By David Browne 09.30.96 Entertainment Weekly The ironies ran deeper than the lines of fans who camped out overnight for R.E.M. tickets. Seven weeks into the band’s almost yearlong world tour, Bill Berry, the group’s congenial drummer, was talking about how happy he was to be back doing what he loved best–playing amp-pulverizing rock & [...]
By D. M. Avery 09.30.96 CMJ Magazine New Adventures In Hi-Fi is R.E.M.’s best album since 1988′s Green, perhaps the group’s best since 1983′s Murmur, perhaps its best album, period. “Perhaps” because New Adventures is so meaty in texture and rich in detail that it can only be digested properly over time. New Adventures achieves [...]
Review of New Adventures In Hi-Fi 09.30.96 By Frank A. Lazar Move over Beck; there’s some more rockin’ to be done this year. And wouldn’t you know that those troubadours of college radio stardom are the ones doing it. Without taking the last three attempts at albums into account this is an excellent record. While [...]
09-30-96 By Bob Gullas Wall Of Sound Rating: 92/100 Much has been made of the unearthly sum R.E.M. landed in their recent deal with Warner Bros., and deservedly so. Eighty million dollars – or whatever the actual figure – is a staggering amount of money, even for a mega-band. Yet before you write-off R.E.M. out [...]