Live from Austin, TX (R.E.M. album) explained

Live from Austin, TX
Type:	video
Artist:	R.E.M.
Cover:	R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX.jpg
Recorded:	March 13, 2008, Austin, Texas, United States
Genre:	Alternative rock
Language:	English
Label:	New West
Director:	Gary Menotti
Chronology:	R.E.M.
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Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Collapse into Now
Next Year:	2011

Live from Austin, TX is a 2010 video album by R.E.M. recorded on March 13, 2008 for the television series Austin City Limits. The television broadcast aired on PBS starting March 24, 2008.

The DVD includes three songs not broadcast on the television program—"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)", "Fall on Me", and "Imitation of Life"; the live performance also featured "Final Straw", "Walk Unafraid", and an alternate version of "Supernatural Superserious".

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

1. "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" – 3:24
2. "Man-Sized Wreath" – 3:01
3. "Drive" (Bill Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:04
4. "So. Central Rain" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:39
5. "Accelerate" – 3:47
6. "Fall on Me" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:07
7. "Hollow Man" – 3:20
8. "Electrolite" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:55
9. "Houston" – 3:07
10. "Supernatural Superserious" – 3:32
11. "Bad Day" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:40
12. "Losing My Religion" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:46
13. "I'm Gonna DJ" – 2:31
14. "Horse to Water" – 3:38
15. "Imitation of Life" – 5:21
16. "Until the Day Is Done" – 5:40
17. "Man on the Moon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 6:30

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 all taken from Accelerate.

Reception

The album received mixed and positive reviews.

Personnel

R.E.M.

• Peter Buck – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, piano
• Michael Stipe – vocals

Additional musicians

• Scott McCaughey – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Bill Rieflin – drums, percussion

See also

• List of Austin City Limits performers

External links

• Press release from R.E.M.'s site
• Video preview from New West Records' site