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Name = New Adventures in Hi-Fi | | |||
Type = ] | | |||
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Artist = ] | | |||
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Cover = REMNewAdventuresInHiFi.jpg| | |||
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⚫ | Released = ] ]| | ||
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Recorded = 1995 | | |||
!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|] by ] | |||
Genre = ] | | |||
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Length = 65 ] 13 ] | | |||
!align="left" valign="top"|Released | |||
Label = ] | | |||
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Producer = ] | | |||
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Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki> | |||
!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded | |||
⚫ | *] (3.5/5) | ||
|colspan="2" valign="top"|1995 | |||
⚫ | *] (A-) | ||
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⚫ | Last album = '']''<br />(])| | ||
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⚫ | This album = ''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''<br />(])| | ||
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⚫ | Next album = '']''<br />(])| | ||
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|colspan="2" valign="top"|65 ] 13 ] | |||
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | |||
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>Allmusic.com</small> | |||
|valign="top"|3.5 stars out of 5 | |||
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>]</small> | |||
|valign="top"|A- | |||
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|R.E.M. Chronology | |||
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'''''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''''' is a ] album by ]. In ] ] readers voted it the 59th greatest album of all time. It's the last album to feature ] on drums. | '''''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''''' is a ] album by ]. In ] ] readers voted it the 59th greatest album of all time. It's the last album to feature ] on drums. | ||
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 envelopper of all of the band's musical ventures. Some of the tracks remind of ''Monster'' and ''Reckoning'' albums, other - the alternative rock anthems from '']'' and '']'', and some other pieces showcasing the maturing and experimentality of the band, while pointing a further musical direction for the band, at the time transcended alternative rock giants. | 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 envelopper of all of the band's musical ventures. Some of the tracks remind of '']'' and '']'' albums, other - the alternative rock anthems from '']'' and '']'', and some other pieces showcasing the maturing and experimentality of the band, while pointing a further musical direction for 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 ] 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.. | At the time of it release the album was a bit disregarded due to the the ] 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.. |
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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 drums.
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 envelopper of all of the band's musical ventures. Some of the tracks remind of Monster and Reckoning albums, other - the alternative rock anthems from Green and Automatic for the People, and some other pieces showcasing the maturing and experimentality of the band, while pointing a further musical direction for 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
- "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" - 4:30
- "The Wake-Up Bomb" - 5:07
- "New Test Leper" - 5:25
- "Undertow" - 5:08
- "E-Bow the Letter"- 5:22
- "Leave" - 7:17
- "Departure" - 3:27
- "Bittersweet Me" - 4:06
- "Be Mine" - 5:32
- "Binky the Doormat" - 5:00
- "Zither" - 2:33
- "So Fast, So Numb" - 4:11
- "Low Desert" - 3:30
- "Electrolite" - 4:05
- 1996 Night Garden Music Administered on the surface world by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Personnel
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- Peter Buck - guitar
- Mike Mills - bass, backup vocals, keyboards, organ, piano
- Bill Berry - drums, percussion
- Patti Smith - does vocals with Michael Stipe on "E-Bow the Letter". She appears courtesy of Arista Records.
- Scott McCaughey does the Arp Odyssey on "Undertow" and "Leave", the Farfisa on "Binky the Doormat", the autoharp on "Zither", and the piano on "Bittersweet Me", "So Fast, So Numb", and "Low Desert".
- Nathan December does guitar on "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us", "The Wake-Up Bomb", "Undertow", "Leave", "Departure", "Binky the Doormat", slide guitar on "Low Desert", the tambourine on "Zither", and the guiro on "Electrolite".
- Andy Carlson does the violin on "Electrolite"
- Seattle engineer: Adam Kaspar
- Assistant Seattle engineer: Sam Hofstedt
- Additional recording and mixing: John Keane Studio
- Athens engineer: John Keane
- Assistant Athens engineer: William Field
- Louie's Clubhouse, Los Angeles engineer: Pat McCarthy
- Assisant Louie's Clubhouse, Los Angeles engineer: Victor Janacua
- Mixed by: Scott Litt, R.E.M., John Keane
- Tour recording engineers: Joe O'Herlihy, Jo Ravitch, Jeff Wooding
- Technical assistance: Mark Mytrowitz
- Drum tech: Bill Thomson
- Digital editing: Eric Stolz
- Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
- Packaging: Chris Bilheimer, Michael Stipe
- Photo printing: Ian McFarlane
- Warner Bros. ally: Tom Recchion, Marcel Duchamp