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New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Cover to the standard edition of the album.
Studio album by R.E.M.
Released	September 9, 1996 (1996-09-09)
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	Bad Animals (Seattle) Various locations in the United States
Genre	Folk rock jangle pop
Length	65:33
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Scott Litt R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
Parallel (1995) New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) Road Movie (1996)
Singles from New Adventures in Hi-Fi
"E-Bow the Letter" Released: August 19, 1996 "Bittersweet Me" Released: October 21, 1996 "Electrolite" Released: December 2, 1996 "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" Released: 1997
Special Edition
Special edition of the album—a cardboard slipcase covers a 64-page hardback book

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was their fifth major-label release for Warner Bros. Records, released on September 9, 1996, in Europe and Australia, and the following day in the United States. New Adventures in Hi-Fi was the band's final album recorded with founding drummer Bill Berry (who left the band amicably the following year), original manager Jefferson Holt, and long-time producer Scott Litt. The members of R.E.M. consider the recorded album representative of the band at their peak, and fans generally regard it as the band's last great record before a perceived artistic decline during the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has sold around seven million units, growing in cult status years after its release, with several retrospectives ranking it among the best of the band's recorded catalogue.

Composition and recording

The album was recorded during and after the 1995 tour in support of Monster. The material on the album mixed the acoustic, country rock feel of much of Out of Time and Automatic for the People with the rock sound of Monster and Lifes Rich Pageant. The band has cited Neil Young's 1973 album Time Fades Away as a source of inspiration. The album has been labeled as "folk rock-jangle" by critic Robert Christgau.

In an interview with Mojo, bassist Mike Mills said:

We got into the studio feeling very happy and relieved that everyone was okay, especially Bill. It brought us all much closer and made us realize how important we are to each other. Once we'd been through a crisis like that , making a record was a piece of cake. We discussed making an album of on-the-road stuff a year and a half before we went on the Monster tour. We wanted to get some of the looseness and spontaneity of a soundcheck, live show or dressing room. We used all the good songs. 'Revolution' – a song we did live – didn't make it onto this record, just like it didn't make it onto Monster ... It usually takes a good few years for me to decide where an album stands in the pantheon of recorded work we've done. This one may be third behind Murmur and Automatic for the People.

The band noted that they borrowed the recording process for the album from Radiohead, who had recorded some of the basic tracks for The Bends while on tour and who supported the band in 1994 and 1995. R.E.M. took eight-track recorders to capture their live performances, and used the recordings as the base elements for the album. As such, the band's touring musicians Nathan December and Scott McCaughey are featured throughout, with Andy Carlson contributing violin to "Electrolite".

After the tour was over, the band went into Seattle's Bad Animals Studio and recorded four additional tracks: "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us", "E-Bow the Letter", "Be Mine" and "New Test Leper". Patti Smith came to the sessions and contributed vocals on "E-Bow the Letter". Audio mixing was finished at John Keane Studio in Athens and Louie's Clubhouse in Los Angeles with mastering by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine.

In part due to the nature of the recording process, several of the songs are about travel and motion—including "Departure", "Leave" and "Low Desert". The album's liner notes contain pictures from the road and the deluxe edition of the album is a hardcover book in a slipcase featuring more photographs of R.E.M.'s tour.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−
Entertainment Weekly	A
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	9.5/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	6/10

Critical reaction to the album was mostly extremely positive. Several publications lauded the album for its rich diversity, including Rolling Stone, which said "The sequence of songs and the range of emotions on New Adventures convey a narrative that has all the dynamics and contradictions of life itself." Q and Mojo also gave positive reviews. At the same time, however, Melody Maker criticized the album's empty and flat sound caused by recording in arenas and soundchecks.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said, "New Adventures in Hi-Fi feels like it was recorded on the road. Not only are all of Michael Stipe's lyrics on the album about moving or travel, the sound is ragged and varied, pieced together from tapes recorded at shows, soundtracks, and studios, giving it a loose, careening charm." and concluded "In its multifaceted sprawl, wound up with one of their best records of the '90s." In a 2017 retrospective on the band, Consequence of Sound ranked it third out of R.E.M.'s 15 full-length studio albums.

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is frontman Michael Stipe's favorite R.E.M. album, and he considers it the band at their peak. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, who has cited R.E.M. as a major influence, called it his favorite R.E.M. album and "Electrolite" the band's greatest song. Jeremy Bifras of BrooklynVegan called the album "an experimental masterpiece."

Awards

New Adventures in Hi-Fi has since appeared on several lists compiling the best albums of the 1990s or all time: Magnet listed the album at #20 on its list of the "Top 60 Albums 1993–2003", and Mojo also listed the album at #20 on a list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993–2006".

