Accelerate

by R.E.M.

Media Type: Audio CD

Release Date: April 01. 2008

Label: Warner Bros / Wea

Amazon.com Sales Rank: 227

Average Customer Rating:

UPC: 093624988588

List price: ~~$18.98~~

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Wow this is bad - Pete, continue playing with Robyn Hitchcock!, August 27, 2008

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 really any strong melodies

Pete, you can do better! You played on Robyn's very good album Ole Tarantula for gods sake.

I can't imagine someone picking up this album and loving it. The first few times I listened to this album I was depressed for a week

Blah! Not a bad album (I guess) but unmemorable. It sounds off; I like when REM rock out (Monster's good) but there seems to be a distinct lack of good solid songs here

I'm sticking to Love's Forever Changes from now on.

R.E.M. Returns To Rock, But Michael's Voice Is Frayed!, August 25, 2008

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 guitar racket, Michael sings very well about the current state of affairs in this country, the USA. Overall, I appreciate the album, and that track makes "Accelerate" worth every penny I paid for it. I think the worst sung track on this cd is "Hollow Man," oddly during the calmer parts of the song.

REM is back, August 22, 2008

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
Its meaning has not been erased"

I really liked this CD. A good effort by a great band. Good to hear that they have produced a solid CD.

The songs average about three minutes in length and the entire CD is short at approx only 35 minutes.

I don't there is a bad track on this CD.

Recommended if you are at all a fan of their past work.

Accelerating away from Around the Sun, August 19, 2008

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, until the day is done, hollow man.

too bad the lyrics aren't included. welcome back r.e.m.
we missed you.

Stepping On The Gas...., August 12, 2008

So when we last left the boys they had just given us AROUND THE SUN, a somber, lackluster, lackadaisical trudge through synthesizer/overproduction hedes. Welcome the polar opposite, or shall we say, classic mode of R.E.M.. Don't have your volume up too high, as the mastering of this album is LOUD! Rightly so, as it's 90% electric! While the lyrics that Michael and the gang recite aren't the greatest in their catalogue, they also aren't their worst and are pretty good. "Supernatural Superserious" is a great song and a rightful tune for pop radio overplay. "Houston" flaunts a bit of high-powered organ that only comes up to breathe every few beats, but it adds to the humidity of the song. "Mr. Richards" is destined to become a forgotten classic. The downside on ACCELERATE is "Until The Day Is Done." It's a protest song, and it's unfortunate because you can tell 10 seconds in that it's a protest song. Aside from "...day is done", this is a mighty fine highway listen (or a workout soundtrack). Welcome back to the late 80s, R.E.M..


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