Up
by R.E.M.
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 October 1998
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:04:31
- Community rating: 3.27/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Christopher Rex, Patti Gouvas, Mike Mills, Douglas Sommer, Paul Murphy, Heidi Nitchie, Reid Harris, Helen Porter, Nan Maddox, Elizabeth Proctor Murphy, Sou-Chun Su, Jay Christy, David Braitberg, Daniel Laufer, Jun-Ching Lin, David Arenz, Anne Page, Ellie Arenz, Willard Shull, Jere Flint
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Their first album without drummer Bill Berry, 'Up' finds R.E.M. embracing a more electronic and introspective sound. The record is incredibly somber and melancholic, weaving ambient pop and art pop textures into a calm, bittersweet, and highly atmospheric exploration of loneliness.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, experimental, electronic, deconstructed, motorik
Tracklist
- Airportman (4:13)
- Lotus (4:31)
- Suspicion (5:37)
- Hope (5:01)
- At My Most Beautiful (3:35)
- The Apologist (4:29)
- Sad Professor (4:03)
- You're In The Air (5:23)
- Walk Unafraid (4:33)
- Why Not Smile (4:02)
- Daysleeper (3:39)
- Diminished / I'm Not Over You - Medley (6:00)
- Parakeet (4:12)
- Falls To Climb (5:06)
Credits
- R.E.M. - primary artist, arranged by [strings], mixed by, producer
- Barrett Martin - accompanied by
- Bruce Kaphan - accompanied by
- Joey Waronker - accompanied by
- John Keane - accompanied by, engineer [athens]
- Scott McCaughey - accompanied by
- Eddie Horst - arranged by [strings]
- John Sharpley - arranged by [strings]
- Brook Dillon - artwork [packaging]
- Chris Bilheimer - artwork [packaging]
- Michael Stipe - artwork [packaging], written-by
- Christopher Rex - cello
- Daniel Laufer - cello
- Elizabeth Proctor Murphy - cello
- Nan Maddox - cello
- Jere Flint - conductor
- Douglas Sommer - double bass
- Paul Falcone - edited by [digital]
- Jamie Candiloro - engineer [additional, new york]
- John Hopkins - engineer [additional, new york]
- Charlie Francis - engineer [san francisco]
- Peter Buck - engineer [seattle], written-by
- David Henry - engineer [second, athens]
- Rob Haddock - engineer [second, athens]
- Robert Shimp - engineer [second, san francisco]
- Alex Lowe - engineer [second]
- Michael McCoy - engineer [second]
- Suzanne Dyer - engineer [second]
- Paul Murphy - leader, viola
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- John Hanlon - mixed by
- Nigel Godrich - mixed by
- Pat McCarthy - mixed by, producer
- Emer Patten - photography by
- Nick Wickham - photography by
- Heidi Nitchie - viola
- Patti Gouvas - viola
- Reid Harris - viola
- Anne Page - violin
- David Arenz - violin
- David Braitberg - violin
- Ellie Arenz - violin
- Helen Porter - violin
- Jay Christy - violin
- Jun-Ching Lin - violin
- Sou-Chun Su - violin
- Willard Shull - violin
- Mike Mills - written-by