Live at The Olympia
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| Live album by R.E.M. | |||||
| Released | October 27, 2009 | ||||
| Recorded | June 30 – July 5, 2007, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Language | English | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Producer | Jacknife Lee | ||||
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Live at The Olympia is a live album[4] by American alternative rock band R.E.M.. It is a recording of five-night residency the band held at Dublin, Ireland's Olympia Theatre between June 30 and July 5, 2007, and released on October 27, 2009.[5] In this series of "working rehearsals" many songs on Accelerate were debuted, with many of them still as works in progress.[6] The album is a two-CD release, and contains a total of 39 songs.[7] In addition, a DVD of the performance entitled This Is Not a Show directed by Vincent Moon is included. A special edition box set containing the album on 4 LPs as well as the 2 CDs and the DVD is also available.
A digital EP containing songs from the album, Reckoning Songs from The Olympia, was released on July 7, 2009, through the iTunes Store and other distributors. It contains "Harborcoat", "Letter Never Sent", "Second Guessing", and "Pretty Persuasion", songs found on the band's 1984 studio album Reckoning, hence the title.[8]
To promote the album, R.E.M.'s Dublin website has full streaming clips of "Driver 8", "I've Been High", and "Harborcoat", along with videos for "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" and clips from the Reckoning EP. The video for "Drive" is available on R.E.M.'s Myspace page. On October 22, 2009, National Public Radio began streaming the entire album for free.[9]
As with R.E.M.'s first live CD "R.E.M. Live"; "Live At The Olympia" was also recorded in Dublin, Ireland.
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[edit] Tracklisting
- Disc one
- "Living Well Is the Best Revenge"1 2 3 4 5 (from Accelerate)
- "Second Guessing" 1 2 3 4 5(from Reckoning)
- "Letter Never Sent" 1(from Reckoning)
- "Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance" 1 2 3 4 5(Previously Unreleased)
- "Disturbance at the Heron House" 2(from Document)
- "Mr. Richards" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "Houston" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "New Test Leper" 1(from New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
- "Cuyahoga" 5(from Lifes Rich Pageant)
- "Electrolite" 1 2(from New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
- "Man-Sized Wreath" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "So. Central Rain" 3(from Reckoning)
- "On the Fly" 1 2 3 4 5(Previously unreleased)
- "Maps and Legends" 1(from Fables of the Reconstruction)
- "Sitting Still" 2(from Murmur)
- "Driver 8" 3(from Fables of the Reconstruction)
- "Horse to Water" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "I'm Gonna DJ" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "Circus Envy" 4(from Monster)
- "These Days" 1 2 4(from Lifes Rich Pageant)
- Disc two
- "Drive" 2(from Automatic for the People)
- "Feeling Gravitys Pull" 3(from Fables of the Reconstruction)
- "Until the Day Is Done" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "Accelerate" 1 2 3 4 5(from Accelerate)
- "Auctioneer" (Another Engine) 3 5(from Fables of the Reconstruction)
- "Little America" 1 3(from Reckoning)
- "1,000,000" 1 3 4(from Chronic Town)
- "Disguised" 1 2 3 4 5(Later released as "Supernatural Superserious" on Accelerate)
- "The Worst Joke Ever" 5(from Around the Sun)
- "Welcome to the Occupation" 5(from Document)
- "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)" 4(from Chronic Town)
- "Harborcoat" 4(from Reckoning)
- "Wolves, Lower" 2 4(from Chronic Town)
- "I've Been High" 2(from Reveal)
- "Kohoutek" 3(from Fables of the Reconstruction)
- "West of the Fields" 4 5(from Murmur)
- "Pretty Persuasion" 5(from Reckoning)
- "Romance" 5(from the Made in Heaven soundtrack; later released on Eponymous)
- "Gardening at Night" 5(from Chronic Town)
[edit] Guide
1Performed June 30, 2007
2Performed July 1, 2007
3Performed July 3, 2007
4Performed July 4, 2007
5Performed July 5, 2007
[edit] Personnel
- R.E.M.
- Additional musicians
- Scott McCaughey – guitar, keyboards, background vocals
- Bill Rieflin – drums
[edit] References
- ^ Noel Murray (2009-11-03). "R.E.M.: Live at The Olympia". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/rem-live-at-the-olympia,34864/. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Live at the Olympia". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvfyxz9aldse. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ Matthew Perpetua (2009-10-29). "Album Reviews: R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13641-live-at-the-olympia/. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ "R.E.M. releases for 2009". REMHQ.com. 2009-03-25. http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=990. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ "R.E.M. LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA OUT ON OCT. 27 - R.E.M.'s MySpace Blog". MySpace.com. 2009-08-19. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3529569&blogID=506300604. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "R.E.M. Prepares To 'Accelerate'". Billboard.com. January 2, 2008. Retrieved on March 28, 2008.
- ^ http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1022
- ^ "July 7th Release for Reckoning Songs from The Olympia (Pre-Order Now)". REMHQ.com. 2009-06-25. http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1018. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ Guy Raz (2009-10-22). "First Listen: R.E.M. Live At The Olympia". National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113995872. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
