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Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 120 out of 139
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Mixed: 15 out of 139
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Negative: 4 out of 139
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JonG.Apr 8, 2008Sounds like 1988... Very boring for the 21 century.
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JeffK.Apr 1, 2008
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O.GawdApr 2, 2008
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JoApr 2, 2008
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JohnB.Apr 5, 2008Episode #14: In which Michael Stipe enlists the Gin Blossoms to help him announce his discovery that George W. Bush, and George W. Bush, alone is responsible for all the world's ills.
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DejanSt.Apr 8, 2008A return to form? No way. It's nice one, but I've heard it all before.
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JBilchakApr 1, 2008
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KevinL.Apr 24, 2008
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PaulC.Apr 3, 2008I wanted to like it, but frankly it's pretty boring. Better than what they've churned out recently, but certainly not as good as their earlier work. Another sub-par record from a band that's moment in the sun passed over a decade ago.
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TaylorH.Mar 31, 2008Do not be deceived by the "critics." This album comes nowhere near the previous 4. It's their weakest since Monster and maybe even besides Monster, both lyrically and musically. The reviewers are obviously not real listeners of REM's music. Maybe half the songs are memorable at best.
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SteveOMay 31, 2008When I found out Stippe was gay, it kinda ruined the whole R.E.M. thing for me.
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Awards & Rankings
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Accelerate is patchy at best, with only the blaring finale, ‘I’m Gonna DJ’, really catching the attention.
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Accelerate is by some considerable distance REM’s best and most cohesive album since Berry left, and crucially echoes a time when they made their best music, if not necessarily their biggest-selling.
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There are a few jangly throwbacks for nostalgia’s sake interspersed throughout Accelerate, but they’re overshadowed by blustery guitar blather that shouts “anachronism” at every turn.