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'''''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''''' is a [[1996]] album by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]. In [[1998]] [[Q_(magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] readers voted it the 59th greatest album of all time.
'''''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''''' is a [[1996]] album by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]. In [[1998]] [[Q_(magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] readers voted it the 59th greatest album of all time.

It featured a change of work of the band. Many of the tracks were recorded while the band were on the road. Critics disregarded and blame it for a lackluster envelopped of all of the band's musical ventures. Some of the tracks remind of ''Monster'' and ''Reckoning'' albums, while other - showcasing the maturing and experimentality of the band at the time transcended alternative rock giants.

At the time of it release the album was a bit disregarded due to the the [[Britpop]] movement, which caught the world by storm. Nevertheless, nearly a decade after it release, it is considered by fans as one of the best and most accomplished albums of R.E.M..


==Track Listing==
==Track Listing==

Revision as of 15:29, 9 July 2005

New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Album cover
Album by R.E.M.
Released September 1996
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length 65 min 13 sec
Record label Warner Brothers
Producer Scott Litt
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com 3.5 stars out of 5 link
Robert Christgau A- link
R.E.M. Chronology
Monster
(1994) 		New Adventures in Hi-Fi
(1996) 		Up
(1998)

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is a 1996 album by R.E.M.. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 59th greatest album of all time. It's the last album to feature Bill Berry on drumms.

It featured a change of work of the band. Many of the tracks were recorded while the band were on the road. Critics disregarded and blame it for a lackluster envelopped of all of the band's musical ventures. Some of the tracks remind of Monster and Reckoning albums, while other - showcasing the maturing and experimentality of the band at the time transcended alternative rock giants.

At the time of it release the album was a bit disregarded due to the the Britpop movement, which caught the world by storm. Nevertheless, nearly a decade after it release, it is considered by fans as one of the best and most accomplished albums of R.E.M..

Track Listing

  1. "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" - 4:30
  2. "The Wake-Up Bomb" - 5:07
  3. "New Test Leper" - 5:25
  4. "Undertow" - 5:08
  5. "E-Bow the Letter"- 5:22
  6. "Leave" - 7:17
  7. "Departure" - 3:27
  8. "Bittersweet Me" - 4:06
  9. "Be Mine" - 5:32
  10. "Binky the Doormat" - 5:00
  11. "Zither" - 2:33
  12. "So Fast, So Numb" - 4:11
  13. "Low Desert" - 3:30
  14. "Electrolite" - 4:05

Personnel

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