Album · R.E.M.
Reveal by R.E.M.
Reveal is an album by R.E.M., released in 2001. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Imitation of Life”, on 18 lists with a best position of #10.
Reveal, R.E.M.'s twelfth studio album, came out on Warner Bros. on May 14, 2001, the second record Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills made as a trio after drummer Bill Berry left for health reasons. Pat McCarthy co-produced with the band again, and the sessions roamed from Dublin, Miami and Vancouver back home to Athens, Georgia, with touring hands Joey Waronker, Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow pitching in.
The keyboards and drum machines of Up are still humming here, but now they're wrapped around the chiming melodies the band made its name on, and the whole thing glows like a long summer evening. "Imitation of Life" went top ten across Europe, "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" and "I'll Take the Rain" followed, and the album went to number one in Britain. There was no tour, just TV spots, videos and free shows in big cities.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Reveal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imitation of Life | 18 | #10 | – | 2001–2024 | |
| 2 | All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) | 2 | #82 | – | 2001–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.