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''Reveal'', released in 2001, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record.
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''Reveal'', released in 2001, 2001 through Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record.
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* LongTitle: "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)".
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* RhymingTitle: "Sa'''turn''' Re'''turn'''".
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** "Imitation of Life" takes its name from [[Film/ImitationOfLife1959 the 1959 Douglas Sirk movie]] of the same name, despite the fact that nobody in the band had actually seen it.
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* BeneathTheMask: "Imitation of Life" is about how people tend to hide their insecurities while trying to be happy. The music video is [[TheOner a 20-second clip set at an outdoor party played backwards and forwards]], with dozens of smaller events going on, [[RewatchBonus many of which aren't immediately apparent in the first viewing]].
-->"That sugarcane that tasted good, that's who you are, that's what you could. Come on, come on, no one can see you cry..."
-->"That sugarcane that tasted good, that's who you are, that's what you could. Come on, come on, no one can see you cry..."
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''Reveal'', released in 2001, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record. With ''Up'' producer Pat [=McCarthy=] returning, the band sought out a middle ground between their previous material and the ElectronicMusic direction of their 1998 album, resulting in a style that reviewers described as a modernization of their smash success ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''. Indeed, the album bears a similar relatively quiet and contemplative tone drenched in effects, though trades out most of the strings with the synthesizers that had dominated its predecessor. With the stress of Berry's absence no longer overwhelming the band, they also moved away from the bleakness of ''Up'' in favor of a calmer mood, with dark songs being few and far between this time around.
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
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''Reveal'', released in 2001, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record. record.
With ''Up'' producer Pat [=McCarthy=] returning, the band sought out a middle ground between their previous material and the ElectronicMusic direction of their 1998 album, resulting in a style that reviewers described as a modernization of their smash success ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''. Indeed, the album bears a similar relatively quiet and contemplative tone drenched in effects, though trades out most of the strings with the synthesizers that had dominated its predecessor. With the stress of Berry's absence no longer overwhelming the band, they also moved away from the bleakness of ''Up'' in favor of a calmer mood, with dark songs being few and far between this timearound.
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
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With ''Up'' producer Pat [=McCarthy=] returning, the band sought out a middle ground between their previous material and the ElectronicMusic direction of their 1998 album, resulting in a style that reviewers described as a modernization of their smash success ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''. Indeed, the album bears a similar relatively quiet and contemplative tone drenched in effects, though trades out most of the strings with the synthesizers that had dominated its predecessor. With the stress of Berry's absence no longer overwhelming the band, they also moved away from the bleakness of ''Up'' in favor of a calmer mood, with dark songs being few and far between this time
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
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* SelfPlagiarism: In the liner notes to the ''In Time'' GreatestHitsAlbum, Peter Buck admitted that the verse chords in "Imitation of Life" were accidentally lifted from [[Music/FablesOfTheReconstruction "Driver 8"]] 16 years earlier.
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* DramaticIrony: The narrator of "The Lifting" is confirmed to also be the narrator of "Daysleeper" from [[Music/UpREMAlbum R.E.M.'s previous album]]. In this song, he praises nightlife as a reprieve from daytime corporate doldrums-- the listener, however, is expected to know that he'll be stuck with that same monotony as a night shift worker in "Daysleeper", with added circadian rhythm-induced angst to boot.
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* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "At My Most Beautiful"]] before them, "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
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* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} [[Music/UpREMAlbum "At My Most Beautiful"]] before them, "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
* TheNightOwl: "The Lifting" is narrated by a guy who enjoys the urban nightlife, finding his daytime rituals bogged down by corporate ritual. As the song is a prequel to the much bleaker "Daysleeper", it acts as an ironic juxtaposition with the narrator's impending agony as a night shift worker.
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** The lines line "have not, will travel" and "have done, will travel" in "I've Been High" references ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'', the title of which is itself a nod to the advertising slogan "have tux, will travel."
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: LP and cassette copies divide the album between a "Chorus Side" and a "Ring Side", nodding to the title of "Chorus and the Ring". Notably, this was the band's last invocation of this trope until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow'' a decade later, with both ''Around the Sun'' and ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' using standard numbers per side.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: LP and cassette copies divide the album between a "Chorus Side" and a "Ring Side", nodding to the title of "Chorus and the Ring". Notably, this was the band's last invocation of this trope until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow'' a decade later, with both ''Around the Sun'' ''Music/AroundTheSun'' and ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' using standard numbers per side.
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* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "At My Most Beautiful"]], "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
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* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "At My Most Beautiful"]], Beautiful"]] before them, "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
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* PanAndScan: Exploited for artistic effect in the video for "Imitation of Life". The whole clip is a single several-second loop of footage at an outdoor party, but the camera repeatedly zooms in and pans around to specific areas (including various extras lip-syncing to the lyrics) as the song goes on.
