Accelerate is the fourteenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., that was released on March 31, 2008 in Europe, and on April 1 in North America. Produced with Jacknife Lee, Accelerate is intended as a departure from the 2004 album Around the Sun. R.E.M. previewed several of the album's tracks during a five-night residency at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, and recorded the album in a nine-week schedule. ILike is the official company to promote and sell REM Accelerate latest Album REM band lead singer Michael Stipe said that the planned album release via web audio streaming is the bands way of keeping with the spirit and immediacy of their new album.
“We wanted to do something superfast and super real. Music, art, and pop culture are about right now, and nothing else matters. Accelerate is our turbo-charged response to the times we live in,” said Stipe.
“We wanted to do something superfast and super real. Music, art, and pop culture are about right now, and nothing else matters. Accelerate is our turbo-charged response to the times we live in,” said Stipe.
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