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Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings
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Feb 23, 2022Из альбомов вышедших после ухода Билла Берри этот – лучший. Очень драйвовый, панковый и приятный на слух.
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Aug 30, 2012R.E.M. are back more powerful than ever! Finally they have returned to a rock sound, and it's great.
Livin Well Is The Best Revenge is the symbol of their rescue, probably the hardest song they have ever made, but the masterpiece is Supernatural Superserious. That's one of their greatest song and I love it.
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FrancescoMDec 3, 2008
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BM.Oct 24, 2008R.E.M. rock out harder than they have since the departure of Bill Berry. That's good. The songwriting sometimes takes a backseat to the band's rediscovered rock chops. That's not so good. Overall the album is good, but you can feel the band trying too hard to be relevant again.
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MichaelH.Oct 2, 2008Greatest Band in the world!!!!!
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DJW.Jun 29, 2008
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DanG.Jun 28, 2008
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TSJun 2, 2008This is no question a very good album and I'm enjoying it more with every listen. So much better than their last three discs it's shocking. Also less indulgent than many of their classic Bill Berry albums.
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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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KellyC.May 28, 2008Have been waiting for this "return to form". I actually liked a lot of Up, but Life's Rich Pageant is still my favorite. It sounds very effortless and classic - a most worthy rebirth for this great band.
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RiccardoMay 10, 2008Their best effort since New Adventures in Hi-fi (my all-time favorite). We've been waiting for something like that for 12 years. Welcome back R.E.M.!
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RyanRMay 5, 2008Best since "Out of Time", and right up there in the top 3 w/ "Out of Time" and "Document". "Mr.Richards", "Hollow Man", and "Supernatural Superserious" are all great.
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JamieB.May 3, 2008People have waited 15+ years for this.
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HenryW.May 2, 2008Best post-Berry album by REM.
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KevinL.Apr 24, 2008
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GianniApr 22, 2008
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BryanW.Apr 19, 2008Solid.....more rockin than the last few...they continue to be strong!!
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PeterApr 19, 2008Most rocking REM album since Document, best REM album since Automatic For The People (my personal favorite). I think they recognized that a time of retrenchment will allow them to move forward, whereas constantly striving for growth just stretches you too thin. Let's hear it for Jacknife Lee, who squeezed the best possible comeback albums from U2 and REM. Maybe Pearl Jam should talk to him.
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MarkB.Apr 18, 2008By far one of the strongest cd's of 2007. The group shows that they haven't forgot what got them into the game. I would definitely put this in the top 10 cd's of 2007 for overall sound, catchiness and music value. Great pickup by Fueled By Ramen.
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StephenD.Apr 14, 2008Not since 1996's New Adventures In Hi-Fi has anyone let alone fans been able to say with honest enthusiasm " hey have you heard the new R.E.M. album". Well thankfully that long wait is now over as Accelerate has R.E.M. back in the spotlight.
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PaulG.Apr 14, 2008This is a solid effort from R.E.M. Their last several offerings have contained points of interest, but they've been somewhat sparse -- and this coming from a die-hard R.E.M. fan. It is good to see the band rocking again, and hearing Michael get back to his "smart and angry " roots.
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PatrickApr 11, 2008Utter crap. Stipe's prepubescent squealing takes irritating to the Nth level. R.E.M. should either go back to putting Stipe's vocals in the background (where they belong) or just disband.
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TomH.Apr 10, 2008A modern classic.
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PeterS.Apr 10, 2008Fine album. Nothing to completely blow you away here, but more energetic than they've sounded in years.
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JaceN.Apr 8, 2008O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!!! Theres a simple formula I use to score/rate albums...its the songs on the album I love against the songs I hate. Its not since R.E.M.'s 1996 offering "New Adventures in HI-Fi" with its so far undefeated 12 to 2 that ive rated one of their albums so high at 9 to 2.. Imagine if the tracklist were longer.
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MattM.Apr 8, 2008Very accesible, holds well on its own as a record, unlike Around the Sun and Reveal which had very few memorable tracks. The only problem is the album is too nostalgic, attention deficit, and too short.
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JyotirmayaD.Apr 8, 2008It's a great listen.... too short at 35 minutes so I downloaded the two extra tunes and made it an almost 40 minute disc. I love the urgency; I beg for one standout track...maybe it's already there and my head hasn't found it yet; the solid sound of R.E.M. that just might be themelves surprising itself with considering what it's last 2 or 3 albums sound like.
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JonG.Apr 8, 2008Sounds like 1988... Very boring for the 21 century.
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BrivsM.Apr 8, 2008
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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.