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Accelerate
by R.E.M.
from Warner Bros / Wea

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Wow this is bad - Pete, continue playing with Robyn Hitchcock!
  I'm altogether dispirited
  I've listened to this about 5-6 times all the way through, and not one song has made an impression
  Read the lyrics - they're ok - I don't really care too much about lyrics. My favorite album by REM (Murmur) and I don't know the lyrics on most of my favorite songs on that (Radio Free Europe, Perfect Circle)
  I am absolutely miserable. I mean, I'm still gonna listen to the group. I'll stick pick up the next album. But none of these songs are very good. There aren't... more info

• R.E.M. Returns To Rock, But Michael's Voice Is Frayed!
  I was really excited to hear that R.E.M. had returned to a more Rock 'n' Roll style of music. However, other than the loud guitars, a staple of R.E.M. music became very strained on "Accelerate." That would be Michael Stipe's voice. He was never a crooner or a screamer for that matter, but he really seemed to struggle to sing along with the accompanying chiming guitars on this album. The only song that would negate that statement would be the beautiful "Until The Day Is Done." On that track, a break from the... more info

• REM is back
  
  I can't say I'm a huge fan of REM but I recently picked up this CD and would rate it as very good. Like their old stuff.
  Starts off strong with this rocking "Living Well Is the Best Revenge". Continues strong with "Man-sized Wreath" and "Supernatural Superserious". Slows down into a melancholy track - (I've become a) "Hollow Man".
  Next track, "Houston", is solid:
  "Houston is filled with promise
  Laredo is a beautiful place
  and Galveston sings like that song that I loved... more info

• Accelerating away from Around the Sun
  crap sound notwithstanding, this album is not only a return to form, but it rocks! and theres not one song to skip in the bunch. a top album from beginning to end. the band can't let an album go by without some political whining. surprised will they be that hurricanes will hit during the mccain administration too. but it's not overbearing. the album flies by so quick, you don't realize how good it is until you realize you've spun it a few times in a row.
  my top three: living well is the best revenge,... more info

Tracks:

1. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
2. Man-Sized Wreath
3. Supernatural Superserious
4. Hollow Man
5. Houston
6. Accelerate
7. Until The Day Is Done
8. Mr. Richards
9. Sing For The Submarine
10. Horse To Water
11. I'm Gonna DJ

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