REM's ACCELERATE - DISCUSSION THREAD...it has leaked

Tiny review:

Living Well Is the Best Revenge - 4/5

Very fast song. Remind me of IRS material. But it's that twangy guitar from that era. The drumming is great.

Man-Sized Wreath - 3/5

Reminds of me of Green. Once again a very lo-fi approache. Nice drumming...The harmomies of the chorus are pure REM.

Supernatural Superserious - 4/5

The current. I like it.

Hollow Man - 5/5

The first slow song. Piano intro. The it speeds. Will work great in radio. Nice changes in the tempo.

I enjoy the lyrics.

Houston - 4/5

The acoustic guitar arrangments are very in synch with the Automatic for the people. It's political. Only 2 minutes.

Accelerate - 3/5

Fast song. And once again very lo-fi and raw approach. No lush melodies. Straighfoward.

I start to think that they really are trying to get the IRS sound back.

Until the Day Is Done - 5/5

Acoustic song. Reminds me of Texarcana...

Mr. Richards - 3/5

The Monster song. I have mixed feeling about this one.Too early to have opinion.

Sing for the Submarine - 4/5

Love the guitars. Probably the best until now.

Horse to Water - 3/5

Another rock tune. The chorus is very...basic.

I'm Gonna DJ - 5/5

One of my favorite songs. Very similar to the live version released. Still this song works better in the live context

OVERALL 3,5 / 5

Why (negatives and positive points mixed):

- the mixing is horrible.
- it's a short album, i like it that way
- the drumming is better, their session drummer did a great job
- the lyrics are rather weak (you can actually understand the message...and that's not REM's legacy) lol
- it's a zest of fresh air. 180 turn from the around the world slow wave...

I like the album...
[Edited 3/16/08 3:33am]

Do let us know what you think!

thanks for the heads up!!!

MikeMatronik said:

Tiny review:

Living Well Is the Best Revenge - 4/5

Very fast song. Remind me of IRS material. But it's that twangy guitar from that era. The drumming is great.

Man-Sized Wreath - 3/5

Reminds of me of Green. Once again a very lo-fi approache. Nice drumming...The harmomies of the chorus are pure REM.

Supernatural Superserious - 4/5

The current. I like it.

Hollow Man - 5/5

The first slow song. Piano intro. The it speeds. Will work great in radio. Nice changes in the tempo.

I enjoy the lyrics.

Houston - 4/5

The acoustic guitar arrangments are very in synch with the Automatic for the people. It's political. Only 2 minutes.

Accelerate - 3/5

Fast song. And once again very lo-fi and raw approach. No lush melodies. Straighfoward.

I start to think that they really are trying to get the IRS sound back.

Until the Day Is Done - 5/5

Acoustic song. Reminds me of Texarcana...

Mr. Richards - 3/5

The Monster song. I have mixed feeling about this one.Too early to have opinion.

Sing for the Submarine - 4/5

Love the guitars. Probably the best until now.

Horse to Water - 3/5

Another rock tune. The chorus is very...basic.

I'm Gonna DJ - 5/5

One of my favorite songs. Very similar to the live version released. Still this song works better in the live context

OVERALL 3,5 / 5

Why (negatives and positive points mixed):

- the mixing is horrible.
- it's a short album, i like it that way
- the drumming is better, their session drummer did a great job
- the lyrics are rather weak (you can actually understand the message...and that's not REM's legacy) lol
- it's a zest of fresh air. 180 turn from the around the world slow wave...

I like the album...
[Edited 3/16/08 3:33am]

"if the storm doesn't kill me, the government will"


great album, my fav since Monster, even after just 1 listen i can tell.

Thanks for the review, I'll be on the lookout for this one!

just got, will listen now

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Funny and charming as usual

This is going to easily be one of the best cds of the year!

Great cd! Until the day is Done, I just play over and over.

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Funny and charming as usual

Song for song its a stronger CD than Monster which it will be compared to , although theres nothing on there I enjoyed quite as much as Crush With Eyeliner or Bang and Blame ( I love REMs dumber rock songs lol )

moonshine said:

I'm an old fashioned kind of guy...I'm gonna wait to buy it on the day of release. Your review is making me excited for the CD, though...

Axchi696 said:

MikeMatronik said:

looking forward to this 1

I agree bout the mixing, but over all its a great cd.

Loved the single.