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8.5
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BBC
It’s as varied and deep as previous R.E.M. classics. It’s not epochal like Automatic for the People, but it can’t be. These are different times
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8.3
23008
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Another very good album from a band that’s getting back into the habit of making them
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8.0
23013
8.0 |
State
Thankfully, for the first time in a long time, R.E.M. are happy to be themselves
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8.0
22883
8.0 |
The Guardian
Collapse Into Now isn't groundbreaking, but feeling comfortable in their old skin has produced REM's best effort in years
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8.0
22893
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The most intriguing new direction is signposted on Blue, an urgent Stipe monologue over layers of guitar and keyboards, beautifully counterpointed by Patti Smith's haunting vocal
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8.0
22802
8.0 |
BBC
As deep as previous R.E.M. classics, and perhaps their best post-Bill Berry LP
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8.0
22692
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A worthy addition to their legacy
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8.0
22154
8.0 |
Spin
Sounds like a familiar friend - reliable in all the best ways, but still capable of quietly insinuating surprises
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
They sound like they'd rather be a band than a legend, which must be why they keep pushing on
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8.0
23047
8.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
R.E.M. have been a huge influence on most rock guitar bands since their debut single Radio Free Europe three decades ago. Nothing has changed
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8.0
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8.0 |
Blurt
The now-ness is simply about shaking loose the head fuzz that marked their last 15 years
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
You get the sense that you're listening to a legendary band utterly revitalized, operating at the peak of their formidable powers
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8.0
23099
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No Ripcord
Pure sonic goodness
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8.0
23208
8.0 |
AU Review
Given time, these songs stand proudly with R.E.M.’s Nineties output, proud and hopeful at the same time
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Fly
Michael Stipe hasn’t sounded this confident or energised in years
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8.0
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8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
Sound every bit as good as they did at the peak of their career
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8.0
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8.0 |
FasterLouder
Of the four albums the band has released this century, it’s Collapse Into Now that stands as the finest of them
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8.0
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8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
With Collapse Into Now, R.E.M. might have discovered they’re still vital, still relevant
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7.7
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7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
What makes Collapse Into Now so satisfying is that it isn’t a return to form so much as a realization that the band R.E.M. are now isn’t necessarily a bad thing to be
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7.0
22942
7.0 |
musicOMH
A fine album, and one that's far better than any band together for three decades has any right to be
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6.8
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6.8 |
Pitchfork
Sounds like the work of a band caught between old habits and new adventures
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6.0
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6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Like all of R.E.M.'s most recent albums, Collapse Into Now is flawed; a reflection, I’m speculating, on the fact that that band’s working process is now flawed
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Digital Fix
As easy as it is to be disappointed by the comparative flaws of Collapse Into Now, it still exudes a buoyant air
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
Ultimately an OK rock record
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6.0
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6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
It's archetypal R.E.M
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6.0
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6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
It sounds at once mature and commanding, but is undermined by over-familiar chord sequences and vocal ticks
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
It’s good. But it’s no ‘Reckoning’. Or ‘Document’. Or ‘Automatic For The People’. Or...
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6.0
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6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Undermined by overfamiliar chord sequences and vocal ticks
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6.0
22240
6.0 |
Mojo
Several songs here capture the mood -if not quite the majesty - of the band's mid-period masterpiece Automatic For The People. Print edition only
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6.0
22277
6.0 |
Uncut
The syndrome of diminishing returns must be at least as arduous for the band as it is for the listener
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5.0
23042
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
It sounds like an R.E.M. album, even when the actual content of the songs and the performances falls well short of the band's peaks
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5.0
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5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Aimless and unfocused
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4.0
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4.0 |
NME
New music for people who don't like new music. Print edition only
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4.0
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4.0 |
Q
Increasingly, you wonder: is this now as good as it gets? Print edition only
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