PART LIES, PART HEAR 01/31/1994 and a general distrust of

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

Though it has been 24 years since these last four recorded together

" and the self-explanatory "Country Feedback

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

Sound on Sound Studios

PART LIES, PART HEAR 01/31/1994 and a general distrust ofR. 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