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| Artist: R.e.m.
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy Used: $4.23
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Rating:  197 reviews
Sales Rank: 91
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 418620
UPC: 093624988588
EAN: 0093624988588
ASIN: B0013BNY2Q
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Previously Used Music CD: Cd in good condition. Case has some scratches.
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| Tracks:
| • | Living Well Is The Best Revenge | | • | Man-Sized Wreath | | • | Supernatural Superserious | | • | Hollow Man | | • | Houston | | • | Accelerate | | • | Until The Day Is Done | | • | Mr. Richards | | • | Sing For The Submarine | | • | Horse To Water | | • | I'm Gonna DJ |
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In the decade since the departure of drummer Bill Berry, R.E.M. could seem at times schizophrenic. Their albums of the era, which veered from the experimentalism of Up and reaffirmation of Reveal to 2004's more diffuse, reflective Around the Sun, often stood in stark contrast to the vibrancy of their live act. But here the alt-rock godfathers have resolved that dichotomy with their most focused and satisfying album in over a decade; a collection that doesn't so much revisit the bracing ethos of the band's '80s coming-of-age, as boil it down to its essence and supercharge it with the energy of their contemporary stage shows. That sensibility is evident from the opening track, "Living Well's the Best Revenge," where Peter Buck's aggressive, distortion-drenched riffs and Michael Stipe's gruff snarl set the tone for "Mansized Wreath," "Horse to Water," and "Supernatural Serious"; rockers that bristle with the abandonment and aggressive energy of a band half their tenure. Yet it's no mere blast-from-the-past. The inclusion of the band's recent touring musicians (Scott McCaughey on second guitar and drummer Bill Rieflin) into the session mix, as well as working out much of the material live onstage in Dublin, has yielded something more sonically akin to R.E.M. 2.2. Stipe's penchant for the lyrically opaque has been largely supplanted by an edgy, articulate passion that variously explores "Houston'"s displaced Katrina refugees, the bluegrass-tinged "Until the Day is Done," and the more typical, quiet self-examination of "Hollow Man," before exploding in the album's unlikely, upbeat elegy "I'm Gonna DJ," where singer and band find renewed hope in not only music, but themselves. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 192 more reviews...
Pint-sized album packs a nice punch August 8, 2008
Sal Nudo (Champaign, Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little fireplug of a CD hits the ground running with "Living Well is the Best Revenge" and doesn't come up often for air. It's good to hear Michael Stipe fired up on rockers like the aforementioned tune and "Man-Sized Wreath," where he rails against political pundits, the vapidness of TV and "pomp" and "odious conceit." It's great stuff, and amid Stipe's aggressive vocals and Peter Buck's equally in-your-face guitar work, there seems to be a sense of liberation and joy within the band which I can't recall since the mighty Monster back in 1994.
The mellow and short "Houston," a beautiful song about the Hurricane Katrina refugees, fully displays Stipe's penchant for climbing inside the body of another human being, similar to the morose but sublime "Daysleeper" on the underrated Up. In the song, he boldly attempts to extract some brightness amid a horrible situation. "Until the Day is Done" is similarly quiet compared to the rest of "Accelerate," and its despondent lyrics tell of a dying America, one that the lyricist is far from proud of. Whether you agree with the sentiment or not, the stately sound and sincerity of the song hearkens back to the greatness of Automatic for the People, no small feat. Truly, I didn't grasp the songs's specialness until I really gave it a solid listen.
Mostly, though, "Accelerate" is one punchy rocker after another. I can't help but wonder if the popish "Mr. Richards" is a friendly ode to President Bush, but more important, "Horse to Water" contains a march-to-your own-drummer message, fed-up lyrics and an irresistible chorus that ranks as my favorite on the CD. And not since "It's the End of the World as We Know it" has there been such a stadium-like, fun vibe from R.E.M. as heard on the pumped-up, free-flowing, let-it-all-hang-out "I'm Gonna DJ."
Stipe's voice may be a tad roughened up from natural aging and cigarettes, but it matches up well with the fiery guitars and is ably backed up by Mike Mills' formidable pipes that never seem to go out of style. Come to think of it, after releasing some questionable fluff preceding this album, R.E.M., as a unit, seem to have mastered the art of never going out of style.
 wow, almost 33 minutes... July 26, 2008
Ray Ostrom (East Coast USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
pitiful sound quality, OK Music overall, and wow, an entire 33 minutes long. Maybe next time after a few years off they can come up with 40 minutes of music.
 Back to basics for REM July 18, 2008
Dean K (CT, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always loved REM but have lost interst in the last so many years. I guess the music was not what I expected but this album brings them back to their roots. It is a fun album that you can listen to over and over and will remind you of the good old days of REM
a good record July 16, 2008
A. Caselnova
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Look I've read a lot of reviews and have listened to the record many times. It's not great and it's not bad. REM is band where you expect something different - hit or miss - its what you expect. Some songs are catchy, some are not. All in all a good effort. That's why the IPOD was invented to edit the stuff you dont want. buy it and enjoy
De los mejores albumes de la banda July 11, 2008
Chonto (Caracas, Venezuela)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Basicamente uno de los mejores albumes de la banda, por un momento pareciera que regresas a lo mejor de la musica en los 90's: Riffs grunge y tiempos agresivos con una aspera pero melodiosa ejecucion vocal.
REM se reencuentra en este album y nos trae muy buen musica, no sigas leyendo esto que pierdes el tiempo, simplemente pon el cd en tu carro y dejate llevar hasta alcanzar el REM.
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