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  • kerzy1993 Rank: Corporal 20th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Good Points: Likeable, with the single Supernatural Superserious being a stand out.


    Bad Points: A few non-stand outs too like 'I'm gonna DJ' which sounds like a near-to-death cat being killed very slowly...


    General comments: Considering they've been out of it for years, REM with Accelerate have come back with a worse album than they should be able to come up with. My friends' favourite track, 'Horse to Water', has a solid chorus but the verse sounds rushed, while the first track 'Living Well is the Best Revenge' holds a similar problem.
    As with the Killers it seems like the problem may reside with the lyrics. I preferr their old stuff simply because they weren't being loud for the sake of it (which I think occurs a lot in this album). Why pin the blame on the singer then? It seems that his voice isn't suited to 'loud' music (by which I mean 'containing OTT guitar lyrics and a darker tune over-all') and as the latter part of the album shows, his voice isn't particularly suited to softer music either.
    In Conclusion then, a welcome return to an above average band, but it could have (and probably should have) been better.