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At this stage in a band's career a Mojo front cover would seem more likely than actually getting their old mojo back. And at 14 albums young, REM's longevity had been taken as a byword for pale compliance--in spite of a melodic obedience, last album Around the Sun lacked the emotional vigour of their key works and was presumed by many to be no more than a footnote in their decline. Here then is where they break all the rules. Accelerate is exceptionally loyal to its title and marks a hefty return to their Document-era heyday, when their Byrdsian post-punk was beefed up to suit the arenas they were then beginning to fill. There's even a new "end of the world" song to back up that assertion--the excitable Stooges/B52s love-in "I'm Gonna DJ" ("Death is pretty final/I'm collecting vinyl/I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world!"). Michael Stipe's voice splinters scattered emotional punctuation, Mike Mills is as ever REM's secret weapon, drilling out bass-lines like rapid CPR and achieving more with a single backing vocal than many lead singers manage over a whole album, while Peter Buck deals out memorable guitar twists a-go-go evoking amongst others The Who, The Small Faces and Neil Young. To summon a cliché, this really does sound like a band--and a band half their age at that--playing live in a room, packed full of all the fire and nuances needed to feel at home in a club or the stadiums they now more regularly inhabit. --James Berry

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This fourteenth studio album from the veteran indie rockersis the follow-up to 2004's 'Around The Sun' and comes just six months after their 'Live' CD/DVD stopgap. The brusquest, most amped-up and aggressive album they have made in decades, the eleven songs on 'Accelerate' flash by in a scant 34 minutes and mark a return to the harder post-punk sounds of their pre-major label days, whilst not disregarding the infectious melodies that have made their name. Includes the single 'Supernatural Superserious'.

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Accelerate CD/DVD - Limited Edition

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Accelerate CD/DVD

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R.E.M. - Parallel [1994] DVD
R.E.M. - Road Movie [1996] DVD
R.E.M. - The R.E.M. Collection DVD
R.E.M. - This Film Is On [1991] DVD
R.E.M. - Tour Film Live [1990] DVD

REM Videos from Amazon.co.uk

R.E.M. - Parallel [1994]
R.E.M. - Pop Screen [1990]

R.E.M. - Road Movie [1996]

R.E.M. - The R.E.M. Collection

R.E.M. - This Film Is On [1991]

R.E.M. - Tour Film - Live [1990]

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In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition)

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