New Adventures in Hi-Fi
by R.E.M.
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 September 1996
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:05:31
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded largely during soundchecks and live shows, 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' serves as a massive, travel-weary document of R.E.M.'s peak stadium era. The album merges their jangle-pop sensibilities with melancholic Americana, resulting in a deeply introspective, passionate, and poetic alternative rock classic.
Genres
Descriptors: desert, melodic, ballad, atmospheric, guitar-driven
Tracklist
- How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (4:31)
- The Wake-Up Bomb (5:08)
- New Test Leper (5:26)
- Undertow (5:09)
- E-Bow The Letter (5:24)
- Leave (7:17)
- Departure (3:29)
- Bittersweet Me (4:05)
- Be Mine (5:32)
- Binky The Doormat (5:01)
- Zither (2:34)
- So Fast, So Numb (4:12)
- Low Desert (3:32)
- Electrolite (4:05)
Credits
- R.E.M. - primary artist, mixed by, producer, mix
- Bertis Downs IV - advisor
- Marcel Duchamp - artwork ["the bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even"]
- Chris Bilheimer - artwork [packaging], management [home office]
- Michael Stipe - artwork [packaging], band [r.e.m.], songwriter [all songs by], vocals, synthesizer
- Bill Berry - band [r.e.m.], drums, percussion, songwriter [all songs by], whistle [ennio], acoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals, bass, bass membranophone percussion synthesizer whistle
- Mike Mills - band [r.e.m.], bass, songwriter [all songs by], piano, synthesizer, vocals, organ, vocals, organ, mellotron, synthesizer [moog], keyboards, bass [fuzz], organ [farfisa], vocals, guitar, keyboards, vocals, bass [fuzz], keyboards, vocals, bass guitar keyboard organ piano
- Peter Buck - band [r.e.m.], guitar, songwriter [all songs by], bass, bouzouki, mandolin, electric sitar, bass, banjo, banjo bass bouzouki electric sitar guitar mandolin
- Eric Stolz - edited by [digital]
- Billy Field - engineer [athens assistant]
- John Keane - engineer [athens], mixed by, engineer, mix
- Victor Janacua - engineer [los angeles assistant], additional engineer
- Pat McCarthy - engineer [los angeles], engineer
- Sam Hofstedt - engineer [seattle assistant], additional engineer
- Adam Kasper - engineer [seattle], engineer
- Jeff Wooding - engineer [tour recording]
- Jo Ravitch - engineer [tour recording]
- Joe O'Herlihy - engineer [tour recording]
- Kevin O'Neil - management [home office]
- Mercer Brockenbrough - management [home office]
- Meredith Williams - management [home office]
- Michele Rawson - management [home office]
- Sarah Petit - management [home office]
- Tom Recchion - management [wb ally]
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
- Scott Litt - mixed by, producer, mix
- Andy Carlson - musician [additional], violin
- Nathan December - musician [additional], guitar, tambourine, slide guitar, guiro
- Patti Smith - musician [additional], vocals
- Scott McCaughey - musician [additional], synthesizer [arp odyssey], piano, organ [farfisa], autoharp
- Ian McFarlane - photography by [photo printing]
- Bill Thomson - technician [drum]
- Mark Mytrowitz - technician [technical assistance]
- William Field - additional engineer