Up
Studio album by R.E.M.
Released	26 October 1998 (UK) 27 October 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded	January – July 1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	64:31
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link NME (7/10) link Nude as the News (Extremely favorable) link Pitchfork Media (6.1/10) link Rolling Stone link
R.E.M. chronology
New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)	Up (1998)	Reveal (2001)

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Moving into electronica-influenced territory after delivering the challenging New Adventures in Hi-Fi in 1996, Up alienated – to some extent – both critics and fans of the band's 1980's work and casual listeners who were used to their more commercial early 1990s output. However, some saw it as one of their bravest and most sonically daring records to date, and the record was even cited by Radiohead as a key influence on their own highly acclaimed experimental effort Kid A in 2000. Ending a ten year relationship with co-producer Scott Litt, R.E.M. engaged the production assistance of Pat McCarthy. Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... New Adventures in Hi-Fi is R.E.M.s tenth album, and their fifth major label release for Warner Bros. ... Radiohead are an English rock band from Oxfordshire, formed in 1991. ... Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English band Radiohead, released in 2000, on September 27 in Japan, October 2 in the United Kingdom and October 3 in North America. ... Scott Litt is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is probably best known for producing six R.E.M. albums (Document, 1987; Green, 1988; Out of Time, 1991; Automatic for the People, 1992; Monster, 1994; and New Adventures in Hi-Fi... Patrick (Pat) McCarthy is a record producer from Northern Ireland who has worked for several rock and alternative rock artists, including Counting Crows, R.E.M., and U2. ...

With Berry's departure, the sessions for Up were indeed strained, with R.E.M. subsequently admitting that they came close to breaking up during its recording. Not surprisingly, the album is considered to have a laboured and melancholic feel to it. In spite of the tension, "Daysleeper", which recalled Automatic for the People's "Try Not To Breathe" somewhat, became a Top 10 UK hit, and was followed by "Lotus", The Beach Boys-influenced "At My Most Beautiful" and "Suspicion". Daysleeper was the first single to be released by R.E.M. from the bands eleventh studio album Up, and the first single to be released by the band since the departure of drummer Bill Berry. ... Automatic for the People is R.E.M.s eighth album, and their third major label release for Warner Bros. ... Lotus was the second single to be released by R.E.M. from the bands eleventh studio album Up. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... At My Most Beautiful is a song by R.E.M. and the third single from the album Up. ... Suspicion was the fourth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the bands eleventh studio album Up. ...

Breaking with a tradition that stretched back to their 1983 debut Murmur, Michael Stipe elected to have his complete lyrics included in Up's CD booklet, a practice Stipe has maintained on all subsequent R.E.M. releases. Murmur is the first full-length album released by Athens, Georgia alternative rock band R.E.M.. Released in April 1983, Murmur was preceded by the Chronic Town EP the previous year. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and...

Up reached #3 in the U.S. (with 16 weeks on the Billboard 200) and #2 in the UK, but didn't have the staying power of their previous decade's albums, giving them their lowest sales in years. Although they initially intended on not supporting the album live, following many successful promotional concerts upon the album's release R.E.M. quickly arranaged a four-month arena tour of Europe and America during the summer of 1999.

In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Up which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The CD (as with all in this series) was not remastered. Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. ...

Track listing

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1. "Airportman" – 4:12
2. "Lotus" – 4:30
3. "Suspicion" – 5:36
4. "Hope" (Leonard Cohen, Buck, Mills, Stipe)¹ – 5:02
5. "At My Most Beautiful" – 3:35
6. "The Apologist" – 4:30
7. "Sad Professor" – 4:01
8. "You're in the Air" – 5:22
9. "Walk Unafraid" – 4:31
10. "Why Not Smile" – 4:03
11. "Daysleeper" – 3:40
12. "Diminished"² – 6:01
13. "Parakeet" – 4:09
14. "Falls To Climb" – 5:06

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Notes

¹ Cohen was not directly involved in the writing of "Hope" but was given a writing credit by the band due to similarities in melody and lyrical pattern to his "Suzanne".
² Includes a brief piece entitled "I'm Not over You", with Stipe soloing on acoustic guitar, after the song's conclusion. The song's title and lyrics are even printed in the booklet. Suzanne is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen, based on his poem Suzanne Takes You Down. It was published in Cohens collection Parasites of Heaven in 1966. ...

Studio B-Sides

Two non-album tracks from the Up sessions appeared as single-only released, as well as two alternate versions of album tracks.

"Emphysema" (instrumental)

"Surfing the Ganges" - 2:25

"Why Not Smile" - alternate version

"Suspicion" (live in the studio)^{1 - 5:39} Suspicion was the fourth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the bands eleventh studio album Up. ...

Credits

• Peter Buck - bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Mike Mills - keyboards, guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Michael Stipe - lead vocals, guitar

• Scott McCaughey - keyboards, percussion
• Joey Waronker - drums, percussion
• Barrett Martin - percussion

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Charts

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