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* PanAndScan: Exploited for artistic effect in the video for "Imitation of Life". The whole clip is a single several-second 20-second loop of footage at an outdoor party, but the camera repeatedly zooms in and pans around to specific areas (including various extras lip-syncing to the lyrics) as the song goes on.
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** The lines "have not, will travel" and "have done, will travel" references ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'', the title of which is itself a nod to the advertising slogan "have tux, will travel."
** "Saturn Return" mentions "these Music/{{Elvis|Presley}} poses."
** The lines "have not, will travel" and "have done, will travel" references ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'', the title of which is itself a nod to the advertising slogan "have tux, will travel."
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* GratuitousFrench: The first verse of "Beachball" features Michael Stipe singing the lines "À tes souhaits/À tes amours chéri" ("Bless you/To your loves darling") midway through.
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* OneWordTitle: ''Reveal'', "Disappear", "Beachball".
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** The front and back cover, the logotype on the CD label, and the LP labels are all predominantly yellow, tying in with R.E.M.'s typical association with the color.
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** The front and back cover, the logotype on the CD and DVD-Audio label, and the LP labels are all predominantly yellow, and the limited-edition CD release packages the disc in a translucent yellow envelope, all tying in with R.E.M.'s typical association with the color.
** White appears as a secondary motif: the jewel case uses an opaque white tray, much of the liner notes are white, and the logotypes and tracklist on the cover use a solid white fill. Additionally, aside from the logotype, the CD and DVD-Audio label are mostly blank, with the reflective silver color of the disc acting as a substitute for white, and the limited-edition CD release actually uses a mostly-white label (aside from, again, the logotype and red copyright text).
** White appears as a secondary motif: the jewel case uses an opaque white tray, much of the liner notes are white, and the logotypes and tracklist on the cover use a solid white fill. Additionally, aside from the logotype, the CD and DVD-Audio label are mostly blank, with the reflective silver color of the disc acting as a substitute for white, and the limited-edition CD release actually uses a mostly-white label (aside from, again, the logotype and red copyright text).
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* TheReveal: Aside from the album title, "I've Been High" features Michael Stipe asking if he's "missed the big reveal."
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''Reveal'', released in 2001, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record. With ''Up'' producer Pat [=McCarthy=] returning, the band sought out a middle ground between their previous material and the ElectronicMusic direction of their 1998 album, resulting in a style that reviewers described as a modernization of their smash success ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''. Indeed, the album bears a similar relatively quiet and contemplative tone drenched in effects, though trades out most of the strings with the synthesizers that had dominated its predecessor. With the stress of Berry's absence no longer overwhelming the band, they also moved away from the bleakness of ''Up'' in favor of a calmer mood, with dark songs being few and far between this time around.
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
''Reveal'' was supported by three singles: "Imitation of Life", "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star", and "I'll Take the Rain".
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Chorus Side]]
# "The Lifting" (4:39)
# "I've Been High" (3:26)
# "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (4:45)
# "She Just Wants to Be" (5:22)
# "Disappear" (4:15)
# "Saturn Return" (4:55)
[[AC:Ring Side]]
# "Beat a Drum" (4:21)
# "Imitation of Life" (3:57)
# "Summer Turns to High" (3:32)
# "Chorus and the Ring" (4:31)
# "I'll Take the Rain" (5:51)
# "Beachball" (4:14)
!!''Easy to trope yourself square in the eye'':
* AlbumTitleDrop: Stipe wonders "have I missed the big reveal?" in "I've Been High".
* AllLowercaseLetters: The tracklist on the front cover is written this way, contrasting the all-caps tracklist on the back.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: "I'll Take the Rain", depicting the adventures of a crown-wearing dog and their sentient wooden cart through an island landscape.
* AntiLoveSong: "I'll Take the Rain" returns to the band's famously ironic use of love songs, with lyrics about an aloof and uncommitted lover that the narrator is constantly trying to reach out to.
* ArtifactTitle: "The Lifting" was titled after a lyric in the song's demo that went "you said you'd found the lifting," which was changed to "you said the air was singing" in the final version.
* BookBurning: "Chorus and the Ring" mentions how the subject will "singe your own wings burning books."
* ColorMotifs:
** The front and back cover and the logotype on the CD label are predominantly yellow, tying in with R.E.M.'s typical association with the color.
** White appears as a secondary motif: the jewel case uses an opaque white tray, much of the liner notes are white, and the logotypes and tracklist on the cover use a solid white fill.
* EpicRocking: "I'll Take the Rain" just falls 9 seconds short of the six-minute mark.
* EyeScream: "Saturn Return" opens with the line "easy to poke yourself square in the eye."
