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AMG Review of Live at the Olympia
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide"This is not a show," murmurs Michael Stipe at the start of Live at the Olympia and it's not quite misdirection. R.E.M.'s five-night residency at Dublin's Olympia in the summer of 2007 functioned as working rehearsals for their fourteenth album Accelerate, with the band testing out each of the songs, exploring arrangements, finding breaking points, and pairing them with older songs that informed their back-to-basics move. As rehearsal, it paid off splendidly -- road-testing the material made it stronger, resulting in their best album in years -- but the audience was in for a real treat, with the band digging deep into their back catalog to play some of their best non-hit songs. R.E.M. leans heavily on Reckoning (so much so, an accompanying digital download EP contained nothing but material from that record), plays over half of Chronic Town, and a good chunk of Fables of the Reconstruction, pulling two songs a piece from Murmur and Lifes Rich Pageant, creating a set list that any longtime fan will find near ideal. Just as importantly, the band sounds completely engaged with the material, enjoying playing the songs again, with this energy in the process rescuing cuts from Reveal and Around the Sun, suggesting that the problem was with the fussy arrangements, and that the tunes needed to be played as rock & roll. And that is what R.E.M. is here -- a tighter, cleaner band than the scruffy renegades of the '80s, but still the same band, which is evident here in ways it never was on the perfectly fine R.E.M. Live. That was a production. This is rock & roll.
R.E.M. Live at the Olympia
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Peter Buck really loves that song. In fact, Buck really loves a lot of the songs on the new record. He uses the phrase no less than six times in his extensive liner notes to R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia. Other times, he varies his writing with "really like" and "interesting to play" but after a few short lines, you've got the picture: This is something they loved doing.It's reflected in the pic...
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R.E.M. – Live At The Olympia
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R.E.M’s five-night stand at the Dublin Olympia back in 2007 was, let’s face it, astounding. The very fact that a band with seventy million plus album sales and a stellar worldwide following were playing such an intimate venue in the first place made it something special. Throw in a host of material that was –…
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R.E.M. Live at the Olympia in Dublin Trailer
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There's a new trailer for R.E.M.'s upcoming album Live at the Olymphia due out on October 27th on Warner Bros. Records. The two-cd set, produced by Jacknife Lee, features 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s 2007 “working rehearsals” at Dublin’s fabled Olympia club where Michael Stipe, ...
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R.E.M. “Drive” and “Living Well Is The Best Revenge” videos from new live album
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All of you R.E.M. fans should be super stoked about their upcoming live album Live at the Olympia due out on October 27th. We have two cool videos for you to check out from the show. The first video is the classic "Drive" and the other video is "Living Well ...
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R.E.M. Live at the Olympia
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Peter Buck really loves that song. In fact, Buck really loves a lot of the songs on the new record. He uses the phrase no less than six times in his extensive liner notes to R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia. Other times, he varies his writing with "really like" and "interesting to play" but after a few short lines, you've got the picture: This is something they loved doing.It's reflected in the pic...
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R.E.M. Live At the Olympia – Release Date 10/27/09
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R.E.M. Live At The Olympia is a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from their acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland. R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia Theatre in Ireland’s capital city and tested new material over five nights before passionate, capacity crowds. This live album was produced by Dublin native Jacknife Lee [...]
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Music Monday: Living Well Is The Best Revenge
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Here's another video of R.E.M. from their Dublin performance at The Olympia, being released October 27. This time it's "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" from 2008's Accelerate.Living Well Is The Best RevengeR.E.M. Live At The Olympia Track Listing:Disc 1:Living Well Is The Best Revenge / Second Guessing / Letter ...
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New Video: R.E.M.’s “Man-Sized Wreath” Live From Dublin
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Michael Stipe and the boys of R.E.M. have released a new video, “Man-Sized Wreath” from their upcoming,double live album, entitled R.E.M. Live At The Olympia. The two-CD set, which hits stores on October 27th, is produced by Jacknife Lee, features 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s 2007 “working rehearsals” at Dublin’s [...]
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THIS IS NOT A POST: R.E.M. Olympia Release
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A full review of Live at the Olympia and This is Not a Show will be up after I get my copy. Thanks.On an otherwise uneventful Monday night, I made my way downtown to meet up with my friend Cathy for a quick dinner before heading towards the shiny new Hotel Indigo for the Live at the Olympia Listening Party/Auction/Fundraiser. We were both incredibly excited about the event, throwing ideas to ea...
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R.E.M. Music Video for Drive Live At The Olympia in Dublin, Ireland
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R.E.M. has just released a new video from their upcoming 39-song release Live at the Olympia. The beautiful black and white video was filmed at the Olympia club in Dublin where R.E.M. tested out new songs for their 2008 studio album Accelerate. The video comes complete with Michael Stipe reading through the lyrics and accidentally [...]
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It's the End of the Month as We Know It
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Since tomorrow will be our last day of October 2009 postings, I'm using today for a few bits and pieces of news and some blog housekeeping things. Lots of links in this post. I suppose if you want to use them instead of the sidebar history thingy, then have at it.Tomorrow's the Live at the Olympia review. Hint: I blew a speaker..Apparently it was R.E.M. month here at AMJ though someone forgot t...
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R.E.M. - Live at the Olympia (new album / video) (Mixed Media)
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R.E.M.Live at the Olympia(Warner Bros.)Releasing: 27 October"Living Well is the Best Revenge", R.E.M.'s first video off Live at the Olympia is a great dose of Michael Stipe...
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R.E.M. Announce Double Live Album Release (Live at the Olympia) !
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MUSIC NEWS - R.E.M. have announced the release a brand-new double live album called R.E.M. Live At The Olympia. It'll be out on October 27, 2009 via Warner Bros. Records. A 2-CD set, it was produced by Jacknife Lee and features an amazing 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s “working rehearsals” nites at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre where Michael Stip
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R.E.M. to release Olympia concert CD
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In 2007, R.E.M. staged a residency at the Olympia in Dublin to premiere songs that would later feature on their 2008 album Accelerate. Those ‘working rehearsals’ are now the focus of a new live CD that comes out in October. R.E.M. Live At The Olympia is the second live album from the band in the [...]
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