25th Anniversary expanded 2LP edition features the original album and the 2019 remixed version by original producer Scott Litt, on two 180-gram vinyl LPs with reimagined cover art by long time R.E.M. designer Chris Bilheimer and new liner notes. Monster debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and would be certified three-times Platinum in the U.K Rolling Stone offered this praise: “R.E.M.’s exceptional pop craftsmanship, their luminous melodic inventions, their sense of mission—in short, everything fundamental—are still there and shining more brightly than ever … Monster is one urgent-sounding album, and that’s as it should be.”