Artist: R.E.M.
Album: COLLAPSE INTO NOW (CD)

Year: 2011
EAN/UPS: 00888072004054
Media type: CD

R.E.M. recorded the album in four different cities - Berlin, Germany; Nashville, Tennessee; and New Orleans, Louisiana, plus demoing at Jackpot Studios in Portland, Oregon—with breaks between to write and rewrite songs. The album features guest appearances by Patti Smith, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Peaches, Lenny Kaye and Joel Gibb.

In comparing the record to the band's previous release, Accelerate, bassist Mike Mills has said the band "wanted this new one to be more expansive. We wanted to put more variety into it and not limit ourselves to any one type of song. There are some really slow, beautiful songs; there are some nice, mid-tempo ones; and then there are three or four rockers." He has spoken about the album's theme, saying: "It's more of a personal record than a political one. Current events do come into our mind when we write, but the themes here are more universal.”

To promote the album, the band released 12 long-form music videos from directors including James Franco, Jim Herbert, and lead singer Michael Stipe.

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

TRACKLIST:

1."Discoverer" – 3:31
2."All the Best" – 2:48
3."Ьberlin" – 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

LINE-UP:

Peter Buck – guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, production
Mike Mills – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, production
Michael Stipe – lead vocals, production, packaging

Additional musicians:

Shamarr Allen – trumpet on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"

Bonerama Horns:
Greg Hicks – trombone
Craig Klein – trombone
Mark Mullins – trombone and horn arrangements

Joel Gibb – vocals on "It Happened Today"
Lenny Kaye – guitar solo on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter", guitar solo on "Blue"
Jacknife Lee – production, mixing, keyboards, guitar
Leroy Jones – trumpet on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"
Kirk M. Joseph, Sr. – sousaphone on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"
Scott McCaughey – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
Peaches – vocals on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter"
Bill Rieflin – drums, bouzouki, keyboards, guitar
Patti Smith – vocals on "Blue" and "Discoverer"
Eddie Vedder – vocals on "It Happened Today"