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: LP and cassette copies divide the album between a "Chorus Side" and a "Ring Side", nodding to the title of "Chorus and the Ring". Notably, this was the band's last invocation of this trope until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow'' a decade later, with both ''Around the Sun'' and ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' using standard numbers per side.
* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "At My Most Beautiful"]], "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Reveal'' is much more upbeat and tranquil than the bleak, brooding tone of ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}''.
* ListSong: "Imitation of Life" mainly revolves around Michael Stipe listing a variety of flowery and affectionate metaphors for the song's subject.
* LongTitle: "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)".
* NewSoundAlbum: After the experimental ElectronicMusic direction of ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'', this album sees R.E.M. seek out a middle ground between that approach and the contemplative JanglePop of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''.
* NonAppearingTitle: "The Lifting"; it was in the demo, but got taken out in the final version.
* OrdinaryPeoplesMusicVideo: "Imitation of Life" is set at an outdoor party, as a 20-second clip alternately played backwards and forwards and zooming in and out on different parts of the party.
* PanAndScan: Exploited for artistic effect in the video for "Imitation of Life". The whole clip is a single several-second loop of footage at an outdoor party, but the camera repeatedly zooms in and pans around to specific areas (including various extras lip-syncing to the lyrics) as the song goes on.
* PerformanceVideo: "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" features the band giving a (staged) performance of the song at an urban high school, intercut with scenes of them singing and walking down the school halls.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Disappear" was inspired by a SurvivalMantra Michael Stipe used to cope with the stress of touring, where he'd repeat the phrase "I'm not here, this isn't happening." Notably, he taught the mantra to Music/{{Radiohead}} frontman Thom Yorke while the latter was overwhelmed from the stress of aggressively promoting ''Music/OKComputer'', and Yorke would use it as the basis for [[Music/KidA "How to Disappear Completely"]] in 2000. Upon remembering the shared inspiration, Stipe phoned Yorke to apologize for stealing the song, only for Yorke to say it was more Stipe's than his own upon hearing him recite the lyrics to "Disappear".
* RemixAlbum: 2002's ''r.e.m.IX'', which features remixed versions of "The Lifting", "I'll Take the Rain", "She Just Wants to Be", "I've Been High", "Beachball", and "Summer Turns to High" by a variety of outside producers.
* SequelSong: "The Lifting" acts as a prequel to [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "Daysleeper"]], in effect turning the earlier song into a sequel to the later one.
* ShoutOut: "Saturn Return" mentions "these Music/{{Elvis|Presley}} poses."
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You said the air was singing."'']]
''Reveal'', released in 2001, is the twelfth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and critical and fan backlash towards ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'' in 1998, the band took note of the greater response towards their ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' soundtrack single "The Great Beyond" and shifted back towards their traditional JanglePop sound for their next record. With ''Up'' producer Pat [=McCarthy=] returning, the band sought out a middle ground between their previous material and the ElectronicMusic direction of their 1998 album, resulting in a style that reviewers described as a modernization of their smash success ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''. Indeed, the album bears a similar relatively quiet and contemplative tone drenched in effects, though trades out most of the strings with the synthesizers that had dominated its predecessor. With the stress of Berry's absence no longer overwhelming the band, they also moved away from the bleakness of ''Up'' in favor of a calmer mood, with dark songs being few and far between this time around.
Upon release, the album saw far more uniform critical appraisal, with reviewers considering it another return to form following the initial backlash towards ''Up''. ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] Rob Sheffield favorably described it as "a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one," while both ''Q'' and ''Kludge'' magazine ranked it among the best albums of 2001. Peter Buck attributed this greater praise to the more melodic approach on ''Reveal'' compared to the experimental soundscapes of ''Up''. One notable supporter of the album was Michael Stipe, who immediately took a liking to its quality and ultimately ranked it in 2021 as his personal favorite R.E.M. album. Its chart performance was high, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and it sold well enough to go platinum in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and the EU, as well as gold in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. However, while impressive on paper, this performance wasn't much of an improvement over ''Up''.
Furthermore, despite the high critical praise, the album saw a massive HypeBacklash from fans who had expected a return to the style of ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' or even the Creator/IRSRecords material. To many listeners, it came off as indecisive, still carrying the electronic and atmospheric tone that had alienated them from ''Up'' while simultaneously attempting to sound like their glory days material. In the UK in particular, fans felt even more alienated from the band, with interest only returning after the harder and more energetic single "Bad Day" (off of the GreatestHitsAlbum ''In Time'') released in 2003. ''Reveal'' would ultimately gain a moderate boost in popularity as the years went on, but whereas ''Up'' was fully VindicatedByHistory, this album remains divisive among the majority of fans. Its reputation is firmly "love it or hate it" to this day.
