Chronic Town

Chronic Town
Chronic Town
EP by R.E.M.
Released	August 24, 1982
Recorded	October 1981 and June 1982
Studio	Drive-In Studio, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Genre	Jangle pop; folk rock; garage rock;
Length	20:26
Language	English
Label	I.R.S.
Producer	Mitch Easter; R.E.M.;
R.E.M. chronology

Chronic Town is the debut EP by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on August 24, 1982, on I.R.S. Records. Containing five tracks, the EP was recorded at the Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in October 1981, eighteen months after the formation of the band. Its co-producer was Mitch Easter, who produced the band's "Radio Free Europe" single earlier in 1981.

Chronic Town's opening track, "Wolves, Lower", was re-recorded in June 1982, two months before the EP's release.

Regarding the title of the EP, the band's drummer, Bill Berry, said: "A 'chronic town' is a city in the state of mind." It is also part of the lyric to "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)", the third track on the release,^[3] and the name of the first side of the EP. "Poster Torn", also a lyric in "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)", is the name of side two.

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