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Now that's what I call REM v 15, 15 Mar 2011

'Discoverer' - loud thumping opener - excellent
'All The Best' - up there with Discoverer
'Uberlin' - Drive with a chorus.
'Oh My Heart' - nice ballad which gets better with a few plays.
'It Happened Today' (featuring Eddie Vedder) - wekaer track that I skip.
'Every Day Is Yours To Win'
'Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter' (featuring Peaches) - fast and fun and better with each listen.
'Walk It Back' - Slow, simple grower.
'Mine Smell Like Honey' - immediate, made to be a single, with terrific backing vocals from Mike Mills.
'That Someone Is You' - very short - REM's attempt at a theme to Friends - very good.
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A must have for fans, 28 Oct 2009

When the live shows in Dublin were announced, I was dead jealous of those who got tickets and now I'm even more so. The two CDs comprise REM testing out tracks for Accelerate and playing older songs from their back catalogue. And it has to be said, the emphasis is on the early stuff from Murmur, Reckoning and Reconstruction. I've had the package for a few days and the thing that I've noticed is that I s am skipping to a lot of the older tracks that I've not had a live recording of. Some of these are simply stunning - 1,000,000, Harbourcoat and Wolves Lower are all wonderful as they really show all of the members of live band contributing to make an overwhelming sound. Mike Mills base and… Read more

Foot down..at last!, 29 Mar 2008

I was lucky enough to see 9 of the 11 songs on the album performed live at the Royal Albert Hall. As you would expect on a record that's only 35 minutes long, the tracks have an immediacy that REM haven't gone for in a good while. The songs are are songs that you either get or you don't pretty quickly - unlike Up and Reveal, which were albums that improved after several listens. Living Well's the Best Revenge is the best REM track for a long time, especially if like me you love Life's Rich Pageant and it sets the tone for what for me is the record I'd hoped for in 2001 and 2004. Many reviews have called this a return to form - unfair as apart from the dreadful Around the Sun, REM have… Read more