| r.e.m.IX | ||||
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| Released | 2002 (2002) | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Electronica,trip hop,broken beat,house music | |||
| Length | 51:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Pat McCarthy and several remixers | |||
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r.e.m.IX is a 2002remix album of songs byR.E.M. from its 2001 albumReveal. Copies of that album were given to well-known remixers to see what they could do with its tracks and the band's favorite results were compiled to form this album. Out of the twelve original tracks onReveal, six are found among the ten tracks on this album—there are two different versions of "The Lifting" and four of "I've Been High." "I'll Take the Rain" was the only one ofReveals three singles to be included onr.e.m.IX.
The album has never been commercially released, but it was made available as a free download from the band's Web site and as a promotionalCompact Disc andvinyl LP fromWarner Bros. Records. This was the second promotionalmusic download from R.E.M. (afterNot Bad for No Tour) and was intended to introduce their music to a wider audience.[1]
The album received mixed-to-poor reviews.Flak Magazine's James Norton praised it for the precedent it sets for other artists to release free music, but considers the music "stuffy" and lacking fun.[2] Mark Reed ofDrowned in Sound agreed that the music was boring and both reviewers criticized the apparently random track listing and choice of remixes.[3]
All songs written byPeter Buck,Mike Mills, andMichael Stipe
