{"product_id":"new-adventures-in-hi-fi-25th-anniversary-edition","title":"New Adventures in Hi-Fi [25th Anniversary Edition]","description":"Most of the songs on NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI were recorded live, or during pre-concert soundchecks, on R.E.M.'s 1995 MONSTER tour.\u003cbr\u003eR.E.M.: Mike Mills (vocals, piano, organ, Farfisa organ, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, bass); Michael Stipe (vocals, synthesizer); Bill Berry (acoustic guitar, whistle, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion); Peter Buck (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bozouki, electric sitar, bass).\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel: Patti Smith (vocals); Nathan December (slide guitar, guitar, tambourine, guiro); Andy Carlson (violin); Scott McCaughey (autoharp, piano, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, Farfisa organ).\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Bad Animals, Seattle, Washington; John Keane Studio, Athens, Georgia; Louie's Clubhouse, Los Angeles, California.\u003cbr\u003eNEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of the raging, guitar-fueled MONSTER, R.E.M. has made an album dominated by disconsolate ballads and acoustic instrumentation. NEW ADVENTURES has a stately, elegiac feel. It's punctuated by a few all-out rockers, but the overall mood is dusky and introspective. Michael Stipe's stream-of-consciousness imagery has developed into an incisive, poetic style of great power and resonance, from the religious overtones of \"Undertow\" (which reveals a Can influence) to the breathless travelogue of \"Departure.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe opener, \"How the West Was Won And Where It Got Us,\" sets a dark tone, with an eerie organ backdrop and a mournful piano providing a staccato riff. Punk goddess Patti Smith guests on \"E-Bow the Letter,\" a wordy ramble that finds Stipe questioning, and ultimately denigrating, \"this fame thing.\" A similar theme is explored on \"The Wake-Up Bomb,\" a MONSTERish raveup that attacks celebrity star trips.\u003cbr\u003eNEW ADVENTURES is loaded with musical surprises, including a zippy synthesizer that sparks \"Leave,\" a campy instrumental called \"Zither\" and various discordant touches throughout. Lyrically and musically, R.E.M. stands its ground throughout, remaining as fresh and innovative as ever.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45356203278623,"sku":"888072245457","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/15c78c3570bad9898496e2172ea567d5.jpg?v=1777582284","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/new-adventures-in-hi-fi-25th-anniversary-edition","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}