FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION finds R.E.M.s star rising fast. With major label world domination still comfortably off in the future, the band was still experimenting; their jangly frenetic sound was deepening by fathoms, & Michael Stipes formless rants were solidifying (his diction was improving, too, which only served to clarify his prodigious poetic gift). The album featured some of the groups most solid pop songcraft to date, as well as some pretty heady meandering (" Feeling Gravitys Pul