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The follow-up to 2001's laid-back REVEAL, AROUND THE SUN finds R.E.M. mining a similar vein of dreamy, mellow rock. "Leaving New York" sets the tone with Peter Buck's chiming guitar and Michael Stipe's plaintive vocals at the fore, while "Electron Blue" continues the band's occasional forays into electronic territory with keyboard-driven atmospherics. Other standout tracks include the haunting "The Outsiders" (which features rapper Q-Tip, recalling OUT OF TIME's "Radio Song" with KRS-One in execution if not in tone) and the folky, defiant "Final Straw," a blatant condemnation of fear-instilling governmental policies.

Not as exploratory as other latter-day R.E.M. albums NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI (1996) and UP (1998), AROUND THE SUN occasionally echoes the ensemble's lauded AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE's laconic feel, though it doesn't quite match that record's gravitas. In any case, this outing displays the 24-year-old band in a surprisingly relaxed and comfortable mode, and who says that's a bad thing?

R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass guitar).

Additional personnel: Q-Tip (rap vocals); Hahn Rowe, Ken Stringfellow, Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin, Jamie Candiloro.

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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "R.E.M. here resemble their classic selves."
Rolling Stone (p.151) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[A] disc of frankly spiritual and acutely topical protest ballads, draped in futuristic PET SOUNDS strum and hum."
Spin (pp.112-14) - "AROUND THE SUN is R.E.M.'s return to folk-rock chamber music..." - Grade: B-
Uncut (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "These 13 songs are sung by people exhausted by the trials of their country, haunted by ghosts of its promise, tentatively hopeful of renewal or reconciliation."
Uncut (p.75) - Ranked #16 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "[A] set of powerfully reflective songs populated by the walking wounded rather than shiny happy people."
Alternative Press (p.113) - "Thirteen studio albums into their career, R.E.M. can still throw listeners for a loop. 'The Outsiders' is as velvety smooth as Massive Attack..." - 4 out of 5
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List Price $24.98 (You save $8.59)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock, Enhanced CD
Label Warner Bros. (Record Label)
Orig Year 2004
All Time Sales Rank   49278  
CD Universe Part number 6827225
Catalog number 49315
Discs 1
Release Date Mar 01, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer R.E.M.; Pat McCarthy
Engineer Jamie Candiloro
Personnel Michael Stipe - vocals
Mike Mills - bass guitar
Peter Buck - guitar
Peter Buck - guitar

Also: Q-Tip, Bill Rieflin, Scott Mccaughey, Ken Stringfellow, Hahn Rowe, Jamie Candiloro
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Leaving New York  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Electron Blue  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.The Outsiders  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Make It All Okay  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Final Straw  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.I Wanted To Be Wrong  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Wanderlust
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Boy In The Well  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Aftermath  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.High Speed Train  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.The Worst Joke Ever  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.The Ascent Of Man  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Around The Sun  

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