- alternative rock, rock, pop rock, acoustic rock
- 49 min
- 12 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.
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Character-led, spare, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Metacritic 96/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Independent5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME10/10
- Pitchfork9.3/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- Select5/5
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Tracks
- 1Drive4:32
- 2Try Not to Breathe3:50
- 3The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite4:09
- 4Everybody Hurts5:20
- 5New Orleans Instrumental No. 12:16
- 6Sweetness Follows4:22
- 7Monty Got a Raw Deal3:18
- 8Ignoreland4:28
- 9Star Me Kitten3:16
- 10Man on the Moon5:14
- 11Nightswimming4:18
- 12Find the River3:50
12 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- R.E.M.
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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