Collapse into Now - Studio album by R.E.M. review scores, preview all tracks, cd covers, details and track listing

Based on 31 critics - Overal Score: 70/ 100

Collapse into Now is the fifteenth studio record by the alt. rock band R.E.M., released on March 7, 2011, in Europe and March 8, 2011, in North America. The record is Grammy Award-winning producer by Jacknife Lee and R.E.M. including David Bowie's Heroes, U2's Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, were made. Additional recording and mixing was done at the venerable Blackbird Studio in Nashville. The band has also revealed that Collapse Into Now features some very special guests: Patti Smith, guitarist Lenny Kaye, Peaches, Eddie Vedder, and The Hidden Cameras frontman Joel Gibb.

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Released March 7, 2011
Recorded November 2009 – 2010 at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Blackbird Studios in Nashville, and The Music Shed in New Orleans
Genre Alternative rock
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except as noted.

1. "Discoverer" – 3:31
2. "All the Best" – 2:48
3. "Überlin" – 4:15
4. "Oh My Heart" (Buck, Mills, Stipe, and Scott McCaughey) – 3:21
5. "It Happened Today" – 3:49
6. "Every Day Is Yours to Win" – 3:26
7. "Mine Smell Like Honey" – 3:13
8. "Walk It Back" – 3:24
9. "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter" – 2:45
10. "That Someone Is You" – 1:44
11. "Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I" – 3:03
12. "Blue" (Buck, Mills, Stipe, and Patti Smith) – 5:46

iTunes bonus tracks

13. "Discoverer" (Live in the Studio) – 3:31
14. "Oh My Heart" (Live in the Studio) – 3:28
15. "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter" (Live in the Studio) – 2:44

Critic	Rating
Guardian	4 out of 5
AllMusic	3.5 out of 5
IGNmusic	7.5 out of 10
Filter	86 out of 10
The Onion A.V. Club	83 out of 10
Dot Music	60 out of 10
No Ripcord	80 out of 10
Under The Radar	80 out of 10
Consequence of Sound	80 out of 10
Boston Globe	80 out of 10
Spin	80 out of 10
BBCMusic	80 out of 10
RollingStone	80 out of 10
NOW Magazine	80 out of 10
The Independent	80 out of 10
Entertainment Weekly	75 out of 10
Village Voice	70 out of 10
The Independent on Sunday	70 out of 10
musicOMH	70 out of 10
Paste Magazine	69 out of 10
Pitchfork	68 out of 10
The Phoenix	63 out of 10
Dot Music	60 out of 10
Drowned In Sound	60 out of 10
Sputnikmusic	60 out of 10
Clash Music	60 out of 10
The New York Times	60 out of 10
PopMatters	60 out of 10
TheTelegraph	60 out of 10
Slant Magazine	50 out of 10
Chicago Tribune	50 out of 10