It was voted #186 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd Edition, 2000). It was also featured on several year-end best-of lists for 1996:

• Entertainment Weekly (#2)
• Eye Weekly (#11)
• The Face (#28)
• Magnet (#26)
• Mojo (#4)
• NME (#16)
• Q (unranked)
• Rock Sound (French edition) (#2)
• Rolling Stone (#4)
• Spin (#11)
• Village Voice (#11)

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

The Hi Side

1. "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" – 4:31
2. "The Wake-Up Bomb" – 5:08
3. "New Test Leper" – 5:26
4. "Undertow" – 5:09
5. "E-Bow the Letter" – 5:23
6. "Leave" – 7:18

The Fi Side

7. "Departure" – 3:28
8. "Bittersweet Me" – 4:06
9. "Be Mine" – 5:32
10. "Binky the Doormat" – 5:01
11. "Zither" – 2:33
12. "So Fast, So Numb" – 4:12
13. "Low Desert" – 3:30
14. "Electrolite" – 4:05

Unlike most R.E.M. albums, this vinyl release did not have custom side names; instead, it was released as a double album. Record one has tracks 1–6 (three songs per side) and record two has tracks 7–14 (four songs per side). The tape release maintained the custom side names: the first side was called the "Hi-side" and the second side was called the "Fi-side."

Personnel

"How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, "ennio whistle"
• Peter Buck – guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass guitar
• Mike Mills – piano, backing vocals, synthesizer
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals, synthesizer

"The Wake-Up Bomb"

Recorded live at the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 16, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"New Test Leper"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Undertow"

Recorded live at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 3, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – ARP Odyssey
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"E-Bow the Letter"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar, E-bow, electric sitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron
• Patti Smith – vocals
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Leave"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 18, 19, or 21, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
• Peter Buck – guitar, E-bow
• Nathan December – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – ARP Odyssey
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Departure"

Recorded live at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on June 6 or 7, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Mike Mills – fuzz bass, backing vocals, Farfisa organ
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"Bittersweet Me"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 7, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ, Mellotron
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Be Mine"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – bass guitar, guitar, E-bow
• Mike Mills – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"Binky the Doormat"

Recorded live at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – Farfisa organ
• Mike Mills – fuzz bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"Zither"

Recorded in the dressing room of The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 13, or 14, 1995

• Bill Berry – bass guitar
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – tambourine
• Scott McCaughey – autoharp
• Mike Mills – organ
• Michael Stipe – count in

"So Fast, So Numb"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida, on November 15, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals

"Low Desert"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Omni Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 18, 19, or 21, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – slide guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Electrolite"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – bass guitar, banjo
• Andy Carlson – violin
• Nathan December – güiro
• Mike Mills – piano
• Michael Stipe – vocals

Technical personnel

• William Field – assistant engineering, Athens
• Sam Hofstedt – assistant engineering, Seattle
• Victor Janacua – assistant engineering, Los Angeles
• Adam Kasper – recording engineering, Seattle
• John Keane – recording and mixing
• Scott Litt – co-producing and mixing engineering
• Bob Ludwig/Gateway Mastering – mastering
• Pat McCarthy – recording engineering, Los Angeles
• Mark "Microwave" Mytrowitz – technical assistance
• Joe O'Herlihy – tour recording engineering
• Jo Ravitch – tour recording engineering
• Eric Stolz – digital editing
• Jeff Wooding – tour recording engineering

1. The "Ennio Whistle" is the two-note main theme melody of Ennio Morricone's score for Sergio Leone's 1966 spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Chart performance

While New Adventures in Hi-Fi began the band's sales decline in the United States, it topped the charts in over a dozen countries and reached #1 on the Top European Albums for five consecutive weeks. The album peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and spent 22 weeks on chart. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 994,000 units in the U.S. as of March 2007. The first single, "E-Bow the Letter", received only modest radio airplay in the U.S. and peaked at #49 on its charts. In the UK, however, the single became the band's biggest hit at that point, reaching #4.

Certifications

Release history

Like all R.E.M. albums since 1988's Green, New Adventures in Hi-Fi was released in a limited-edition packaging. This one contained a 64-page hardcover book designed by Chris Bilheimer and featuring photos from the Monster tour. In 2005, Warner Brothers Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the album which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a new audio mix of the album (in 5.1-channel surround sound, high resolution, AC3, Dolby Stereo, and DTS 5.1) done by Elliot Scheiner and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. In addition, the DVD includes a video documentary, lyrics, and a photo gallery.

As with the prior albums, a 25th-anniversary edition was announced in August 2021 for an October release date. The edition includes a remastered album, B-sides from the album and a Blu-ray with previously unreleased promotional materials. Due to issues related to the 2021 global supply chain crisis, all CD variations of the remastered reissue were delayed to mid-November 2021.

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External links

• New Adventures in Hi-Fi from REMHQ.com
• New Adventures in Hi-Fi press release
• New Adventures in Hi-Fi at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• The story of New Adventures in Hi-Fi

v t e R.E.M.
Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe Bertis Downs Jefferson Holt
Studio albums	Murmur Reckoning Fables of the Reconstruction Lifes Rich Pageant Document Green Out of Time Automatic for the People Monster New Adventures in Hi-Fi Up Reveal Around the Sun Accelerate Collapse into Now
Live albums	R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions R.E.M. at the BBC Live at the Borderline 1991
Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities (I.R.S. · WB) 7IN—83–88
EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia
Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX
Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Strange Currencies" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"
Other songs	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "7 Chinese Bros." "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"
Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live Live from Austin, TX REMTV
Support and side projects	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker The Baseball Project Filthy Friends Hindu Love Gods The Minus 5 Tanzplagen Tuatara Tired Pony
Related articles	Discography List of songs Awards Tours 170 College Avenue Peter Buck Athens Andover "I Belong to You" Hib-Tone Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People
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