New Adventures in Hi-Fi , the tenth studio album of American alternative rock band REM , was released in 1996 via Warner Bros. Records. . This was the last record of the group, which was attended by the creation: drummer Bill Berry (he left the band next year, on his own initiative), manager Jefferson Holt, and producer Scott Litt (who produced the band’s previous five albums).
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| REM Studio Album | |||||||
| Date of issue | September 9, 1996 | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1995-1996 at various recording studios in the United States | ||||||
| Genres | Alternative rock | ||||||
| Duration | 65:33 | ||||||
| Producers | Scott Litt and REM | ||||||
| A country |  USA | ||||||
| Label | Warner bros | ||||||
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Content
- 1 List of Songs
- 2 Critical Reviews
- 3 Members
- 4 Charts
- 5 notes
- 6 References
List of Songs
All songs are written by Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills and Michael Stipe .
- Hi side
- “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” - 4:31
- "The Wake-Up Bomb" - 5:08
- New Test Leper - 5:26
- Undertow 5:09
- E-Bow the Letter - 5:23
- Leave 7:18
- Fi side
- Departure - 3:28
- Bittersweet Me - 4:06
- Be Mine - 5:32
- Binky the Doormat 5:01
- The Zither - 2:33
- “So Fast, So Numb” - 4:12
- Low Desert - 3:30
- Electrolite - 4:05
Notes of the song list: On phonograph records and compact cassettes, each side has its own name, so the first side was entitled “ Hi side ” (tracks 1-6), the second side was “Fi side” ( Fi side ) (tracks 7-14).
Criticism Reviews
| Reviews | |
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| Critics' ratings | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [one] |
| Blender | [2] |
| Entertainment weekly | A [3] |
| Los angeles times | [four] |
| The new york times | (positive) [5] |
| Q | |
| Robert Cristgau | A− [6] |
| Rolling stone | [7] |
| Stylus magazine | (positive) [8] |
The response of the music press was mostly positive. Several editions praised the album for its diverse material, including Rolling Stone , Q , and Mojo . Allmusic’s Steven Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote: “Due to his versatility, he claims to be one of the best REM albums in the 90s” [1] . At the same time, some publicists, including Melody Maker , criticized the "empty and flat" sound of the album, caused by recording on the scenes and soundchecks [9] .
- Awards
New Adventures in Hi-Fi has been featured on several lists of “best albums of the nineties” and “of all time”:
- Magnet : Top 60 Albums 1993-2003 (# 20) [10]
- Mojo : 100 greatest albums during the existence of the magazine: 1993-2006 (# 20)
Also, the album got into the ratings of some publications, at the end of 1996:
- Eye Weekly (# 11)
- The Face (# 28)
- Magnet (# 26)
- Mojo (# 4)
- New Musical Express (# 16)
- Q (no rating)
- Rock Sound (French Edition) (# 2)
- Rolling Stone (# 4)
- Spin (# 11)
- Village Voice (# 11)
Record Members
The Pyramid Arena in Memphis was one of several places where the album was recorded.
