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** The album was given a two-disc reissue in 2005 along with every other album in the band's Warner Bros. catalogue up to that point. Like those reissues, this one came with an expanded booklet and a DVD-A that featured the entire album done in a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (courtesy of acclaimed audio engineer Elliot Scheiner), a making-of documentary, and a complete set of lyrics.
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** The album was given a two-disc reissue in 2005 along with every other album in the band's Warner Bros. catalogue up to that point. Like those reissues, this one came with an expanded booklet and a DVD-A that featured the entire album done in a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (courtesy of acclaimed audio engineer Elliot Scheiner), a making-of documentary, performances from ''Tourfilm'', and a complete set of lyrics.
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** In 2013, ''Green'' became the first of the group's Warner Bros. albums to receive a 25th anniversary reissue (after each of the band's five Creator/IRSRecords albums had previously gotten one), featuring a newly-remastered edition of the album, a 1989 concert performance from the ''Green'' World Tour in -- appropriately enough -- Greensboro, North Carolina, four postcards (depicting the band members), expanded liner notes, and a fold-out poster.
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** The 1990-92 sitcom ''Series/GetALife'', starring Creator/ChrisElliott, featured "Stand" as [[RealSongThemeTune its theme song]].
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' would feature a special edition release.
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** ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' would feature a special editionrelease.release.
** The album was given a two-disc reissue in 2005 along with every other album in the band's Warner Bros. catalogue up to that point. Like those reissues, this one came with an expanded booklet and a DVD-A that featured the entire album done in a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (courtesy of acclaimed audio engineer Elliot Scheiner), a making-of documentary, and a complete set of lyrics.
** ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' would feature a special edition
** The album was given a two-disc reissue in 2005 along with every other album in the band's Warner Bros. catalogue up to that point. Like those reissues, this one came with an expanded booklet and a DVD-A that featured the entire album done in a 5.1-channel surround sound mix (courtesy of acclaimed audio engineer Elliot Scheiner), a making-of documentary, and a complete set of lyrics.
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* ChannelHop: R.E.M. switched to working with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords starting with this album, in part due to Creator/IRSRecords' dismal international distribution.
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* ChannelHop: R.E.M. switched to working with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords starting with this album, in part due to Creator/IRSRecords' dismal international distribution. The decision to sign with Warner came at the advice of Kate Pierson of Music/TheB52s, who told Stipe that the label "never really tried to change us or tell us what to do," with Warner themselves confirming that they were willing to give R.E.M. full creative control.
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** Music/WeirdAlYankovic parodied "Stand" as "Spam" on ''Music/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff''.
** ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' features Ben producing a StopMotion short to the tune of "Stand". It doesn't even get past the opening line.
** Music/WeirdAlYankovic parodied "Stand" as "Spam" on ''Music/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff''.
** ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' features Ben producing a StopMotion short to the tune of "Stand". It doesn't even get past the opening line.
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** According to Mike Mills, "World Leader Pretend" was originally envisioned as a "pop hit" before Michael Stipe gave a more somber vocal performance on it, after which the rest of the track was rearranged to match. Mills admitted that it took some time for him to warm up to Stipe's take on it.
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* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow''.
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* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow''. Stipe gave his reasoning for including the "World Leader Pretend" lyrics as follows:
--> "The reason we chose to print the lyrics of that song is that song, more than other for me, really stated what ''Green'' was about. If there has to be synopsis of the title, why we chose to call the record ''Green'', that song does it. Kind of the statement and intent of the song is you pretty much have to straighten out what's going on with yourself before doing anything else outside of yourself."
--> "The reason we chose to print the lyrics of that song is that song, more than other for me, really stated what ''Green'' was about. If there has to be synopsis of the title, why we chose to call the record ''Green'', that song does it. Kind of the statement and intent of the song is you pretty much have to straighten out what's going on with yourself before doing anything else outside of yourself."
