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R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
- If a band is fortunate during its career, it is able to put together one album that is as a classic in its respective genre, or better yet, jumpstart an entirely new style or sound. R.E.M. did all that. Automatic For The People was their creative climax, and Warner Brothers does this 1992 rock classic justice with a CD and DVD-A package (5.1-surround sound) and a revealing documentary on the recording.
R.E.M. music gets under your skin; it may take a few listens, but it'll grow on you. Listening to Drive and Man On the Moon brings you back to that particular place and time in your life when you first heard these songs. This album made history in many ways, including inspiring the Andy Kaufman movie Man On the Moon.
I found the documentary on the DVD-A very interesting. They did an interview with the restaurant owner that has the slogan “Automatic for the People” on his sign outside the establishment. The band looked at that sign one day and decided that they loved it, hence the name for the recording. I did not know the story behind the music, so it was very entertaining.
The band’s personal notes and commentary regarding the recording process were most absorbing. It is always interesting to hear what the creator of the music has to say; it is so different from your own perspective.
Reviewer: Keith 'MuzikMan' Hannaleck
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Reviewer's Rating: 9.5
Reader's Rating: 9.67
Reader's Votes: 3
Added: 30-Mar-2005
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