Patti Smith (whose fans are Buck and Stipe) recorded vocals for the first single - “E-Bow the Letter”
The album was the beginning of a long collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Scott McCaughey (2011 photo)
- "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us"
- Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle , United States
- Bill Berry - drums , percussion , " whistling ennio " [11]
- Peter Buck - guitar , mandolin , bouzouki , bass
- Mike Mills - bass , piano , backing vocals , synthesizer
- Michael Stype - vocals , synthesizer
- "The Wake-Up Bomb"
- Recorded live during a performance at the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston , United States (November 16, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Guitar
- Mike Mills - bass, back vrkal, organ
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "New Test Leper"
- Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle , United States
- Bill Berry - Percussion, Percussion
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Mike Mills - bass, back vrkal, organ
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Undertow"
- Recorded live while performing at Fleet Center in Boston , United States (October 3, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Guitar
- Mike Mills - bass, backing vocals
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- E-Bow the Letter
- Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle , United States
- Bill Berry - Percussion, Percussion
- Peter Buck - e-bow electric guitar
- Mike Mills - bass, backing vocals, organ, moog synthesizer , mellotron
- Patti Smith - vocals
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Leave"
- Recorded during a sound check, before performing at the Omni Theater in Atlanta , United States (November 18, 19, or November 21, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums, acoustic guitar , synthesizer
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Guitar
- Scott McCaughey - ARP Odyssey
- Mike Mills - Bass, Keyboards
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Departure"
- Recorded live while performing at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills , United States (June 6 or 7, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Guitar
- Mike Mills - distortion bass , backing vocals, farfisa organ
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Bittersweet Me"
- Recorded during a sound check, before performing at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis , United States (November 7, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Scott McCaughe - Piano
- Mike Mills - bass, organ, mellotron
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Be Mine"
- Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle , United States
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Bass
- Mike Mills - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Binky the Doormat"
- Recorded live during a performance at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix , United States (November 4, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums, backing vocals
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Guitar
- Scott mccogey - farfisa organ
- Mike Mills - distortion bass, backing vocals, keyboards
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Zither"
- Recorded at The Spectrum Dressing Room in Philadelphia , United States (October 12, 13, or October 14, 1995)
- Bill Berry - Bass
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - Tambourine
- Scott McCaughe - auto - harp
- Mike Mills - Organ
- Michael Stype - Counts down to the tune
- "So Fast, So Numb"
- Recorded during a sound check, before performing at the Orlando Arena in Orlando , United States (November 15, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Scott McCaughe - Piano
- Mike Mills - bass, backing vocals, organ
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- "Low Desert"
- Recorded during a sound check, before performing at the Omni Theater in Atlanta , United States (November 18, 19, or November 21, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Guitar
- Nathan Desember - slide guitar
- Scott McCaughe - Piano
- Mike Mills - bass, organ
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- Electrolite
- Recorded during a sound check, before performing at the Desert Sky Pavillion in Phoenix, United States (November 4, 1995)
- Bill Berry - drums
- Peter Buck - Banjo
- Andy Curlson - violin
- Nathan Desember - Guiro
- Mike Mills - Piano
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- Production
- William Field - Assistant Engineer ( Athens )
- Sam Hofstede - Assistant Engineer ( Seattle )
- Victor Janacua - Assistant Sound Engineer ( Los Angeles )
- Adam Casper - Sound Engineer (Seattle)
- John Kane - Recording and Mixing
- Scott Litt - Mixing
- Bob Ludwig / Gateway Mastering - Mastering
- Pat McCarthy - Recording (Los Angeles)
- Mark Mikrovave Mitrovitz - Technical Assistant
- Joe O'Herlihy - Sound Recording During a Tour
- Joe Revitch - Tour Recording
- Eric Stolz - digital editing
- Jeff Wooding - Tour Recording
Charts
“New Adventures in Hi-Fi” marked the beginning of a decline in the group’s sales in the United States. Nevertheless, he topped the charts in more than 10 countries and reached # 1 Top European Albums , where he stayed for 5 weeks [12] . The album reached # 2 on the US Billboard 200 and remained on the chart for 22 weeks. According to Nielsen SoundScan , 994,000 copies of the album were sold in America (as of March 2007) [13] [14] [15] . The album’s first single, E-Bow the Letter, received modest rotation on American radio and peaked at # 49 on the US charts [16] . However, in the UK, the single became the band's biggest hit at that time, reaching # 4 in the national charts.
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine . [ New Adventures in Hi-Fi on the AllMusic allmusic website (((New Adventures in Hi-Fi> Overview)))] . Allmusic . Date of treatment March 17, 2009.
- ↑ New Adventures in Hi-Fi by REM (inaccessible link - history ) . (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Browne, David . Ain't That America? . ew.com . Entertainment Weekly (September 13, 1996). Date of treatment August 26, 2012.
