Guide Note

Accelerate is the fourteenth studio album by alternative rock band R.E.M.

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Alternative Rock
2. Released date: March 31, 2008 UK
3. Released date: April 1, 2008 U.S.
4. Recorded: 2007
5. Label: Warner Bros.
6. Producers: Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.
7. Single: "Supernatural Suerpserious," "Hollow Man"
8. Peak chart position: The Billboard 200 #2

1. "Living Well's the Best Revenge"
2. "Mansized Wreath"
3. "Supernatural Superserious"
4. "Hollow Man"
5. "Houston"
6. "Accelerate"
7. "Until the Day Is Done"
8. "Mr. Richards"
9. "Sing for the Submarine"
10. "Horse to Water"
11. "I'm Gonna DJ"

• "Accelerate hits the ground running, slows down briefly, and ends as furiously as it began. Mapped out that way, its most striking moments end up being the bookends of the first and last two songs, particularly since the album is so short, but even the weakest moments in the middle detract little from the whole." - PopMatters

• "Their 14th studio album is a fierce nostalgia­fest full of cascading jangle, candied power chords, lonesome harmonies, Southern-gothic protest poetry and roundhouse drum bash." - Blender

• "Accelerate's broad strokes, big riffs, and beefy production (the album was reportedly recorded in 'just' nine weeks) are admirable, as is the disc's concision, but its success is still more as a step forward than a slam dunk." - Pitchfork