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

Live from Austin, TX

Video by

R.E.M.

Released

October 26, 2010

Recorded

March 13, 2008, Austin, Texas, United States

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

70:02

Language

English

Label

New West

Director

Gary Menotti

R.E.M. chronology

This Is Not a Show
(2009)

Live from Austin, TX
(2010)

Collapse into Now
(2011)

R.E.M. live album chronology

Live at The Olympia
(2009)

Live from Austin, TX
(2010)

R.E.M. video chronology

Live at The Olympia
(2009)

Live from Austin, TX
(2010)

REMTV
(2014)

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.

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
DVD Verdict	Positive^[1]
PopMatters	6/10^[2]
Record Collector	^[3]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5^[4]
Uncut	^[5]

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

References

^ Gibron, Bill (2010-11-11). "DVD Verdict Review – REM: Live from Austin, Texas". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Garrat, John (2010-12-06). "'R.E.M.: Live from Austin, TX' May Not Be History in the Making, but It's Certainly Entertaining". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Kennedy, Jake (January 2011). "REM – Live from Austin TX". Record Collector. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Young, David James (2011-01-10). "R.E.M. R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX [DVD]". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ Mueller, Andy (December 2010), "Album Reviews", Uncut: 121

External links

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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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