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* BasedOnADream: According to Bill Berry, the music box interlude in "Get Up" was directly lifted from a dream he had where 12 of them were going off at once; appropriately, the song's interlude indeed features 12 music boxes playing simultaneously. According to Berry, it turned out to be a lucky coincidence, as he didn't know [[{{Sleepyhead}} what the song was about]] at that point.
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* BasedOnADream: According to Bill Berry, the music box interlude in "Get Up" was directly lifted from a dream he had where 12 of them were going off at once; appropriately, the song's interlude indeed features 12 music boxes playing simultaneously. According to Berry, Berry described it turned out to be as a lucky coincidence, as he didn't know [[{{Sleepyhead}} what the song was about]] at that point.
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* BasedOnADream: According to Bill Berry, the music box interlude in "Get Up" was directly lifted from a dream he had where 12 of them were going off at once; appropriately, the song's interlude indeed features 12 music boxes playing simultaneously. According to Berry, it turned out to be a lucky coincidence, as he didn't know [[{{Sleepyhead}} what the song was about]] at that point.
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Intentional example. Appropriately enough for the political lyrical content, the album was released on Election Day, 1988.
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* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4's spot varnished/superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number "R" stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn:
** As mentioned on the main page, the 4's spot varnished/superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number "R" stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use ofit.it.
** The introduction of acoustic elements on the album originated during a jam session, where a disgruntled Bill Berry abruptly shouted "fuck this!" and got up from his drum kit to grab an acoustic guitar. Peter Buck responded by picking up a mandolin, and things snowballed from there.
** As mentioned on the main page, the 4's spot varnished/superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number "R" stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of
** The introduction of acoustic elements on the album originated during a jam session, where a disgruntled Bill Berry abruptly shouted "fuck this!" and got up from his drum kit to grab an acoustic guitar. Peter Buck responded by picking up a mandolin, and things snowballed from there.
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* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Up'' ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow''.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Accelerate'' would feature a special edition release.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Accelerate'' ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' would feature a special edition release.
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-->'''Peter Buck:''' [I remember] being told by MCA's head of promotion at the time of ''Lifes Rich Pageant'', "We're not going to promote this record, because there aren't any hit singles." I mean, he's sitting there ''telling'' me this.
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-->'''Peter Buck:''' [I remember] being told by MCA's head of promotion at the time of ''Lifes Rich Pageant'', ''Music/LifesRichPageant'', "We're not going to promote this record, because there aren't any hit singles." I mean, he's sitting there ''telling'' me this.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/{{MCA}} Records (who became I.R.S. Records' main distributor in 1985, taking over from Creator/AAndMRecords) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why One of the reasons the band moved to Warner Bros. was that I.R.S. had poor distribution overseas. Specifically, Creator/{{MCA}}, who became I.R.S.'s main distributor in 1985 (taking over from Creator/AAndMRecords), had been pushing R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their to record commercially viable material overseas was dismal but at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/{{MCA}} Records (who became I.R.S. Records' main distributor in 1985, taking over from Creator/AAndMRecords) the same time didn't consider the band them a good enough of a priority for... well, much of anything, really, much less to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside give strong international distribution to. This was a problem that many other alternative bands faced on cash-strapped independent labels that didn't have the benefit of America.a major label distributor. Fellow alternative band Music/HuskerDu cited their own distribution problems with SST, also distributed by MCA at the time, for making the move to Warner in 1986.
-->'''Peter Buck:''' [I remember] being told by MCA's head of promotion at the time of ''Lifes Rich Pageant'', "We're not going to promote this record, because there aren't any hit singles." I mean, he's sitting there ''telling'' me this.
-->'''Peter Buck:''' [I remember] being told by MCA's head of promotion at the time of ''Lifes Rich Pageant'', "We're not going to promote this record, because there aren't any hit singles." I mean, he's sitting there ''telling'' me this.
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Appropriately enough for the political lyrical content, the album was released on Election Day, 1988.
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* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and as a promotional release on American radio, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States.
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* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and as a promotional release on American radio, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States. Despite this, the song topped the charts for both Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock, the latter of which was established the year of the album's release.
