New Adventures In Hi-Fi
R.E.M.
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How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us | R.E.M. | 4:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Wake-Up Bomb | R.E.M. | 5:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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New Test Leper | R.E.M. | 5:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Undertow | R.E.M. | 5:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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E-Bow the Letter | R.E.M. | 5:24 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Leave | R.E.M. | 7:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Departure | R.E.M. | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bittersweet Me | R.E.M. | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Be Mine | R.E.M. | 5:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Binky the Doormat | R.E.M. | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Zither | R.E.M. | 2:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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So Fast, So Numb | R.E.M. | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Low Desert | R.E.M. | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Electrolite | R.E.M. | 4:05 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Songs |
Album Review
Recorded during and immediately following R.E.M.'s disaster-prone Monster tour, New Adventures in Hi-Fi feels like it was recorded on the road. Not only are all of Michael Stipe's lyrics on the album about moving or travel, the sound is ragged and varied, pieced together from tapes recorded at shows, soundtracks, and studios, giving it a loose, careening charm. New Adventures has the same spirit of much of R.E.M.'s IRS records, but don't take the title of New Adventures in Hi-Fi lightly — R.E.M. tries different textures and new studio tricks. "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" opens the album with a rolling, vaguely hip-hop drum beat and slowly adds on jazzily dissonant piano. "E-Bow the Letter" starts out as an updated version of "Country Feedback," then it turns in on itself with layers of moaning guitar effects and Patti Smith's haunting backing vocals. Clocking in at seven minutes, "Leave" is the longest track R.E.M. has yet recorded and it's one of their strangest and best — an affecting minor-key dirge with a howling, siren-like feedback loop that runs throughout the entire song. Elsewhere, R.E.M. tread standard territory: "Electrolite" is a lovely piano-based ballad, "Departure" rocks like a Document outtake, the chiming opening riff of "Bittersweet Me" sounds like it was written in 1985, "New Test Leper" is gently winding folk-rock, and "The Wake-Up Bomb" and "Undertow" rock like the Monster outtakes they are. New Adventures in Hi-Fi may run a little too long — it clocks in at 62 minutes, by far the longest album R.E.M. has ever released — yet in its multifaceted sprawl, they wound up with one of their best records of the '90s.
Customer Reviews
Most underrated REM record
To me this is easily REM's most underrated record. Songs have a raw energy and a spontaneous feel with crunching guitars and Michael Stipe displaying his ability as a rock singer. I've seen some comparisons of their new CD, "Accelerate" to "Life's Rich Pageant", but I think Accelerate is much closer to "New adventures.." in it's feel. For fans, this is much more of the type of band we've seen out of them live as opposed to the string we saw with Reveal, Up, and Around the Sun.'
Simply A Masterpiece
I go back to this album at least once a year. And by go back to the album, I mean I put it on, play it in its entirety and keep it in my main mix for a week or so. It's just the greatest textured album....the songs cover so much ground, and pushes me through so many moods. It's an hour of ecstasy, and REM at their best. A must have.
One of their best and most underrated
So many great songs on here, like the rocking "Undertow"and "Departure", the haunting "E-Bow The Letter", and "Bittersweet Me". The band is tight as ever and sadly enough, it's Bill Berry's last record with these guys before he went to spend his remaining days on the farm. His song "Leave" is very sad to hear, when you really break down the lyrics, but is a great song nonetheless. The sweet piano, backing vocals and excellent singing from Stipe on "Electrolite" is classic 90's R.E.M. .This is easily one of their best records, right along with "Automatic for the People". Great guitar, great songwriting, and excellent songwriting, singing, and craftmanship make this a definite keeper. Don't overlook this one.
Biography
Formed: 1980 in Athens, GA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By R.E.M.
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Losing My Religion | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 4:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Everybody Hurts | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 5:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Man on the Moon | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 5:13 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Orange Crush | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | Document | 4:06 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Stand | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 3:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Shiny Happy People | Out of Time | 3:43 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth? | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 4:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Radio Free Europe | Murmur | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nightswimming | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | 4:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Adult Alternative
- Released: Sep 10, 1996
- ℗ 1996 R.E.M. / Athens Ltd
