R.E.M.- AccelerateLabel: Craft Recordings Reissued 8 25 2023, Originally released 2008 Originally released in 2008, Accelerate was intended as a departure from R. E. M.'s previous album, Around the Sun, and was lauded for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs. The album was described by Rolling Stone as "one of the best records R. E. M. has ever made." It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks. The LP contains fan favorite

Joanie's Butterfly

Seems So Long

the lovably lo-fi From a Whisper to a Scream captures Vincent Price in his final horror role

” More than that

Sending the Suitcase - Enter the Beam

specializing in soaring melodies that are sentimentally evocative and unmistakably their own

Bottle Rocket

uniquely channeled through Blakeslee’s 21st Century approach to the spiritual dimensions of American songwriting in a way that gives an old form new power

Positive Sounds

And Things (Are Mostly Ghosts)

" Despite their almost-incidental formation

multiplatinum album Strange Trails