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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.
Tracklist
1 | Living Well Is The Best Revenge | 3:12 |
2 | Man-Sized Wreath | 2:33 |
3 | Supernatural Superserious | 3:24 |
4 | Hollow Man | 2:39 |
5 | Houston | 2:05 |
6 | Accelerate | 3:34 |
7 | Until The Day Is Done | 4:09 |
8 | Mr. Richards | 3:46 |
9 | Sing For The Submarine | 4:51 |
10 | Horse To Water | 2:18 |
11 | I'm Gonna DJ | 2:08 |