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| Artist: R.e.m.
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $18.52
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 165713
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.7 x 0.6
UPC: 081227395223
EAN: 0081227395223
ASIN: B0006IIPHG
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Contains a remainder mark.
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| Tracks:
| • | Airportsman | | • | Lotus | | • | Suspicion | | • | Hope | | • | At My Most Beautiful | | • | Apologist | | • | Sad Professor | | • | You're In the Air | | • | Walk Unafraid | | • | Why Not Smile | | • | Daysleeper | | • | Diminished | | • | Parakeet | | • | Falls to Climb |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
After R.E.M.'s somewhat ambitious 1996 album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, failed to ignite Billboard's Hot 100, you might have figured the band would return to the rock-solid bombast of Monster or the consumer-friendly pop of Green. But R.E.M. has enough cash not to worry about commercial failure, and they've already been to the top of the mountain, so for now they'd rather explore its lush valleys and secret caves. Up is an atmospheric journey as impressionistic as Enya and as evocative as John Barry. Some critics have compared it with the band's delicate and emotionally revealing gem Automatic for the People, but Up is more ambitious and creative. Sure, most of the songs are pastoral, but they're undercut with drama and sonic experimentation. The melodies are generally spare, the beats sparse. Guitars flicker in and out, providing tension and dynamics, while quivering strings, layered keyboards, and washes of feedback color the songs like textured lines of paint in an oil portrait. The only blatant pop song is the single "Daysleeper." The rest of the album ebbs and flows, each song a separate component of a complete artistic expression. The sound may be influenced by guitarist Peter Buck's cinematic jazz side project Tuatara or by Michael Stipe's celluloid excursions, but its source doesn't matter. What's important is that more than a decade after their sell-by date, R.E.M. continue to challenge and inspire. Things are definitely looking up. --Jon Wiederhorn This expanded edition of the band's elegiac, keyboard-seasoned exploration features a remastered version of the album proper, as well as a DVD containing a revealing new 5.1 surround mix. That new disc also features excerpts from the live-in-studio film Uptake featuring direct new versions of "Daysleeper," "Lotus" and "At My Most Beautiful," as well as song lyrics and a photo album.
Album Description
After putting Athens, GA, on the musical map in the early '80s, R.E.M. went on to become one of the world's biggest bands. Fusing folk, garage rock, pop sensibilities, and insightful lyrics delivered with Michael Stipe's inimitable lead vocals, these alt-rock forefathers built a massive indie following, and in 1988 unleashed their major-label debut, Warner Bros.' Green. This roots rock tour de force was followed in '91 by the Grammy-winning #1 blockbuster Out of Time, which led to an ongoing stream of masterpieces. These two classics, along with five more albums from R.E.M.'s extraordinary catalog-plus their retrospective Best Of-now each feature a Bonus DVD with Surround Sound audio and video extras.
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| Customer Reviews:
 New Re-Release Package November 6, 2005
Thomas D. Ryan (New York)
I don't mean this to sound like a left-handed compliment, but the best thing about Up is that it manages to sound new, despite the fact that this was R.E.M.'s 11th album of new studio material. Honestly, not many artists can withstand such scrutiny without repetition, and yet the band sounds fresh, creative and emotionally honest throughout this entire set. This is all the more remarkable since it is the band's first album without founding member Bill Berry. Berry's absence forced the remaining members to rethink their methodology and get creative in his absence. At times, the production suggests the richness of peak-era Brian Wilson ("At My Most Beautiful"). Most surprising is how Michael Stipe expands his palette to include a series of gently emotive soundscapes with some of the richest melodies he's ever written ("Daysleeper", "Suspicion", "At My Most Beautiful", the short hidden track titled "I'm Not Over You"). Most touching is "Hope," a reflective piece rich in wordplay that confronts illness and mortality with sensitivity and grace. Fifteen years into their career, the band still sounds vital, proving not just that they are relevant, but that they remain one of the best. A- Tom Ryan
 Remaster is a Must! March 5, 2005
Veritas
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
There has been mixed excitement among R.E.M. fans of the re-release of older catalogue items that include a DVD-A with 5.1 surround. Some reviewers have stated this is nothing more than a poorly disguised money making scheme. To those people I ask, have you listened to it?
"Up" was recieved with mixed reviews when it was first released in 1998. For some reason people expect a band to have a signature sound and R.E.M. has proven through the years that their signature is the ability to change with the times and capture different feelings. This is a collection of more mellow sounds and I distinctly remember buying the CD in 1998, taking it home and listening to it over and over all night long.
The first song, "Airportman" sets the mood of the disc. When I first heard "Lotus" I remember going to the player to try to figure out which Cure CD I had accidently inserted only to find that this was infact R.E.M.
The highlight of the album is "At my Most Beautiful" which is a lovely ballad and I hate to sound silly, but probably one of the most poetic pieces of music I have ever heard. Stipe's voice in the later albums (post Green and Out of Time) shows such remarkable depth and range. Not to mention Mike Mills and Peter Buck really coming into their own as performers and using the music to speak the emotions.
Now, why should you spend the extra money on this disc verses the older version? I love music so this was a no-brainer for me: buy the new releases even though I have perfectly good copies of many of them. The set comes with the standard CD which is no different than the one I have. The 2nd disc is a DVD-A that contains the song set in 5.1, which has so many more dimensions when played on the right equipment. I closed my eyes and there were times I had to peak to make sure Mike Mills was not playing bass in my living room. The richness of sound alone justified the expenditure and the small tones and sounds that I never heard in the thousands of times I had played this disc. In addition, there is a photo gallery with several nice shots of the band. There is also a Video Documentary with the band playing "Lotus" "Daysleeper" and "At My Most Beautiful." It is interesting to get these shots because one can easily see how much Stipe, Mills and Buck enjoy making the music.
If you have not purchased "Up" in the past, the new release makes it the perfect time to add this piece to your collection. This is a great album for when you are serving wine and cheese versus beer and peanuts and want to set a calmer mode. The multiple ballads makes this a great chick night recording as well. If you liked the album in the past, seriously consider upgrading if you have 5.1 equipment as you will not be disappointed.
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