Reveal (R.E.M. album)

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Reveal
File:R.E.M. - Reveal.jpg
Studio album by R.E.M.
Released May 14, 2001 (2001-05-14)
Recorded May 2000
Vancouver, BC, Canada
August–October 2000
Dalkey, Ireland
October 2000
Athens, GA, USA
Genre Alternative rock
Length 53:43
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Patrick McCarthy and R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
Man on the Moon
(1999)Man on the Moon1999		 Reveal
(2001)		 Not Bad for No Tour
(2001)Not Bad for No Tour2001
Singles from Reveal
  1. "Imitation of Life"
    Released: April 30, 2001
  2. "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"
    Released: July 23, 2001
  3. "I'll Take the Rain"
    Released: November 19, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly B[3]
Houston Chronicle B–[4]
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars[5]
NME 7/10[6]
Pitchfork Media 5.0/10[7]
Q 5/5 stars[8]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[9]
Spin 7/10[10]
The Village Voice B–[11]

Reveal is the twelfth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 2001 on Warner Bros. After having adjusted to former drummer Bill Berry's departure and releasing Up to mixed response in 1998, R.E.M. released the more upbeat Reveal, co-produced with long-time collaborator Patrick McCarthy.

In 2002, R.E.M. allowed each track of the album to be remixed by different producers and members of the music industry. The resulting remix album, r.e.m.IX, was available as a free download from R.E.M.'s official website. In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Reveal which includes a CD and a DVD, as well as the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes.

Music

The lead single, "Imitation of Life," became another U.K. Top 10 hit as well as the band's first number one single in Japan, but floundered at the bottom of the U.S. singles charts. Further singles from Reveal were "All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)" and "I'll Take The Rain." Building on examples from their previous album, Up, "Beat A Drum," "Summer Turns To High" and "Beachball" are musical homages to The Beach Boys, of whom both Mike Mills and Peter Buck are major fans.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke was going through a period of extreme depression during the late 90's, which led to severe stage fright. Around that time, Yorke and Michael Stipe were close friends, and Stipe recommended him to tell himself: "I'm not here, this isn't happening" whenever he felt he was losing emotional control. This motto eventually became the chorus of Radiohead's "How To Disappear Completely", from Kid A (2000). In turn, this song supposedly inspired Stipe to write Reveal's "Disappear". [12]

The opening track, "The Lifting", is a prequel to "Daysleeper" from R.E.M.'s 1998 album, Up, and features the same character.[13]

Reception

Initial critical response to Reveal was positive ("Probably because it's more melodic than the one before," remarked Peter Buck[14]). At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 20 reviews.[1] Q Magazine gave high praise to the album, awarded it the full 5 stars, and listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[15] Kludge included it on their list of the 25 best albums of 2001.[16]

With early comparisons to Automatic for the People, the critical reaction to Reveal was warmer than the notices which greeted Up in 1998, particularly in the UK where it reached #1 with healthy sales. In the United States, Reveal peaked at #6 (with 10 weeks on the Billboard 200) and was certified Gold (500,000 units).[17] The album was also certified Gold in Canada (50,000 units) in 2001,[18] and Gold in Germany (150,000 units).[19]

Track listing

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

Chorus Side
  1. "The Lifting" – 4:39
  2. "I've Been High" – 3:25
  3. "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" – 4:43
  4. "She Just Wants to Be" – 5:22
  5. "Disappear" – 4:11
  6. "Saturn Return" – 4:55
Ring Side
  1. "Beat a Drum" – 4:21
  2. "Imitation of Life" – 3:57
  3. "Summer Turns to High" – 3:31
  4. "Chorus and the Ring" – 4:31
  5. "I'll Take the Rain" – 5:51
  6. "Beachball" – 4:14

Reveal Advance 2001

The February 2001 master of Reveal differed from the March 2001 master of the album, which ended up being the final version. Compared to the official, the differences of the Reveal Advance 2001 disc include:

  • Two tracks that never made it to the finished version: "Fascinating" and "Free Form Jazz Jam".
  • An alternative version of "Beat a Drum" called "All I Want".
  • A longer version of "Imitation of Life".
  • A version of "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" with an alternate ending, and simply titled "Reno".
  • Slightly different mixes and/or instrumental changes in "I've Been High" and "She Just Wants to Be".

Neither of the unreleased tracks or any of the alternative mixes have ever been released commercially. However, the band allowed the Murmurs.com fan community to offer downloads of "Fascinating", which had recently been covered by Fischerspooner.

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[20] Gold 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] Gold 10,000
Canada (Music Canada)[22] Gold 50,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[23] Gold 25,000[24]
Germany (BVMI)[25] Gold 150,000
Italy (FIMI)[26] Platinum 130,000[26]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27] Gold 7,500
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29] Platinum 40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[31] Gold 415,000[32]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[33] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

Personnel

R.E.M.
Additional musicians
Technical personnel

References

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 Italian FIMI Chart number-one album
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 European Top 100 number-one album
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