Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Alternativni Rok, Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Cd 4/4-

Studio album by R.E.M.
Released March 31, 2008
Recorded June–July 2007
Studio Armoury Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Grouse Lodge Studios, County Westmeath, Ireland; and Seney-Stonewall Chapel, Athens, Georgia, United States; additional recording in Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, and Mike Mills` home in Athens, Georgia
Genre
Alternative rockhard rock[1]punk rock[2]
Length 34:39
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
R.E.M. Live
(2007) Accelerate
(2008) Live from London
(2008)
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.[3] R.E.M. previewed most of the album`s tracks during a five-night residency at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, 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.

Background and recording
A small church
Seney-Stovall Chapel, in the band`s hometown of Athens, Georgia, was one of the recording locations for Accelerate and was also where they recorded two songs for the film Athens, GA: Inside/Out in 1986.
R.E.M.`s previous record Around the Sun (2004) only sold 240,000 copies in the United States and was poorly received by critics.[4] The band members later expressed displeasure with the album. Guitarist Peter Buck told Q, `I personally hated it. [Quickly] No, hated is too hard. I hated the fact that it wasn`t as good as it should`ve been.` Buck admitted the band felt pressure to subsequently make a better record; he told Q, `Even Michael [Stipe] was going, `Y`know, if we make another bad record, it`s over.` It`s like, `No kidding."[5]

Buck and bassist Mike Mills began working on instrumental demos in winter 2007, assisted by touring members Bill Rieflin and Scott McCaughey. The music they wrote was faster and more aggressive than other material they had written in years.[6] Mills suggested the band work out its new songs in a live setting before recording them, as it had done in its early years.[6] Between June 30 and July 5, 2007, R.E.M. played a five-night series of shows at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. In this series of shows—dubbed `working rehearsals` by the band, many songs on Accelerate were debuted, with many of them still as works in progress.[7] These performances would later be released as Live at The Olympia in 2009.

At the urging of The Edge of U2, R.E.M. chose to record the album with producer Jacknife Lee.[8] Following the Olympia Theatre residency, R.E.M. scheduled three-week recording sessions in three different cities in order to keep its focus. The tight recording schedule prevented Stipe from spending too much time working on his lyrics and vocal parts. Stipe told Spin, `I work really well under pressure, and the guys know that all too well... So the pace forced me to kind of spit stuff out.`[6] The group mixed the album in a London studio in 10 days. Regarding the recording process, Stipe said, `We spent less time making this record than we have in

Track listing
All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

`Living Well Is the Best Revenge` – 3:11
`Man-Sized Wreath` – 2:32
`Supernatural Superserious` – 3:23
`Hollow Man` – 2:39
`Houston` – 2:05
`Accelerate` – 3:33
`Until the Day Is Done` – 4:08
`Mr. Richards` – 3:46
`Sing for the Submarine` – 4:50
`Horse to Water` – 2:18
`I`m Gonna DJ` – 2:07