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Key Information
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| Artist: |
R.E.M. |
| Record Label: |
Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
May 15, 2001 |
| Album Duration: |
53m:36s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Lifting 2. I've Been High 3. All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) 4. She Just Wants to Be 5. Disappear 6. Saturn Return 7. Beat a Drum 8. Imitation of Life 9. Summer Turns to High 10. Chorus and the Ring 11. I'll Take the Rain 12. Beach Ball |
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R.E.M.: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stripe. REVEAL was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. "Imitation Of Life" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. Limited Edition package includes 40 page full-color booklet. While the preceding UP equaled Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck spending their studio time painstakingly stitching songs together via multiple overdubs, REVEAL finds the Athens trio playing together in the studio along with hired guns Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows), Ken Stringfellow (The Posies), and drummer Joey Waronker (Beck). In bouncing back from drummer Bill Berry's departure, the group has emerged with a warm-sounding record bubbling over with dreamy pop songs. From the opening number "The Lifting," with its swirling textures, sparse piano, and Stipe's plainspoken enunciation, R.E.M. serve up heaping dollops of aural manna. Among the many highlights are the throbbing twang-and-strum of "A... |
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