R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992) [Full Album]

Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending top albums charts and achieving global success. Aided by string arrangements from John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson, Automatic for the People features ruminations on mortality, loss, mourning, and nostalgia.

Upon release, the album received widespread acclaim from critics, reached number two on the US Billboard 200, and yielded six singles. Rolling Stone reviewer Paul Evans concluded of the album, "This is the members of R.E.M. delving deeper than ever; grown sadder and wiser, the Athens subversives reveal a darker vision that shimmers with new, complex beauty." Automatic for the People has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide

Tracklist:
00:00 Drive
04:31 Try Not to Breathe
08:22 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
12:31 Everybody Hurts
17:51 New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
20:07 Sweetness Follows
24:29 Monty Got a Raw Deal
27:46 Ignoreland
32:15 Star Me Kitten
35:30 Man on the Moon
40:45 Nightswimming
45:03 Find the River

R.E.M.
Bill Berry – drums, percussion, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals, melodica on "Find the River"
Peter Buck – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, bouzouki on "Monty Got a Raw Deal", dulcimer on "Try Not to Breathe"
Mike Mills – bass guitar, piano, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals, double bass on "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1"
Michael Stipe – lead vocals

Additional musicians
Scott Litt – harmonica and clavinet on "Ignoreland"
John Paul Jones – orchestral arrangements on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"
George Hanson – conductor on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"
Denise Berginson-Smith, Lonnie Ottzen, Patti Gouvas, Sandy Salzinger, Sou-Chun Su, Jody Taylor – violin on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"
Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer, Elizabeth Proctor Murphy – cello on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"
Knox Chandler – cello on "Sweetness Follows" and "Monty Got A Raw Deal"
Reid Harris, Paul Murphy, Heidi Nitchie – viola on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"
Deborah Workman – oboe on "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", and "Nightswimming"

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