1. “Discoverer”2. “All The Best”3. “Uberlin”4. “Oh My Heart”5. “It Happened Today” (featuring Eddie Vedder)6. “Every Day Is Yours To Win”7. “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” (featuring Peaches and Lenny Kaye)8. “Walk It Back”9. “Mine Smell Like Honey”10. “That Someone Is You”11. “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I”12. “Blue” (featuring Patti Smith)
That's the tracklist for Collapse Into Now. http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/11/24/rem-collapse-into-now-tracklist-new-album/
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 November 2010 06:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Track 7 is a joke right?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
9. “Mine Smell Like Honey”
― henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
.. what do yourn smell like?
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
'Mine Smell Like Honey' was the one that made me think this might be a joke. This is probably going to terrible but I'm still strangely looking forward to it, especially the Patti Smith collaboration.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I suspect I'll be wishing Stipe would go back to being a mumbler before this is all over.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Also people need to stop letting Jacknife Lee produce things.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, I liked his prod/remix of Badly Drawn Boy's "Born Again" more than the original. But they didn't release it beyond promo.
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought for a second that said "featuring Danny Kaye" and thought Stipe was getting into some Natalie/Nat King Cole duet-with-a-zombie shit.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Thursday, 25 November 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
well it does say 'featuring peaches' so you're still right
― balls, Thursday, 25 November 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
It's peaches the tinned fruit not the singer Peaches.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 November 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Read it as "(featuring Peaches and Lenny Beige)" myself.
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/30/article-1269972408037-08EF542C000005DC-731652_636x300.jpg
― James Mitchell, Friday, 26 November 2010 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear the song features an interpolation of the Stranglers song. Plus Lenny Kaye.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 November 2010 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
you can get the opening track at remhq.com -- sounds ok? kinda has an all tomorrow's parties piano thing going on.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks, tyler. with a heavy heart and depressingly low expectations, i'm going to listen now.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I like Monster so this new track isn't half bad. they seem to have the classic middle aged rocker problem with thinking hooks are better than they actually are but the guitars sound nice. And the overall sound isn't nearly as horrible as those overcompressed Accelerate tracks.
― skip, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
How long did it take you guys to get your email? I'm still waiting, 15 minutes later.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i got the email within minutes.
it's still the same dreadful producer as on the last album, no?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uMf-JxR5mQ
did they get confused about which old-in-the-way alt-dinosaur they are and accidentally make a bloated throwback to 1983 U2?
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
thx!
Okay, I'm surprisingly WAY into this.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Guessing true believers will find it worth comparing to Green
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
This song is terrible. Too many guitars and Stipe needs to sing less or be buried in the mix more. The new Duran Duran album is great though.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
they're utterly lost. and for me, there was a time -- not that long ago -- that this band could do no wrong whatsoever.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
The new Duran Duran album is great though.
I've never been a big fan, but I can tell they're at least trying to be good again.
This song is terrible.
RONG-O
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah definitely didn't sound terrible to me. kinda stadium rock REM, but pretty good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a time -- not that long ago -- that this band could do no wrong whatsoever.
I've always loved the Eponymous album but their proper albums never struck me as being without flaws. In fact, I think Murmur kind of sucks, and I've yet to find one that I like cover to cover. Any recommendations?
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree with the Green thing mentioned before...kind of a Green/Monster hybrid-type song. I like the guitar sound a lot.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It's kinda like they took the hooks and organ out of "Turn You Inside Out"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Cover-to-cover, my favorite is probably Green.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Murmur kind of suckscrazy talk!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
totally meh
and yeah res gotta b trollin)
― ♪ like cockaHOOS ♫ (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
natch
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I took Lazarus' comment to be a joke since Eponymous isn't an album and Murmur is brilliant. Green is probably my fav. cover to cover as well but Out of Time is pretty solid end to end.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
The internet has (d)evolved to a point where an unpopular opinion = trolling.
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
oh you're entitled to your (crazy) opinions
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
their last 2 'returns to form' haven't interested me much. wonder if this one will. struggling to recall what their last stop-you-in-your-tracks song was. maybe You're In The Air off Up?
still on the upside, that remastered/ deluxe Lifes Rich Pageant should be along soon.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you think the songs are of the same caliber as the ones on Eponymous? They strike me as being generic REM, and not very memorable. Granted, I've only listened to the album about 4-5 times, but I really didn't have the inclination to listen to it any more. xp
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Accelerate had a short shelf-life for me, but I appreciated the intent. I guess New Adventures was probably the last "return to form" album before that one, though, and it paid off imo.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
The only R.E.M. could excite now is if they got Christine McVie to join.
An idea that should not be dismissed.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no don't get me wrong i loved New Adventures.. but everything after Up has left me very cold. i still shelled out to see them live on the last 2 tours mind.
speaking of Up, i haven't seen this since it was first broadcast in 98:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHD6diOlLU
― piscesx, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Why didn't they break up in 2000? I thought they promised to do that.
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"Up" was total genius, sounds like a completely different band as they tried to do without a drummer.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i think Up is probably the most successful post-Berry record. might be a few songs too long, but it has some great stuff.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you think the songs are of the same caliber as the ones on Eponymous?idgi -- there are songs from Murmur on Eponymous ...
On "You Are The Everything"
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Only 2, but the Radio-Free Europe on there is a non-album version, I think. Anyway, nevermind-- this probably isn't a productive conversation. xp
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
In fact, I think Murmur kind of sucks, and I've yet to find one that I like cover to cover. Any recommendations?__________________________crazy talk
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CRAZY TALK. but for other recommendations, i'd say fables, which has held up very well (and, of course, chronic town; also, i know you asked about full album recommendations, but i'll also point out that r.e.m.'s pre-chronic town bootlegs -- available on youtube -- are stunning).
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, my wife just put on fables the other day and it sounded great.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Isn't Eponymous a singles collection? I don't get why that's being thought of as an album. Like when people say Substance is the best New Order album. facepalm.jpg
I have time for all the REM albums up to New Adventures -Monster.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link