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Product Details

Artist : REM
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0093624711223
Label : Warner Bros.
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-10-26
UPC : 093624711223

ASIN : B00000DD54

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Airport Man
2. Lotus
3. Suspicion
4. Hope
5. At My Most Beautiful
6. Apologist
7. Sad Professor
8. You're In The Air
9. Walk Unafraid
10. Why Not Smile
11. Daysleeper
12. Diminished I'm Not Over You
13. Parakeet
14. Falls To Climb

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

After REM's somewhat ambitious 1996 album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, failed to light up the charts, you might have figured the band would return to the rock-solid bombast of Monster or the consumer-friendly pop of Green. But REM have enough cash not to worry about commercial failure, and they've already been to the top of the mountain, so for now they'd rather explore its lush valleys and secret caves. Up is an atmospheric journey as impressionistic as Enya and as evocative as John Barry. Some critics have compared it with the band's delicate and emotionally revealing gem Automatic for the People, but Up is more ambitious and creative. Sure, most of the songs are pastoral, but they're undercut with drama and sonic experimentation. The melodies are generally spare, the beats sparse. Guitars flicker in and out, providing tension and dynamics, while quivering strings, layered keyboards, and washes of feedback colour the songs like textured lines of paint in an oil portrait. The only blatant pop song is the single "Daysleeper". The rest of the album ebbs and flows, each song a separate component of a complete artistic expression. The sound may be influenced by guitarist Peter Buck's cinematic jazz side project Tuatara or by Michael Stipe's celluloid excursions, but its source doesn't matter. What's important is that more than a decade after their sell-by date, REM continue to challenge and inspire. Things are definitely looking up. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews

'Up' against it (2008-09-30)

A more ironic album title it would be hard to imagine. 'Up' captures REM at a low ebb, reeling from the sudden departure of drummer Bill Berry after 17 years' service. A documentary made at the time shows the three remaining members tense and tetchy, admitting to "communication issues" with one another. This fraught atmosphere spills over into the music. Edginess and paranoia prevail in this rootless, post-'OK Computer' world. Rarely have Michael Stipe's vocals sounded so dispirited and enervating. It all comes as a big shock after the bright, primary colours rock of 'New Adventures In Hi-Fi.'This being REM though they still manage to mine some magic from the mess. Sonically, it's their most experimental record. The band hunted down old drum machines and keyboards to try and move away from "the REM sound.' Put some headphones on to pick out some of the more arcane sounds.'At My Most Beautiful', a masterly Beach Boys pastiche, stands as their most romantic song ever, the lyrics sweet and devoted. Equally lovely are 'Undiminished' and 'Why Not Smile.' 'Suspicion' is slinky, late-night seductive. For every winning track like these though there are dreary, saggy numbers like 'The Sad Professor' and 'You're In The Air.' Upbeat interludes are few, the menacing 'Walk Unafraid' and 'Hope' being the pick of them. Only the first single, 'Daysleeper', with its slide guitar, contains any essence of the REM of the early 90s.In retrospect, 'Up' sounds like an album that REM just had to get out of the way before fully coming to terms with Berry's departure. Their next album, 'Reveal', would see them return with renewed confidence and vigour.

reverting to type (2008-07-03)

referring to my title for this review, when i say 'reverting to type', i mean that this band have returned from the great back to the very ordinary again. the 'great' being of course 'automatic for the people' - a career zenith for sure. an absolute peak with at least 4 or 5 classic, timeless songs. that album walked all over anything that went before, and also anything thats come after in R.E.M's recording output. in fact, its hard to imagine, hearing the rest of this bands albums, that this is in fact the same act responsible for 'automatic'this album at least pushes the envelope a bit away from the bands usual repetoire of slightly grating jingly-jangly guitar based indie pop. theres a few on here that aspire to the beauty of the acoustic works on 'automatic' but unfortunately they are not in the same league in any respect. stipes voice too, is strangely muted here, with none of the depth and clarity that he showed on that classic albumdunno what happened to this band around the time of writing and recording that album but it seems like whatever possessed them at the time has now long gone. this is pretty uninspiring stuff. directionless, cold. its very nicely played of course but its very unconvincing. even the band sound like they know this. its just a shame that the heights they reached on 'automatic' seem to have been a complete one-off

Experimental Tripe! (2007-07-25)

I see the used ones are avalible at 0.29p. Thats a fair reflection on a dyer album. If your a regular fan of good indie/americana/rock&roll steer well wide of this. There are 2 good songs DAYSLEEPER & AT MY MOST BEUTIFUL. The rest is awful!

A scapegoat falls to climb.... (2007-07-06)

Be patient because it might take a while.Obscure electronica and a woozy, sleepy jaded feel pervades this album. And mostly, nothing on here will grab you straight away. Certainly the stunning "At My Most Beautiful" might take your attention and the charming but REM-by-numbers lead off single "Daysleeper" will shake you by the hand and offer you tea and biscuits. But "Airportman" might just ignore you. Completely ignore you. But don't worry you'll be on speaking terms at some point.There is something quite stunning about this album once you've spent time with it."Walk Unafraid" is defiant and mesmeric. "Parakeet" is beautiful. "Diminished" is paranoid and claustrophobic but perversely has a charming little chorus in the middle. This gives way to a sweet little acoustic hidden track which leaves as quickly as it arrives."Why Not Smile?" is simple and winsome. The closer "Falls To Climb" is somber and stately - the kind of track that would normally have Mr Buck's jangly Rickenbacker but this time is covered in electronic bleeps and synths. And it works well.Down-sides? You need persistence, sunbeam, and if you've got 16 million tracks on your I-pod you can wade through at choice you might not want to cultivate it.But if you appreciate the whole concept of an album then you'll stick with this.There is a little bit of sleepyness - "Suspicion" is comatosed. Not at all offensive, just very sleepy.But all in all, accomplished, intelligent and convincing. Worth a re-visit.

Their last great LP is their most experimental (2007-01-20)

REM's last great LP, certainly everything since pales into its shadow. Experimental with shimmering soundscapes, gone is the punch and jangle and in comes the fuzz and shimmer and its all the better for it. Instead of sounding old and tired it sounds invigorated and confident. It's not an Up album as such though, the pervasive feel is melancholy but that's not to say its depressing, more that its comforting like listening to rain on your window at night.Highlights are Walk Unafraid (now a live favourite), the only typical REM song Daysleeper, Mad Professor, Why Not Smile and the absolutely gorgeous At My Most Beautiful which is probably my favourite REM track. The second verse contains some of the most poignant songs written about love - they sound real and not some forced teen money fodder. In fact, I'll compare this second verse to a second verse in a certain song about a light never going out by The Smiths.People wanting to hear more REM after a few songs will probably be confused but non REM fans could do well to hear this album as it shows a side of the band that regretably has never been shown before or since. I'd love to hear them do this again.

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