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Automatic for the People by R.E.M.

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Drive 4:30 244,943
2 Try Not to Breathe 3:49 147,511
3 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Album Version ) 4:08 3,696
4 Everybody Hurts 5:19 471,333
5 New Orleans Instrumental No.1 ( LP Version ) 2:15 2,112
6 Sweetness Follows ( LP Version ) 4:20 2,574
7 Monty Got A Raw Deal (LP Version) 3:16 2,683
8 Ignoreland ( LP Version ) 4:26 2,028
9 Star Me Kitten ( LP Version ) 3:15 2,330
10 Man on the Moon 5:13 418,323
11 Nightswimming 4:17 293,581
12 Find The River ( LP Version ) 3:48 2,266
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About this album

Warner Bros. (1992) 12 tracks (48:36)
Automatic for the People is the eighth album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records. While R.E.M. had intended to make a harder-rocking album after dealing primarily with acoustic based sounds on its previous record Out of Time (1991), the group eventually abandoned that goal and created an album that was musically subdued and dealt with mortality. Automatic for the People reached number two on the US album charts and yielded six singles. It was ranked #247 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

After promotional duties for their previous album Out of Time in May 1991, the members of R.E.M. began work on their next album. Starting the first week of June, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry met several times a week in a rehearsal studio to work on new material. Once a month they would take a week-long break. The musicians would often trade instruments: Buck would play mandolin, Mills would play piano or organ, and Berry would play bass. Buck explained that writing without drums was productive for the band members. The band, intent on delivering an album of harder-rocking material after Out of Time, made an effort to write some faster rock songs during rehearsals, but came up with less than a half dozen prospective songs in that vein.

When it came time to make demos, the musicians recorded them in their standard band configuration. According to Buck, the musicians recorded about 30 songs. Singer Michael Stipe was not present at these sessions; instead, the band gave him the finished demos at the start of 1992.
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  • bernlin2000

    I can't pick a favorite, but this and "Murmur" are clearly watershed moments for R.E.M: "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Man on the Moon" and "Nightswimming" are masterpieces on their own terms, and the sequencing of the last three songs is simply astounding.

    January 2012

  • NemesisXXX

    The Greatest.The Best.The only one.

    January 2012

  • JackMcFearless

    Fucking amazing.

    December 2011

  • nssworld

    Wonderfully moody album, one of my favorites by them...

    November 2011

  • halo_dm2

    Great album but "Murmur" is much more better than this.

    November 2011

  • grimmbo68

    Ein Meilenstein !!

    October 2011

  • Zvyer

    Best Album of R.E.M.

    October 2011

  • Dbsn

    Wonderful! A Masterpiece!

    October 2011

  • TaTeVer

    brilliant

    May 2011

  • mamafanfan

    There was a time I played this recording 24/7 non-stop :)

    May 2011

  • mouritsdebeer

    Absolutely stunning. It always leaves me in awe.

    May 2011

  • Lewiswontdie95

    Seriously... One of the Best Albums ever!

    May 2011

  • Gaffes

    It would seem impeccable.

    April 2011

  • krzysmorderca

    Best album r.e.m. !!!

    April 2011

  • camelfilters-

    what a great album.

    March 2011

  • since93

    just bought on vinyl ♥

    March 2011

  • hotterthanjuly

    Look directly below and you'll see half of a lie.

    March 2011

  • IWannaBeAdored

    Beautiful album and truly inspiring with great lyrics and song subjects. The last perfect or near perfect R.E.M. album.

    March 2011

  • thefadedlinex

    this has to be one of my favourite albums ever. It's stunningly perfect. [2]

    February 2011

  • guru_mosh

    Perfect. Bought this 1992 on my first visit in London, UK. Copied it to tape for the car. The tape was 45 minutes each side and at the half of "Find the river" the tape was full and stopped. I listen to this month for month and year for year. Every time I hear the song now on CD (I have changed my car and equipment in the meantime), I remain hanging in the same place.

    January 2011
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