Collapse into Now by R.E.M. (Vinyl, 2011, Warner Brothers)

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Featuring Guest Vocals from Peaches, Patti Smith and Eddie Vedder!

Collapse into Now is the Fifteenth Studio Album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.! R.E.M. members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills recorded the new material at the Music Shed in New Orleans, as well as at Berlin's Hansa Studios. Additional recording and mixing was completed at Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

Produced by longtime collaborator Jacknife Lee, the album features guest vocals by Patti Smith, Peaches, and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder.

In comparing the record to the band's previous release, Accelerate, bassist Mike Mills has said the band "wanted this new one to be more expansive. We wanted to put more variety into it and not limit ourselves to any one type of song. There are some really slow, beautiful songs; there are some nice, mid-tempo ones; and then there are three or four rockers." - Mike Mills in interview for Spin.com

"It's more of a personal record than a political one. Current events do come into our mind when we write, but the themes here are more universal." - Mike Mills in interview for RollingStone.com.

Musicians:
Michael Stipe, lead vocals
Peter Buck, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills, bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards

Guest Artists:
Scott McCaughey, guitars, keyboards, accordian, vocals
Bill Rieflin, drums, bouzouki, keyboards, guitar
Jacknife Lee, keyboards, guitar

Joel Gibb, vocals on "It Happened Today"
Lenny Kaye, guitar on "Blue", guitar solo on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter"
Peaches, vocals on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter"
Patti Smith, vocals on "Blue" and "Discoverer"
Eddie Vedder, vocals on "It Happened Today"

Horns on "Oh My Heart", "It Happened Today", "Discoverer":
Shamarr Allen, trumpet
Leroy Jones, trumpet
Kirk M. Joseph, Sr., sousaphone

Bonerama Horns:
Craig Klein, trombone
Mark Mullins, trombone and horn arrangements
Greg Hicks, trombone

Selections:
Side One: (X-Axis)
1. Discoverer - featuring Patti Smith
2. All The Best
3. Uberlin
4. Oh My Heart
5. It Happened Today - featuring Eddie Vedder & Joel Gibb
6. Every Day Is Yours To Win
Side Two: (Y-Axis)
1.. Mine Smell Like Honey
2. Walk It Back
3. Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter - featuring Peaches & Lenny Kaye
4. That Someone Is You
5. Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I
6. Blue - featuring Patti Smith