''Reveal'' was supported by three singles: "Imitation of Life", "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star", and "I'll Take the Rain".
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Chorus Side]]
# "The Lifting" (4:39)
# "I've Been High" (3:26)
# "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (4:45)
# "She Just Wants to Be" (5:22)
# "Disappear" (4:15)
# "Saturn Return" (4:55)
[[AC:Ring Side]]
# "Beat a Drum" (4:21)
# "Imitation of Life" (3:57)
# "Summer Turns to High" (3:32)
# "Chorus and the Ring" (4:31)
# "I'll Take the Rain" (5:51)
# "Beachball" (4:14)
!!''Easy to trope yourself square in the eye'':
* AlbumTitleDrop: Stipe wonders "have I missed the big reveal?" in "I've Been High".
* AllLowercaseLetters: The tracklist on the front cover is written this way, contrasting the all-caps tracklist on the back.
* AnimatedMusicVideo: "I'll Take the Rain", depicting the adventures of a crown-wearing dog and their sentient wooden cart through an island landscape.
* AntiLoveSong: "I'll Take the Rain" returns to the band's famously ironic use of love songs, with lyrics about an aloof and uncommitted lover that the narrator is constantly trying to reach out to.
* ArtifactTitle: "The Lifting" was titled after a lyric in the song's demo that went "you said you'd found the lifting," which was changed to "you said the air was singing" in the final version.
* BookBurning: "Chorus and the Ring" mentions how the subject will "singe your own wings burning books."
* ColorMotifs:
** The front and back cover and the logotype on the CD label are predominantly yellow, tying in with R.E.M.'s typical association with the color.
** White appears as a secondary motif: the jewel case uses an opaque white tray, much of the liner notes are white, and the logotypes and tracklist on the cover use a solid white fill.
* EpicRocking: "I'll Take the Rain" just falls 9 seconds short of the six-minute mark.
* EyeScream: "Saturn Return" opens with the line "easy to poke yourself square in the eye."
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: LP and cassette copies divide the album between a "Chorus Side" and a "Ring Side", nodding to the title of "Chorus and the Ring". Notably, this was the band's last invocation of this trope until ''Music/CollapseIntoNow'' a decade later, with both ''Around the Sun'' and ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' using standard numbers per side.
* InTheStyleOf: Like [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "At My Most Beautiful"]], "Beat a Drum", "Summer Turns to High", and "Beachball" were all written as musical homages to Music/TheBeachBoys, of whom Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and the retired Bill Berry were fans.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Reveal'' is much more upbeat and tranquil than the bleak, brooding tone of ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}''.
* ListSong: "Imitation of Life" mainly revolves around Michael Stipe listing a variety of flowery and affectionate metaphors for the song's subject.
* LongTitle: "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)".
* NewSoundAlbum: After the experimental ElectronicMusic direction of ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}'', this album sees R.E.M. seek out a middle ground between that approach and the contemplative JanglePop of ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''.
* NonAppearingTitle: "The Lifting"; it was in the demo, but got taken out in the final version.
* OrdinaryPeoplesMusicVideo: "Imitation of Life" is set at an outdoor party, as a 20-second clip alternately played backwards and forwards and zooming in and out on different parts of the party.
* PanAndScan: Exploited for artistic effect in the video for "Imitation of Life". The whole clip is a single several-second loop of footage at an outdoor party, but the camera repeatedly zooms in and pans around to specific areas (including various extras lip-syncing to the lyrics) as the song goes on.
* PerformanceVideo: "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" features the band giving a (staged) performance of the song at an urban high school, intercut with scenes of them singing and walking down the school halls.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Disappear" was inspired by a SurvivalMantra Michael Stipe used to cope with the stress of touring, where he'd repeat the phrase "I'm not here, this isn't happening." Notably, he taught the mantra to Music/{{Radiohead}} frontman Thom Yorke while the latter was overwhelmed from the stress of aggressively promoting ''Music/OKComputer'', and Yorke would use it as the basis for [[Music/KidA "How to Disappear Completely"]] in 2000. Upon remembering the shared inspiration, Stipe phoned Yorke to apologize for stealing the song, only for Yorke to say it was more Stipe's than his own upon hearing him recite the lyrics to "Disappear".
* RemixAlbum: 2002's ''r.e.m.IX'', which features remixed versions of "The Lifting", "I'll Take the Rain", "She Just Wants to Be", "I've Been High", "Beachball", and "Summer Turns to High" by a variety of outside producers.
* SequelSong: "The Lifting" acts as a prequel to [[Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}} "Daysleeper"]], in effect turning the earlier song into a sequel to the later one.
* ShoutOut: "Saturn Return" mentions "these Music/{{Elvis|Presley}} poses."
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