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 & roll. “It can’t [...]
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 its artistic depth [...]
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 taking those albums [...]
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 of financial spite, listen [...]