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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624505525 Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea MPN: 45055 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: October 06, 1992 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Continuing to specialize in the art of curve-throwing, R.E.M. followed up its 1991 smash, Out of Time, with this fragile album of soft melodies and string arrangements. The sympathetic ballad "Everybody Hurts" must have prevented countless suicide attempts, while the Andy Kaufman tribute "Man on the Moon" (with Michael Stipe affecting an Elvis Presley imitation) and the rock-into-oblivion "Drive" are among the quartet's strongest hits. (The opening line, "Hey, kids, rock and roll," isn't so much a rallying cry as an expression of anxiety.) It takes a few listens for its charms to unfold, but Automatic is the gem between bigger hits Out of Time and Monster. --Steve Knopper Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A MasterpieceThe fact that U2's Bono called this 'the greatest country record never made' says enough. This album is incredible. Every song on the album is a stand-out. The hits such as "Drive", "Everybody Hurts", and "Man on the Moon" speak for themselves. The brilliant "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", may seem a bit out of place. Peter Buck says the following in the sleevenotes to The Best of REM: "We included this song on Automatic in order to break the prevailing mood of the ... Read More Rating: - BAD SHIPPING It came smashed in the box HORRIBLY WARPED. but since I'm smart I left it out side to unwarp and it worked but I'm shocked AMAZON let this leave their inventory like that but hey i fixed the problem. FAST SHIPPING A* Rating: - Automatic For The PeopleR.E.M.-Automatic For The People ***** Automatic For The People is widely regarded as the bands greatest album along side the genius Murmur, which I believe is better. This acclaim is not unworthy as Automatic is one hell of an album, and while it isn't the bands best effort, it sure is their most ambitious, and daring. This remains the groups best selling and most popular album for one reason, and that is Michael Stipes ambitious lyrics. Songs like the bitter-sweet, almost ... Read More Rating: - sweetness followsCan it be 16 years since this brooding, sinister, insightful CD, opening memorably as it did with the softly sung lyrics to `Drive'?: Smashed! Cracked! Bushwacked! Tie another one to the rack. Baby .... Hey! Kids! Rock and roll! Nobody tells you where to go! What if I ride? What if you walk? What if you rock around the clock? Tick ... Tock ... Tick ... Tock ... The dark nature of the album ... Read More Rating: - Simple: A CLASSICVery few albums are completely beautiful from beginning to end. This is one of those rare gems... |