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* WorkingTitle: "The Wrong Child" was recorded and mixed under the title "Mozart" before eventually being given its final name.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/{{MCA}} Records (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4's superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number R stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4's superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number R stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/{{MCA}} Records (who was the main distributor for became I.R.S.) Records' main distributor in 1985, taking over from Creator/AAndMRecords) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4'ssuperimposed spot varnished/superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number R "R" stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
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** R.E.M. originally envisioned ''Green'' as being a [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Distinct Single Album]], where one side would contain electric guitar-driven songs and the other acoustic songs. This never came to fruition due to a lack of good acoustic material, but the band would eventually release an acoustic album in the form of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' four years later.
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** R.E.M. originally envisioned ''Green'' as being a [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Distinct Single Album]], where one side would contain electric guitar-driven songs and the other acoustic songs. This never came to fruition due to a lack of good acoustic material, but the band would eventually release an acoustic album in the form of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' four years later. These original plans may be partly why the LP release of ''Green'' features an "Air" side and a "Metal" side, in addition to the GreenAesop themes in the lyrics.
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* ChannelHop: R.E.M. switched to working with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords starting with this album, in part due to I.R.S. Records' dismal international distribution.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, MCA Creator/{{MCA}} Records (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
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* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Up'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Collapse into Now''.Now''.
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* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and on American radio as a promotional release, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States.
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* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and on American radio as a promotional release, release on American radio, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/MCARecords (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/MCARecords MCA Records (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
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* ChannelHop: R.E.M. switched to working with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords starting with this album, in part due to I.R.S. Records' dismal international distribution.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Accelerate'' would feature a special edition release.
* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and on American radio as a promotional release, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/MCARecords (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4's superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number R stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** R.E.M. originally envisioned ''Green'' as being a [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Distinct Single Album]], where one side would contain electric guitar-driven songs and the other acoustic songs. This never came to fruition due to a lack of good acoustic material, but the band would eventually release an acoustic album in the form of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' four years later.
** Some promotional cassettes of ''Green'' contain different mixes for "World Leader Pretend", "Turn You Inside-Out", and "11." than what was ultimately included on the final release.
* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Up'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Collapse into Now''.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Green'' received a promotional special edition release that packaged the album in a blue-gray digipak with a cloth case (meant to mimic the texture of tree bark), the band and title logo embossed, and the 4's debossed above the R's; the colors and texture tie in with the album's GreenAesop themes. From this album onwards, every one of R.E.M.'s albums until ''Accelerate'' would feature a special edition release.
* NoExportForYou: Despite its success in Europe and on American radio as a promotional release, the "Orange Crush" single went unreleased in the United States.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A big factor into why R.E.M. left I.R.S. Records for Warner Bros. starting with this album was because I.R.S' distribution of their material overseas was dismal at best. Peter Buck elaborated on this in an interview, stating that R.E.M. came to feel that, despite constantly pressuring them to sell well, Creator/MCARecords (who was the main distributor for I.R.S.) didn't consider the band enough of a priority to bother giving them sufficient exposure outside of America.
* ThrowItIn: As mentioned on the main page, the 4's superimposed over the R's on the front cover and the listing of "Stand" (the fourth track on the album) as track number R stemmed from a typo made when typing out the album title; since the 4 key is right above the R key on a typical keyboard, the title ended up being spelled ''[=G4een=]'', and the band liked the effect enough to make use of it.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** R.E.M. originally envisioned ''Green'' as being a [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Distinct Single Album]], where one side would contain electric guitar-driven songs and the other acoustic songs. This never came to fruition due to a lack of good acoustic material, but the band would eventually release an acoustic album in the form of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' four years later.
** Some promotional cassettes of ''Green'' contain different mixes for "World Leader Pretend", "Turn You Inside-Out", and "11." than what was ultimately included on the final release.
* This album was the first by R.E.M. to feature lyrics printed in the liner notes; however, the lyrics only cover the song "World Leader Pretend". Later albums would continue leaving the lyrics absent, until ''Up'' in 1998 finally broke the trend and printed all the lyrics to every song in full. This would be continued on the band's post-''Up'' albums all the way until ''Collapse into Now''.
