Album Of The Week - Archive 2023
Album Of The Week - 2023 Archive Album Of The Week - 07/01/2023 Reveal – R.E.M. The first selection of 2023 see’s us going back to R.E.M. with their 12 th studio album and the fourth selected as my album of the week, the 2001 release, Reveal. By the time of this release the band has settled as a trio and this was their second album following the departure of drummer Bill Berry. The band though have since stated that it was never quite the same after he left and there had been numerous conversations about calling it a day. As it was, Reveal was released to favourable reviews and became their 5 th album to reach number 1 in the UK album chart and cemented their place as one of the most commercially successful alternative rock bands of the time. Reveal was described as a more upbeat album than their previous offering, Up, but I thought Up was superb and to a large degree Reveal very much passed me by upon its release. I bought the album on release but for some reason it didn’t h...