R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 'I Ride My Bike' &

'I Ride My Bike' & 'Kerosene Hat' (Acoustic Version)

2014 album from the hit-making Punk Popsters

After quietly releasing their self-titled debut album in 1999 while still in college

Features the first single 'Juicebox'

Funny Man" and "The Hungry Years" (performed with Marc Almond)

R.E.M. "Accelerate" 2025-01-03 'I Ride My Bike' &Accelerate is R. E. M.s 14th studio album, released in 2008. The album was intended as a departure from their last album, Around the Sun, and was complimented for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs. Stipe said his lyrics on Accelerate were inspired by the contemporary state of the nation, saying, "When the empire is going down the toilet, it's easy to write great, angry songs (Spin). It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the