Who Wrote What - Reveal

R.E.M. (1980-2011)
#1

The Lifting - Buck
I’ve Been High -
All The Way to Reno -
She Just Wants to Be -
Disappear -
Saturn Return - Buck
Beat a Drum - Mills
Imitation of Life - Buck
Summer Turns to High -
Chorus and the Ring -
I’ll Take the Rain -
Beachball -

I recollect Mills being a fan of I’ll Take the Rain, but I don’t know if that means he wrote it (especially since the guitar in the verses sounds like its Buck). Saturn Return is Buck, since it’s related to a soundtrack he wrote. I suspect Beachball could be Mills (apparently demoed as piano and synth).

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#2

The Lifting - Buck
I’ve Been High - Buck
All The Way to Reno - Buck
She Just Wants to Be - Mills
Disappear - Buck
Saturn Return - Buck
Beat a Drum - Mills
Imitation of Life - Buck
Summer Turns to High - Buck
Chorus and the Ring - Buck
I’ll Take the Rain -?
Beachball - Yeah… probably Mills

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#3

I assume Buck wrote I’ll Take the Rain because of the epic guitar solo at the end.

#4

I don’t know that the I’ll Take the Rain guitar solo means its a Buck song (though the stale acoustic guitar is more his style than Mills); Be Mine has an extended guitar riff/solo at the end, and that’s a Mills song.

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#5

For sure, it just strikes me that the song was written as a vehicle for the epic (by R.E.M.’s standards, anyway) guitar solo at the end, so I’ve always assumed it was Buck’s baby. I may well be wrong, though.

#6

Not that it proves who wrote it, but I recollect an REM pre-release posting (maybe on HQ?) about Mills and Stipe sitting next to each other and realizing they were both thinking about or humming I’ll Take the Rain.

#7

Let’s do Murmur in honor of the 39th birthday!

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