Collapse into Now

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Collapse into Now
Studio album by REM

Publication
(s)

2011

Label (s) Warner Brothers

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Alternative rock

Title (number)

12

running time

approx. 41 minutes

occupation Singing : Michael Stipe

Electric guitar : Peter Buck
Electric bass : Mike Mills

production

Jacknife Lee , REM

Studio (s)

Hansa-Tonstudios , Berlin , Blackbird Studios, Nashville , The Music Shed, New Orleans

chronology
Accelerate
(2008) 		Collapse into Now -
Single releases
January 18, 2011 Mine Smell Like Honey
January 25, 2011 Überlin
February 1, 2011 Oh my heart

Collapse into Now is the 15th and last studio album by the US rock band REM. It was released on March 7, 2011 in Europe and is the successor to Accelerate , which was released in 2008 .

Track list

The songs were written by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck and Mike Mills . In Oh My Heart worked Scott McCaughey in Blue Patti Smith with.

  1. Discoverer  - 3:31
  2. All the Best  - 2:48
  3. Überlin  - 4:15
  4. Oh My Heart  (REM 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  (REM and Patti Smith) - 5:46

Music genre

According to bassist Mike Mills, the music style of the album is broader than its predecessor Accelerate : “There are some really slow, beautiful songs; there are some nice, mid-tempo ones; and then there are three or four rockers. "(" There are some really slow, nice songs, there are some nice medium speeds; and then there are three or four rockers. ")

production

The album was recorded in Berlin , Nashville , New Orleans and Portland (Oregon) . Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye , Eddie Vedder ( Pearl Jam ), Peaches and Joel Gibb were guest stars . To promote the album, twelve music videos were released, with Jim Herbert and James Franco as guests .

Aaron Johnson stars in the music video for Überlin .

reception

For Ulf Kubanke from laut.de , Collapse into Now is “a powerful release from the swamp of well-tended boredom. REM are finally back where they belong artistically: At the top. ”Matthias Reichel from cdstarts.de said that Collapse into Now was presented “ at the highest level ”. "The songs are varied, coherent and atmospherically closely interwoven." At Metacritic, the album achieved a rating of 73 percent, based on 29 reviews.

Chart placements

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (13 weeks) 13
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 2 (10 weeks) 10
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (12 weeks) 12
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 5 (7 weeks) 7th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 5 (7 weeks) 7th

Singles

Oh my heart
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 46 (2 weeks) 2
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 47 (1 week) 1
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 60 (2 weeks) 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://entertainment.excite.de/rem-neues-album-heiszt-collapse-into-now-N14273.html
  2. ↑ http://www.spin.com/articles/rem-tap-eddie-vedder-patti-smith-next-album
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / remhq.com
  4. ↑ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/pop-song-2011-the-video-for-rems-it-happened-today/?src=tptw
  5. ↑ http://www.tape.tv/vid/175601 , accessed on February 3, 2012
  6. ↑ http://www.laut.de/REM/Collapse-Into-Now-%28Album%29
  7. ↑ http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/107310-REM-Collapse-Into-Now.html
  8. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/collapse-into-now
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US