Album of The Year
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

R.E.M.

Collapse Into Now

74
Based on 10 reviews
2011 Ranking: #211 / 498

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80
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

Collapse Into Now is the band’s best record since New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

80
NO RIPCORD

The resulting effort is one that is distinctly R.E.M.: pure sonic goodness.

70
MUSICOMH

Collapse Into Now is a fine album, and one that's far better than any band together for three decades has any right to be.

68
PITCHFORK

Bits and pieces from every great R.E.M. record are present on Collapse Into Now, but the ease with which the band once combined these elements is now tenuous and hard-fought.

60
POPMATTERS

Instead of being focused on a goal as Accelerate was, Collapse into Now finds the trio slipping back into bad habits by indulging itself.

60
DROWNED IN SOUND

Even as part timers, nobody should be surprised that R.E.M. can still make excellent music, though perhaps great albums now elude them.


#210
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#212
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DETAILS

Released: March 8, 2011
Format: LP
Label: Warner Bros.
Genre: Alternative Rock

RATINGS

83A.V. Club
80Consequence of Sound
80No Ripcord
80Spin
77Beats Per Minute
70musicOMH
69Paste
68Pitchfork
60Drowned in Sound
60PopMatters

END OF YEAR LISTS
# 6 - MAGNET
# 16 - Rolling Stone
# 49 - Under the Radar

TRACK LIST
  1. Discoverer 
  2. All The Best 
  3. Uberlin 
  4. Oh My Heart 
  5. It Happened Today 
  6. Every Day Is Yours To Win 
  7. Mine Smell Like Honey 
  8. Walk It Back 
  9. Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter 
  10. That Someone Is You 
  11. Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I 
  12. Blue

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