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| Track Listing 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. Beachball
Album Notes R.E.M.: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stripe.Additional personnel includes: Michael Healy, Pamela Forde, Sunniva Fitzpatrick, Eileen Murphy, Ruth Murphy, Sebastian Petiet, Elizabeth Leonard, Paul O'Hanion, Jennifer Cassidy, Carol Quigley, Debbie Ellis, Nicola Cleary, Ruth Mann, Michelle Lalor, Elizabeth Dean, Cliona O'Driscoll, Marcus Miller, Peter Crooks, David James, Hillary O'Donovan, Annette Cleary (strings); David Agnew (winds); David Martin, Shaun Hooke, Eoin Daly, Fergal O'Ceallachain, David Carmody (horns); Scott McCaughley, Ken Stringfellow, Joey Waronker, Jamie Candiloro.Engineers include: Pat McCarthy, Jamie Candiloro, Dean Maher.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.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 "All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)," which sounds like Mark Knopfler fronting The Flaming Lips, and the faux PET SOUNDS-outtake "Summer Turns To High" with its shimmering keyboards and Stipe's casual falsetto. Elsewhere, R.E.M. fuse Stax-flavored horns, swooping strings, and a cheap-sounding drum machine for the lighter-than-air "Beachball," and set off on a soaring flight of Rickenbacker guitar jangle soaked in strings and synths on "Imitation Of Life." REVEAL represents R.E.M's rebirth as a mellifluous pop engine. Editorial Reviews Q (10/01/2001) Mojo (06/01/2001) Alternative Press (07/01/2001) Q (06/01/2001) Spin (06/01/2001) Rolling Stone (05/24/2001) NME (12/29/2001) Mojo (01/01/2002) Q (10/01/2001) | |||||||||||||
Reviews  REM - REVEALReview created: 13/02/08(updated 16/02/08) by:  1 of 1 people found this review helpful. WHAT A CRACKER! I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH FAVOURITES ON THIS ONE! 'I'VE BEEN HIGH', 'SHE JUST WANT TO BE', 'I'LL TAKE THE RAIN' & THE STADIUM PLEASER 'IMITATION OF LIFE' & THE MELODIC & BEAUTIFUL 'CHORUS & THE RING' IF U DON'T OWN ANY REM ALBUMS U MUST BUY THIS U WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!***************** Review ID: 10000000005633455 Was this review helpful? Report this review R.E.M. - Reveal CD 20021 of 1 people found this review helpful. With this CD I was only filling in the gaps in my collection, however I'm finding it difficult to take it off of the player... Yet another example of the band on a role, not a bad or even average song amongst the whole CD... I've found there concerts are very much like there music they play, to me there is something for every one and noone will ever walk away feeling left out... Just wanting more... Review ID: 10000000001264497 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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