This article is from the R.E.M. FAQ, by Ron Henry (rgh3@cornell.edu) with numerous contributions by others.
Possible alternate names, and working titles, both for the album itself and
various tracks from the album. In interviews the band has described its
process of naming albums this way: they tape a big sheet of paper up on the
studio wall and then variously they write down random ideas when they occur
to them. One might speculate that at least some of this list is derived
from that process.
 
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