Automatic for the People

...deeply moving and entirely idiosyncratic....[the songs] tend to be rich and subdued, full of lush strings and deep feeling....show[s] the band moving into more personal territory than ever before....the band's greatest triumph..." - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (10/16/92, p.74)

...These quiet songs, so sure of their honesty that they are unafraid of risking musical corniness, can be heard as an indictment of the Republican era, a lament for the AIDS years, or simply a consideration of roads not taken... Musician (10/92, p.102)

Ranked #23 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time. NME (10/2/93, p.29)

10 - Classic - "...They've created an LP you can gain a lot from in times of trouble....In their hands, music is no longer wallpaper, but a living, breathing organism as old as the hills... NME (10/3/92, p.36)

Ranked #11 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums NME (8/12/00, p.28)

Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992. Q (1/93, p.68)

Ranked #6 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime Q (10/01, p.102)

4 Stars - Excellent - "...a lively form of bliss is readily available from the sounds of AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE....Big emotions, big ideas....it's about life. Without embarrassment and via sundry dark metaphors, it enquires `What's it all about, if anything?'... Q (11/92, p.117)

Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Q (12/99, p.74)

5 Stars - Classic - "...R.E.M. has never made music more gorgeous....shimmers with new, complex beauty....musically irresistible....finds the band gaining a startling emotional directness... Rolling Stone (10/29/92, p.68)

Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's. Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.52)

Ranked #40 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s. Spin (9/99, p.140)

Ranked #3 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992. Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5)