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Around the Sun

by R.e.m.

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2000's

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2004

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Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.0352 Around the Sun is ranked overall as 2.0352 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.1316 Around the Sun has an avg. critic score of 2.1316 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

As arena folk goes, R.E.M. remain cooler than, say, the Wallflowers.

Rolling Stone

Another slow, meandering CD. ...more

Stylus Magazine

The good news is things pick up, eventually. The bad news is the album ends just as it starts getting interesting. ...more

PopMatters

However different the early and mid-period records are, they all sounded daring, fresh, and inspired in their own ways. Compare that to the lifeless "High Speed Train" which plods along in perfectly measured time for the longest five minutes I've ever experienced with the band. ...more

All Music Guide

R.E.M. have never seemed as directionless. ...more

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Uncut

Often recalls 1992's Automatic For The People in its sobriety of...read the complete review at Uncut

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Under The Radar

The less a-political songs fall far short of REM's extremely high...read the complete review at Under The Radar

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Dot Music

Repeated plays just refuse to reveal hidden depths. There aren‘t any. “Around The Sun” is just a really poor album, probably the first one that this band has ever put out....read the complete review at Dot Music

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The A.V. Club

R.E.M.'s early years were marked with mystery: Singer Michael Stipe, hidden behind a curly mane, sang lyrics that seemed free-associative, when they were discernable at all. That strangeness, and the ability to spring forward with the occasional...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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