.ly/imEMPrb)** **/** **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/TmEMqjC)** **/** **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/tmEMfuH)** **/** **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/hmEMrAR)** **/** **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/AmEMuMS)** **/** **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/NmEMbsG)** **/** *** More ***"R.E.M."*** **Organism Star** candy: **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Murmur](https://cutt.ly/6mPIH1l)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Fables Of The Reconstruction](https://cutt.ly/OmPIZq5)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Lifes Rich Pagiant](https://cutt.ly/WmPIXWX)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Document](https://cutt.ly/zmPICOI)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Green](https://cutt.ly/lmPI0Oo)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Out Of Time](https://cutt.ly/pmPOH0J)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Automatic For The People ](https://cutt.ly/rmPPfhq)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[Monster](https://cutt.ly/hmPAlbd)*** **"R.E.M."** **/** ***[New Adventures In Hi-Fi](https://cutt.ly/lmPAJ4v)*** *** > **[Organism Star Official](https://organismstar.wordpress.com/)** / Complete *Organism Star* LBRY Archive!

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***"The Smiths"***were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Consisting of vocalist ***[Morrissey](https://cutt.ly/7vnQKtF)***, guitarist ***[Johnny Marr](https://cutt.ly/XvnQXo2)***, bassist ***[Andy Rourke](https://cutt.ly/yvnQVIJ)***, and drummer ***[Mike Joyce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Joyce_(musician))***, critics consider the band one of the most important to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths' focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synthesiser-based dance-pop of the time. The friction between Morrissey and Marr resulted in a flurry of singles and albums over the course of three years that provided the blueprint for British guitar rock in the following decade. ***"Louder Than Bombs"*** is a band's compilation album, released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, ***[Sire Records](https://cutt.ly/uvmRt8r)***. The album is an overlong and unfocused collection that nevertheless boasts a wealth of brilliant material, released as the American counterpart to their recent British compilation ***"The World Won't Listen"***. Release consisted of all singles and nearly all B-sides that had not at that point been available in the United States, either on single or album, with a few other tracks added. Though ***"The World Won't Listen"*** is a more concise collection, ***"Louder Than Bombs"*** is a necessary purchase for any Smiths fan. (***[Stephen Thomas Erlewine](https://cutt.ly/5vmYf0a)***, **AllMusic**) ***“Golden Lights”*** is the fourteenth song on the **Smiths** compilation album ***”Louder Than Bombs”***. *** ***"The Smiths"*** info: **[Official](https://cutt.ly/hvoP3Po)** / **[Unofficial](https://cutt.ly/wvoA20L)** / **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/3voPUdu)** / **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/6voPNHt)** / **[AllMusic](https://cutt.ly/KvoPG2T)** / **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/QvoP59Y)** / **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/KvoAuOH)** / **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/EvoScCn)** / **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/ZvoShMs)** / **[Soundcloud](https://cutt.ly/TvoAxoX)**[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/fvoAd8W)** / **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/KvoSotd)** / ** *** More ***"The Smiths"*** **Organism Star** candy: **"The Smiths"** / ***[The Smiths](https://cutt.ly/Tv4u9PB)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Hatful of Hollow](https://cutt.ly/Jv4iqET)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Meat Is Murder](https://cutt.ly/9v4iy07)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[The Queen Is Dead](https://cutt.ly/Kv4iaVi)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Strangeways, Here We Come](https://cutt.ly/kv4sNpP)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[The World Won’t Listen](https://cutt.ly/Kv4s9yu)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Rank](https://cutt.ly/Av4fkrH)*** *** > **[Organism Star Official](https://organismstar.wordpress.com/)** / Complete *Organism Star* LBRY Archive!

