Accelerate - R.E.M. Reviews

I am a huge fan of REM, have loads of their albums, and just enjoy listening to them. However in recent years their music seems to have been a bit soft! Lacking its earlier potency and bite. So have been quite disapointed. But whilst I was browsing in HMV this album was being played. Is this REM I thought, I don't recognise it. And I liked ...  Read the complete review

Accelerate is the fourteenth (yes, fourteenth!) album from U.S Rockers R.E.M. Hyped as 'R.E.M going back to their roots' with a more punky and raw sound, the album is fairly short at just over half an hour in length. R.E.M's previous album, 'Around the Sun' was not well received, and Accelerate may be the answer to the critics, proving ...  Read the complete review

REM are back with a new studio album and anyone who thought that the release of a Greatest Hits album signalled an end to the creative genius that has made the band so popular and given then such great longevity have been proven wrong by the release of this excellent album. This is REM back on form, this is REM back with something to ...  Read the complete review

"Back on form", they say. "Miles better than 'Around the Sun'." "R.E.M. are rocking harder than they have since 'Monster'." There's no doubt that R.E.M.'s latest has been hailed by pretty much every reputable music review source as a real improvement on their last few albums, but can we really believe the hype? Q gave ...  Read the complete review