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- Summary: The rock band's 14th album is promised to be more rocking than its last release, Around the Sun.
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Living Well Is The Best Revenge | |
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It's only when your poison spreads Into the life you hope to live And suddenly you wake up In a shaking panic, now You set me up like a lamb to... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 29 out of 33
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Mixed: 4 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Heavyweight champeen or not, Stipe's got his fighting spirit back, and so does his band.
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When in doubt, crank the amps. This is the philosophy behind R.E.M.’s new album, Accelerate, their best, and certainly their loudest, in years.
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MojoIt really does seem that a decade-long period of interbal artistic crisis has been resolved, beautifully, even triumphantly. [Apr 2008, p.98]
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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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'Sing for the Submarine's' winking nods to old song titles ("electron blue," "gravity's pull," "high-speed train") are painfully self-aware. It's a sharp contrast to the rest of Accelerate, on which R.E.M. stop overthinking things--and start roaring toward the future.
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There’s good rock ’n’ roll here, and it’s vital and raw enough to be memorable. But there’s something calculated too, something demographically researched and meticulously executed in these songs.
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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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 64 out of 78
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Mixed: 11 out of 78
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Negative: 3 out of 78
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[Anonymous]Apr 1, 2008
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JohnN.Apr 4, 2008Excellent album. Their best in over a decade!
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MichaelH.Oct 2, 2008Greatest Band in the world!!!!!
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CarlosD.Apr 2, 2008It's great.
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PeterApr 19, 2008
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PaulL.Apr 3, 2008The divisive comments are a testament -- this band is still vital, and still has something to say. Great energy on this record.
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MarcG.Apr 2, 2008After hearing this s**t I wonder how this band could have been great one day...Deccelerate is the right word.
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