# ***Complete [Organizam Star](https://organizamstar.wordpress.com/ "The Sound Of Who We Are") Archive!*** *** # ***"Ladytron" Biography*** ***“Ladytron”*** are an English electronic music band from ***[Liverpool, England](https://cutt.ly/mWpsUji)***. Formed in 1999, the group consists of ***[Helen Marnie](https://cutt.ly/sWpsKhG)*** (*lead vocals*, *synthesizers*), ***[Mira Aroyo](https://cutt.ly/jWpsBZA)*** (*vocals*, *synthesizers*), ***[Daniel Hunt](https://cutt.ly/3Wps2XU)*** (*synthesizers*, *guitar*, *vocals*) and ***[Reuben Wu](https://cutt.ly/mWps5im)*** (*synthesizers*). The band formed in 1999 when producers/DJs ***Hunt*** and ***Wu*** - a pair of friends who met in the mid-'90s - settled in ***Liverpool*** after traveling and spinning records in ***Japan***. Taking their name from the ***“[Roxy Music](https://cutt.ly/DWpndZf)”*** song, they recorded their first single, ***"[He Took Her to a Movie](https://cutt.ly/iWo1LZf)"*** and soon after, they met vocalists/keyboardists ***Marnie*** and ***Aroyo***. Originally from *Scotland*, ***Marnie*** was working towards her *Bachelor of Arts* in pop music at the *University of Liverpool*; ***Aroyo*** was a *Bulgarian* postgraduate research geneticist at the *University of Oxford's Department of Biochemistry*. ***“Ladytron”*** combined crystalline melodies enveloped in icy textures and rippling arpeggios - with touches of *indie pop*, *shoegaze*, *disco*, and *industrial music*. They described their sound as *electronic pop*, while music journalists have also described their artwork as *synth-pop*, *electronic rock*, *post-punk* and *electroclash*. While they never deviated much from this sound, they still conjured distinctly different moods on each album. > ***“Ladytron”*** always had a stronger sense of melody and pop songcraft than most of the other artists associated with that style, and with electroclash all but dead, the band's identity comes through even more clearly. Much darker and less overtly synth pop than any of their earlier work, the third release, ***“Witching Hour”***, it's almost unrelentingly gloomy, covering topics like the fleeting nature of relationships, destruction, and war. > However, the album wears it well, conjuring a glamorous dystopia with songs like ***"[High Rise](https://cutt.ly/9Wo2ObC)"*** and ***"[Soft Power](https://cutt.ly/aWo2Ltb)"*** - it's not often that bleakness sounds this pretty. It also including the brilliantly melodramatic, ever-so-slightly gothy ***"[Destroy Everything You Touch](https://cutt.ly/xWo2GJA)"*** and ***"[International Dateline](https://cutt.ly/eWo2JRb)"*** which shows the band hasn't lost its touch when it comes to writing affecting breakup songs. > > ***"[Sugar](https://cutt.ly/eWo2JRb)"*** is a trippy blur of buzzsaw guitars and mechanical rhythms that take this sound in a noisy, poppy direction, while ***"[WhiteLightGenerator](https://cutt.ly/UWo256j)"*** and the wintry ***"[All the Way...](https://cutt.ly/cWo23wj)"*** end the album with a trancelike serenity. # ***The Song Info*** ***“The Last One Standing”*** is the ninth song on ***Ladytron*** third album, ***“[Witching Hour](https://cutt.ly/hWoMTaQ)”***, released on 3. October 2005. through ***“Island Records”*** and ***“[Rykodisc](https://cutt.ly/4WgG9sh)”***. # ***"Ladytron" Info*** **[Official](https://cutt.ly/SWo3gS9)** **/** **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/BWo3j9C)** **/** **[Blog](https://cutt.ly/jWo3PsK)** **/** **[Ladytron Daily](https://cutt.ly/9Wo80s5)** **/** **[Bandcamp](https://cutt.ly/fWo3zSP)** **/** **[Discog](https://cutt.ly/XWo3QnB)** **/** **[AllMusic](https://cutt.ly/6Wo3FOv)** **/** **[Pitchfork](https://cutt.ly/PWo3ZFz)** **/** **[Rateyourmusic](https://cutt.ly/qWo8jTr)** **/** **[Last.fm](https://cutt.ly/WWo8DWT)** **/** **[Setlist.fm](https://cutt.ly/GWo8Wt2)** **/** **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/wWo3EBK)** **/** **[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/WWo33b0)** **/** **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/6Wo3TCb)** **/** **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/4Wo3UMu)** **/** **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/6Wo3NCn)** # ***More "Ladytron" Organizam Star Candy*** - *** Ladytron - ["604"](https://cutt.ly/UWoMuuv)*** - *** Ladytron - ["Light & Magic"](https://cutt.ly/hWoMx50)*** - *** Ladytron - ["Velocifero"](https://cutt.ly/zWoMZXX)*** - *** Ladytron - ["Gravity the Seducer"](https://cutt.ly/HWoM2YA)*** - *** Ladytron - ["Ladytron"](https://cutt.ly/aWoM5Kf)*** # ***"Organizam Star" Recommendations*** - *** Working Men's Club - ["Working Men's Club"](https://cutt.ly/PQGbqBq)*** - *** Sneaker Pimps - ["Becoming X"](https://cutt.ly/YWlHPFR)*** - *** Kelli Ali - ["Tigermouth"](https://cutt.ly/EWlHUmt)*** - *** Electronic - ["Twisted Tenderness"](https://cutt.ly/1nfWMLx)*** - *** Bad Lieutenant - ["Never Cry Another Tear"](https://cutt.ly/3nevYNi)*** *** # ***Complete [Organizam Star](https://organizamstar.wordpress.com/ "The Sound Of Who We Are") Archive!***