Description
REM – Accelerate / First Studio Album In 4 Years includes 'Supernatural Superserious', 'Hollow Man' and 'Until The Day Is Done'. / Bonus DVD features Vincent Moon film '6 Days' / Warner Bros. Records Audio CD + DVD Video CD 2008 / 440316-2
UPC 093624987727
Total Time: 45 min.
Accelerate is the 14th studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on March 31, 2008 in Europe, and on April 1 in North America. Produced with Jacknife Lee, Accelerate was intended as a departure from the 2004 album Around the Sun. R.E.M. previewed most of the album's tracks during a five-night residency at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and recorded the album in a nine-week schedule.
The album was heralded as a return to form for the band, receiving a warm reception from music critics and achieving a 79/100 rating on Metacritic. Reviewers often complimented the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs, with Q magazine critic Keith Cameron stating that "Accelerate is the sound of a band having enjoyed a good word with themselves—and us." It was their last album to be accompanied by a tour, as the band had decided against touring for their next (and final) album Collapse into Now before disbanding.
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records – 440316-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album + DVD, DVD-Video, All Media
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
2008 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Alternative Rock |
Tracklist:
| CD-1 | Living Well Is The Best Revenge | 3:11 | |
| CD-2 | Man-Sized Wreath | 2:31 | |
| CD-3 | Supernatural Superserious | 3:23 | |
| CD-4 | Hollow Man | 2:39 | |
| CD-5 | Houston | 2:05 | |
| CD-6 | Accelerate | 3:33 | |
| CD-7 | Until The Day Is Done | 4:08 | |
| CD-8 | Mr. Richards | 3:46 | |
| CD-9 | Sing For The Submarine | 4:50 | |
| CD-10 | Horse To Water | 2:18 | |
| CD-11 | I'm Gonna DJ | 2:07 | |
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Bonus DVD |
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| DVD-1 | 6 Days (Short Film) |
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45:16 |
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| DVD-2 | Airliner (Audio Track) |
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2:22 |
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| DVD-3 | Red Head Walking (Audio Track) |
| 2:15 |
- Artwork [Packaging] – Chris Bilheimer, Michael Stipe
- Engineer – Sam Bell, Tom McFall
- Engineer [Assistant, Mix] – Simon Wall
- Engineer [Assistant, Seney-Stovall Chapel] – Brannen Miles
- Engineer [Assistant, Vancouver] – Rob Stefanson
- Engineer [Assistant, Westmeath] – Dani Castelar
- Engineer [Mix] – Sam Bell
- Engineer [Second Assistant, Mix] – Bethina Beadman
- Engineer [Second Assistant, Vancouver] – Jarrod Nestibo
- Engineer [Second Assistant, Westmeath] – Owen Lewis
- Management [Advisor] – Bertis Downs
- Mastered By – John Davis (4)
- Mixed By – Jacknife Lee
- Musician [Additional] – Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin
- Producer – Jacknife Lee, R.E.M.
- Technician [Assistance, Athens] – Jacqueline Burton
- Technician [Assistance] – Bob Whittaker, DeWitt Burton
- Technician [Technical Assistance, Steney-Stovall Chapel] – Jacqueline Burton
- Written-By – Stipe (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11, DVD-2), Mills (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11, DVD-2), Buck (tracks: CD-1 to CD-11, DVD-2)
