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Accelerate (Bonus Tracks) | 
| Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  212 reviews
Sales Rank: 965
Genre: alternative-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B0016679JW
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Overhyped November 10, 2008
OneLove (so fla)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Accelerate can be one of those albums which fans, upset with R.E.M.'s last few releases, may judge too highly, throwing out words like comeback just to describe a vague adult-rock, easy going consistency in a way which almost insults some of their finer intricacies.
New and Old October 30, 2008
R. M. Ettinger (Cleveland Heights, OH USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hailed even pre-release as a return to R.E.M.'s roots, and the press laid so much credence in this thought - it would kind of be hard to live up to. br / br /The result - they do and they don't. br / br /Is 'Accelerate' the new 'Fables of the Reconstruction'? No. But I didn't expect it to be. But on the upside, it's also not one of their last two or three releases either. While those were not horrid, they were just there and not horribly well thought out. br / br /I enjoyed 'Accelerate' - more than any disk since 'Automatic for the People' - but that is not to compare those two disks. The new release has much much much more guitar - much more of a core band feel. It is a welcome retro feel, but it is not 1980 - make no mistake. br / br /I really enjoy the first four songs - especially "Hallow Man" and "Supernatural Superserious". Michael Stipe's vocal abilities haven't changed too much over the years, but what I never hear anyone go on about is how much Mike Mills' harmonies really help make the band. I've always been a fan of Peter Buck's guitar playing. br / br /'Accelerate' isn't as fun as 'Document', 'Reckoning' or 'Murmur' - but it's not meant to be. Of course, I just might be stuck in my own nostalgia. But 'Accelerate' takes the energy of the old R.E.M. and sticks them in the present.
 "Monster" for the MySpace Generation October 28, 2008
Garbageman (the other side of California)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've stuck it out with REM for decades, loved "Up" and "Reveal" for the grandiose Radioheadizations that they were, and even listened to "The Lifting" more than once if you can believe that. So there's my required REM backstory. But as meaningless as that pedigree is, even people who have never heard this band before should be down on this turkey. Focus-grouped and polished for the MySpace page, "Accelerate" tries way too hard to convince us that "MICHAEL BLOGGING FROM SARAJEVO!! LIVE ALBUM MERCH VID CLIPS OF THE ONE I LOVE FROM LATVIA!!!1!1!" is a good substitute for substance. The ethereal, mysterious quality associated with this band's music apparently went the way of Bob Dole candidacies. What's left is an empty shell of a band whose purpose is as strained as its 2:30-minute jam sessions jazzed up as "rockin'" (hint: if your rock album has alot of songs in 3/4 time, you're not rocking very hard... waltzing rock songs are for Jeremy Enigk). There are two songs on here that I find remotely interesting ("Living Well" and "Hollow Men", if you care), and none of the others I want to listen to again. But true to Michael's green sensibilities, I have found reuse for the CD cover as a place to keep my tax receipts. br / br /I'm very happy that the "band" (at this point, who's counting or caring) are enjoying the cheering crowds in Ukraine and Uzbekistan as they crank out the umpteenth version of "Orange Crush". I tried very hard to get into this album from a fresh perspective but was left with all sorts of philosophical questions about the big picture, none of which are very good and none of which we should be asking about a band that was once the standard of creative excellence that every young band aspired to, even Nirvana. Now they're aspiring to move units, fill iPods, and safely bridge the gap between graying Gen-Xers reliving their college years and their OMG kids. They're as inconsequential as their long-dormant peers would have been if they had somehow thought it necessary to stick around far past their prime (can you imagine the Replacements at this point?). I guess we need stuff like this to provide a counterpoint to in the form of something that truly matters, and for that I am grateful. But this is the last time they're going to sucker me into believing that they do.
A nice return to rock, but no masterpiece October 24, 2008
B. Martin
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
There's no doubt that R.E.M. were feeling the pressure to get back to being a rock band after their past three releases. So for the first time since 1996's New Adventures in Hi-Fi, the band has delivered a pure rock record. Peter Buck's guitar screams and shreds like it hasn't done in years and there is actually a drummer instead of a drum machine and looped beats. All of that is fine and good. But you get the sense while listening to Accelerate, that Stipe and company were primarily concerned with rocking out and they let the songwriting take a back seat. The album is by no means bad. Several tracks are fast and furious as the title indicates. But there are no classics here, no songs that are going to return the band to the superstars they were in the 90's. And this album is not even close to their 80's output as some have suggested. R.E.M. need to disregard what popular opinion dictates and continue to blaze their own trail. That is what made them truly great in the first place. While Accelerate is a solid rock record, it still ranks near the bottom of the bands canon. If they can bring the songwriting up on an even keel with the music, they might still have a rebirth yet.
 If this is some of REM's best work in years, they had better quit. October 24, 2008
Mr. Disappointed (Midwest, USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of REM's music for nearly 25 years. Through the years, I've always looked forward to their next release. They have put out a few clunker albums, but then again, what band hasn't? br / br /When I found out there was going to be a deluxe edition of the album with the CD/DVD, I of course bought it the first day. br / br /I anxiously opened this CD for the drive home from work and was immediately disappointed. What had happened to the band I had seen numerous times live and CDs I've enjoyed? The conclusion a friend of mine and myself (he is a long-time fan as well) is that they have run out of ideas. I was one who even thought "Around The Sun" wasn't that bad (although I know I'm in the minority). br / br /I've always found something on an REM release to "take away," e.g., a great guitar riff, a great lyric, or the like. br / br /This album suffers from poor production with over-saturated levels, distortion (unintended), unmemorable and lyrics buried in the mix (based on the poor writing, I can see why) and an album I, as a long-time fan, was ashamed to have purchased. I don't plan on renewing my fanclub membership this year. br / br /REM, you've let a long-time fan down. If this is the best you can do, call it a day. Meanwhile, listen to Automatic for the People or one of their earlier works for musical inspiration.
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