In 2010, R.E.M. released the video album R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX —a concert recorded for Austin City Limits in 2008. The group recorded its fifteenth album, Collapse into Now (2011), with Jacknife Lee in locales including Berlin, Nashville, and New Orleans. For the album, the band aimed for a more expansive sound than the intentionally short and speedy approach implemented on Accelerate . The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, becoming the group’s tenth album to reach the top ten of the chart. This release fulfilled R.E.M.’s contractual obligations to Warner Bros., and the band began recording material without a contract a few months later with the possible intention of self-releasing the work.
Released Live from Austin, TX
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