"LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT was the fourth album by R.E.M., the songs recorded by Michael Stipe (voc), Peter Buck (g), Mike Mills (b) and Bill Bill Berry (dr) at John Mellencamp's studio in in Indiana, with soulful rock the LP climbed to number 21 in the US charts, and was R.E.M.'s first album.., to go gold." (Good Times, October/November 2016)