Album · R.E.M.
Accelerate by R.E.M.
Accelerate is an album by R.E.M., released in 2008. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Supernatural Superserious”, on 19 lists with a best position of #3.
Accelerate, R.E.M.'s 14th studio album, landed on Warner Bros. in 2008, and it plays like a band that got fed up with its own polite drift. After the lukewarm Around the Sun in 2004, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills brought in Jacknife Lee to produce, road-tested most of the new songs over five nights at Dublin's Olympia Theatre, and banged the record out in nine weeks.
The result is loud and hungry: Buck's guitars bite again, Stipe sounds like he means every word, and "Supernatural Superserious" charges ahead like it's late for something. Critics heard a return to form and said so, with Metacritic's tally settling at 79. It turned out to be the last R.E.M. album they toured behind; one more, Collapse into Now, followed in 2011, and then they called it a day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Accelerate on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supernatural Superserious | 19 | #3 | – | 2008–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.