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Accelerate - R.E.M.
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79 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 120 Ratings

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  • Summary: The rock band's 14th album is promised to be more rocking than its last release, Around the Sun.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Heavyweight champeen or not, Stipe's got his fighting spirit back, and so does his band.
  2. Spin
    90
    Accelerate will be rightfully championed as the defibrillator that shocked a once-great band back to its senses.
  3. Uncut
    60
    Accelerate is a simple, pragmatic record built on an uncomfortable truth: sometimes, even the best bands have to retrace their steps, if only to remind themselves what they're really good at.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 76
  3. Negative: 3 out of 76
  1. MichaelH.
    10
    Greatest Band in the world!!!!!
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  2. JonG.
    5
    Sounds like 1988... Very boring for the 21 century.
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  3. DanG.
    3
    I'm clearly in the minority here but make no apologies for what I'm about to write. It seems that almost everybody has been pulled in by the hype for this album, as it is mediocre at best. The recording level has been set so high that the whole thing just becomes a blur. What happened to the tunes and the subtlety that used to be REM? Accelerate is an album not without some merit - there are some good moments - but is this all they can come up with after 4 years of studio inactivity? By comparison, Around The Sun, is vastly superior, and I think history will judge that to be the case in years to come.… Expand
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