- ↑ Hilburn, Robert . **** REM "New Adventures in Hi-Fi," Warner Bros. . articles.latimes.com . The Los Angeles Times (September 28, 1996). Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Strauss, Neil . For REM, Adventures On the Run , nytimes.com , The New York Times (September 11, 1996). Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert . CG: REM . RobertChristgau.com. Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Kemp, Mark. New Adventures in Hi-Fi . rollingstone.com . Rolling Stone (September 19, 1996). Date of treatment August 26, 2012.
- ↑ Cooper, Colin. New Adventures in Hi-Fi - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine (June 1, 2004). Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Melody Maker , September 30, 1996
- ↑ Magnet Tenth Anniversary issue, January 2003
- ↑ “Ennio's Whistling” is a two-note melody that was the main theme in the spaghetti western Sergio Leone “ Good, Bad, Evil ” (composer Ennio Morricone )
- ↑ Billboard - October 19, 1996 .
- ↑ New Adventures in Hi-Fi on Billboard.com (link not available) . Billboard . Date of treatment March 13, 2009. Archived April 10, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 [ New Adventures in Hi-Fi on the AllMusic allmusic website ((((New Adventures in Hi-Fi> Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums)))] . Date of treatment August 7, 2005.
- ↑ Gunderson, Edna REM: A 25-year rockin 'role. . USA Today (March 7, 2007). Date of treatment March 10, 2007.
- ↑ [ New Adventures in Hi-Fi (English) on the AllMusic allmusic website (((New Adventures in Hi-Fi> Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles)))] . Date of treatment August 7, 2005.
- ↑ australian-charts.com REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi . Australian Recording Industry Association . Date of treatment August 8, 2011.
- ↑ REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - austriancharts.at (German) . Date of appeal September 12, 2011.
- ↑ ultratop.be - REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (nid.) . ultratop.be/nl, Hung Medien . Ultratop. Date of treatment August 29, 2011.
- ↑ ultratop.be - REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (French) . ultratop.be/fr ,, Hung Medien . Ultratop. Date of treatment August 29, 2011.
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Archived December 19, 2013 at Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-02-04
- ↑ Billboard - October 12, 1996 .
- ↑ dutchcharts.nl REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (nid.) . dutchcharts.nl . MegaCharts . Date of treatment August 8, 2011.
- ↑ finnishcharts.com REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi . Date of treatment February 2, 2010.
- ↑ lescharts.com REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (French) . lescharts.com . SNEP Date of appeal September 17, 2011.
- ↑ Album Search: REM (German) (link unavailable) . Media Control Date of treatment September 24, 2011. Archived on September 13, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Billboard - September 28, 1996 .
- ↑ 1 2 Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1996 (Italian) . hitparadeitalia.it. Date of treatment March 5, 2012.
- ↑ REM- リ リ ー ス -ORICON STYLE- ミ ュ ー ジ ッ ク Highest position and charting weeks of New Adventures in Hi-Fi by REM (Japanese) (link not available) . oricon.co.jp . Oricon Style . Date of treatment September 18, 2011. Archived October 25, 2012.
- ↑ charts.org.nz - REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi . Recording Industry Association of New Zealand . Date of treatment August 8, 2011.
- ↑ norwegiancharts.com REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi . Date of appeal September 12, 2011.
- ↑ Billboard - October 5, 1996 .
- ↑ swedishcharts.com REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Swedish) . Sverigetopplistan . Date of treatment August 8, 2011.
- ↑ REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - hitparade.ch (German) . Date of treatment August 8, 2011.
- ↑ Chart Stats - REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (inaccessible link) . UK Albums Chart . Date of treatment August 7, 2011. Archived October 23, 2012.
- ↑ Austriancharts.at - Jahreshitparade 1993 . Hung Medien. Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1996 (link not available) . RPM Date of treatment February 4, 2012. Archived on October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Hitparade.ch - Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1996 . Swiss Music Charts . Hung Medien. Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ UNITED KINGDOM (CIN) BEST ALBUMS OF 1996 . Date of appeal September 24, 2011.
- ↑ Billboard.BIZ - Year-end Charts - Billboard 200 - 1996 . billboard.biz. Date of treatment February 4, 2012.