Reveal (album)

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Reveal
Studio album by REM

Publication
(s)

2001

Label (s) Warner Brothers

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Rock , alternative rock

Title (number)

12

running time

approx. 54 minutes

occupation Singing : Michael Stipe

Electric guitar : Peter Buck
Electric bass : Mike Mills

production

Patrick McCarthy , SEM

Studio (s)

Vancouver , British Columbia

chronology
Up
(1998) 		Reveal Around the Sun
(2004)

Reveal is the twelfth studio album by the US rock band REM and was released on May 14, 2001 as the successor to Up . The album reached the top of the charts in Great Britain and Germany, among others .

Track list

The lyrics were written by the band members.

  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
  7. Beat a Drum - 4:21
  8. Imitation of Life - 3:57
  9. Summer Turns to High - 3:31
  10. Chorus and the Ring - 4:31
  11. I'll Take the Rain - 5:51
  12. Beachball - 4:14

useful information

The album consists mainly of quieter tracks. Imitation of Life became a summer radio hit in 2001, but failed to reach high chart positions.

criticism

The reviews have been mostly positive. Joachim Gauger from laut.de reported on "wonderful songs" and a "wonderful melancholy for a mild summer evening". For Konrad Heidkamp the album was a “masterpiece”; the band had “ fulfilled the promise of the magical combination of Enigma , rock mainstream and art.” Matthias Eisen from cdstarts.de said that with Reveal it was also possible to deliver a “good and innovative, atmospheric record”. At metacritic.com the album achieved an average of 76 points based on 20 reviews.

Chart placements

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (21 weeks) 21st
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 1 (17 weeks) 17th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (20 weeks) 20th
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 1 (16 weeks) 16
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 6th (10 weeks) 10

Singles

year title Chart positions
DE AT CH UK US
2001 Imitation of Life 35 19th 27 6th 83
All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) 92 - - 24 -
I'll take the rain - - - 44 -

Awards

Golden record

Platinum record

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Konrad Heidkamp: The happy minor . In: Die Zeit , No. 21/2001
  2. ↑ laut.de
  3. ↑ cdstarts.de
  4. ↑ metacritic.com
  5. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ musikindustrie.de
  7. ↑ ifpi.at
  8. ↑ riaa.com
  9. ↑ hitparade.ch
  10. ↑ bpi.co.uk