On their sixth studio album, R.E.M. dares to think positive. Songs like “Stand,” “Get Up,” “World Leader Pretend” and “The Wrong Child” are a continuation of the upbeat call to arms sounded on Document’s “Finest Worksong.” Green catapulted R.E.M. from campus cult favourites to rock stars of the highest order. The album contains three of the Athens, Georgia, quartet’s most popular radio hits (“Pop Song 89,” “Stand,” and “Orange Crush”), punching up the big rock hooks.