R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 After quietly releasing their self-titled

After quietly releasing their self-titled debut album in 1999 while still in college

and split-singles

trying to find sense and hope in the desperation

Funny Man" and "The Hungry Years" (performed with Marc Almond)

Directed by David Blue Garcia

R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 After quietly releasing their self-titledAccelerate is R. E. M.s 14th studio album, released in 2008. The album was intended as a departure from their last album, Around the Sun, and was complimented for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs. Stipe said his lyrics on Accelerate were inspired by the contemporary state of the nation, saying, "When the empire is going down the toilet, it's easy to write great, angry songs (Spin). It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the