R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 The GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award

The GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award honoree and Godfather of Punk shared he will make his label debut on October 28with “Frenzy

The album includes popular songs "Daylight" and "9-5ers Anthem"

and split-singles

Directed by David Blue Garcia

After quietly releasing their self-titled debut album in 1999 while still in college

R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 The GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement AwardAccelerate is R. E. M.s 14th studio album, released in 2008. The album was intended as a departure from their last album, Around the Sun, and was complimented for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs. Stipe said his lyrics on Accelerate were inspired by the contemporary state of the nation, saying, "When the empire is going down the toilet, it's easy to write great, angry songs (Spin). It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the