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1 Drive Stipe/Mills/Buck/Be 4:30
2 Try Not to Breathe Mills/Stipe/Buck/Be 3:49
3 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Berry/Stipe/Mills/B 4:06
4 Everybody Hurts Mills/Berry/Buck/St 5:17
5 New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 [Instrumental] Stipe/Buck/Berry/Mi 2:12
6 Sweetness Follows Mills/Buck/Stipe/Be 4:19
7 Monty Got a Raw Deal Berry/Mills/Buck/St 3:16
8 Ignoreland Mills/Berry/Stipe/B 4:24
9 Star Me Kitten Buck/Stipe/Mills/Be 3:15
10 Man on the Moon Stipe/Buck/Mills/Be 5:12
11 Nightswimming Stipe/Berry/Buck/Mi 4:16
12 Find the River Mills/Berry/Buck/St 3:49
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Automatic for the People

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Warner Bros.

Style: Alternative Pop/Rock

Automatic for the People

UPC: 093624505525

Release Date: 10/06/1992

Original Release Date: 10/06/1992

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Drive, Try Not to Breathe, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 [Instrumental], Sweetness Follows, Monty Got a Raw Deal, Ignoreland, Star Me Kitten, Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, Find the River]
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Turning away from the sweet pop of Out of Time, R.E.M. created a haunting, melancholy masterpiece with Automatic for the People. At its core, the album is a collection of folk songs about aging, death, and loss, but the music has a grand, epic sweep provided by layers of lush strings, interweaving acoustic instruments, and shimmering keyboards. Automatic for the People captures the group at a crossroads, as they moved from cult heroes to elder statesmen, and the album is a graceful transition into their new status. It is a reflective album, with frank discussions on mortality, but it is not a despairing record -- "Nightswimming," "Everybody Hurts," and "Sweetness Follows" have a comforting melancholy, while "Find the River" provides a positive sense of closure. R.E.M. have never been as emotionally direct as they are on Automatic for the People, nor have they ever created music quite as rich and timeless, and while the record is not an easy listen, it is the most rewarding record in their oeuvre. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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